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1981

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page

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Newcastle Playhouse

2000

Northern Stage Ensemble

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page

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Adaptation

11

6

many extras

From the story by William Trevor

Saturday nights are all right for many things - fightin', lovin', losin', gettin', havin', holdin'. From dance hall to disco, from cradle to rave, the prospects of that ever elusive "good time" has filled many a lost weekend with hopes destined to be dashed by bad timing and even worse karma.
Neil Cooper, The Times

Edinburgh: Royal Lyceum Theatre Co., Scotland, EUR >>>

1987

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Nick Hern Books, London >>> ,

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Childrens

Youth Audience

4

4

doubling, or 6f 7m

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An inspired modern version of the story, given a fine momentum by Crackjaw the witch, a ferocious hate-mongering villainess. There's also a cheeky goblin called Dunt, a gorgeous pantomime dog called Billy, a magnificent pair of (female) Ugly sisters, and a hero who amounts to something more than the usual insipid Prince. The audience participation rages fast and furious. . .' Scotsman

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1982

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page

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1989

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page

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Adaptation

9

5

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Original Playwright - Anton Chekhov

the story of mortgage with the grounds of the proud house being sold to pay off debts

Edinburgh: Royal Lyceum Theatre Co., Scotland, EUR >>>

1989

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Nick Hern Books, London >>> ,

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Childrens

Youth Audience

4

4

doubling

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The ugly sisters and the vicious stepmother get their come-uppance, but Cinders, in a thoroughly refreshing alternative, rejects the spoilt and arrogant Prince in favour of the genuine and reliable Buttons.

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1983

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page

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1983

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page

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1990

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page

Childrens

Youth Audience

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Large Cast

book by Roald Dahl

Plymouth

1998

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Samuel French, London,

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Adaptation

10

3

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novel by Emile Zola

town in Northern France tragically divided by the effects of a miner's strike , set in 1855

Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, UK >>>

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page

Childrens

Youth Audience

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Large Cast

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traditional story

Edinburgh: Royal Lyceum Theatre Co., Scotland, EUR >>>

1998

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Nick Hern Books, London >>> ,

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Childrens

Youth Audience

6

3

doubling

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Hansel and Gretel stumble upon a colourful circus family but are tricked into following their new friends to the wicked witch's candy-covered lair. Hansel is given over to the witch in return for the imprisoned father of the circus family. But Gretel won't give in and frees her brother in the same way. Helped by Orin the Faerie-King and the mysterious Monkey-boy, the children defeat the witch with a combination of kindness and courage.

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1985

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page

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Birmingham Old Rep

2004

Birmingham Stage Company

Nick Hern Books, London >>> , 2007

9781854599681

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Adaptation

Youth Audience

6

2

doubling

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Rudyard Kipling's classic jungle tales, in an acclaimed stage adaptation by Stuart Paterson, 'a master of children's theatre' (Scotsman). 'This exhilarating production ticks all the boxes for families looking for an uplifting treat' Time Out 'A top-class production, a tropical cocktail of intense and comical moments, shaken and stirred with heart-stopping dangers and surprises' Daily Telegraph

Birmingham Old Rep

2005

Birmingham Stage Company

Nick Hern Books, London >>> , 2006

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Adaptation

Youth Audience

4

3

doubling

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The story of a young boy's fantastic adventure after being washed up on a Pacific island . adapted for the stage by acclaimed dramatist Stuart Paterson from the best-selling novel by Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo. Michael embarks on a round-the-world sailing voyage with his parents, only for their dream to become a nightmare when Michael falls overboard. Washed up on an island in the Pacific populated with orang-utans, Michael soon makes a startling discovery: the island is already home to one extraordinary man, and this is Kensuke's Kingdom. . .

Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, UK >>>

1999

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Nick Hern Books, London >>> , 1999

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Play/Drama

2

2

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a new version of Mr Government (1986)

A play set in Ayrshire after the First World War, with touches of Ibsen - from the acclaimed Scottish playwright. Matt has returned from life on the road, haunted by his experience of the trenches. For sixteen years, his brother Rob has broken his back to build a haulage business in a tough rural community. He has married Catherine, a restless city girl, who shows an unsettling interest in the new arrival. Driven by birthright and rivalry, the two brothers are drawn into a remorseless life-or-death struggle for control of the business - and of Catherine. With its isolated setting, its action set in train by an unexpected arrival and its impassioned characters whose strong feelings run deep beneath their words, King of the Fields has a strength reminiscent of the plays of Ibsen.

Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, UK >>>

1981

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Nick Hern Books, London >>> ,

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Childrens

Youth Audience

5

3

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Hard-done-by dogsbody Arthur must rise above his social station, overcome bullying guardian Sir Hector and brattish offspring Kay, avoid the clutches of evil Morgana and her henchman Face, with only spunky heroine Gwen and ageing tutor Merlin to help him out. Luckily, Merlin has magic on his side. . . Pure, undiluted entertainment.' The List

Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, UK >>>

2005

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Nick Hern Books, London, 2005

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Play/Drama

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A famous theatre director returns to Scotland with carte blanche to stage what he will. He chooses Peter Pan - but wants to do it without anyone playing Peter. The artistic director and senior members of the host theatre are aghast, passions run high, but he is determinedly committed.

Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, UK >>>

1986

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page

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Play/Drama

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driven by birthright and rivalry two brothers are drawn into a remorseless life-or-death struggle for control of the business - and of Catherine.

Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, UK >>>

1999

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page

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Adaptation

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Large Cast

by J M Barrie

The children never grow up

Stirling, Scotland

2003

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Nick Hern Books, London >>> ,

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Childrens

Youth Audience

4

4

doubling, or 7f 8m

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Wisely and with great skill, Paterson has adjusted the original tale. Princess Irene is old enough to become the wife of gruesome Goblin Prince Krankl. . . and the sweetheart of miner's son, Curdie. She is young enough to need a bossy nurse, Lottie, and to go squidgy over a Paterson-import, a dragon name d Fannon. And she is just the right age to respond to the magic of the loving, shimmering, enigmatic Lady. . . Paterson is a quite unrivalled talent within the theatre.' Herald

Dundee: Rep Theatre, Scotland, EUR >>>

2001

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Nick Hern Books, London >>> , 2001

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Childrens

Youth Audience

4

4

or 17m 6f

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Magic, comedy, glitter, goodies, baddies and a true-hearted hero triumphing over adversity. . . But this being a Stuart Paterson show, most of the cheesier trad-panto fixtures are dispensed with in favour of strong narrative momentum and pawky vernacular humour. . . The story follows the adventures of Rab, the youngest of a mill-owner's three orphaned sons, after their mother's will leaves the mill to his two shiftless, bullying brothers and him nothing but her love and the company of her cat. Setting off to seek his fortune he soon discovers - of course - that this is no ordinary cat, especially not once they have defeated the evil witch and Puss has purloined her magnificent, re-sequinned magic boots. . . Puss is of course Catherine in disguise and Rab, though he didn't realise it at the time, has loved Catherine all along.' Metro.

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1982

TAG

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page

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One Act

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Edinburgh: Royal Lyceum Theatre Co., Scotland, EUR >>>

1996

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Nick Hern Books, London >>> ,

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Childrens

Youth Audience

4

4

or 8m 5f

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'This fantastically embroidered variation on the original is classic Stuart Paterson territory. Here is a deep understanding of the old stories, here is the battle between the queens of darkness and light, here is the robust and less than goody-goody heroine, here the wide-eyed, big-hearted boy, here the insight into the real world of children' Scotsman

Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, UK >>>

1983

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Nick Hern Books, London >>> ,

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Childrens

Youth Audience

4

5

or 14m 8f

based on book by H C Anderson

Drawn from Hans Christian Andersen, this is 'possibly the finest new children's play of the last decade, now increasingly popular as a Christmas show everywhere. . . The Snow Queen, with her cruel plan to freeze the world forever through her control of the boy Kay, becomes more than a symbol of emotional coldness and evil. She is a perverter of nature itself; and little Gerda, in her brave journey to the Ice Palace at the top of the world, can therefore draw on the help of all the forces of nature, from the sunspirit Bhima to the birds and the animals of the forest, the lovely reindeer that carries her to Spitzbergen, and even the polar bears guarding the Snow Queen's palace' Guardian

Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, UK >>>

1998

Communicado Theatre Company

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page

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Adaptation

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Adaptation From Emile Zola

Revival

Birmingham Old Rep

2007

Birmingham Stage Company

Nick Hern Books, London >>> , 2007

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Adaptation

10

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doubling (large cast possible)

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A fresh and genuinely thrilling adaptation of the classic tale, and one that keeps close to Stevenson's original story. When young Jim Hawkins is left a treasure map by the dying buccaneer Billy Bones, he sets sail on the Hispaniola in search of the island. Among the crew, the one-legged Long John Silver becomes his greatest friend - but Silver has a shocking secret in store, and when they reach their destination, Jim faces danger and adventure greater than he could ever have imagined. Script includes production notes with ideas for casting and staging the play. Suitable for young people to watch and perform.