Getting there
The SCDA National Script Library is now based in Stirling: 1st Floor, Argyll Court, Castle Business Park, Stirling FK9 4TY.
- By car: Exit the M9 at Junction 10 and head for Castle Business Park. There is a large sign for ‘The Fusion Group’, our ground floor neighbours, outside Argyll Court. Library visitors are free to use car park slots labelled ‘Avant’.
- By bus: Route P2 from Stirling city centre bus/train stations.
- Online : The full catalogue is available for browsing here. A revised version will be available later this year.
When
The Library is now open for mail order requests and in-person visitors – opening hours below.
Please check here for any changes to opening times before travelling.
Opening Hours
Opening hours from May 2025 will be as shown below.
Note that these hours are subject to review to reflect volunteer availability and customer demand. We can be contacted by email:
Loan Requests: librarians@drama.scot (or use the form link below)
General Enquiries: library@drama.scot
Borrow and return scripts
In Person
Browse, borrow and return scripts to the National Script Library in person during normal opening hours (detailed above).
By Mail
Order up to nine titles, including up to two play sets, for up to nine weeks (renewable once) – you will be charged for delivery only.
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New Additions to the Script Library
| Title | Author | Category | Cast | Play Length | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Static / Blackout | Anderson, Davey | Drama/Youth | See Details | One Act | The Static - 1M, 1F, 1YM, 1YF A coming of age tale of love, jealousy, darkness, ADHD, and… telekinesis? Blackout - Unlimited Cast The true story of a 15 year old charged with attempted murder and held in a secure care unit. |
| Wendy & Peter Pan | Barrie, J M / Hickson, Ella | Drama/Youth | 17M 4F plus extras | Full | A modern re-telling of the J M Barrie classic centering Wendy as the main character. |
| Speaking in Tongues | Bovell, Andrew | Drama | 2M 2F | Full | A woman disappears, and four marriages become entangled in a web of love, deceit, sex, and death. |
| Things I Know to be True | Bovell, Andrew | Drama | 3M 3F | Full | Four siblings struggle to define themselves beyond their parents' love and expectations. |
| Divided City | Breslin, Theresa | Drama/Youth | 45+ | Full | An exploration of sectarianism and racism against asylum seekers in Glasgow. |
| Notes from a Small Island | Bryson, Bill / Whitnall, Tim | Comedy | 4M 3F | Full | A young American travels through 1970s Britain experiencing the eccentricities of British life and finding themself at home. |
| The Ferryman | Butterworth, Jez | Drama | 12M 5F 1YM 3YF | Full | A thriller set in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, in the 1980s. A family celebration is disrupted by a visitor bringing in themes of Republican history, politics, and identity. |
| Time Machine | Canny, Steven / Nicholson, John | Comedy | 2M 1F (can be NGS) | Full | A hilarious take on the HG Wells classic, where a group of friends find out time travel might just be real. |
| The Last Quiz Night on Earth | Carr, Alison | Comedy/Drama | 2M 2F | Full | An end of the world comedy drama, featuring an audience participatory pub quiz. |
| And Then There Were None | Christie, Agatha | Drama | 8M 3F | Full | Agatha Christie's classic where 10 people are summoned to an island and start dying one by one. |
| Hound of the Baskervilles | Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan / Canny, Steven / Nicholson, John | Comedy | 3M (can be NGS) | Full | A hilarious spoof of the Arthur Conan Doyle classic with 3 actors playing multiple parts. |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Eason, Laura | Drama | 7M 1F | Full | A new adaptation of the Jules Verne classic where Phileas Fogg races around the world to win a bet. |
