Most Performed

Our most popular plays for amateur performance, based on the number of licences issued in 2024.

The 40 titles listed below were our most popular titles licensed for performance by amateur groups worldwide.

Read more about the Top Ten most performed plays of 2024, over on our Blog>>

Showing 1-20 of 40 items.
Blue Stockings
8-10f 8-14m (plus 2 extras)
The Ballad of Maria Marten
10f 2m (can be performed by 6f doubling)
Ladies' Day
4f 1m (doubling, or up to 6m)
It's a Wonderful Life (stage version)
4 actors, doubling (either 1f 3m or 2f 2m); larger cast possible (13 characters plus extras)
Bleak Expectations
3-5f 6-9m plus optional extras
The Railway Children (stage version)
5f 6m, doubling (6f 9m possible)
Wendy & Peter Pan
By Ella Hickson Original author J.M. Barrie
4f 17m doubling (up to 6f 22m); version for smaller cast also available
The Good Life
3-6f 3-6m plus 1 goat (real or otherwise)
Ladies Unleashed
6-8f plus optional extras
Notes from a Small Island (stage version)
3f 4m doubling (playing more than 80 characters; large cast is possible)
Philip Pullman's Grimm Tales (stage version)
Adapted by Philip Wilson Original author Philip Pullman
first set: 4f 4m, doubling; second set 8f 8m doubling (entire script offers roles for 42f and 100m)
Around the World in 80 Days (stage version)
By Laura Eason Original author Jules Verne
3f 5m, doubling (very large cast possible)

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