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TIMBERLAKE WERTENBAKER (1951 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Casarotto Ramsay and Associates Ltd |
Timberlake Wertenbaker, an American-born European who writes for the British stage, is an experimental dramatist, adaptor, translator, and radio dramatist. Central topics in her work are the efforts of individuals, particularly women: pursuing quests, seeking change, breaking boundaries, and constructing or challenging gender roles. A central technique is the revisioning of actual or imaginary lives from the past, sometimes remote in place as well as in time
Plays by Timberlake Wertenbaker
Abel's Sister | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1984 | |||||
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 | #36692 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | based on material by Yolande Bourcier | |||||
Synopsis: | disabled character damaged in womb whereas her twin brother was not shows the theme of families stifling their members | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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After Darwin | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1998 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36693 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | It's 1831 and the naturalist Charles Darwin is to travel with Robert FitzRoy into uncharted waters off the coast of South America aboard The Beagle. So far, so factual. But for Millie, Ian and Tom, getting to grips with a 1998 stage version of events includes uncovering the polarities both in and between their own lives. The exploration of nineteenth-century philosophical tensions, with the staunch solidity of FitzRoy's Christian ideals sparring with Darwin's slowly dawning radical vision, provokes unsuspected emotions in the present-day director and actors. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Antigone | ||
| 1st Produced: | Southwark Playhouse, Shipwright Yard, (Corner of Tooley St. & Bermondsey St.), London SE1 2TF >>> | 20 May 2011 | ||||
Company: | Primavera | |||||
| 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 | #127680 | |||
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Genre: | translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | large cast | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Sophocles | |||||
Synopsis: | Following years of oppressive rule and violent insurgency, the Middle Eastern city-state of Thebes has arrived at a crisis-point. Two brothers, both terrorist bandits, have killed each other in a bloody battle just outside the city. The new ruler, General Kreon, calls in the West to enforce law and order. As dawn breaks over Thebes, Kreon and his Western allies decide enough is enough. One of the brothers will be buried with full honours. The other will be left to rot in the sand. As the streets begin to return to normal and the dust settles, the last person Kreon expects to defy him is his own niece: Antigone. | |||||
Further Reference: | Theatre Record Volume XXXI (2011) Issue 11 Page 588 | |||||
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Arden City | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||||
Company: | New Connections | |||||
| 1st Published: | in New Connections 2008, Faber and Faber, London, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #87297 | |||
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Genre: | Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Rosie and Sally are two cousins who escape from home after difficulties with Sallys father. They find their way to an allotment where Rosie believes she might find her aunt. To be safer, Rosie dresses as a boy. Orlando also has to flee because his brother Oliver wants him killed. He finds his way to the allotment with Adam, his younger friend. In the allotment, Rosie, Sally, Orlando and others find themselves and each other. Arden City is a modern retelling of As You Like It. It is a story about love, identity and freedom. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ash Girl, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2000 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 2001 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36694 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 9 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | When an invitation to The Ball arrives at the Ash girl's house, from Prince Amir, she can't bring herself to believe that she, like her sisters, can go. With her mother dead and her father away, she must learn to fight the monsters that have slithered and insinuated their way into her heart and mind. In this wondrous drama Timberlake Wertenbaker explores the beauty and terror inherent in growing up. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Break Of Day, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1995 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 1995 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36695 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | lyrics Jeremy Sams | |||||
Synopsis: | Tess, Nina and April are old friends reunited one hot summer weekend to celebrate Tess's fortieth birthday. With their partners in tow, a feeling of dissatisfaction and unease seizes the group. Is it too late to have children? Were they wrong to focus so much on work'? The second act finds Tess and Robert resorting to the fertility industry to conceive, while Nina and Hugh become embroiled in the corrupt bureaucracy of an East European country as they try to adopt a baby. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Breaking Through | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1980 | ||||
Company: | Women's Theatre Group | |||||
| 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 | #36696 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | music by Stephanie Nunn | |||||
Synopsis: | Two female beings from an alternative universe come to try and save the earth, in particular the London underground, from nuclear disaster. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Britannicus | ||
| 1st Produced: | 21 Nov 2011 | |||||
Company: | Wilton's Music Hall and Natural Perspective Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0571283972 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #133451 | |||
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Genre: | translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Jean Racine, in a new translation by Timberlake Wertenbaker | |||||
| Desire. Power. Ambition. Politics. Part political thriller, part family drama, Britannicus depicts twenty-four hours in the life of Emperor Nero that were to change the course of Roman history. Agrippina, widow of the Emperor Claudius, has paved the way for her son Nero to succeed to the throne ahead of his step-brother Britannicus. But as Nero's taste for power grows stronger, Agrippina struggles to keep control of her son as he edges Rome ever closer to catastrophe. A savage dissection of what happens when the personal and political worlds collide, | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Case to Answer | ||
| 1st Produced: | Soho Poly, London | 1980 | ||||
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 | #36697 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | aka Happy Ending | |||||