| Bleak Expectations | Evans, Mark | Comedy | 6M 3F | Full | A hilarious spoof of the Dickens classic. The story Charles Dickens might have written after drinking too much gin. |
| Let’s Murder Marsha | Ferris, Monk | Comedy | 3M 4F | Full | A murder mystery fan mistakenly suspects her husband is out to kill her with hilarious results. |
| The Ballad of Maria Marten | Flintoff, Beth | Drama | 6F | Full | A modern interpretation of the Maria Marten/Murder in the Red Barn story, with an emphasis on the character rather than the murder. |
| Accidental Death of an Anarchist | Fo, Dario / Rame, Franca / Basden, Tom | Comedy | 5M 1F | Full | Tom Basden’s adaptation of the 1970’s satire set in a police station as they prepare for a judicial review. |
| The IT | Franzmann, Vivienne | Drama/Youth | 32+ | One Act | A teenage girl battles with a metaphorical being within representing mental health issues, social media overload, and the struggle of modern life. |
| A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles / Gatiss, Mark | Drama | 7M 3F | Full | A modern re-telling of the Dickens classic with an emphasis on the ghostly. |
| Class | Golden, Iseult / Horan, David | Comedy | 2M 1F | Full | A confrontational parent-teacher conference that explores class, education, prejudice, and their effects on children. |
| This Restless House - Part 1 Agamemnon’s Return | Harris, Zinnie | Drama | 8M 8F | Full | First Part of a Trilogy based on Aeschylus' Oresteia, parts 2 and 3 are contained in This Restless House (The Bough Breaks / Electra and Her Shadow) |
| This Restless House - Parts 2&3 The Bough Breaks Electra and her Shadow | Harris, Zinnie | Drama | 8M 8F | Full | Parts 2 and 3 of a Trilogy based on Aeschylus' Oresteia, part 1 being Agamemnon's Return. |
| The Incident Room | Hirst, Olivia | Drama | 4M 3F | Full | Inside the incident room during the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper in 1975. |
| Rules for Living | Holcroft, Sam | Black Comedy | 3M 4F | Full | A chaotic Christmas dinner where everyone’s rules and coping strategies are placed in full view of the audience. |
| Nora: A Dolls House | Ibsen, Henrik / Smith, Stef | Drama | 3M 3F | Full | A modern retelling of Ibsen’s Doll’s House bridging three time periods: Suffrage, Sixties, and the modern day. |
| The Wall | Jackson, D C | Drama/Youth | 2M 2F | Full | A teenage coming of age tale set during the summer in the village of Stewarton in Ayrshire. |
| The Trials | King, Dawn | Drama/Youth | 2M 1F + 12 Youth Jury | Full | A near-future courtroom drama addressing the climate emergency and intergenerational conflict. |
| The Children | Kirkwood, Lucy | Drama | 1M 2F | Full | A tale of morality, loyalty, and generational guilt set against the backdrop of a nuclear incident. |
| The Welkin | Kirkwood, Lucy | Drama | 2M 15F | Full | A 1759 female-led courtroom drama focusing on pregnancy, class, and the patriarchy. |
| Let The Right One In | Lindqvist, John Ajvide / Thorne, Jack | Drama | 6M 3F | Full | A sometimes brutal love/vampire story based on the book and film of the same name. |
| Dogstone / Nasty, Brutish, and Short | Lindsay, Kenny / Duffy, Andy | Drama/Youth | See Details | One Act | The Dogstone - 1M, 1YM - Father and teenage son Nasty, Brutish and Short - 2M, 1YF - Males described as early-mid 20s. |
| Chaos | Lomas, Laura | Drama/Youth | Variable | Full | An interconnected series of vignettes highlighting youth disorder and connection. |
| After Juliet | MacDonald, Sharman | Drama/Youth | 1M 1F 5YM 6YF | Full | A modern sequal to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet focusing on the aftermath of the deaths. |
| Hadestown | Mitchell, Anais | Musical | 3M 5F + chorus | Full | A musical, ultimately about love, set to a jazz/folk soundtrack retelling the stories of Orpheus/Euridice and Hades/Persephone. |
