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Adultery
Plays about Adultery, Infidelity, Cheating
Modern 10-minute plays, Short plays, Full-length plays, Comedies, Dramas, Adaptation of Classics, Historic characters.
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Kings and Pawns
$9.97 – $50.00Price range: $9.97 through $50.00Kings and Pawns is a comic 10-minute play based on the story of David and Bathsheba--a contemporary-sounding look at the spoils of love and war. -
Phaedra
$13.70 – $145.00Price range: $13.70 through $145.00A full-length, poetic drama resurrects the love, lust, and retribution of the original Greek legend in modern surroundings. A stepmother's insatiable desire for her husband's son destroys a family. Set in a beach house with the sound of drumming waves and ghostly figures of fishwives in the background, this verse play brings the ancient story back to life. -
A collection of six 10-minute satires - plays written by the renowned Virginia Playwrights Forum, lampoons the American political and social landscape. From taxes and lotteries, to classroom education and TV talk show hosts, the foibles of present-day America are revealed. -
The Canterbury Tales
$13.70 – $170.00Price range: $13.70 through $170.00This full-length comedy play with music brings rapid-fire dialogue to an old classic. With a flexible cast, it is an excellent play for high school performances, college theaters, or community productions. Elvgren has selected the bawdiest and most satirical tales for this version. A sense of Chaucer's language is maintained but is made accessible to a modern audience. (Lead sheets available) -
The Devil’s Due
$11.97 – $55.00Price range: $11.97 through $55.00In The Devil’s Due, a one-act drama/comedy, an artist, Eric Talmadge, confronts the decline of his aesthetic powers and the possible dissolution of his marriage. In a satiric tour de force, a visitor—possibly a neighboring psychiatrist and possibly a more fearsome presence—offers him a possible way out of his dilemma. Is M. Boudreaux really an unorthodox psychiatrist practicing from his apartment in NYC or does he represent a power other than the mind? And what choice does he give Eric in order to regain his peace of mind and his artistic abilities?
