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TONY ROPER (1941 - ) |
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Nationality: Scottish Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: The Agency (London) Ltd |
Was born in the Anderston district of Glasgow. Educated at St Patrick's junior secondary before moving to St Mungo's academy. Left school in August 1955 and became a miner at Bowhill colliery Fife after which he had a variety of occupations from brickies hod carrier to the Clydeside shipyards. At the age of twenty six became a mature drama student at the Glasgow school of dramatic art. On leaving there he has been earning his corn from a wide variety of Acting roles in everything from Pantomime to Shakespeare. Wrote first play The Steamie which won A Scots Bafta and then wrote Paddies Market For the Tron theatre in the Glasgow year of Culture. Has also written for Radio and Television. Reached the age of 65 in august 2007 but still Writes and performs. The latest performance has been taking on the Role of the great Scottish comic Rikki Fulton in the Play Rikki and Me. Which played to full houses in the autumn of 2006. He co-wrote this work and will again be touring it in the latter part of 2007. At the present time 19 08 2008 He has just finished writing and directing a play about Glasgow Celtic Football club's UEFA cup run in the 2002-03 season performing at the Pavilion Theatre Glasgow.
Plays by Tony Roper
Babes In The Wood | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dunfermline, Carnegie Hall | 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 | #43641 | |||
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Genre: | Pantomime | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | dancers/chorus | |||||
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Synopsis: | two weans and their wicked uncle determined to do them in to claim their inheritance | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Celts in Seville, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Pavilion Theatre Glasgow | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Glasgow Celtic Ltd | |||||
| 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 | #87944 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 3 musicians on stage | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Paddies Market | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1990 | |||||
Company: | The Tron theatre Club. | |||||
| 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 | #30057 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | The play is set in the traditional Glasgow market which caters for the less affluent section of society and is peopled with great comedy characters who also have the capacity to provoke tears as well as laughter. It is very much a day in the life of, rather than plot driven drama. The action takes place on one continuous day. | |||||
Synopsis: | The play is set in the traditional Glasgow market which caters for the less affluent section of society and is peopled with great comedy characters who also have the capacity to provoke tears as well as laughter. It is very much a day in the life of, rather than plot driven drama. The action takes place on one continuous day. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Rikki and Me | ||
| 1st Produced: | Glasgow Kings Theatre | 2006 | ||||
Company: | The Comedy Unit | |||||
| 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 | #63688 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The play celebrates the life and times of the legendary Scots comic Rikki Fulton and his wife Kate. The action of the piece starts from Rikki being born and traces his life in the Navy and subsequent career in the theatre and television including many of his comic creations, until his death from Alzheimer's. | |||||
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Steamie, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Crawford Theatre, Jordanhill College of Education, Glasgow | 1987 | ||||
Company: | Wildcat theatre company | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Scot-Free", Hern, London, 1990 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #30058 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 4 | ||
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Notes: | Set in a Glasgow wash house on the last day of the year in the early 1950's. It center's around how the women got through their days toils and the various stories and adventures they share during the final wash of the year. Has been a critical and box office success since it's first showing and usually plays somewhere in the world at least once a week. The author's only gripe is when it is played only for laughs. aka Talk of the Steamie, Greenwich Th, London 16/10/89 | |||||
Synopsis: | Set in a Glasgow wash house on the last day of the year in the early 1950's. It center's around how the women got through their days toils and the various stories and adventures they share during the final wash of the year. Has been a critical and box office success since it's first showing and usually plays somewhere in the world at least once a week. The author's only gripe is when it is played only for laughs. | |||||
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Talk Of The Steamie | ||
| 1st Produced: | Greenwich, London | 1989 | ||||
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 | #30059 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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