Synopsis: | An English architect puts her Greek Marxist husband through a political trial of his own devising. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Cinderella The Ash Girl | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2000 | |||||
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 | #36698 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 10 | ||
Parts other: | 1g 1b | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | creates a modern tale about self-belief from the traditional story | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Come Tu Mi Vuoi | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #57589 | |||
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Genre: | Translations | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Credible Witness | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2001 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 2001 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36699 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A young man flees to a distant land and vanishes. His mother follows, certain she will find him, but in this unfamiliar place all certainties seem to crumble. In this story of love and loss, Wertenbaker explores passions simmering in contemporary Britain: the longing for identity, the despair of fragmentation and the fragile hopes of lives redefined. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Diameira | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Wertenbaker Plays 2, Faber and Faber, London, 2002 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #57587 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dispute, La | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36700 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Marivaux | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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False Admissions | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1983 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36701 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Marivaux | |||||
Synopsis: | satire on the manners of the pre-Revolutionary French bourgeoisie | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Filumena | ||
| 1st Produced: | Piccadilly, London | 1998 | ||||
Company: | Peter Hall 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 | #36702 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Eduardo de Filippo | |||||
Synopsis: | after 25 years marriage Filumena is to be thrown over for a younger woman, pretence of death cures all | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Galileo's Daughter | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||||
Company: | Peter Hall 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 | #43078 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | 15/990 | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Grace of Mary Traverse, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1985 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 1985 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36703 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | daughter of rich merchant explores rakish life of eighteenth century, male dominated London, only to return diseased with her daughter | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Happy Ending | ||
| 1st Produced: | Central Casting, Ithaca, New York | - - - | ||||
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 | #36704 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | aka Case To Answer | |||||
Synopsis: | An English architect puts her Greek Marxist husband through a political trial of his own devising. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hecuba | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #57588 | |||
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Genre: | Translations | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Euripides | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hippolytus | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2009 | |||||
Company: | Temple Theatre in association with Onassis Programme | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0571250677 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #96448 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | 2 | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Euripides | |||||
| The goddess of love is offended by Hippolytus, who prefers hunting and horses to women; and her revenge will be terrible. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Home Leave | ||
| 1st Produced: | Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, Surrey | 1982 | ||||
Company: | Wolsey TIE | |||||
| 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 | #36705 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | VE day for a group who have spent the war in an aircraft factory in East Anglia | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Inside Out | ||
| 1st Produced: | Stoke-on-Trent | 1982 | ||||
Company: | R.A.T. Theatre Tour | |||||
| 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 | #36706 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Based on the story of the 9th century Japanese poetess Ono Komachi. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Jenufa | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
Company: | Natural Perspective | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #75711 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Adaptation by Timberlake Wertenbaker from "Her Stepdaughter' by Gabriela Preissova. Literal translation by David Short | |||||
Synopsis: | Gabriela Preissovã was just 28 when her drama of love, jealousy and possession thrilled and scandalised Prague audiences in 1890. Despite becoming familiar as the basis of Janacek's opera Jenufa, Preissova's play Her Stepdaughter has not been performed in Britain until no~ in this new adaptation by Timberlake Wertenbaker, directed by Irma Brown. It's a stark, cruel tale that ought to seethe with frustration and desire; so how have Wertenbaker and Brown contrived to make it so slow and sludgy? Inspired by real-life events, the story is set in a claustrophobic Moravian village. Two halfbrothers, Steva and Latsa, are at loggerheads over the ownership of their dead mother's mill, left to the feckless, drunken Steva by his equally irresponsible father. Their need for possession extends also to Jenufa, their beautiful cousin, who is the stepdaughter of the socially respected widow Kostelnichka. Between them, the three people who claim to love Jenufa destroy her. Latsa slashes her face with a knife and permanently mars her beauty; Steva and Kostelnichka attack her even more horribly, the former by impregnating and abandoning her and the latter by murdering her baby. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Leocadia | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Five Plays, Anouilh", Methuen, London, 1987 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36707 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh, broadcast 1985 | |||||
