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BEN THOMPSON (1948 - ) |
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Nationality: English Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Born in Halifax, England in 1948. Won a bursary from BBC Radio North in 1996 in the Alfred Bradley Bursary Award scheme. Went to China in 1999 and stayed, becoming an actor mainly specialising in Chinese TV series, plus occasional small film roles. Has written a book about TV acting in China.
Plays by Ben Thompson
Basket, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Peng Hao Theatre Beijing | 2009 | ||||
Company: | Beijing Actors Workshop | |||||
| 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 | #133469 | |||
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Genre: | Short Play 10 - 15 min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | An estranged middle-aged couple come to China to collect their son and take him home. As the play progresses it becomes apparent that he is dead and it is his remains that they are collecting. | |||||
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Girl in a Green Hat | ||
| 1st Produced: | Peng Hao Theatre Beijing | 2009 | ||||
Company: | Beijing Actors Workshop | |||||
| 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 | #133470 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 4 | ||
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Notes: | This play was written for a women's acting workshop and later performed by two theatre groups. | |||||
Synopsis: | Three women sitting on a park bench, a girl in a green hat comes along and starts rabble-rousing. As the play progresses we realize she is Spring, come to drive away winter and renew the Earth. | |||||
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Peking Roulette | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dorothy Strelsin Theatre | 15 Jul 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 | #116797 | |||
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Genre: | One Act Comedy 70 min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | An ageing foreign man has a language partnership with a young Chinese woman. She wants a baby but she doesn't want an older husband. He wants to sleep with her but he doesn't want a baby. They come up with an interesting compromise. | |||||
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Rainbow Carp | ||
| 1st Produced: | Penghao Theatre Beijing | Jan 2011 | ||||
Company: | Beijing Actors Workshop | |||||
| 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 | #133471 | |||
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: | comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | One of the female parts is for a Chinese waitress. In the script some of the dialogue between the waitress and the older man is in Chinese, though it could be done in English at a pinch. | |||||
Synopsis: | An English girl, recently arrived in China, finds herself sitting at the restaurant table of an older, rather cynical, English man who tries to give her the rundown on life in Beijing. | |||||
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Well, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Peng Hao Theatre Beijing | 2009 | ||||
Company: | Beijing Actors Workshop | |||||
| 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 | #133472 | |||
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: | comedy 10 min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | Both parts can be either male or female | |||||
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Synopsis: | A somewhat absurdist comedy in which two characters encounter a well and ponder what it might possibly be there for. | |||||
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