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MARK RAVENHILL (1966 - ) |
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Nationality: British Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Casarotto Ramsay and Associates Ltd |
Mark Ravenhill has established himself as one of the most important playwrights to emerge from the 1990s. Provocative, dark, witty and satirical, his plays consistently probe the debased culture of our times.
Plays by Mark Ravenhill
Bigger Banner, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | 16 Mar 2011 | |||||
Company: | Reclaim Productions, in association with Meeting Point Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1849430630 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #126115 | |||
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Genre: | short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Part of Theatre Uncut. Across the country thousands of people are involved in protests and debates, sparked into action by the largest cuts to public spending since World War Two. Theatre Uncut is a national theatre event in response to these cuts, bringing together some of the UK's leading dramatists. | |||||
| Mark Ravenhill's A Bigger Banner tackles the shattering of postwar dreams of democracy and equality with succinct savagery and wistfulness | |||||
Further Reference: | Theatre Record Volume XXXI (2011) Issue 06 Page 292 | |||||
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Citizenship | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2005 | |||||
Company: | NYT/Salford, Lowry & Glenthorne High Sch, Sutton, Shell Connections 2005 | |||||
| 1st Published: | Methuen Drama, London >>>, 2006. also published by Samuel French, London (acting edition), 2007 >>> | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0713683981 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #60086 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| frank and alert examination of a boy's struggle to find his sexual identity | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Close to You | ||
| 1st Produced: | 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 | #28951 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | 1st Play | |||||
Synopsis: | about outing a gay MP. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Coronation of Poppea, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | King's Head Theatre, 115 Upper Street, Islington, London N1 1QN >>> | 28 Apr 2011 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1408160541 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #131310 | |||
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Genre: | song cycle | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| The Coronation of Poppea, a new version of Monteverdi's opera depicting the triumphant adultery between Poppea and Roman Emperor Nero. Tackling this tale of epic lives, Ravenhill updates Tacitus' scathing portrayal of decadence and imperial degeneracy with language which is contemporary, spare and brutally powerful. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Cut, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0413775740 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47808 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| Paul is an ordinary man with a shocking secret. At home, he is a loving husband and father. At work, he administers the cut. In a society sickened by his profession, Paul struggles with his conscience and longs to tell the truth. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dick Whittington And His Cat | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
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 | #58938 | |||
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Genre: | Pantomime | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas without the fun and laughter of the traditional panto. This year Bite06 presents Dick Whittington And His Cat, Bite's first-ever pantomime. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Education | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||||
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 | #39384 | |||
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Genre: | Monologue Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 1 m/f | |||||
Notes: | The National presents the world premieres of five new monologues by leading playwrights, inspired by current events. Taken directly from interviews, each piece explores the personal stories behind the headlines. Each monologue will be followed by a discus | |||||
Synopsis: | Today's teachers face mounting pressures to meet the demands dictated by government policy. One teacher reveals the controversial measures some take in order to deliver results. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Exclusion Zone, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Southwark Playhouse, Shipwright Yard, (Corner of Tooley St. & Bermondsey St.), London SE1 2TF >>> | 12 Oct 2010 | ||||
Company: | The Sticking Place and Seabright Productions | |||||
| 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 | #119312 | |||
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Genre: | short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of Terror 2010: Death and Resurrection by April DeAngelis, William Ewart, Neil LaBute, Mark Ravenhill | |||||
Synopsis: | A couple meet online and venture into the countryside, talking about seeing a horror film upon their return to the city. But real-life horror soon descends as their inhibitions unravel. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Experiment, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 07 Oct 2009 | |||||
Company: | The Sticking Place | |||||
| 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 | #103499 | |||
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Genre: | short horror play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of Terror 2009, a season of new, short horror plays written by some of our best contemporary playwrights and now in its sixth year, is hosted by Southwark Playhouse for 2009. The evening combines horror, and cabaret as the Grand Guignol tradition is reinvented for the 21st century | |||||
