how long should a stage play script be
Audiences are even reluctant to sit through  The Iceman Cometh a classic by Eugene O'Neill. It runs close to 3 hours.You should keep your full length script to about 100 pages which equals 1.6 hours of stage time. For a one act divide that by 2. For a ten minute play your script should be from 10-15 pages.. Dialogue: Now here's the, sometimes, hard part: everything you want the audience to know, about the story and the characters, is conveyed in the dialogue. Unlike a short story or a novel, where you can write as much description as you'd like, a play script has none of that.