GREGORY BURKE (1968 - )
| Nationality: | Scottish |
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Plays by Gregory Burke
Black Watch |
| 1st Produced: | University of Ediburgh Drill Hall, Edinburgh | 2006 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London, 2006 | ISDN | - | |||
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| Genre: | Physical Piece of political theatre | Piece | Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | - |
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| Synopsis: | An unauthorised biography of the legendary Scottish regiment. Celebrated for its bravery and clan loyalties, the Black Watch has been in the vanguard of countless British military expeditions from Waterloo and the Somme to Kosovo. Its last great challenge before enforced amalgamation was relieving American forces at Camp Dogwood in Iraq during 2004. The National Theatre of Scotland presents this timely and vital theatrical investigation based on interviews with former soldiers of the Black Watch who served in Iraq: "It's a buzz, you're in a war ay, and you're doing the job you're trained for, but it's no like they're a massive threat tay you or tay your country. You're no defending your country. We're invading their country and fucking their day up." | |||||
Chain Play, The |
| 1st Produced: | 2001 | |||||
| Company: | Conceived and commissioned by Angus Mackenchnie | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 5 |
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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 | |||||
Debt |
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Monologue | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 |
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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: | For many, coping with the burden of credit repayments has become a way of life. Whilst for most it remains a manageable means to an end, one woman describes how overwhelming debt almost destroyed her life | |||||
Gagarin Way |
| 1st Produced: | 2001 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London, 2001 | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | - |
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| Synopsis: | This is a cruel, funny first play about a human heist gone horribly wrong | |||||
Hoors |
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Liar |
| 1st Produced: | Olivier, London | 2006 | ||||
| Company: | Galway Youth Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | part of Shell Connections | |||||
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On Tour |
| 1st Produced: | 2005 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London, 2005 | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - |
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| Synopsis: | Tickets, merchandise, money, drugs. All are just a phone call away. H is a Manc, Ray is a Scouser. They service the needs and exploit the chaos of football fans abroad following England to make money, trade, or steal. When H meets Daz, an ex-Marine, in a police cell, he sees an opportunity to turn his dealings with Ray into something bigger. | |||||
Party, The |
| 1st Produced: | Headspace | - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Straits, The |
| 1st Produced: | 2003 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London, 2003 | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
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| Synopsis: | Rosia Bay, Gibraltar, 1982. Doink, Jock and Darren have the longest, hottest summer ahead; yomping, watching pirate copies of Rambo and fighting the local lads over a lucrative fleet of octopus that have just hit the Rock. With Darren's fit older sister Tracy to sell the bounty, their dominance of Rosia Bay seems assured. But for the sons and daughters of the British Forces, another war beginning in the South Atlantic wil soon bring a dark heart to their world. | |||||