CHRISTINA REID (1942 - ) |
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Nationality: Irish Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Alan Brodie Representation Ltd |
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Plays by Christina Reid |
Belle Of Belfast City, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 03 May 1989 | |||||
Company: | Lyric Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Christina Reid Plays 1, Methuen, London, 1987 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0413712206 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29249 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 5 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
| When three generations of a Northern Irish family are reunited during the week of an anti Anglo-Irish Agreement rally, supported by the National Front, the family finds itself caught between clashing political views. Dolly, a former star of the music halls, is the ageing matriarch who keeps her daughters Vi and Rose in line. Rose has returned to Belfast with her mixed-race daughter Belle, who is keen to learn about her roots. The family's skeletons are soon exposed as old conflicts with cousin Jack, a staunchly Unionist politician, are reawakened. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Clowns | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Room, Orange Tree, Richmond | 21 Mar 1996 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Christina Reid Plays 1, Methuen, London, 1997 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0413712206 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29250 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
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| the sequel to joyriders "What it means to be a poor Catholic teenager living in the Divis flats in Belfast" | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Did You Hear The One About The Irishman ? | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1985 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Christina Reid Plays 1, Methuen, London, 1997 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0413712206 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29251 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 5 | ||
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| In Belfast the problems of different religions within a marriage can lead to fatal consequences for young lovers | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Joyriders | ||
| 1st Produced: | 13 Feb 1986 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | New Playwrights' Network, 1972 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29252 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | voices | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | What it means to be a poor Catholic teenager living in the Divis flats in Belfast | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
King of the Castle, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Plymouth: Barbican Theatre | 16 Mar 1999 | ||||
Company: | BT National Connections | |||||
| 1st Published: | Graham-Adriani, Suzy, New Connections '99: New Plays for Young People, Faber and Faber, London, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29253 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | aka I'm the King of the Castle | |||||
Synopsis: | Exploration of perceptions and relationships in the aftermath of war (1940's Britain). | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Last of a Dyin' Race, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | BBC Radio 4 | 14 Jan 1986 | ||||
Company: | BBC Radio Drama | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Best Radio Plays 1986, Methuen Publishing Ltd (11 Jun 1987) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0413157706 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #59843 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The play won a Giles Cooper Award as one of the Best Radio Plays of 1986. A television production of the play aired in 1987 as part of the 'First Sight' series on Britain's Channel 4. | |||||
Synopsis: | In Northern Ireland, old ways of burying the dead collide with the new. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Les Miserables | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1992 | |||||
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 | #29254 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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My Name, Shall I Tell You My Name? | ||
| 1st Produced: | 26 Sep 1989 | |||||
Company: | Yew Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Christina Reid Plays 1, Methuen, London, 1997 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0413712206 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29255 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | voice | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| Through a series of flashbacks a young woman's recollections of her grandfather are revealed. Throughout her childhood in Derry, Andrea, the old man's only granddaughter, is the apple of his eye. He weans her on tales of the First World War when the only glory was for true-blooded Protestants. A moving tale of a lonely old man with only his memories to survive for and of a young girl who wants to experience more from life. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Tea In A China Cup | ||
| 1st Produced: | 09 Nov 1983 | |||||
Company: | Lyric Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Christina Reid Plays 1, Methuen, London, 1997 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0413712206 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29256 | |||
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Genre: | Historical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | doubling possible | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| Belfast, in the period between 1939 and 1972. During the days surrounding the Twelfth of July celebrations, three generations of Protestant women in Belfast attempt to preserve a sense of community and family continuity by handing down traditions and possessions. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Year And A Day, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh: Traverse Theatre, 10 Cambridge Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 2ED >>> | 01 Mar 2007 | ||||
Company: | George Heriot's School, Edinburgh | |||||
| 1st Published: | in NT Connections2007, Faber and Faber, London, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #70267 | |||
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Genre: | short play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of the National Connections Festival | |||||
Synopsis: | Tale of a travelling Storyteller and a Girl who meet in a land devastated by war and famine | |||||
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