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Radio Plays and Sound Effects CDs
509 Digital Sound Effects
Five-CD indexed set
Five-CD set: $79.00
Order #R-M119
These sound effects are an essential resource for every
theatre department. Re-mastered from one of the best
professional sound effects collections, each sound is
indexed to its CD and track. Whether you’re looking for
scene-enhancing background effects or specific sounds for
action on or offstage, you’ll find it here. In addition to
standard sounds such as nature, animals, machines,
military and transportation; this comprehensive collection
offers sports, household, communication, construction,
business and more. To make your effects easy to find, we
include a printed index of all the sounds with the disc, track
and length (you can see the complete list of tracks on our
website). With this one-time investment, you’ll be able to
find sound effects for every show you produce for years to
come.
Radio Plays for Taping #1
by STUART L. SHEELEY
A packet of ten comedy scripts for
all-class use as a recording project
Cast: 10F, 22M, 13 optional
Age level: Junior High to High School
Playing time: 45 minutes to 1 hour
Complete playkit with 10 scripts, teacher’s guide
and rights to reproduce copies: $19.95
Order #R-P340
Here’s a fun way to teach both oral and aural skills to
students. The innovative teacher will find these scripts
a wonderful way to make students aware of diction,
intonation, pace of delivery, oral emphasis, mood and
the significance of punctuation signals. Material enough
for everybody in the class to participate. A total of 45
speaking parts. Included in the kit are the following
scripts: 1. Sign-On, Sign-Off — Lead-ins and leadouts.
2. All the Doctors of Our Lives — Mini soap
opera drama. 3. Gravy Stain Dog Food —
Commercial. 4. Way Back When — Mini Western
drama. 5. Stuff — Commercial. 6. Guns Fire —
Mini suspense drama. 7. Soldier’s Coffee —
Commercial. 8. Scare Theatre — Mini suspense
drama. 9. Mosquito Girl — Mini suspense
drama.10. A Pause for Poetry — Culture program.
Also included is a brief “how-to” guide for the teacher.
Comedy Plays for Taping #2
by DONNA ROBERTS
Six condensed comedy satires for taping
Cast: Varies up to 8 players, mixed
Age level: Junior High to High School
Playing time: Up to 10 minutes each
Complete playkit of 9 scripts: $20.95
Order #R-P413
Use these plays for taping, broadcast or simply as
rehearsal scripts. Each is a spoof of a familiar movie,
book or classic story. The lead characters are
well-known, but you make them what you want.
Includes: 1. James Bend (Agent 009) —
England’s super-spy outwits the Dragon Lady and
breaks the butler-kidnapping ring. 2. Dr. Heckle
and Mr. Hide — Myra, the doctor’s housekeeper,
discovers the beast is better than the physician.
3. The Jungle Queen — A talking gorilla, white
hunters, cannibals and Lola, Queen of the Jungle, in
a story of thwarted love. 4. Rumbelstilskin — The
crafty dwarf wins the firstborn of the Queen, but it
turns out to be more than he expected — triplets!
5. To Tame a Shrew — Shakespeare’s comedy
revised for women’s lib. 6. Newscast Monolog —
A short comedy newscast.
Radio Theatre
for the Classroom
by MEREDITH LUDWIG
Witness the dramatic
tricks of audio theatre
Cast: Entire classroom
Age level: Middle School to High School
Playing time: Varies up to 5 minutes each
Complete playkit with 6 scripts and
rights to reproduce copies: $19.95
Order #R-P1493
This packet of scripts is designed to teach members of
our TV generation how the exciting sounds of old-time
radio drama were done. In producing these five short
audio playlets some students create the sound effects of
lightning, thunder, footsteps, rain, wind, etc. as the
others watch. Each actor learns to cue his/her lines to
the effects and to work with the sound effects
person to heighten the illusion of reality. Each script
offers a different challenge. Included are: Rain,
The Pretzel Woman, Reading with Alex, Moving
the Circle and The Best Show of All. Detailed
instructions included. The big fun is for everyone to listen
to their radio show when it’s completed.
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