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Title

Date Length

15-20 years 

All My Love Paul

2003

30 mins

At a quiet bus stop, Paul sits. 19 years old, calm, neat, at peace. Into his life jumps Carina; direct, no-nonsense, thin. Before long a conversation evolves. However, it soon becomes ...

 

Four Funerals and a Wedding

2003

35 mins

Are you a drama teacher struggling to find scripts suitable for the whole class - a class full of students with a range of abilities? Then this is just the play for you! Four Funerals ...

 

Garbage

2003

30 mins

Garbage, three homeless drifters find a place that offers a little shelter and seclusion. Perhaps tomorrow, this area will be closed to them, but for tonight it is a safe place to ...

 

Hard To Swallow

2005

70 mins

A play based on Maureen Dunbar’s award winning novel and film “Catherine” and charts her daughter’s uneven battle with anorexia and the family’s difficulties in coping with it all. ...

 

Just For Fun

2000

  mins

Due to demand, for short, easy to stage short comedy sketches, we are pleased to present this excellent little goldmine of a book; a compilation of short comedy skits and sketches ...

 

Missing - Dan Nolan

2005

55 mins

Based on the true story of Dan Nolan, a teenage boy who disappeared on New Year's Day 2002 after going fishing with friends, this unusual and deeply affecting play uses the actual ...

 

Reality Dreams

2005

50 mins

This winner of the 2004 STAR Awards for best new full length play is a satirical look at the material desires for fame, money and prestige, as presented through the latest phenomenon ...

 

So Miracles Do Happen After All

1999

35 mins

Set in the Rectory, this funny play details the dotty behaviour of Reverend Reg and his bemused wife Dora. With this Bishop's visit on the horizon, nothing can go wrong but everything ...

 

The Dilemma of Deidre Dearheart

1998

35 mins

Deidre, a sickly sweet heroine and her ancient, care-worn mother are about to be evicted from their home for non payment of the rent. Deidre's mother finds a note saying that Father ...

 

The Package

2003

30 mins

The Package is a play about discovering both the agony and the “ecstasy” of drug smuggling. When a mysterious package arrives from London, two mates are thrown into a delirium of ...

 

Too Much Punch For Judy

2005

50 mins

This is one of the most performed plays ever, (has just celebrated 5000 performances!) averaging nearly one performance a day since its first publication In the United Kingdom. The ...

 

Two Women and a Chair

2002

30 mins

This is Maverick Musicals top selling one act Australian play, and it certainly won't take you very long to see just why! Two women, one chair - just like the title says. Jessie ...

 

Adult 

All My Love Paul

2003

30 mins

At a quiet bus stop, Paul sits. 19 years old, calm, neat, at peace. Into his life jumps Carina; direct, no-nonsense, thin. Before long a conversation evolves. However, it soon becomes ...

 

Four Funerals and a Wedding

2003

35 mins

Are you a drama teacher struggling to find scripts suitable for the whole class - a class full of students with a range of abilities? Then this is just the play for you! Four Funerals ...

 

Garbage

2003

30 mins

Garbage, three homeless drifters find a place that offers a little shelter and seclusion. Perhaps tomorrow, this area will be closed to them, but for tonight it is a safe place to ...

 

Hard To Swallow

2005

70 mins

A play based on Maureen Dunbar’s award winning novel and film “Catherine” and charts her daughter’s uneven battle with anorexia and the family’s difficulties in coping with it all. ...

 

Just For Fun

2000

  mins

Due to demand, for short, easy to stage short comedy sketches, we are pleased to present this excellent little goldmine of a book; a compilation of short comedy skits and sketches ...

 

Missing - Dan Nolan

2005

55 mins

Based on the true story of Dan Nolan, a teenage boy who disappeared on New Year's Day 2002 after going fishing with friends, this unusual and deeply affecting play uses the actual ...

 

Reality Dreams

2005

50 mins

This winner of the 2004 STAR Awards for best new full length play is a satirical look at the material desires for fame, money and prestige, as presented through the latest phenomenon ...

 

So Miracles Do Happen After All

1999

35 mins

Set in the Rectory, this funny play details the dotty behaviour of Reverend Reg and his bemused wife Dora. With this Bishop's visit on the horizon, nothing can go wrong but everything ...

 

The Dilemma of Deidre Dearheart

1998

35 mins

Deidre, a sickly sweet heroine and her ancient, care-worn mother are about to be evicted from their home for non payment of the rent. Deidre's mother finds a note saying that Father ...

 

Too Much Punch For Judy

2005

50 mins

This is one of the most performed plays ever, (has just celebrated 5000 performances!) averaging nearly one performance a day since its first publication In the United Kingdom. The ...

 

Two Women and a Chair

2002

30 mins

This is Maverick Musicals top selling one act Australian play, and it certainly won't take you very long to see just why! Two women, one chair - just like the title says. Jessie ...

 
 

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Maverick's sketches and classroom plays act as vehicles for theatre / English teachers to use for readings in the classroom, or as test pieces and are just the thing for smaller scale drama nights, festival competitons, workshops or 'fillers' for concerts. Download a sample script today!

New Sketches & Classroom Playss for 2010

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