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Stanley Parker
Commemoration Ball
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| First Produced |
1956 Piccadilly, London
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Farcical Comedy
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Male
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12
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7
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Stanley Parker
Actress And The Bishop, The
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Synopsis:
the love between an actress and a young bishop is blighted by verbal embarrassment
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| First Produced |
1976 Kings Head Theatre Club, London
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| First Published |
Unpublished
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| Genre |
Short play
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Male
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Stanley Parker
Catchpenny Twist
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Synopsis:
two Northern Ireland songwriters who pursue the long road to big time pop while being dogged by the metaphysical shadows of the Irish troubles
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| First Produced |
1977 Peacock Stage, Abbey Theatre, Dublin
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| First Published |
1980 Gallery Press, Dublin
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| Genre |
Charade
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Male
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4
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3
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televised 1977
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Stanley Parker
Heavenly Bodies
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| First Produced |
1986 Birmingham
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| First Published |
1989 in "Three Plays for Ireland", Oberon, London
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Stanley Parker
Kingdom Come
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Synopsis:
the factions on a Caribbean Island, originally colonised by the Irish, are defined through creed instead of colour
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| First Produced |
1978 Kings Head Theatre Club, London
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| First Published |
Unpublished
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| Genre |
Musical
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Male
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music by Shaun Davey
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Stanley Parker
Nightshade
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Synopsis:
The story of Quinn, a mortician, who performs as an amateur magician, ably assisted by his attractive but morbid tap-dancing daughter, Delia. The disappearance (and death?) of his wife, a strike of coffin-bearers, and the subsequent collapse of the business lead him to a complete breakdown and a kind of living death. Images, allegories, and fairy-tales are all mixed in with bewildering complexity
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| First Produced |
1980 Peacock Stage, Abbey Theatre, Dublin
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| First Published |
1980 Co-op Books, Dublin
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| Genre |
Black Comedy
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Male
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Stanley Parker
Northern Star
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| First Produced |
1984 Belfast
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| First Published |
1989 in "Three Plays for Ireland", Oberon, London
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Male
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Stanley Parker
Pentecost
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Synopsis:
Optimism of four misfits during 70's Ulster strike.
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| First Produced |
1987 Derry
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| First Published |
1989 in "Three Plays for Ireland", Oberon, London
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Male
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Stanley Parker
Pratt's Fall
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Synopsis:
Having found an old map which seems to prove that the Irish discovered America. George Mahoney seduces Map Curator Victoria Pratt with it.
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| First Produced |
1983 Glasgow Theatre Club, Glasgow
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| First Published |
Unpublished
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| Genre |
Play
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Male
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Stanley Parker
Spokesong
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Synopsis:
The story of a bicycle-shop owner, Frank, who is passionately convinced that bicycles will be the salvation of the modern city. Frank is a romantic with great nostalgia for the past. His brother Julian, who had been in London, where he became an anarchist, has now returned home determined to destroy what he sees as a hopelessly corrupt society. The conflict between these two brothers lies in Parker's exploration of the roots of the present-day conflict between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland. The story really concerns Frank's painful education into the realities of Belfast life. The play includes a conventional love story and a chorus figure called the Trick Cyclist who sings most of the songs and embodies the spirit of Belfast. Jimmy Kennedy, who wrote "Red Sails in the Sunset," "Isle of Capri," and "South of the Border," did the music for the songs. There are seven songs, ranging from an 1890s music hall song to a 1930s Noel Coward type of song. Not only does the play span eighty years, but it
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| First Produced |
1975 Kings Head Theatre Club, London
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| First Published |
1976 published in Plays and Players
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| Genre |
Play with music
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| Parts |
Male
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4
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2
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music by Jimmy Kennedy
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Stanley Parker
Tall Girls Have Everything
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Synopsis:
A quick-witted American woman inspects an Irish musician's flat for possible accommodation and challenges his various cultural biases
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| First Produced |
1979-80 Humana Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville
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| First Published |
Unpublished
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| Genre |
Short Play
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| Parts |
Male
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3
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1
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part of The American Project: a compendium of short plays
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