TARIQ ALI (1943 - )
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Plays by Tariq Ali
Collateral Damage |
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||
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| 1st Published: | Oberon, London | 1999 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: written by Tariq Ali, Howard Brenton, Andy De La Tour | ||||
Synopsis: War rages in the Balkans. While NATO bombs Serbia, the Kosovan Albanians are driven out of their homes. Europe is divided. In homes everywhere, people debate the rights and wrongs of the war. This play reveals the results. | ||||
Consequences |
| 1st Produced: | Gate Theatre Benefit, Notting Hill, London | - | ||
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| 1st Published: | Nick Hern Books, London | - | ||
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Notes: with Bolt and others | ||||
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He Who Says But |
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh | 1996 | ||
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| Genre: | Performed Reading | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Synopsis: Explores the issue of individual sacrifice against the common good. | ||||
Illustrious Corpse, The |
| 1st Produced: | 2003 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Oberon, London | 20044 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | doubling | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: The Home Secretary lies dead on his sofa and his wife Desdemona admits to murdering him. But why did she kill him and why would anyone confess to such a crime? Sir Richard Everall of Scotland Yard wants to cover things up and avoid another embarrassing scandal for the Government. But Desdemona is adamant: she wants everyone to know why she murdered the Illustrious Corpse. Murder is high places, political marriage, the complications of party loyatly: all come under dramatic scrutiny in this sharp contemporary satire. | ||||
Iranian Nights |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1989 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Nick Hern Books, London | 1989 | ||
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| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: written with Howard Brenton | ||||
Synopsis: A response to the Iranian Fatwa placed on the writer Salman Rushdie | ||||
Moscow Gold |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1990 | ||
| Company: | RSC | |||
| 1st Published: | Nick Hern Books, London | 1990 | ||
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| Genre: | Epic | - | Parts: | Male | 21 | Female | 9 |
| Parts Other: | doubling | |||
Notes: written with Howard Brenton | ||||
Synopsis: Charts the rise and rise of Russian President Gorbachov through satire, history, analysis and song. | ||||
Necklaces |
| 1st Produced: | Cochrane, London | 1992 | ||
| Company: | RSC | |||
| 1st Published: | Nick Hern Books, London | - | ||
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Snogging Ken |
| 1st Produced: | 2000 | |||
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| 1st Published: | Oberon, London | 2000 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: By Tariq Ali, Howard Brenton and Andy de la Tour | ||||
Synopsis: Including the Stigma Manifesto Pity Tonys nannies at New Labours Millbank election war-room: theyre working night and day to get Red Ken and prevent him from becoming Mayor of London. Suddenly its Ken, the cuckoo in the nest, whos getting the peoples vote and Millbank, charged with plotting his downfall, is getting desperate. Ever more dastardly plots are afoot as the election draws nearer. | ||||
Ugly Rumours |
| 1st Produced: | 1998 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Nick Hern Books, London | 1998 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: written with Howard Brenton | ||||
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