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Scottish Play, The

  • Graham Holliday
  • Full Length Play, Comedy, Contemporary
  • 6M, 7F
  • ISBN: 9780573016790

First broadcast as an audio play on BBC Radio, this past-paced, witty comedy follows the hilarious travails of Michael, who discovers the extent of the infamous theatrical jinx when he attempts to stage a production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth with the Shellsfoot Thespians.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy
  • 90 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Cautions: No Special Cautions

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre
Michael harbours an ambition to direct Macbeth, and gets his chance with the autumn production of the Shellsfoot Thespians. He encounters many problems – from not being able to find enough men to cast the play, to incurring the wrath of grande dame Geraldine by not giving her the part of Lady Macbeth. He casts his wife in the part opposite Frank, unaware that they are having an affair. It soon appears that the jinx surrounding the play extends to amateur productions and to Michael’s life, but he remains determined to get the show on at any cost – which eventually includes both his job and his marriage.

This witty play was first broadcast on BBC Radio.
REVIEWS:

"A gem."

Mark Lawson, The Times

"Hilarious... The temper tantrums, sudden walk-outs and awful walk-ons – all of acting life is here."

Bexleyheath and Welling Mercury

Premiere Production: The Scottish Play was first produced 1989 in Sandgate, Kent, by the Folkestone and Hythe Operatic and Dramatic Society. Many subsequent productions followed in nine different countries. In 2024, the Phoenix Players in Stratford-upon-Avon presented the play's 100th production.

Characters

  • Casting: 6M, 7F
  • Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast, Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)

  • MICHAEL
    LYNNE     – his wife
    FRANK
    ALAN
    BARNABY
    ERIC
    GERALDINE
    SALLY
    FIONA
    MARY
    DAISY
    LES DYE     – an estate agent
    JACKIE – a receptionist

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    Michael harbours an ambition to direct Macbeth, and gets his chance with the autumn production of the Shellsfoot Thespians. He encounters many problems – from not being able to find enough men to cast the play, to incurring the wrath of grande dame Geraldine by not giving her the part of Lady Macbeth. He casts his wife in the part opposite Frank, unaware that they are having an affair. It soon appears that the jinx surrounding the play extends to amateur productions and to Michael’s life, but he remains determined to get the show on at any cost – which eventually includes both his job and his marriage.

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