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GABRIEL GBADAMOSI |
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Literary Agent: MBA Literary Agents Ltd |
With a rich heritage that comes from being both black and irish, Gabriel is a poet, essayist and playwright. He founded the Irish Irregulars Theatre Company and acted as literary director for the Siol Padraig Irish Arts Festival. He was Mobil Writer-in-residence at the Manchester Royal Exchange and has been involved in play writing internationally.
Plays by Gabriel Gbadamosi
Abolition | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1989 | |||||
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| 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 | #13248 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | 120 - 150 min Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 5+ | |||||
Notes: | Arts Council Writers' Bursary (1987); | |||||
Synopsis: | A slave ship gets into difficulties during the battle for abolition of the slave trade. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Eshu's Faust | ||
| 1st Produced: | Cambridge Arts Theatre and Faculty of English, Cambridge | 1992 | ||||
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 | #41479 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | 90 min Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 8+ | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | An African Faust enters a Christian church pursued by the powerful devil of his own culture. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hotel Orpheu | ||
| 1st Produced: | Verlag Der Autoren, Frankfurt | 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 | #41496 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | 90 min Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 2 | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A black and a white Angolan flee the civil war in the hold of a fishing trawler; they land in Lisbon, stateless, dependent on each other and still fighting | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Oga's Ark | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | : Commissioned by Nitro | |||||
| 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 | #41583 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | 120 min Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 7-8 | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | After their bus crashes, the survivors of an African theatre troupe rehearse a new version of their play The Animals are Taking Over, but most of lead actors are dead in the wreckage. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Shango | ||
| 1st Produced: | Mobil Writer's Bursary | 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 | #41591 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | 90 min Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 6+ | |||||
Notes: | De Nieuw Amsterdam (1997) | |||||
Synopsis: | West African tale of love, magic and violence bursting out of the young and old people left behind in a decaying community. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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