Synopsis: | opera singer dies after three blissful days of love with Prince Albert who has mourned her ever since | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Line, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 23 Nov 2009 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 2009 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #107183 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| This double portrait features the tempestuous relationship between Impressionists Edgar Degas and Suzanne Valadon, "the best woman painter of the century". The drama combines a fascinating, impressionistic view of a man who gave up all for his art and a woman who was anointed with a genius that she neither nurtured nor understood. Their first meeting, under the disdainful eyes of Degas' faithful helpmeet, Selina Cadell's Zoe, does much to explain the natures of both. While the vain old master, played with great feeling by Henry Goodman, is uninterested by yet another very beautiful wannabe, he is entranced by her work. However, this means little to a feisty woman who was crippled at 15 while a circus acrobat, modelled for Renoir (and the well-cast Sarah Smart looks as if she has walked straight out of one of his finest) and slept with battalions of men, including Toulouse Lautrec and Erik Satie. There may be no meeting of minds, as a bombast tries to school the unteachable and inconstant well of talent, but slowly an intimacy develops that is entirely based on a fellow feeling for art and never becomes physical. Along the way, issues of the time such as Zola's J'Accuse and the emergence of both Wagner and the camera are raised, if not fully debated. However, art is more important than anything and keeps bringing the pair together even after absences that sometimes last for several years, for example when former starving street girl Suzanne married a rich banker to try out the good life. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Love Of The Nightingale, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Other Place Theatre, Stratford, UK | 1988 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 1989 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36708 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | treatment of the Philomele myth where the sisters wreak their revenge in true tragic style | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mephisto | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1986 | ||||
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 | #36709 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Ariane Mnouchkine, based on novel by Klaus Mann | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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New Anatomies | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1981 | |||||
Company: | Women's Theatre Group | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays Introduction", Faber and Faber, London, 1984 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36710 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | 1 musician | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | portrayal of eccentric woman explorer ( Isabelle Eberhardt) at turn of 20th century who visits Algeria but is hounded by the French Authorities both there and in Paris | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Oedipus at Colonus | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1992 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Oedipus Plays, Faber and Faber, London, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36711 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | From Sophocles | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Oedipus Tyrannos | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1992 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Oedipus Plays, Faber and Faber, London, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36712 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | From Sophocles | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Our Countr's Good | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1988 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36713 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 17 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | from The Playmaker by Thomas Keneally | |||||
Synopsis: | Based on true story of convicts rehearsing a play. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Pelleas and Melisande | ||
| 1st Produced: | 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 | #36715 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Maurice Maeterlinck | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Second Sentence | ||
| 1st Produced: | Brighton Actor's Workshop | 1980 | ||||
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 | #36716 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | When a young woman comes out of prison, she finds herself sentenced again by her family. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Successful Strategies | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1983 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36717 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Marivaux | |||||
Synopsis: | Period 1733, a rich, rose-decked Comtesse, turning infidelity into a style, whimsically abandons her lover, he seeks revenge | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Thebans, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon: The Other Place, England, EUR >>> | 1991 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 1992 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36718 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 15 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Sophocles (from Antigone, Oedipus at Kolonus and Oedipus Tyrannos) | |||||
Synopsis: | thrillers of ideas, moral and political battlefields | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Third, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Spetse Festival | 1977 | ||||
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 | #36719 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Wandsworth All-London Playwrights Award | |||||
Synopsis: | A relationship : The central character is the relationship | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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This Is No Place For Tallulah Bankhead | ||
| 1st Produced: | King's Head Theatre, 115 Upper Street, Islington, London N1 1QN >>> | 1978 | ||||
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 | #36720 | |||
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Genre: | Lunchtime One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A woman is called back through a medium to reconstruct the motives of her suicide. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Three Birds Alighting On a Field | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1991 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 1992 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36721 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | Large Cast | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | takes a witty, perceptive look at he art world in the boom period of the late eighties in London | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Variations | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1981 | ||||
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 | #36722 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 1 musician | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The life of George Sand | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Vigil, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Spetse Festival | 1977 | ||||
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 | #72593 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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