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National Theatre, London

2004

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Monologue

Play/Drama

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Notes: The National presents the world premieres of five new monologues by leading playwrights, inspired by current events. Taken directly from interviews, each piece explores the personal stories behind the headlines. Each monologue will be followed by a discus

Synopsis: With tabloid hysteria about the influx of asylum seekers largely unchallenged by mainstream politicians, a refugee recounts his experience of the British asylum system and his hopes for a way forward

Lion and Unicorn, London

1998

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in Moira Buffini Plays 1, Faber & Faber, London

2006

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Synopsis: A refreshingly dizzying perspective on that cornerstone of dysfunction - the family. Time Out

Almeida Theatre, London, EUR >>>

2007

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Faber and Faber, (not for commercial sale)

2007

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Play/Drama

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Notes: Samuel Adamson, Moira Buffini, David Hare, Charlotte Jones, Frank McGuinness and Roy Williams each wrote a link for the Almeida's first chain play, performed for one night only as the theatre's major fund-raising event.

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Olivier Theatre, National Theatre, London >>>

2001

Conceived and commissioned by Angus Mackenchnie

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Play/Drama

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Notes: Written By Terry Johnson, Philip Ridley, Charlotte Jones, Lee Hall, Sebastian Barry, Zinnie Harris, Kevin Elyot, Nick Dear, Tanika Gupta, Frank McGuinness, Nick Stafford, Stephen Sondheim, Colin Teevan, Patrick Marber, David Lan, Sarah Daniels, Martin She

Synopsis: One off performance of chain writing to celebrate the National Theatre's 25th anniversary. A scene each from all the authors for a performance on one night

Loft Space, National Theatre, London >>>

2002

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Faber, London

2002

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Black Comedy

Comedy

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Synopsis: An artist, a scientist and a sexpot are coming to dinner. Paige, hostess extraordinaire, is celebrating the publication of her husbands bestseller. The arrival of Mike, marooned in the foggy lane after crashing his van, provides an unexpected addition to the evening's entertainment. A silent waiter, sourced from an obscure website, completes the picture. Primordial Soup is first on the menu ­ let the dinner from hell begin.

Finborough Theatre, London >>>

1999

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Play/Drama

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Almeida Theatre, London, EUR >>>

2007

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Adaptation

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Notes: Original Playwright - Nikolai Erdman (The Suicide). Literal translation by Charlotte Payne

Synopsis: Inspired by Erdmans classic satirical comedy, banned by Stalin before a single performance. Dying For Ii centres on Semyon, unemployed, living in the hallway and watching his wife Masha slave all the hours God sends. When his last hope to earn a crust and gain some self-respect disappears. he decides to take his own life. Word gets out of his intention and he finds himself inundated with visitors begging him to die on their behalf On the night he is to shoot himself they hold a party. at which point events spiral to a glorious climax.
Theatre List

Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, London, EUR >>>

1997

Soho Theatre Company, London >>>

Faber & Faber, London

1997

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Play/Drama

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Synopsis: hurls you through the fractured lives of a family of women in occupied Guernsey in 1943

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One act

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Lilian Baylis Theatre, London >>>

1992

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in Singular Female Voices, Nick Hern Books, London >>>

2006

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Short Play

One Act

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Notes: written with Anna Reynolds

Synopsis: The true story of Shirley Jones, who kills her baby boy, Jordan, rather than have him taken away by his abusive father.

The Pit, London

2001

Royal Shakespeare Company >>>

Faber, London

2000

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Play/Drama

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Synopsis: Together ten chronologically organised scenes offer a vision of love and sex in England across two millennia, from classical times to the present day via the Renaissance anf the Swinging 60's.

Almeida Theatre, London, EUR >>>

2007

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Adaptation

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Notes: from Catherine Storr's novel

Synopsis: This is the Almeida Theatre's first Christmas family production. Catherine Storr's novel was first published in 1958 and reprinted many times, soon becoming a much loved children's classic. The Almeida production will use actors and dancers to convey the world of Marianne's dreams.

Birmingham Rep Door, Birmingham, UK >>>

1999

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StageScript, Faber & Faber, London

1999

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Play/Drama

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Synopsis: an historical drama set in grim and violent first-century England

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National Theatre, London, EUR >>>

2008

New Connections

in New Connections 2008, Faber & Faber, London

2008

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Youth Audience

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6

2 m/f

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Synopsis: Two young women arrive in a nameless British smalltown. Their names are not their own. They don't declare their ages. Their relationship with each other is not clear. Are they sisters, as their assumed identities declare? Or are they mother and daughter? The eldest, Claire, takes a job in a pub. The youngest, Eleanor, goes to school. During a truth exercise in her drama class, Eleanor confesses that she has been alive for over two hundred yeas and has survived by drinking human blood. Her classmates think she is utterly crazy and Mint, her teacher, puts her in touch with the school counsellor. She makes one friend, Frank, a boy who has been home educated and is as much of an oddity as Eleanor. He tries to get to the bottom of her vampire delusion, thinking it an epic and compelling psychosis. Why would anyone want to be undead? Frank's parents believe that Ella is an anorexic - why does she never eat? Eleanor has started to write her life story as a play. She describes Claire's background as a prostitute in 19th century London and her own as a child in a private orphanage. Meanwhile, things are falling apart. People are disappearing. Are Eleanor and Claire vampires? Or are they troubled young women on the run?