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ANITA SULLIVAN (1970s - ) |
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Nationality: British Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: n/a |
All of my 20 plays have been staged, many with repeat productions, tours and awards. I have been commissioned by companies as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company, BBC Radio 4, Plymouth Theatre Royal, GridIron, The Traverse and Eastern Angles. I've taken part in collaborative projects with TAG theatre company, Linea Trasversale, Welfare State International and The Working Party among others. (Only professional productions and commissions are listed on Doolee. For a full biography, see my own website).
Plays by Anita Sullivan
Audience With Queen, An | ||
| 1st Produced: | Diorama Arts Centre, London | 1996 | ||||
Company: | London New Plays Festival | |||||
| 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 | #33664 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 1b | |||||
Notes: | Directed by David Prescott. cf Clearance. Riverside Studios 3, London 11 Sep 1996 | |||||
Synopsis: | A country house has been sold and its furniture stacked on the lawn for collection. The only people left at the house are the janitor (a woman) and a twelve-year-old boy. But is the boy in fact several hundred years old, and do the stories he tells actually come true? Whatever the truth he is determined to defend his home. Into this environment comes Queen, a disaffected monarch (who seems to be turning into a man), for her biennual visit. The three of them discover that stories have power to heal and also to harm. The play draws strongly upon the language, ballads and landscape of the Scottish Borders. | |||||
Further Reference: | Theatre record 1966 Page 1265 | |||||
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Chariot of Light | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bo'ness (all over it!) | 2002 | ||||
Company: | The Working Party | |||||
| 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 | #54962 | |||
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Genre: | Site Specific Work | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 35 community performers | |||||
Notes: | The show was created through a series of workshops with community participants and in collaboration with a composer, a light-artist and a choreographer. Directed by Benno Plassmann and Martin Danziger. | |||||
Synopsis: | Chariot of Light' was a unique event created for and with the community of Bo'ness on the Firth of Forth in Scotland. The site-specific promenade show involved a coal-yard, a steam train, an oil refinery, fireworks, a nature-reserve, a large community cast and a beach. The story was based the Ovid's story of Phaeton, the boy who discovered that his father was the sungod, and drove his father's sun-chariot the strength to control it. This story was given a local and contemporary context, with input from local writers. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Clearance | ||
| 1st Produced: | Glasgow: Arches, 253 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G2 8DL, Scotland >>> | 26 Nov 1996 | ||||
Company: | ||||||
| 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 | #33665 | |||
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 | - | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 1b | |||||
Notes: | GridIron's first production. First directed by Catriona Murray. Second run directed by Ben Harrison. cf An Audience With Queen | |||||
Synopsis: | A country house has been sold and its furniture stacked on the lawn for collection. The only people left at the house are the janitor (a woman) and a twelve-year-old boy. But is the boy in fact several hundred years old, and do the stories he tells actually come true? Whatever the truth he is determined to defend his home. Into this environment comes Queen, a disaffected monarch (who seems to be turning into a man), for her biennual visit. The three of them discover that stories have power to heal and also to harm. The play draws strongly upon the language, ballads and landscape of the Scottish Borders. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Countryside | ||
| 1st Produced: | 05 Nov 2008 | |||||
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 | #134790 | |||
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 | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | In September 2004 the Commons passed the Hunting Bill. In the midst of the Countryside Alliance riot in Parliament Square, a dangerous association forms between a Hunt Master and a Saboteur. it is the beginning of radical change for two people and a way of life. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Crashing | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tron/ Traverse/ Diverse Attractions | - - - | ||||
Company: | Traverse/ Radge | |||||
| 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 | #54970 | |||
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 | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Performed reading directed by Philip Howard at the Tron and Traverse. Full production by Radge Theatre Company for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. | |||||
Synopsis: | Three people as they come home from a night out. Old friends Muir and Ian have picked up (and are competing for) Jackie. The evening takes a disturbing turn when Muir's partner Helen joins the group. Play works in conjunction with a ten minute film 'Wasted' which tells Muir's side of the story. The film was directed by Andrew Abbot. Both scripts developed with the help of Crew 2000 drugs project and Edinburgh Women's Aid. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hildegard | ||
| 1st Produced: | Netherbow Theatre Edinburgh | 1996 | ||||
Company: | First Base Theatre Company | |||||
| 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 | #54969 | |||
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 | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | visual artist | |||||
Notes: | Directed by Estelle Von Warmello | |||||
Synopsis: | Liz is struggling with her art, her boyfriend and her place in the universe. She forms a connection through her work to the twelfth century visionary and artist Saint Hildegard of Bingen. who moves into Liz's flat. As they learn about each others' worlds, all hell breaks loose. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Just Whores | ||
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Brighton Festival etc | 1994 | ||||
Company: | EUTheatre Company, Radge Theatre, New Venture 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 | #54971 | |||
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 | 2 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | This script has had five different productions. It was runner up for the Questors Theatre New Play Award 1995. | |||||
