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.
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)
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)
As We Face the Sun
As We Face the Sun
By Kit Withington
Flexible cast, 4-50 performers, any gender
Bleak Expectations
Bleak Expectations
By Mark Evans
3-5f 6-9m plus optional extras
Notes from a Small Island
Notes from a Small Island (stage version)
By Bill Bryson Adapted by Tim Whitnall
3f 4m doubling (playing more than 80 characters; large cast is possible)
Ladies Unleashed
Ladies Unleashed
By Amanda Whittington
6-8f plus optional extras
After Life
After Life
By Jack Thorne Original author Hirokazu Kore-eda
5-6f 7-8m
The IT
The IT
By Vivienne Franzmann
Flexible (5 or more, no maximum, 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)
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 Ballad of Maria Marten
The Ballad of Maria Marten
By Beth Flintoff
10f 2m (can be performed by 6f doubling)
Di and Viv and Rose
Di and Viv and Rose
By Amelia Bullmore
3f
Chaos
Chaos
By Laura Lomas
flexible, any size, any gender
Treasure Island
Treasure Island (Le Navet Bete stage version)
By Le Navet Bete and John Nicholson Original author Robert Louis Stevenson
4m doubling (or a mixed cast playing 26 characters)
The Last of the Pelican Daughters
The Last of the Pelican Daughters
By The Wardrobe Ensemble
5-7f 3m
Nora : A Doll's House
Nora : A Doll's House
By Stef Smith Original author Henrik Ibsen
3-6f 3m
The Welkin
The Welkin
By Lucy Kirkwood
13-16f 2-4m
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (stage version)
By Mary Shelley and Rona Munro
3-6f 4-9m plus 1f/m
The Sweet Science of Bruising
The Sweet Science of Bruising
By Joy Wilkinson
6f 4m doubling (up to 7f 8m)
Dracula: The Bloody Truth
Dracula: The Bloody Truth
By John Nicholson and Le Navet Bete
4m (playing various roles)

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