scripts in this category. We therefore offer lots of ways of narrowing down the search for the scripts that will suit you group.
Click on the underlined text to see descriptions of the plays. (From there, clicking
on a title will take you to the script.)
of scripts suitable for this age-group.
You can check out our
(filtered for this agegroup), or follow the links below to narrow-down the search...
(Given the breadth of the age range, there are very few scripts to satisfy all participants!)
Plays sorted by (our estimate of) Run-Time
(This category excludes pantomimes - see below.)
Less than 10 Minutes
10 to 20 Minutes
21 to 30 Minutes
31 to 45 Minutes
46 to 60 Minutes
More than 60 Minutes
Caution: Run-times are estimates from word-count (plus estimates for songs, where applicable). This will vary enormously due to speaking rate, stage business, songs and dances and the logistics of getting large casts on and off small stages!.
School Plays
This category is here to identify
plays with a minimum of 25 performers
and
plays with a chorus (in the sense of "crowd", not necessarily in the sense of "choir") which usually means that the plays can be done by a large group (sometimes multiple classes).
Christmas Plays
Most of the
Christmas Plays have some religious element (on the grounds that it's a Christian festival!) although a few remain resolutely secular.
Plays with Religious/Moral Themes
Dramas based on
Old Testament Stories
New Testament Stories
"
Christian Commentaries" (plays with religious themes, but not based on any specific text)
Other moral plays.
Rhyming Plays for Children
The verse plays include
some
plays with educational value (some of them in a mix of rhyme and prose),
some
rhyming drama just for fun,
and, of course, the
rhyming pantomimes
Plays by Genre
Musicals and Musical Plays
Comedies
Farces
Whodunnits
Mysteries
Thrillers
Drama
Melodrama
Plays with Educational Themes
Select
all educational plays or the specific topics listed...
(Introductions to)
Shakespeare
Plays about
Bullying
Plays about
Ecological (Green) Issues
The
Olympic Games
Historical Drama
Most of the
History Plays have some sort of educational value.
However there are also a few
plays with no direct educational purpose set in a well-defined historical period.
History plays by theme:-
Ancient Civilizations
-
Greeks (including Greek Myths),
Egyptians,
Romans
Anglo Saxons
Vikings
Normans
Tudors
Victorians
World War 2
The rest of the
Twentieth Century
Readers' Theatre
These scripts could be used as plays, but also function as "
group readers", to be read aloud with each member of the group taking a role.
Pantomimes for Kids
These include
school pantomimes (specifically written for school-age children and generally no longer than an hour),
(short)
rhyming pantomimes and
longer pantomimes that are within the range of (some) school-age groups.
Other Things
Our eBooks pages include
youth theatre material which may be useful for some groups.
You can narrow your search for script suitable for ages 5 to 16 by using our
FindAFew search engine
or use combinations of the above categories (and a lot more) in our
Plays for Schools and Youth Theatre search engine