averick Musicals & Plays not only bring to you award winning one act plays & musicals with interesting play scripts but also a guide to the various requirements of show business like copyright information & performance rights.
All
document downloads on this site are in Adobe Acrobat PDF
format - if you do not already have this software on your
computer, you can download a free copy of Acrobat Reader from
Adobe's website.
Musicals & Play Scripts – Rights and Usage Guides
Using the Maverick site
If you're new to Maverick Musicals we encourage
you to familiarise yourself with the obligations and conditions relating to
staging one of our shows. You can find this
information in our guides :
Copyright Information Understanding how you can
reproduce Maverick scripts without
censure.
Once you are content that you are able to satisfy these
requirements then you're ready to have a look at
the shows which interest you.
If
you become lost at any time, you can return to the home page by clicking the
Maverick Musicals logo in the top left hand corner.
Alternatively, visit the
style page for a complete list. To view more
information on a specific show, click the title. Please note that some shows
appear in more than one style category.
Suitability
Just below the style tabs are the four
age-suitability tabs. Click a tab to view the complete list of shows in that
age range, sorted by style:
Alternatively, visit the
suitability page for a complete list. To
view more information on a specific show, click the title. Please note that
some shows appear in more than one age range.
But wait, there's more...
You can also view shows by their author /
title. Either:
Click the author of a show (at the top
of each production page) to visit the author's information page. Other
shows by the same author are listed there.
Visit the
authors page for a complete listing of all our authors and
writers. Click a name to visit their information page.
Show time
The production pages feature:
A graphic of the show, often taken from the show's
CD cover (where available)
The author(s). Click a name for more information on
that author.
A brief show synopsis.
Style, suitability, running time and cast
requirements information.
Rehearsal materials and cost.
Royalty rates (GST rates for Australia are listed
separately)
There are also three icons at the top of each page. Don't
have the Acrobat reader? Click
here to
download it.
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Click here to
download perusal material, such as scripts, mp3s, MIDI files or
production notes. Site registration is required.
Click here to order
rehearsal materials, such as CDs, piano and vocal scores, scripts and
band parts. Copying rights can also be ordered.
Click here to
download a PDF of the show's vital information. These PDFs are quite
small and easier to print out than the web pages.
Once you have made your selection and logged in to the site
you can download the first act of the script directly from the synopsis page
plus the sheet music of two songs from the piano score. Perusal materials
are marked with coloured icons showing the file type. An approximated file
size and download time is also shown.
MIDI song
files.
MP3 music
files
Adobe PDFs
of the script, or music.
The format that is used to download the scripts is Adobe
Acrobat Reader. If you do not have this installed on your computer either
click here
or use the link on each show's page.