Synopsis: | 'Just Whores' is about the sauna sex industry. It was researched with the help of the Scottish Prostitutes Education Project and Brighton Street Outreach Service. It tells the story of Irma, a student who funds herself through college by working as a prostitute one summer. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Last Supper of Doctor Faustus, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh: Garage Theatre, Fringe Festival, Scotland, EUR >>> | 1996 | ||||
Company: | Theatre Modo | |||||
| 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 | #54968 | |||
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: | Mixed devils of infinite number | |||||
Notes: | Directed by Martin Danziger. Original score by Nick Underwood. Winner of Scotsman Fringe First | |||||
Synopsis: | The Last Supper of Doctor Faustus' was specially written for Theatre Modo and is a very broad adaptation of Marlow's play. It combines his text with original verse, songs, dance and a real Satanic mass. The audience are invited to eat with the eminent Doctor Faustus. For their entertainment a cabaret version of Faustus' life story is performed by a company of devils. However, as the evening progresses this celebration of hell takes a sinister turn. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Monumental | ||
| 1st Produced: | 16 Mar 1999 | |||||
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| 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 | #54964 | |||
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 | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Directed by Ben Harrison as a promenade production. Second production by New Venture Theatre in Brighton, 2001 | |||||
Synopsis: | Mel's father disappears on a business trip to Moscow. She steals her mother's credit-card and flies to Russia to find him. She is sixteen, alone and in danger. But in Moscow anything can happen and Mel awakes the statues of two revolutionary heroes; poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. An adventure begins. . . and perhaps a romance. . . as they explore the high-life and lowlife, the past and present, of an extraordinary city. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Owl Service, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||||
Company: | Theatre Royal Plymouth | |||||
| 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 | #42066 | |||
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: | Drama (young audiences) Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by Anita Sullivan and David Prescott. Directed by Greg Banks and with an original score by Thomas Johnson | |||||
Synopsis: | Adaptation of Alan Garner's (childrens') novel. In the heavy summer heat of a remote Welsh Valley, three teenagers are drawn together, awaking an ancient myth. A scratching in the ceiling and the discovery of a curious dinner service begin an unrelenting chain of events. As myth becomes reality and past becomes present, the three are driven to play out a haunting tale of betrayal and revenge. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Pricked | ||
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh: Assembly Rooms, Fringe Festival, Scotland, EUR >>> | 2005 | ||||
Company: | Ripple/ Drum Theatre Plymouth | |||||
| 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 | #54972 | |||
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 | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Directed by David Prescott | |||||
Synopsis: | Roz is an ordinary 38-year-old who sells life assurance. Her story starts with a cough, and ends up in intensive care. But it doesn't finish there: Roz learns that living can be even messier than dying. The play is an acerbic, character-driven road-trip through HIV diagnosis, towards long-term survival. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Prince and the Pilot, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Howden Park Centre, Edinburgh | 18 May 2000 | ||||
Company: | Borderline | |||||
| 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 | #54963 | |||
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: | Drama (young audiences) Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | Puppet/ puppeteer | |||||
Notes: | Directed by Lesley Finlay | |||||
Synopsis: | Based on Antoine de Saint-Exupery's 'Le Petit Prince', 'The Prince and the Pilot' weaves elements of Exupery's biography into the classic story. A pilot crash-lands in a desert. As he attempts to repair his plane he is visited by a small boy, a Little Prince who leads him on a journey through a desert peopled by strange characters. But is the prince a saviour or a mirage? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Solstice | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1997 | |||||
Company: | RSC | |||||
| 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 | #54967 | |||
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 | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Directed by Myra McFadyen | |||||
Synopsis: | Solstice' was commissioned as a response to Katie Mitchell's production of the York Mysteries. Anthony Neilson and Aiden Healey were also part of the project and wrote companion pieces. 'Solstice' is a meeting between Judas and Eve: love, loss, faith and predestination. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Streetplays | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tour of Ayrshire | 1997 | ||||
Company: | Borderline | |||||
| 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 | #54966 | |||
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 | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Directed by Leslie Finlay | |||||
Synopsis: | Six fifteen-minute scripts to be performed open air. Each one is based around a particular aspect of historical Ayrshire life. The five actors each has their stock character (like a commedia troupe) which recurs through the six stories. The scripts can be performed separately or put together to make a whole story. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Warning to the Curious, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tour of East Anglia | 1998 | ||||
Company: | Eastern Angles | |||||
| 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 | #54965 | |||
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 | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Directed by Ben Harrison | |||||
Synopsis: | Adaptation of three ghost stories by M. R. James: 'Whistle and I'll Come to you, My Lad', 'The Experiment' and 'Mr. Humphrey's Inheritance'. All three tales explore sinister nature of everyday objects and settings, and the terror of the unknown and uncontrollable. | |||||
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