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JOHN ARDEN (1930 - 2012) |
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Nationality: British Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Casarotto Ramsay and Associates Ltd |
John Arden born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, 26 October 1930, died 28 March 2012 was an English playwright whose works tended to expose social issues of personal concern. Educated at schools in Barnsley; Sedbergh School, Yorkshire, 1944-48; King's College, Cambridge, 1950-53, B.A. in architecture 1953; Edinburgh College of Art, 1953-55, diploma in architecture 1955. Served in the British Army Intelligence Corps, 1949-50: lance-corporal. Married the actress/playwrightjohn arden Margaretta Ruth D'Arcy, in 1957; five sons (one deceased). Architectural assistant, London, 1955-57; full-time writer from 1958. Fellow in playwriting, Bristol University, 1959-60; visiting lecturer in politics and drama, New York University, 1967; Regents' lecturer, University of California, Davis, 1973; writer-in-residence, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, 1975. Founder, Committee of 100 anti-nuclear group, 1961; chair Peace News pacifist weekly, London, 1966-70; co-founder, Corrandulla Arts and Entertainment, County Galway, Ireland, 1973; founding member, Theatre Writers' Group (now Theatre Writers' Union), 1975. Recipient: BBC Northern Region prize, 1957; Encyclopaedia Britannica prize, 1959; Evening Standard award, 1960; Trieste Festival award, 1961; Vernon Rice award, 1966; John Whiting award, 1973 PEN Macmillan Silver Pen award, 1992.
Plays by John Arden
All Fall Down | ||
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh | 1955 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #989 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | first play performed by a student theatre group at the Edinburgh College of Art | |||||
Synopsis: | Set in the Victorian period about building a railway. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Armstrong's Last Goodnight | ||
| 1st Produced: | Glasgow | 1964 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | B0006D5LGE | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #990 | |||
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Genre: | Exercise in Diplomacy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 23 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| 16th century Scottish border chieftain and his feuds with the King of England over border peace. | |||||
Further Reference: | National Library of Scotland ref: Fifth Estate Theatre Company - Acc.11443/69 | |||||
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Ars Longa, Vita Brevis | ||
| 1st Produced: | Kirkbymoorside | 1964 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Eight Plays I", Cassell, London, 1965 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #991 | |||
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Genre: | Theme for Variations | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | extras inc children | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy | |||||
Synopsis: | improvisation on an art master shot in a wood whilst taking part in a Territorial Army exercise | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Bagman Or The Impromptu Of Muswell Hill, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | BBC Radio | 1970 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays 2", 1994 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #993 | |||
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Genre: | Witty Fable | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | modern version of Moliere's Versailles Impromptu | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ballygombeen Bequest, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Belfast | 1972 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Scripts 9", New York, September, 1972 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #994 | |||
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Genre: | Anglo-Irish Melodrama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy, halted by a libel suit and rewritten as The Little Gray Home In The West | |||||
Synopsis: | English absentee landlord's attempts to evict his Irish tenants. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Blow-In Chorus For Liam Cosgrave | ||
| 1st Produced: | Galway | 1977 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #995 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Business Of Good Government, The: A Christmas Play | ||
| 1st Produced: | Brent Knoll, Somerset | 1960 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #996 | |||
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Genre: | Nativity | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 13 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | or unisex | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy; aka A Christmas Play | |||||
Synopsis: | King Herod's realisation that the child Jesus must be killed in order to preserve the government | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Conscience And Desire, And Dear Liz | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1954 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #997 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Crown Strike Play, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Galway | 1974 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #998 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Death Of A Cowboy | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #999 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Devil And The Parish Pump, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Galway | 1974 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1991 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1000 | |||
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Genre: | 20 min play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 5 characters | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy | |||||
Synopsis: | pressing issue was the new piped water scheme | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Fidelio | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1965 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1001 | |||
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Genre: | Libretto | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Friday's Hiding | ||
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh | 1966 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Soldier, Soldier and Other Plays", Methuen, London, 1967 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1002 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy | |||||
Synopsis: | Experiment In The Laconic as Scottish farmer hides to avoid paying his men | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Granny Welfare And The Wolf | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1971 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1003 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Happy Haven, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bristol | 1960 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "New English Dramatists 4", Penguin, London, 1962 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1004 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy | |||||
Synopsis: | Basic conflicts between the doctors and patients at a geriatric hospital | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Harold Muggins Is A Martyr | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1968 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1005 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy and Cartoon Archetypical Slogan Theatre | |||||
Synopsis: | a battle finally seals the fate of Muggin's cafe after it has been taken over by the establishment | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hero Rises Up, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1968 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0416139501 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1006 | |||
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Genre: | Romantic Melodrama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 16 | Female | 9 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy | |||||
| The amorous relationship between Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson is shown with excerpts from his naval victories. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hunting Of The Mongrel Fox, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Galway | 1976 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1991 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1007 | |||
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Genre: | short play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy | |||||
Synopsis: | protest at a decision to hang a young couple in Dublin | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ironhand | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bristol | 1963 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1008 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Goethe (Goetz von Berlichingen) | |||||
Synopsis: | Ironhand is Goetz who lost his hand in battle and replaced it with an iron gauntlet, "I stood by myself and I took no head of nobody. All I said was freedom" | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Island Of The Mighty, The: A Play On A Traditional British Theme | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1972 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays & Players" London, feb/Mar, 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1009 | |||
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Genre: | Drama, Music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 25 | Female | 9 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy; aka Handful of Watercress | |||||
Synopsis: | A long and complex re-telling of the Arthur and Merlin myth. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Left-Handed Liberty | ||
| 1st Produced: | Mermaid Theatre, London | 1965 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | B002AGE9J0 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1010 | |||
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Genre: | Play about Magna Carta | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 14 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| King John and his barons struggle over the implications of the Magna Carta | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Little Gray Home In The West, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | rehearsed reading at Sugawn Theatre, London | 1978 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Pluto Press, London, 1980 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1011 | |||
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Genre: | Sat MeloDrama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy | |||||