| The Unfriend | Moffatt, Steven | Comedy | 3M 4F | Full | A dark comedy about the consequences of saying 'you really should come visit' to a stranger on holiday. |
| It’s a Wonderful Life | Nelson, Mary Elliot | Drama | 3M 1F | Full | Based on the Frank Capra movie of the same name. |
| Dracula: The Bloody Truth | Nicholson, John / Le Navet Bete | Comedy | 4NGS | Full | The hilarious ‘real’ story behind Bram Stoker’s Dracula, designed for 4 actors playing 40 characters. |
| Philip Pullman’s Grimm Tales | Pullman, Philip / Wilson, Philip | Drama | Variable | Full | Author Philip Pullman's reimagining of the classic Grimm fairytales designed as a 'pick and choose' from the stories to match desire/casting. |
| 2:22 A Ghost Story | Robins, Danny | Drama | 3M 3F | Full | Two couples meet for dinner amidst some house renovations, but the house may have an uninvited guest. |
| The Good Life | Sams, Jeremy / Esmonde, John / Larbey, Bob | Comedy | 3M 3F | Full | A stage adaptation of the classic 1970s sitcom about leaving the corporate world behind and going self sufficient. |
| Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein | Shelley, Mary / Munro, Rona | Drama | 4M 3F | Full | A modern adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstin that placces Mary herself as a central character and incorporates her life into the story. |
| Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons | Steiner, Sam | Drama | 1M 1F | One Act | How do you navigate life and love in a world where you can legally only speak 140 words per day? |
| Blue Stockings | Swale, Jessica | Drama | 8-14M 8-10F | Full | A play of women's suffrage where four female undergraduates fight for education and the degrees they earned but were denied. |
| After Life | Thorne, Jack / Kore-Eda, Hirokazu | Drama | 7M 3F 1YM 3YF | Full | An exploration of memory and morality where the recently deceased struggle with choosing the perfect memory to live in for eternity. |
| Machinal | Treadwell, Sophie | Drama | 15-20 actors | Full | A play of marriage, murder, and the patriarchy. Based on the real life story of Ruth Snyder. |
| Little Grimley Saving the Planet | Tristram, David | Comedy | 2M 2F | One Act | The Little Grimley Amateur Dramatic Society are challenged with reducing their carbon footprint. What could possibly go wrong? Everything. |
| Lockdown in Little Grimley | Tristram, David | Comedy | 2M 2F | One Act | The Little Grimley Amateur Dramatic Society navigate the pandemic lockdown in their usual chaotic fashion. |
| Murder in Little Grimley | Tristram, David | Comedy | 2M 2F 1NGS | One Act | The Little Grimley Amateur Dramatic Society stage a whodunnit, and end up wrapped up in a case of their own. |
| The Thrill of Love | Whittington, Amanda | Drama | 1M 4F | Full | A play exploring the life and tragic demise of Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain. |
| Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense | Wodehouse, P G / Goodale Brothers, The | Comedy | 3M | Full | A hilarious, chaotic, trip to the countryside for P G Wodehouse's iconic pairing. |
| NT Connections: 2011 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | Frank & Ferdinand - Samuel Adamson (Cast size 6 plus Ensemble) Gap - Alia Bano (Cast Size 17) Cloud Busting - Helen Blakeman / Malorie Blackman (10M, 6F) Those Legs - Noel Clark (3M, 3F) Shooting Truth - Molly Davies (8M, 8F) Bassett - James Graham (Cast Size 14) Gargantua - Carl Grose (Cast Size 15 plus Choruses) Children of Killers - Katori Hall (3M, 3F plus Chorus) The Beauty Manifesto - Nell Leyshon (Cast Size 10 plus Ensemble) Too Fast - Douglas Maxwell (4M, 8F) |
