It's suggestions for a boys' school play. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.
2006-07-01 01:28:25 · 13 answers · asked by Purple_Rache 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
Twelve Angry Men.
Oliver has as one of its leads the role of Nancy - a woman. Joseph...Dreamcoat was originally written for a boys' school - but as a cantata. The play always had female roles. And while it's true that, in Elizabethan times, women were not allowed to act, I hope you won't try to bring back that sexist tradition!
Go to www.samuelfrench.com. They have a play-locator feature which allows you to plug in your requirements, all male, age range, number of characters, etc.
Good luck and I hope you have fun!
2006-07-05 20:14:59 · answer #1 · answered by Theatregal 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get some of the boys to play girls - it would work especially well if you're doing Shakespeare or something similar as female roles would have been taken by men as it was illegal for women to act on the stage at that time. Travesty roles can work really well - we've just completed a run of the Beggar's Opera with only 3 men involved and mostly women playing men's roles and we intend to do the same with Julius Caesar (with women playing Caesar, Ptolemy, Curius and various guards and Egyptians!!).
2006-07-02 12:57:39 · answer #2 · answered by Jen_Greebo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Joseph and the amazing technicolour dreamcoat was originally written for a boys' school.
I also saw a dramatization of the steinbeck novel Of Mice and Men which has just one female character
2006-07-01 08:33:00 · answer #3 · answered by Alex should be working 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could do what they did in Shakespearean times the boys dressed like women do the plays. There were no women actors back then it was ban.
2006-07-01 08:38:56 · answer #4 · answered by cml75 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how about a stage version of "Escape to Victory"
I don't remember any females in that.
Something without a female in it may be very hard to find because most films/plays have to have a love interest to further the story
Good luck
2006-07-01 08:48:23 · answer #5 · answered by normantrousdale@btinternet.com 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think maybe "The Mouse That Roared" is all male . its a old Peter Sellers Film . Hope that Helps
2006-07-05 07:31:28 · answer #6 · answered by Paul M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of the ancient greek plays.
2006-07-01 09:58:59 · answer #7 · answered by zara c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
12 angry men and all the Shakespeare plays
2006-07-02 20:22:00 · answer #8 · answered by thecharleslloyd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'Journey's End' by J.R.C Sherriff. Set in the trenches of WW1.
2006-07-05 04:55:15 · answer #9 · answered by Thia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-07-01 14:09:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