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SHARMAN MACDONALD (1951 - ) |
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Nationality: Scottish Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: United Agents |
Born in Glasgow, Sharman Macdonald became an actress on graduation from Edinburgh University but gave it up in order to write. When I Was a Girl . . . won her the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright of 1984 and ran in London for one year. Her novels, The Beast and Night, Night, have been published by Collins. She has written a film script, Wild Flowers, which was made for Channel Four.
Plays by Sharman MacDonald
After Juliet | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
Company: | Cardiff HS | |||||
| 1st Published: | Graham-Adriani, Suzy, New Connections '99: New Plays for Young People, Faber and Faber, London, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #21732 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | 1 | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A tense truce holds between the Capulets and the Montagues after the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Benvolio, Romeo's best friend, is in love with Rosaline, Juliet's cousin; but Rosaline is bent on revenge. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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All Things Nice | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1991 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 1991 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #21733 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Borders Of Paradise | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1995 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays I" Faber, London, 1995 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #21734 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 5b 2g | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Ellen and Rose have arrived from Scotland and set up their tent on a Devonshire cliff top. Down on the beach Rob, David, Charlie, Cot and John are enjoying a surfing break. A touching and humorous piece with seven excellent roles for young actors. 'No-one writes about the mysteries of young adulthood with more truth . . . combines warm and funny naturalism with an appropriate touch of the mystic.' The Times | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Brave, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1988 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Three Plays", Faber, London, 1990 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #21735 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Broken Hallelujah | ||
| 1st Produced: | Cottesloe, London | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Truro School Theatre, Cornwall | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Volume 5 of New Plays from A.C.T.'s Young Conservatory, Smith & Kraus, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #55894 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of Shell Connections | |||||
Synopsis: | an account of an encounter between confederate and union soldiers and two teenage girls in a Virginia backwater. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Girl With Red Hair, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2005 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 2003 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #43556 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | In a small town on the east coast of Scotland, three generations are profoundly affected by the death of seventeen-year-old Roslyn. But strangers, friends and family find themselves unwittingly united as the summer warms their skin and revives their hearts. The Girl With Red Hair is an enchanting, humorous and sensitive portrait of a community's recovery from bereavement, and love rediscovered. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sea Urchins | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dundee Rep | 1998 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #21736 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | mysteries of young adulthood | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Shades | ||
| 1st Produced: | Albery, London | 1992 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 1992 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #21737 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | In 1950's Glasgow widow goes to dinner dance hoping to find love however memories intrude compounded by her sons growing up and away | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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When I Was A Girl I Used To Scream And Shout | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1984 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 1985 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #21738 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Period 1950, shows the girls excitement and expectations atrophy, so that in their thirties they have become sober stereotypes of the woman | |||||
Further Reference: | National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Acc.10365/56B | |||||
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When We Were Women | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1988 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Three Plays", Faber, London, 1990 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #21739 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Winter Guest, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1993 | ||||
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 | #21740 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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