| NT Connections: 2012 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | Victim Sidekick Boyfriend Me - Hilary Bell (Cast Size 16 plus Ensemble) Journey to X - Nancy Harris (Cast size 10) Little Foot - Craig Higginson (Cast size 5 plus Chorus) Prince of Denmark - Michael Lesslie (Cast size 10 plus Ensemble) Socialism is Great - Anders Lustgarden (Cast size 12 plus Ensemble) The Grandfathers - Rory Mullarkey (Cast size 9) Alice by Heart - Steven Sater (Book & Lyrics) / Duncan Sheik (Music) (Cast size 7 or more) Generation Next - Meera Syal (Cast size 9 plus Dancers) So You Think You're a Superhero? - Paven Virk (Cast size 24 plus Ensemble) The Ritual - Samir Yazbek (Cast Size 7) |
| NT Connections: 2013 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | The Guffin - Howard Brenton (4M, 4F, 1NGS) Mobile Phone Show - Jim Cartwright (Min cast 3NGS, can be any number) What Are They Like? - Lucinda Coxon (5M, 7F) We lost Elijah - Ryan Craig (4M, 5F) I'm Spilling My Heart Out Here - Stacey Gregg (5M, 5F) Tomorrow I'll Be Happy - Jonathan Harvey (5M, 4F) Soundclash - Lenny Henry (Cast Size 7 plus Ensemble) Don't Feed The Animals - Jemma Kennedy (Cast Size 16 NGS) Ailie and the Alien - Morna Pearson (4M, 3F, 2NGS Adults, plus Chorus) Forty-Five Minutes - Anya Reiss (4M, 4F) |
| NT Connections: 2014 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | Same - Deborah Bruce (5M 9F) Horizon - Matt Hartley (6M 6F) The Wardrobe - Sam Holcroft (Cast Size 28 - 12M 8F 8NGS) Heritage - Dafydd James (7M 6F) A Letter to Lacey - Catherine Johnson (4M 9F) A Shop Selling Speech - Sabrina Mahfouz (4M 4F) Angels - Pauline McLynn (4M 7F) Hearts - Luke Norris (8M 6F) Pronoun - Evan Placey (5M 4F plus Extras) Tomorrow - Simon Vinnicombe (7M 5F) |
| NT Connections: 2015 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | Drama, Baby - Jamie Brittain (4M 4F plus chorus) Hood - Katherine Chandler (6M 3F 2NGS plus chorus) The Boy Preference - Elinor Cook (5M 7F plus 6 could be doubling or individual characters) The Edelweiss Pirates - Ayub Khan Din (6M 1F 1NGS plus chorus) Follow, Follow - Katie Douglas (4M 4F) The Accordion Shop - Cush Jumbo (2M 2F 3NGS) Hactivists - Ben Ockrent (6M 6F) Hospital Food - Eugene O'Hare (6M 4F) Remote - Stef Smith (2M 4F 1NGS) The Crazy Sexy Cool Girls' Fan Club - Sarah Solemani (5M 5F) |
| NT Connections: 2017 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | Three - Harrier Braun (4M 8F 1NGS) #YOLO - Matthew Bulgo (4M 6F 1NGS) FOMO - Suhayla El-Bushra (4M 5F) Status Update - Tim Etchells (9NGS) Musical Differences - Robin French (9NGS) Extremism - Anders Lustgarden (5M 5F) The School Film - Patrick Marber (Variable) Zero for the Young Dudes! - Alistair McDowall (Variable) The Snow Dragons - Lizzie Nunnery (8NGS plus chorus) The Monstrum - Kellie Smith (11NGS plus chorus) |
| NT Connections: 2018 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | The Blue Electric Wind - Brad Birch (3M 3F 2NGS) The Changing Room - Chris Bush (10-15NGS) The Free9 - In-Sook Chappell (5M 4F plus ensemble) The Ceasefire Babies - Fiona Doyle (9M 7F) These Bridges - Phoebe Éclair-Powell (4M 5F plus ensemble) When They Go Low - Natalie Mitchell (5M 9F plus ensemble) Want - Barney Norris (3M 4F) The Sweetness of a Sting - Chinonyerem Odimba (14-32 Variable) Dungeness - Chris Thompson (4M 5F plus choir) |
| NT Connections: 2019 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | Class - Ben Bailey Smith / Lajaune Lincoln (6M 6F 2NGS plus 2M 4F could be doubled plus chorus 7+) The Sad Club - Luke Barnes / Adam Pleeth (Music) (12-20 plus chorus) Flesh - Rob Drummond (12-20 NGS) Variations- Katie Hims (5M 7F plus 1 doubled character) (also in Connections 2022) Salt - Dawn King (12-20NGS) Ageless - Benjamin Kuffuor (8M 6F) terra/earth - Neil Leyshon / Anthony Missen (Choreography) (4F 4M 1NGS plus chorus) Chaos - Laura Lomas (8-30 NGS) The Small Hours - Katherine Soper (8-12NGS) Stuff - Tom Wells (5M 4F) |