Synopsis: | evokes a vortex of atrocity from fairytales to Mengele and Medea | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Faust (Faust Is Dead) | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1997 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1413718402 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28952 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | chorus | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| Famous philosopher arrives in LA and is lauded as a star. On a TV show he announces the Death of Men and the End of History and then meets a young man on the run from his father, a software tycoon | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ghost Story | ||
| 1st Produced: | 10 Jun 2010 | |||||
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 | #114071 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Sky Arts launches an exciting new project, bringing live drama to British television screens with a series of five, newly commissioned short plays. Written by some of the world's most celebrated and controversial playwrights, each play will be previewed at Riverside Studios before being broadcast live on Sky Arts 2 HD. | |||||
Synopsis: | A satire of the positive-thinking movement and a moving story of a woman's battle with illness, set in a world where time is fluid and we can talk to the dead. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Girls Of The 3 1/2 Floppies | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2005 | |||||
Company: | Anglo Mexican Foundation AC | |||||
| 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 | #46256 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Luis Enrique Gutierrez Ortiz Monasterio. Surtitles Translator - Mark Ravenhill | |||||
Synopsis: | Two mexican women endlessly wash a floor whilst talking of finding the school fees and their next line of coke. Over their lives loom absent husbands and fathers and the pall of seual favours in return for money and drugs. - Veronica Lee, Evening Standard | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Handbag: The Importance Of Being Someone | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1998 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0413737601 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28953 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| From Victorian wet nurses to 90s sperm banks, Mark Ravenhill's new play examines the role of parenting in an age of diverse sexualities, biological engineering and Tinky Winky's handbag | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Life In Three Acts, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Aug 2009 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Methuen Drama | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1408125212 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #113628 | |||
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Genre: | Piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | guests | |||||
Notes: | Written by Mark Ravenhill and Betty Bourne | |||||
| With honesty, humour and occasional anger, performer Bette Bourne tells the playwright Mark Ravenhill about his life. The story moves from a post-war childhood, to the Gay Liberation Front, life in a drag commune and on to the creation of the ground-breaking Bloolips company and beyond. The piece, in three parts, marks a different series of events in Bette's life to reveal a portrait of an amazing individual and celebration of the momentous struggles and achievements of gay liberation. Each part can be enjoyed as self-contained stories or seen together for a fuller picture. The performance is a reading of edited transcripts of a series of long, private conversations, a recreation on stage of two friends reminiscing about one of their lives. 'Bette' and 'Mark' will be played by the real individuals. But at some performances guest artists will recreate the original conversations, finding their own path through the extraordinary life of Bette Bourne. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Life of Galileo, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 31 Jan 2013 | |||||
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 | #137315 | |||
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Genre: | adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Bertolt Brecht | |||||
Synopsis: | Arguably Brecht's greatest play, The Life of Galileo charts the seventeenth century scientist's extraordinary fight with the church over his assertion that the earth orbits the sun. Brecht beautifully captures the explosive struggle between scientific discovery and religious fundamentalism. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mother Clap's Molly House | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2001 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0413769305 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28954 | |||
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Genre: | Play with songs Play with Music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 14 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Music By Mattthew Scott | |||||
| Ravenhill weaves two time zones - London 1726, where Mrs Tull's whores are giving her a hard time, a man in a dress is looking for a job, her husband has a roving eye, and the apprentice boy keeps disappearing. Meanwhile, in 2001, a group of wealthy gay men are preparing for a raunchy party. This black comedy not only celebrates the diversity of human sexuality but also provides a fascinating insight into a hidden chapter of London's history. Unusually, the text also includes both lyrics and score for the songs | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mother, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Scoop at More London | 04 Aug 2011 | ||||
Company: | Steam Industry Free Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #131137 | |||
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Genre: | translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Bertolt Brecht, translated by Mark Ravenhill from a literal translation by Marc Funda, music by Theo Holloway and Richard Norris | |||||
