Plays to perform
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.
After Life
After Life
By Jack Thorne Original author Hirokazu Kore-eda
5-6f 7-8m
Animal Farm
Animal Farm (stage version)
By George Orwell Adapted by Ian Wooldridge
6-14 actors
Arabian Nights
Arabian Nights (RSC stage version)
By Dominic Cooke
4f 5m doubling (large cast possible)
Around the World in 80 Days
Around the World in 80 Days (stage version)
By Laura Eason Original author Jules Verne
3f 5m, doubling (very large cast possible)
As We Face the Sun
As We Face the Sun
By Kit Withington
Flexible cast, 4-50 performers, any gender
The Ballad of Maria Marten
The Ballad of Maria Marten
By Beth Flintoff
10f 2m (can be performed by 6f doubling)
Be My Baby
Be My Baby
By Amanda Whittington
6f
Bleak Expectations
Bleak Expectations
By Mark Evans
3-5f 6-9m plus optional extras
Blue Stockings
Blue Stockings
By Jessica Swale
8-10f 8-14m (plus 2 extras)
Brainstorm: The Original Playscript
Brainstorm: The Original Playscript
By Ned Glasier, Emily Lim and Company Three
variable - flexible casting
Chaos
Chaos
By Laura Lomas
flexible, any size, any gender
A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story
A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story (stage version)
By Charles Dickens Adapted by Mark Gatiss
50+ parts (original cast 5f 8m doubling)
Di and Viv and Rose
Di and Viv and Rose
By Amelia Bullmore
3f
Dracula: The Bloody Truth
Dracula: The Bloody Truth
By John Nicholson and Le Navet Bete
4m (playing various roles)
Earthquakes in London
Earthquakes in London
By Mike Bartlett
7f 10m, doubling, large cast possible
The Ferryman
The Ferryman
By Jez Butterworth
8f 13m
The Good Life
The Good Life
By Jeremy Sams Original author John Esmonde and Bob Larbey
3-6f 3-6m plus 1 goat (real or otherwise)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles (stage version - new edition)
By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Adapted by Steven Canny and John Nicholson
3 performers (playing multiple roles)
The IT
The IT
By Vivienne Franzmann
Flexible (5 or more, no maximum, any gender)
It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life (stage version)
Adapted by Mary Elliott Nelson
4 actors, doubling (either 1f 3m or 2f 2m); larger cast possible (13 characters plus extras)

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