| NT Connections: 2020 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | Wind/Rush Generation(s) - Mojisola Adebayo (6NGS plus ensemble) Tuesday - Alison Carr (4M 5F plus ensemble) A Series of Public Apologies (in response to an unfortunate incident in the school lavatories) - John Donnelly (8-100NGS) The IT - Vivienne Franzmann (Cast Size 8-100. 1F rest NGS) The Marxist in Heaven - Hattie Naylor (20NGS plus ensemble) Look Up - Andrew Muir (5M 4F 1NGS) Crusaders - Frances Poet (10-100NGS) Witches Can't Be Burned - Silva Semerciyan (10M 14F plus extras) Dungeness - Chris Thompson (also in connections 2018) (4M 5F plus choir) |
| NT Connections: 2021 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | Find a Partner - Miriam Battye (5M 5F plus extras) Like There's No Tomorrow - Belgrade Young Company / Justine Themen / Claire Procter / Liz Mytton (28 NGS) |
| NT Connections: 2022 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | Cable Street - Lisa Goldman (12M 11F) Chat Back - David Judge (13 NGS plus chorus) Find a Partner! - Miriam Battye (also in connections 2021) (5M 5F plus extras) Hunt - Fionnuala Kennedy (5M 5F) Like there's No Tomorrow - Belgrade Young Company (also in connections 2021) (28 NGS) The Ramayana Reset - Ayeesha Menon (14M 5F 2NGS) Remote - Stef Smith (2M 4F 1NGS plus extras) Superglue - Tim Crouch (7M 1F) Variations - Katie Hims (5M 7F plus 1 doubled character) (also in Connections 2019) You Don't Need to Make a Big Song and Dance Out of It - Abbey Wright / Shireen Mula / Matt Regan (2M 3F 1NGS plus chorus of 3 NGS) |
| NT Connections: 2023 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | (Circle Dreams Around) The Terrible, Terrible Past - Simon Longman (8+NGS) Innocent Creatures - Leo Butler (8M 8F) Is My Microphone On? - Jordan Tannahill (13+NGS) Is This Good Enough? - Avaes Mohammed (6M 7F 17NGS) Model Behaviour - Jon Brittain (5M 4F) Old Times - Molly Taylor (7M 7F) Samphire - Shamser Sinha (5M 5F plus 8NGS dogs) Strangers lIke Me - Ed Harris (5M 5F 5NGS) The Heights - Lisa McGee (7M 4F) Tuesday - Alison Carr (9-50 NGS) |
| NT Connections: 2024 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | Age is Revolting - Abi Zakarian (3M 4F 4YM 2YF 2NGS) Shout - Alexis Zegerman (1M 1F 10+NGS) Orchestra - Charlie Josephine (3M 2F 14NGS) Dy Enw Marw / Your Name is Dead - Elgan Rhys / Leo Drayton (6M 2F 6NGS) Kiss / Marry / Push Off Cliff - Josh Azouz (7M 2F) The Periodicals - Sian Owen (2M 3F 8NGS plus chorus) Replica - Titas Halder (12NGS) The Sad Club - Luke Barnes / Adam Pleeth (music) (7M 9F 8NGS) Wind/Rush Generation(s) - Mojisola Adebyo ((6NGS plus ensemble) (also in 2020) Back in the the Day - Yasmeen Khan (2M 5F 2YM 3YF plus chorus) |
| NT Connections: 2025 | Various | Youth | See Details | One Act | YOU 2.0 - Alys Metcalf (4M 4F plus ensemble) Normalised - Amanda Verlaque (8M 4F plus ensemble) Brain Play - Chloe Lawrence-Taylor / Paul Sirett (2M 3F 5 Puppets plus ensemble) Saba's Swim - Danusia Samal (4M 4F) No Regrets - Gary McNair (3-100 NGS) The Company of Trees - Jane Bodie (3M 4F 3NGS) Their Name is Joy - May Sumbwanyambe (10 NGS) Ravers - Rikki Beadle-Blair (21 NGS) Mia and the Fish - Satinder Chohan (5M 5F plus narwhale plus ensemble) Fresh Air - Vickie Donoghue (6M 6F) |
NT Connections Collections
Each volume contains around 10 specially commissioned Youth plays by established Playwrights.
These additions nearly complete the library’s set, and any not listed here are either already on the shelves or are currently out of print.
These additions nearly complete the library’s set, and any not listed here are either already on the shelves or are currently out of print.
Become a Library Friend
The library is free to use for SCDA Individual Members and members of SCDA Clubs.
Non-SCDA members are welcome to join our Library Friends scheme.
All loans are free of charge – if ordering scripts by post, you only pay for postage.
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