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VALERIE GOODWIN (1956 - ) |
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Nationality: English Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Valerie Goodwin has been teaching Drama since 1983 and started writing plays for performance in schools and youth theatres when she could not find a suitable adaptation for Frankenstein that fit the demanding criteria as follows:-large cast,simple set,sticks closely to original and has possibility for songs. Valerie has now had her plays performed in Dublin, Edinburgh fringe, Michigan and Lincoln, as well as all over the UK.her 'toolkit' is a best seller on her website as is her collection of monologues ( 'when you're ready').
Plays by Valerie Goodwin
Dracula-curse of the Undead | ||
| 1st Produced: | Buxton ( Clubhouse) | 2005 | ||||
Company: | TASTE productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | Tasteproductions.co.uk, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #78812 | |||
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Genre: | Horror classic | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | gypsies | |||||
Notes: | The set (made of lightweight hinged arches) was turned and moved by the vampire girls to create the different settings. | |||||
Synopsis: | The classic horror tale by Bram Stoker faithfully reproduced;complete with Gothic vampires and a race to beat the setting sun. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Jekyll and Hyde | ||
| 1st Produced: | Pauper's Pit,Buxton | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Tasteproductions.co.uk | |||||
| 1st Published: | Tasteproductions.co.uk, 2006 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #78831 | |||
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Genre: | Horror classic | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | Dancers,singers | |||||
Notes: | The scaffold set provided a 'cage-like' feel and the dancers and Hyde 'hung' on it like bats. | |||||
Synopsis: | An adaptation of the gothic tale that captures the foggy streets and sense of dread as science fiction and horror collide. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Magdalen Whitewash, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Draiocht Arts Centre Dublin | 2003 | ||||
Company: | Coolmine | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playsandmusicals.co.uk, 2002 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #78813 | |||
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: | Docu-drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 16 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Physical theatre with the sheets and the 'ballet' where the sheets become 'babies' and are handed to the nuns. | |||||
Synopsis: | The story of the Irish laundry girls, the nuns, the delivery men and the priests.Based on research and the book 'Do penance or perish' by Frances Finnegan. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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