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Jim Grover

Nationality:	British (1948 - )
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Jim Grover's plays have been seen in theatres in London, Edinburgh, Newcastle and North Wales. In addition to theatre performances his works have been re-played in schools, universities and community arts spaces for educational purposes and in aid of char

Plays by Jim Grover

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Golf War 2 - The Desert Rose

Oil Paint Doesn't Wash Out

Opposite of Show Business, The

Paradise plc

Pictures in Babcia's Head

Provenance Helpline

When the Pie Was Opened

Jim Grover Angel Hair

Company

Rite2Stage

Synopsis:

A murder in the theatre. But did the victim outlive his killer?

First Produced

1999 Bird's Nest Theatre, London

First Published

Genre

Drama/ horror

Parts

Male

Female

Other

Notes

An original short play

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Jim Grover Beating Time

Company

Synopsis:

Otto Klemperer, successful conductor, failed composer, manic-depressive, theatre revolutionary, survivor of the 3rd Reich and multiple near-death experiences. Then, after 87 years of adulation and mockery, what do you expect in an opera, a happy ending?

First Produced

First Published

Genre

Drama

Parts

Male

Female

Other

Notes

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Jim Grover Changes

Company

CANP

Synopsis:

Genetic engineering gets out of hand.

First Produced

1998 Etcetera Theatre, London >>>

First Published

Genre

Drama/ sci-fi

Parts

Male

Female

Other

Notes

An original short play

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Jim Grover Glass Hero

Company

EIIF

Synopsis:

Why did the socialist icon Victor Grayson disappear under such suspicious circumstances in 1920? How can he expect us to know when he quite clearly can't remember himself?

First Produced

2002 Dalry House, Edinburgh

First Published

Genre

Drama/political/mystery

Parts

Male

Female

Other

Notes

Original play, informed by historic events.

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Jim Grover Golf War 2 - The Desert Rose

Company

Synopsis:

Just trying to play a round of golf; Is that so much to ask? Who's this Saddam chap and how'd he get here? While you're there, who's The Desert Rose, what's he up to and what threat does all this pose to national security and common sense?

First Produced

2001

First Published

Genre

Comedy

Parts

Male

Female

Other

Notes

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Jim Grover Oil Paint Doesn't Wash Out

Company

CANP

Synopsis:

What lives do paintings have when nobody is looking?

First Produced

1997 Etcetera Theatre, London >>>

First Published

Genre

Comedy/drama/fantasy

Parts

Male

Female

Other

Notes

An original short play

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Jim Grover Opposite of Show Business, The

Company

Synopsis:

In 1932 Raymond Chandler was dismissed from his oil company employment for absenteeism and recurring binge-drinking. And that's how he became a pulp-fiction writer, Hollywood screenwriter, legend. The play traces an alternative route to his writing career

First Produced

2004

First Published

Genre

Drama/fantasy

Parts

Male

4/5

Female

2/3

Other

Notes

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Jim Grover Paradise plc

Company

Synopsis:

In trying to prevent a suicide an unbeliever accidentally summons an angel from a downsized heaven. Eschatology and 21st century angst intermingle in a disrespectful comedy set in this world and the next. Guaranteed to offend.

First Produced

1997 Public theatre, rehearsed script-in-hand reading, London

First Published

Genre

1 Act

Parts

Male

Female

Other

Notes

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Jim Grover Pictures in Babcia's Head

Company

CANP

Synopsis:

An exploration of real and received memories over three generations.

First Produced

1998 Etcetera Theatre, London >>>

First Published

Genre

Drama

Parts

Male

Female

Other

Notes

An original one-act play

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Jim Grover Provenance Helpline

Company

Synopsis:

What right does one person have to possess a masterpiece? Rembrandt and Hendrickje are subjects in a painting of disputed provenance, a work commissioned but not delivered. Who owns it then and now? Is the power of art weakened by being hidden away, used

First Produced

2000 Etcetera Theatre, London >>>

First Published

Genre

Political/comedy

Parts

Male

Female

Other

Notes

Original play, inspired by Rembrandt's life and art

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Jim Grover When the Pie Was Opened

Company

Synopsis:

What starts as a straightforward request looks likely to become the final case for real-life San Francisco detective Sam Hammett. In it he is lied to by his attractive client, loses his partner, is involved in a political assassination, accused of several other murders and begins to wonder if he might be in the wrong line of work. But could the reward for this swansong be a priceless Black Bird?

First Produced

First Published

Genre

Crime Political Biography

Parts

Male

Female

Other

Notes

Original drame noir, conflating Dashiell Hammett writing and real events.

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