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 21-40 of 40 items.
Wendy & Peter Pan
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 Last of the Pelican Daughters
The Last of the Pelican Daughters
By The Wardrobe Ensemble
5-7f 3m
After Life
After Life
By Jack Thorne Original author Hirokazu Kore-eda
5-6f 7-8m
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)
Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons
Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons
By Sam Steiner
1f 1m
The Sweet Science of Bruising
The Sweet Science of Bruising
By Joy Wilkinson
6f 4m doubling (up to 7f 8m)
Be My Baby
Be My Baby
By Amanda Whittington
6f
Ladies Unleashed
Ladies Unleashed
By Amanda Whittington
6-8f plus optional extras
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)
Dracula: The Bloody Truth
Dracula: The Bloody Truth
By John Nicholson and Le Navet Bete
4m (playing various roles)
Bleak Expectations
Bleak Expectations
By Mark Evans
3-5f 6-9m plus optional extras
Arabian Nights
Arabian Nights (RSC stage version)
By Dominic Cooke
4f 5m doubling (large cast possible)
Ladies Down Under
Ladies Down Under
By Amanda Whittington
4f 2m (doubling, or up to 9m)
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)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (stage version)
By Mary Shelley and Rona Munro
3-6f 4-9m plus 1f/m
Philip Pullman's Grimm Tales
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)
The Thrill of Love
The Thrill of Love
By Amanda Whittington
4-5f 1m
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)
Pressure
Pressure
By David Haig
1f 12m
Lilies on the Land
Lilies on the Land
By the Lions part
4f doubling (large cast possible)

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