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Table of ContentsHumorous Readings: Monologues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Humorous Duets: 2 scripts/order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Dramatic Readings: Monologues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9Dramatic Duets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15Choral Speaking, with direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16Christmas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17Commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19Orations, Patriotic Programs and Pageants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19Skits, Pantomimes, Easy Entertainments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22One-Act Plays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22Three-Act Plays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23Poems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241

Humorous Readings: MonologuesAbigail’s Wish Blanche Boshinski. 5 min. A cleverlittle fancy in verse. Abigail, a hippopotamus, tries toclimb a tree to go where Sandy went. 4.00/ 7.50After The Senior Play Kathryn Kimball. 8 min.Girl speaking as she dismantles stage. 4.00/ 7.50Aggie Taylor Has A Dream Eleanor D. Cowles.10 min. A woman at the laundromat. Funny lineswith good pantomime. 4.00/ 7.50Ah’ll Lurun R.D. Fahey. 7 min. After a move to theSouth from a Northern state, Jim is calling to hisformer buddy telling of his difficulty learning thenew language. Funny. 4.00/ 7.50Alice At Tea Party Lewis Carroll. 6 min. Alice inWonderland at the Mad Hatter’s. 4.00/ 7.50Alice In Wonderland Lewis Carroll. From thebook. 10 min. Alice has exciting experiences withthe Queen, Mock Turtle, Mad Hatter and othercharacters. 4.00/ 7.50All Dressed Up And No Place To Go Lois AmyAlexander. 7 min. Bridesmaid learns the bride haseloped. 4.00/ 7.50Amateur Hour Luella E. McMahon. Variedcharacters, according to length desired. There is amelodrama, a cowboy, Shakespeare impersonator,Scandinavian, story teller, and more. 4.00/ 7.50Anne Of Green Gables Lucy Maud Montgomery.10 min. Anne comes from the orphanage to live withold couple in the country. Her happiness is refreshing. Three characters. 4.00/ 7.50Any Girl Would Do The Same John P. G. McKenzie. 7 min. Girl arranges a duel. Gets her boyfriendto promise he would fight with Norman. She triedto have him promise to use swords but settled withpistols. Funny. 4.00/ 7.50Any Junior’s Nightmare H.B. Moore. 7 min. Boy’sparents insist on his entering Jr. Speaking. Here ishis woeful account of his frustrations as he standsbefore the audience. 4.00/ 7.50Anything For My Public F. Barry. 6 min. MadgeMagenta, screen star, is fighting the battle ofthe bulge. She is being interviewed by Louella, areporter, and is being fitted to a girdle by her maid.Funny lines and pantomime. 4.00/ 7.50Arsenic and Old Lace Kesselring. 10 min. Fromthe famous success in New York and on the screen.Two charming, elderly ladies populate their cellarwith the corpses of roomers, their brother whothinks he is Teddy Roosevelt, other comic characters. 4.00/ 7.50As The Lightning Flashes Mark Twain. 7 min.Arranged from Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightning.Man and wife tormented by a loud thunder storm. Asurprise ending. 4.00/ 7.50At A Lunch Counter Kathryn Wayne. 10 min.Woman talks as she orders and eats. 4.00/ 7.50At A Rural Auction J.L. Harbour. 8 min. Auctioneer banteringly talks as he sells. 4.00/ 7.50At de Schurch Tea 7 min. Monologue arrangedin Scandinavian dialect. Woman likes none of the“wittles” but the “yelly” cake. 4.00/ 7.50At The Basketball Game Tressa S. Schouten.4 min. Woman embarrasses husband with inanequestions. Full of humor and action. 4.00/ 7.50At The Declam Contest Leota Hulse Black.8 min. Woman in ecstasy one moment and indespair the next over her daughter contestant. Allwho ever saw a mother at a contest will appreciatethis. 4.00/ 7.50At The Hairdresser’s May Isabel Fisk. 9 min.Woman gossips while having her hair dressed. 4.00/ 7.50At The Lace Counter Gracia Stayton. 8 min. Aclerk in a “Five and Ten”, talks as she measures lace.One of the funniest monologues of this type everwritten. Good action. 4.00/ 7.50Aunt Amandas First Basketball Game EvelynWitter. 6 min. Woman goes to a basketball game.She comes home and tells about the “shenanigans”of the cheerleaders and players. 4.00/ 7.50Aunt Effie Goes Horseback Riding Luella E.McMahon. 7 min. Aunt Effie’s comments will putany audience in stitches. 4.00/ 7.50The Babies Mark Twain. 6 min. From a banquetspeech by the author. Funny. 4.00/ 7.50Baby In The Bathroom Aloise Buckley Heath. 10min. From the published story. The funny accountof a two-year-old who shuts himself in bathroom.End of exciting episode will cause gales of laughter. 4.00/ 7.50Basketball Was What It Was Charles Waterbury.7 min. A rustic, passing through the country, stopsat a gymnasium thinking it is a hotel. From then on,his ideas of what is happening makes hilarious fun. 4.00/ 7.50The Bear Story James W. Riley. 8 min. Little Alextells story of two bears that he “ist maked up hisown self. 4.00/ 7.50Beatrice. R.D. Fahey. 5 min. Used with high ratingsin Iowa competition in areas of Story Telling andHumorous Acting. Beatrice, the cat lives in luxuriouscircumstances but suddenly finds herself on a shiptraveling to America in early days of the country. 4.00/ 7.50Beauty Is Skin Deep Charles George. 8 min.Clever salesgirl in the cosmetic department speaksto customers and another clerk. Funny. 4.00/ 7.502All readings are available in two formats: electronic (PDF file) or printed copies. The prices listed in this cataloggives the price for the PDF file first, followed by the price for printed copies. For example: 4.00/ 7.50.

