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NELL DUNN (1936 - ) |
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Nationality: English Email: n/a Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: Alan Brodie Representation Ltd (agent: Sarah McNair) |
Born in London in 1936, playwright Nell Dunn is best known for the 1963 publication of Up the Junction, a series of short stories set in South London. The book became a controversial success because of its vibrant, realistic and nonjudgmental portrait of the working classes. It was filmed for television and film and was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. In 1967, she published her first novel Poor Cow which was made into a film starring Carol White and Terence Stamp, directed by Ken Loach. Her more recent adult books are Grandmothers (1991) and My Silver Shoes (1996). Dunn's acclaimed play Steaming was produced in 1981, won the Society of West End Theatre Award, now known as the Olivier Award, for Best Comedy, and was subsequently filmed by Joseph Losey with Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, and Diana Dors. Her first television film Every Breath You Take was shown in 1987. She has also written Sisters, a film script commissioned by the BBC. She won the 1982 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Her 2003 play Cancer Tales has toured internationally and been greatly supported the medical profession.
Plays by Nell Dunn
Babe XXX | ||
| 1st Produced: | Two Way Mirror, London | 1998 | ||||
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 | #10327 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Cancer Tales | ||
| 1st Produced: | Greenwood, London | 2003 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Amber Lane Press Ltd (30 Dec 2002) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1872868356 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10328 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Previousl presented at a Macmillan Nurse' Conference | |||||
| Dunn has woven the stories related to her by some cancer patients into a powerful exploration of the myths and the realities surrounding a disease whose very name, to many of us, is so terryifying. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Consequences | ||
| 1st Produced: | Croydon | 1988 | ||||
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 | #10329 | |||
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Genre: | Colaboration | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Brenton,, Griffiths, Ikoli, Sobol, Williams, Wilson, Wymark | |||||
Synopsis: | Eight playwrights play consequences in the 21stC as a last gasp for Foco Novo, killed by the government and the Arts Council | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Home Death | ||
| 1st Produced: | Finborough Theatre, 118 Finborough Road, London SW10 9ED >>> | 10 Jul 2011 | ||||
Company: | Strawberry Vale Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 9781848421950 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #127903 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama 90 min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of Vibrant A Festival of Finborough Playwrights 2011 | |||||
| In our materialist culture obsessed with youth, death has become the ultimate taboo. Inspired by real life stories, Home Death is an unflinching yet ultimately uplifting dissection of how our society deals with the reality of dying. 64% of us want to die at home, but in reality only a quarter of us do. A lingering death in a nursing home is one of the biggest fears of the elderly, and yet research from the UK thinktank Demos predicts that by 2013, 90% of us will die in the soulless setting of a hospital ward. Home Death is a courageous and profoundly compassionate new play that raises essential and urgent questions about palliative care in the UK, and celebrates the strength of friendship and love | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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I Want | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1976 | |||||
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 | #10330 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Bertolt Brecht; Written in collaboration with Alan Brown, music by Wagner-Regeny | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Little Heroine, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Nuffield Theatre, Southampton | 1988 | ||||
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 | #10331 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Vulnerability and strengths of women through example of young heroin junkie and her success at kicking the habit. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lost And Found | ||
| 1st Produced: | reading at Tristan Bates Theatre, 1a Tower Street, London WC2H 9NP >>> | Jan 2009 | ||||
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 | #127902 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | a play about stroke victims | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sisters | ||
| 1st Produced: | Wolsey Studio, Ipswich | 1994 | ||||
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 | #10332 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Steaming | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Royal, London | 1981 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Amber Lane Press Ltd (Nov 1981) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0906399309 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10333 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 6 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
| in a dilapidated Turkish Bath five women of all conditions come to bare their bodies, souls and fantasies | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Swimming Pool, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Guildford: Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Millbrook, Guildford, Surrey GU1 3UX >>> | Sep 2007 | ||||
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 | #127904 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Telling It Slant | ||
| 1st Produced: | Warehouse, Covent Garden, London | 21 Jan 1082 | ||||
Company: | RSC | |||||
| 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 | #132199 | |||
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Genre: | play reading | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | written by Nell Dunn and Micheline Wandor | |||||
Synopsis: | Part of The Warehouse Festival 18 Jan-2 Feb 1982. Includes readings of extracts from Whores D'Oeuvres and Aurora Leigh by Micheline Wandor, and Steaming by Nell Dunn, followed by a discussion. | |||||
Further Reference: | RSC ref TET198201 | |||||
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Variety Night | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1982 | ||||
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 | #10334 | |||
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Genre: | Sketches In Sketch | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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