Synopsis: | English absentee landlord's attempts to evict his Irish tenants. (But after libel suit cuts and changed emphases from original "The Ballygombeen Bequest") | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Live Like Pigs | ||
| 1st Produced: | 30 Sep 1958 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "New English Dramatists 3", Penguin, London, 1961 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1012 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy 3 parts | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| Conflict between a band of vagrants and the middle class in an industrial country. | |||||
Further Reference: | Wearing 58.259; Theatre Record Vol XIII (1993) Page 1225 | |||||
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Making Of Muswell Hill, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1984 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1013 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mary's Name | ||
| 1st Produced: | Galway | 1977 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1991 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1014 | |||
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Genre: | Modern Drama Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy | |||||
Synopsis: | women's right to keep their own name after marriage | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Menace Of Ireland ?, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bradford | 1979 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1015 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mongrel Fox, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Galway | 1976 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1016 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mother, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1984 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1017 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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My Old Man's A Tory | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1971 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1018 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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New Communion - For Freaks, Prophets And Witches, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh | 1971 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1019 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Expression of "women's rage" made real | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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No Room At The Inn | ||
| 1st Produced: | Galway | 1976 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1991 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1020 | |||
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Genre: | Modern Drama Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy | |||||
Synopsis: | concern for the Travelling population of Galway | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Non-Stop Connolly Show, The: A Dramatic Cycle Of Continuous Struggle In Six Parts | ||
| 1st Produced: | Liberty Hall, Dublin | 1975 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Pluto Press, 5 vols., 1977 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1021 | |||
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Genre: | 26 hour epic Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 41 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | or 12m4f | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy | |||||
Synopsis: | Life and career of James Connolly martyr of the 1916 Easter Rising. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Party, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1958 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1958 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1022 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Adolescent conflicts convincingly explored | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Pearl | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Methuen Modern Play, London, 1979 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #40995 | |||
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Genre: | Radio | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A Play about a Play within the Play | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Pinprick Of History, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Almost Free Theatre, London | 1977 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1991 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1023 | |||
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Genre: | "intervation" Historical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy | |||||
Synopsis: | reveals the opposition encountered whilst the Galway Theatre Workshop toured a play | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Play Without Words | ||
| 1st Produced: | Glasgow | 1965 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1024 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Royal Pardon, The; Or, The Soldier Who Became An Actor | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1966 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1025 | |||
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Genre: | Childrens Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 13 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy | |||||
Synopsis: | A "legendary" tale about the adventures of a troupe of strolling actors. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Rudi Dutschke Must Stay | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1971 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1026 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sean O'Scrudu | ||
| 1st Produced: | Galway | 1976 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1991 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1027 | |||
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Genre: | Modern Drama Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy | |||||
Synopsis: | support for an industrial dispute | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Serjeant Musgrave's Dance | ||
| 1st Produced: | 22 Oct 1959 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1028 | |||
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Genre: | Unhistorical Parable 3 act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 13 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | revised version produced London 1972 | |||||
| An 1880's recruiting sergeant, in fact a deserter, tries to bring the truth about war home to a strike ridden town. | |||||
Further Reference: | Wearing 59.226; Theatre Record Vol I (1981) Page 0255; Theatre Record Vol IV (1984) Page 0444; Theatre Record Vol XXIII (2003) Page 1392; Theatre Record Vol XXVI (2006) Page 0324 | |||||
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Silence | ||
| 1st Produced: | Galway | 1977 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1029 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Soldier Who Became An Actor | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1966 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1030 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Soldier's Tale, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bath | 1968 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1031 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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True History Of Squire Jonathan And His Unfortunate Treasure, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1968 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays & Players" London, Aug, 1968 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1033 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | its black charcoal burners roaming in the forest round Squire Jonathan's house recall Lord Of The Rings | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Two Hundred Years Of Labour History | ||
| 1st Produced: | Alexandra Palace, London | 1968 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1034 | |||
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Genre: | Historical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy and others | |||||
Synopsis: | for Socialist Labour League Rally | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Vandaleur's Folly | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lancaster | 1978 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London, 1981 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1035 | |||
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Genre: | Anglo-Irish Melodrama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 24 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | or 6m3f | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy | |||||
Synopsis: | Success and failure of agricultural co-operative in the West of Ireland in 1831. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Vietnam Carnival | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York University | 1967 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1036 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Margaretta D'Arcy | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Waters Of Babylon, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 20 Oct 1957 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Three Plays", Penguin, London, 1964 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1037 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | production without decor, WWT wrongly gives production date as 19 oct 1957 | |||||
Synopsis: | A pimp, having served in the German army, claims to be a concentration camp victim as play explores social problems in Britain. | |||||
Further Reference: | Wearing 57.253 | |||||
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When Is A Door Not A Door ? | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1958 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Soldier, Soldier and Other Plays", Methuen, London, 1967 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1038 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Exposure of social and class amongst the workers as they threaten to strike | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Workhouse Donkey, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1963 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays & Players" London, Aug/Sep, 1963 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1039 | |||
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Genre: | Vulgar Melodrama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 21 | Female | 9 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A rumbustious tale of small town political corruption. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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