Royalty-Free One Act Plays "Royalty-free" one-act plays are those which you don't have to pay the

author a performance fee. A creative work will usually become royalty-free after it has p assed a copyright period, following which it falls into "public ownership". The length of the copyight term can vary, but for any creative work created afte r 1978, the copyright protection usually lasts during the artist's lifetime, and for 50-70 years following that. However, that is only a very general guide, and there are variations.In other words, different countries have different terms o f copyright. If you want to read all about it, click here, otherwise suffice to say, royalty-free works, or works that are in the public domain, tend to be quit e old and are "done-to-death". However, some new playwrights will allow their work to be used by the public roy alty-free, simply as a way to getting their work "out there". I have included so me of these writers under Other Web Sources, and, as I like to encourage new wor ks to be performed, do recommend that you check them out! Here is a collection of royalty-free one act plays that I have located online, w ith links to the online text. (Be sure to check that the work is royalty-free in your country/region): The Jewel Merchants by James Branch Cabell One Day More by Joseph Conrad The Lamplighter by Charles Dickens Makers of Madness by Hermann Hagedorn Why the Chimes Rang by Elizabeth Apthorp McFadden Rada by Alfred Noyes St. Patrick's Day, or, The Scheming Lieutenant by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Far ce) Chitra by Rabindranath Tagore (Lyrical Drama) War Brides by Marion Craig Wentworth (Drama) The Noble Lord by Percival Wilde (Comedy) The Reckoning by Percival Wilde Washington Square Plays by Various Authors, including: The Clod by Lewis Beach Eugenically Speaking by Edward Goodman Overtones by Alice Gerstenberg Helena's Husband by Philip Moeller. The Bear (aka The Boor), The Wedding, The Proposal (and some full-length plays) by Anton Chekhov.

Other Web Sources for Free One Act Play Scripts

A very fine collection of royalty-free plays can be found here at one-act-plays. com A collection of royalty-free one act (and full-length) plays are available here by D.M. Bocaz-Larson A catalog of royalty-free plays written by Robert "BO" Bruce Anderson. Royalty Free One Act Plays by Stephen C. Yednock Jr. PlaysPlus offers royalty-free plays for directors with theatre training as their objective. Full-length as well as one act plays can be found at royaltyfreeplays.com One act plays for no-budget to low-budget theaters, available free for public us e by Eitan Loewenstein.

Books Containing Royalty-Free One Act Play Scripts Royalty-Free One Act Plays by Various Authors Five Comic One Act Plays by Anton Chekhov Morituri - Three One Act Plays by Hermann Sudermann (this link goes to Google Bo oks)