Synopsis: | Brechts The Mother is a little performed play from 1932 telling of a woman living in a Russia on the cusp of revolution who is forced into a new world of political activism when she sees how her own activist son is treated by the authorities. As she meets with his friends and begins to engage with their agenda, she finds herself on a journey of personal growth, as she finally learns to read and as her political consciousness is awakened and becomes impassioned, she becomes a figurehead for the movement that her son is part of. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Nation | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2009 | |||||
Company: | National theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Corgi, London, 2009 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-055162159 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #99525 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | large cast | |||||
Notes: | Based on a novel by Terry Pratchett, adapted by Mark Ravenhill | |||||
| A parallel world, 1860. Two teenagers thrown together by a tsunami that has destroyed Mau's village and left Daphne shipwrecked on his South Pacific island, thousands of miles from home. One wears next to nothing, the other a long white dress; neither speaks the other's language; somehow they must learn to survive. As starving refugees gather, Daphne delivers a baby, milks a pig, brews beer and does battle with a mutineer. Mau fights cannibal Raiders, discovers the world is round and questions the reality of his tribe's fiercely patriarchal gods. Together they come of age, overseen by a foul-mouthed parrot, as they discard old doctrine to forge a new Nation. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Over There | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2009 | |||||
Company: | International Playwrights: A Genesis Project | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 9781408119532 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #91938 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| "I found you. You're here. And I was over there. But now I'm over here. I'm here. You're my brother. I love you" When Franz's mother escaped to the West with one of her identical twin boys, she left the other behind. Now, 25 years later, Karl crosses the border in search of his other half. As history takes an unexpected turn, the brothers must struggle to reconnect. Examines the hungers released when two countries, separated by a common language, meet again. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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pool (no water) | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0713683981 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #55468 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| In pool (no water) a famous artist invites her old friends out to her luxurious new home and, for one night only, the group is back together. However, celebrations come to an abrupt end when the host suffers a horrific accident. As the victim lies in a coma, an almost unthinkable plan starts to take shape: could her suffering be their next work of art? pool (no water) is a visceral and shocking new play about the fragility of friendship and the jealousy and resentment inspired by success. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Product | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2005 | |||||
Company: | Paines Plough | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0413775740 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #60430 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| "I love your work, I love it. I've seen you do those turns on a sixpence. . ..You're fabulous. And this material is going to be fabulous once it's punched up". Amy is a hot young starlet. Now all she needs is the script which will save her from B movie hell. A script which balances artistic integrity with blockbuster bucks. Mark thinks he's got the perfect pitch - a script which combines a torrid love story with the dark spectre of terrorism and big, big explosions. If he can only persuade Amy, he's got the perfect Product. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ravenhill For Breakfast | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
Company: | Paines Plough | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #70722 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | aka Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat | |||||
Synopsis: | Mark Ravenhill's Daily Special: A bite-sized premiere for each day of the Fringe. Freshly rehearsed with a sizzling cast, accompanied by the aroma of coffee and bacon butties. Treat your tastebuds to a new sensation every day. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ripper | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
Company: | Terror 2007 presented by Sticking Place | |||||
| 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 | #75702 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | solving London's greatest serial killer mystery with the help of Queen Victoria, Bette Boume, a bad wig and an enormous pair of false boobs. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Scenes from Family Life | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||||
Company: | New Connections | |||||
| 1st Published: | in New Connections 2008, Faber and Faber, London, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #87296 | |||
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Genre: | Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | plus an ensemble (minimum twelve, maximum several hundred, gender unimportant) | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Jack and Lisa: two ordinary teenagers who want to have a baby. Only problem is Lisa keeps vanishing literally - into thin air. Their friends Barry and Stacy have the same problem. Stacy is eight months pregnant. But Barry keeps vanishing in front of her eyes. Soon, they discover that first their friends and eventually the whole world are dematerialising. With Lisa and Barry faded away to nothing, Jack's flat is requisitioned by the army and given over to a parents and babies group. But when finally everyone else vanishes for good, there's only Jack and Stacy left in the world. It's up to Jack to deliver Stacy's baby. Six month on and Jack and Stacy are the only boy and girl on the planet. For Jack it's a dream, for Stacy a nightmare. And when the vanished start to return, Jack has to learn how complex adult relationships are. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Shopping And Fucking | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1996 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0413712400 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28955 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