Humorous Readings: MonologuesBefore A Bakery Showcase Mae and MarianneFleming. 7 min. Speaker impersonates five characters in monologue style. 4.00/ 7.50Bemis And The Wild Bull Mark Twain. 10 min.From Roughing It. Man tells wild tale of being treedby a buffalo. 4.00/ 7.50Betwixt And Between Claire Boiko. 9 min. A girlspeaks on two birthdays: when she is twelve, andwhen she is thirteen. 4.00/ 7.50Big Game A. Van Antwerp. 10 min. Very populartakeoff on a football sportscaster at a “What agame! Benanni takes the ball. He’s off! And can theBenanni peel off the yardage!” Plenty of zip andpeppy comedy. 4.00/ 7.50Blind Dates Lansdale. 8 min. A girl tells of herexperiences with blind dates. 4.00/ 7.50A Bloodless Macbeth G. Robert Simmons. 10min. A TV portrayal of a most modern Macbeth.Lady Mac, together with Duncan, talks Mac out ofhis murder. Includes announcer for the program’scommercial sponsors. 4.00/ 7.50Bowling Is Such Fun Mary Louise Kempe. 8 min.A woman is telling her experiences while trying tobowl. 4.00/ 7.50Boy In The Bleachers Albert M. Browne. 4 min.Boy has one grand time at the ball game until hespills pop on the truant officer. 4.00/ 7.50Boys Will Be Boys J. L. Harbour. 6 min. Boy tellshow grandma keeps him out of trouble by remindinghis father of his own youth. 4.00/ 7.50Brer Rabbit And The Tar Baby Joel ChandlerHarris. 8 min. Beloved story of the trap set for BrerRabbit and how he first was caught, but then manages to escape. 4.00/ 7.50A Burlesque Biography Mark Twain. 10 min.A funny reading. The author tells of his fictionalancestry. 4.00/ 7.50By The Sweat Of Her Brow Penelope Dickerson.7 min. Little sister earns money for her mission boxby blackmail. Funny. 4.00/ 6.5Can’t I Ma J.L. Harbour. 8 min. Boy begs, “Can’t Ihave a dog, can’t I Ma?” “Can’t I skip that old dancing lesson, can’t I Ma?” Characters: a boy and hismother. 4.00/ 7.50Casey At The Bat Phineas Thayer. By request. Theold poem: “There is no joy in Mudville tonight.” 4.00/ 7.50The Cat And The Pain-killer Mark Twain. 7 min.Tom Sawyer gives cat the “liquid fire” his aunt hadmeant for him. Characters: Aunt Polly and Tom. 4.00/ 7.50Cinderella In Red Kathryn Kimball. 8 min. Littlegirl confuses Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hoodand romances merrily. 4.00/ 7.50Close Shave With Bobby Mary Rauworth. 4 min.While man is shaving, little Bobby locks him in thebathroom. Daddy’s pleas, threats and promises areto no avail. Extremely funny. 4.00/ 7.50Commencement —The Beginning of The EndG. Robert Simmons. 5 min. A reading so funny thatit can be used anytime. 4.00/ 7.50The Complaint Libby Robinson. 5 min. Suzie Smithis telling all about how she has been chosen “LittleMiss Cuteness.” She lets us know she is not the littleangel her mother thinks she is. 4.00/ 7.50The Cookout Conspiracy R.D. Fahey. 5 min.With a barrage of propaganda, from early springhe is led to believe he is the world’s greatest cook.All summer he slaves over the hot barbeque as sheoccasionally waves to him from her air-conditionedkitchen. Funny. 4.00/ 7.50Cop And The Anthem O. Henry. 10 min. From thestory used with great effect over TV by Red Skelton.Several characters. 4.00/ 7.50The Diary Of Adam Mark Twain. 10 min. Adam’simpressions of Eve as he first sees her, their lifetogether, their ejection from Eden and a time tenyears later. Very funny. 4.00/ 7.50The Diary Of Eve Mark Twain. 10 min. This isEve’s side of their adventure in the Garden of Edenand very funny. Also see Diary: The Arrival of Cain.You will like all three which may be used as a unit ina special program. 4.00/ 7.50Diary: The Arrival Of Cain Mark Twain. 10 min.Another reading from Adam’s Diary. 4.00/ 7.50Dramatic Art J. Fauthier Adams. 5 min. Boy objectsbecause so much is expected of him since he isstudying dramatic art. This funny reading is a findfor expression teachers. 4.00/ 7.50The Emperor’s New Clothes Hans ChristianAndersen. 10 min. Rogues tell king they can makehim clothes invisible to anyone unfit for office.Everyone is afraid to admit they cannot see it. 4.00/ 7.50Financial Matters Edward Streeter. 10 min.From the book, Father of the Bride. Father has atalk with Buckley, the man Kay is to marry. Funny. 4.00/ 7.50Fisherman’s Luck Merry Beth Black. 8 min. Toldhe must take his little sister when he goes fishing, aboy tells her such wild tales that she is only too gladto stay home. 4.00/ 7.50Football Fan Lois Amy Alexander. 8 min. A peppymonologue. A girl at football game, enthusiasticallyroots (sometimes for wrong team) and makes comments to and about those sitting near. 4.00/ 7.503All readings are available in two formats: electronic (PDF file) or printed copies. The prices listed in this cataloggives the price for the PDF file first, followed by the price for printed copies. For example: 4.00/ 7.50.