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| Mark used to work in the City but is now a junkie. He is in a bad state. His flatmate Lulu and her boyfriend Robbie try to feed him. Mark decides to get medical help. At a job interview Lulu is given 300 ecsastsy tablets to sell. Robbie helps her count them. Mark arrives back having been thrown out of the rehab clinic for inappropiate behaviour. Mark meets rent boy Gary through a sex line. Mark only wants sex and not to become involved - but ends up comforting Gary after he hears how he was abused by his step-father. Robbie tries to sell the ecstasy but gives it away. He is beaten up when he has no more left. Lulu is furious. Brian who supplied the ecstasy gives them a week to pay him the money for them. They set up a telephone sex service. Mark and Gary go shopping with a stolen credit card. Mark realises that he is in love with Gary and rejects him. Gary tells him that he is only fourteen. Robbie and Lulu almost have all the money they owe Brian. Gary has a sexual fantasy and Robbie agrees to fulfill it for a price. So both Mark and Robbie have rough sex with him. Mark leaves and Gary insists that Robbie buggers him with a knife. Robbie and Lulu now have the money for Brian. | |||||
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Sleeping Around | ||
| 1st Produced: | 19 Feb 1998 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0413732705 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28956 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | written by Mark Ravenhill, Stephen Greenhorn, Hilary Fannin and Abi Morgan | |||||
| Sleeping Around is about love and sex in Britain as we approach the millennium. In a dozen scenes of likely and unlikely connections, two actors play a variety of couples whose ordinary lives erupt in extraordinary moments. | |||||
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Some Explicit Polaroids | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #28957 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | follows five personal journeys through a world of global imagery in an acerbic satire on the cult of celebrity | |||||
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Tales of Love and Justice | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1995 | |||||
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 | #28958 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Chinese Yuan Plays | |||||
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Ten Plagues | ||
| 1st Produced: | 01 Aug 2011 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1408160541 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #131309 | |||
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Genre: | song cycle | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | pianist | |||||
Notes: | libretto by Mark Ravenhill music by Conor Mitchell | |||||
| London is infected. The dead fall in the streets. As the plague pits fill, the people of London struggle to maintain a society in the face of overwhelming mortality. Based on eye-witness accounts from 1665 and drawing poetic parallels with modern epidemics, Ten Plagues relates one man's journey through a city in crisis. Told entirely through a series of songs, Ten Plagues explores humanity's struggle with sickness and death and celebrates our capacity for survival. | |||||
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Totally Over You | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2002 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Shell Connections 2003, Faber, London | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28959 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 8 | ||
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Synopsis: | KITTY dreams of becoming a star, but first she and her 'sistas' - ROCHELLE, HANNAH and SINITA - have to date some A-list celebrities, and that means dumping zitty boyfriends JAKE, DAN, TYSON and FRAMJI. Kitty eggs on her reluctant friends with promises of the fame to come: photo shoots, opening nights and more. Meanwhile, Jake, Dan, Tyson and Framji swap stories of getting chucked and decide to teach the girls a lesson - but how? Geeky friend VICTOR has the answer. Posing as a wacky visionary he convinces the girls that the boys are the biggest stars of the future - the ultimate boyband, Awesome. With the help of his drama classmates, disguised as PAs, stylists and the press, Victor stages a phoney concert to launch the band's debut single, So Totally Over You. Desperate to win the boys back, the sistas sneak in but Dan, Tyson and Framji tell them where to go. Satisfied that the girls have learnt their lesson, the boys and their mates return to normal. But Jake wants the playacting to go on - if only he can persuade Kitty to see beyond the celebrity, maybe he can win her back? The two meet and Jake momentarily gives in to the fantasy of his pop-star life. The other couples, reunited at last, turn up and reveal the truth and Kitty and Jake finally have to face up to their true feelings for one another. Inspired by Moliere's Les Precieuses Ridicules, Mark Ravenhill's ironic new play examines the world of instant celebrity, branding and illusion in an age of Big Brother and Pop Rivals. A love story for anyone who's ever dreamt of becoming a pop star, told a few lies and been dumped. There are 15 characters in Totally Over You, eight girls and seven boys aged between 14 and 16. There are opportunities for larger casts to play the various members of the drama class, disguising themselves as reporters, photographers, TV crews, etc. The play is written to be performed on a bare stage. The scenes are not set anywhere specific and need no scenery or furniture to suggest location. | |||||
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