DON TAYLOR   (1936 - 2003)


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Plays by Don Taylor

DON TAYLOR
Achurch Letters, The
1st Produced:
Greenwich theatre
1978
Company:
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1st Published:
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
TV 1976
Synopsis:
Bernard Shaw's relationship with an actress Jane Achurch and the events that led to the writing of Candida
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DON TAYLOR
Antigone
1st Produced:
2008
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Genre:
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Translation
Parts:
Male
7
Female
2
Parts Other:
boy
Notes:
Original Playwright - Sophocles
Synopsis:
After the deaths of her parents, Oedipus and Jocasta, her brothers, Eteocles and Polynices, fight over the throne of Thebes and kill one another. Her uncle, Creon, takes over the rule of the city and buries Eteocles with a hero's funeral, but casts out Polynices as a traitor and leaves his body unburied. Antigone is determined to give her brother the dignity of a proper burial, but Creon declares that anyone disobeying his orders will be punished by death.
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DON TAYLOR
Brotherhood
1st Produced:
1985
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
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DON TAYLOR
Burston Drum, The
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1989
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Genre:
Childrens Musical
Musical
Parts:
Male
14
Female
11
Parts Other:
extras
Notes:
book by Ellen Dryden; lyrics by Don Taylor; music by Charles Young
Synopsis:
On the 1st April, 1914, in the village of Burston, a group of children went on strike to protest at the unfair dismissal of their teachers. The Burston Drum tells the story in musical form.
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DON TAYLOR
Daughters of Venice
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1992
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
9
Female
22
Parts Other:
extras
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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DON TAYLOR
Doing The Beast
1st Produced:
1993
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
From J M Bridie
Synopsis:
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DON TAYLOR
Exit The Old Brigade
1st Produced:
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Genre:
Comic Political Fantasy
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Armed insurrection by the inhabitants of an Old Soldier's Home
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DON TAYLOR
Exorcism, The
1st Produced:
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1974
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1981
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Genre:
Ghost Story with Political Allegory
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Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
disastrous unauthorised version produced at Comedy theatre, London in 1975 when Mary Ure died on second night
Synopsis:
terrifying climax culminating in a tragic report coming from the TV into a an empty brightly lit room
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DON TAYLOR
Fat Man's Night
1st Produced:
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Genre:
Political Comedy
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
-
Synopsis:
About a gigantically fat eccentric, who lives by night and sleeps by day, and the alienated drifters he gathers around him
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DON TAYLOR
Grounds For Marriage
1st Produced:
1967
Company:
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1st Published:
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
5
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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DON TAYLOR
House Of Stairs, The
1st Produced:
Thorndike, Leatherhead
1992
Company:
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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DON TAYLOR
Iphigenia At Aulis
1st Produced:
2004
Company:
1st Published:
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ISDN
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Genre:
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Translation
Parts:
Male
6
Female
9
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Euripides
Synopsis:
In a direct ans searching response to the Iraq invasion the production turns to the ancient greeks for amplification. Iphigenia was the daughter of the ancient Greek warrior Agamemnon, and Aulis is the place where she is brought to be sacrificed by her fathers. the idea is to appease the gods and win fair wins for a naval invasion of troy.
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DON TAYLOR
Long March to Jerusalem, A
1st Produced:
Palace Theatre, Watford
1977
Company:
Watford Theatre for Youth
1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1978
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Genre:
Epic Play
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
very large mixed cast
Notes:
An adult play to be largely performed by children
Synopsis:
Period 1212, story of the famous Children's Crusade led by the visionary boy Stephen
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DON TAYLOR
October Events
1st Produced:
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Genre:
Epic Play
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Multi media style, the events of the Hungarian and Suez crises, as experienced, day by day by a group of Oxford students
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DON TAYLOR
Oedipus the King
1st Produced:
1998
Company:
NYT
1st Published:
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ISDN
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Genre:
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Translation
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
from Sophocles
Synopsis:
Revival
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DON TAYLOR
Out On The Lawn
1st Produced:
Palace Theatre, Watford
1975
Company:
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1st Published:
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Genre:
Political Comedy
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Middle class socialist publisher invites his friends to spend a blistering summer Sunday at a day long picnic in the grounds of his renovated house. good wine, good food, brilliant conversation and the threat of violence when the publisher's nineteen year old son returns from his friends in Germany
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DON TAYLOR
Retreat From Moscow
1st Produced:
1993
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London,
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
idealistic socialist and his disillusioned daughter find their lives invaded by a bear like Muscovite enjoying the fruits of capitalism
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DON TAYLOR
Road To The Sea, The
1st Produced:
2003
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 2005
ISDN
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
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DON TAYLOR
Roses of Eyam, The
1st Produced:
Northcott Theatre, Exeter
1970
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1976
ISDN
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Genre:
Historical Drama
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Parts:
Male
12
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
TV 1973
Synopsis:
period 1666, true story of a village stricken with plague through the arrival from London of a box of clothing
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DON TAYLOR
Sam Foster Comes Home
1st Produced:
1969
Company:
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1st Published:
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ISDN
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Alienated educated working class hero finds it impossible to live at home with suburban family, or with loving but practical girlfriend
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DON TAYLOR
Sisters
1st Produced:
Northcott Theatre, Exeter
1968
Company:
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1st Published:
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
3
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Three sisters have chosen to live a hermit's life on a remote Dorset smallholding. Two archaeologists working on nearby roman ruins, find out why
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DON TAYLOR
Summer In The Park
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1991
ISDN
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Genre:
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Musical
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
written with Ellen Dryden
Synopsis:
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DON TAYLOR
When The Barbarians Came
1st Produced:
1994
Company:
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1st Published:
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ISDN
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
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DON TAYLOR
Women of Troy, The
1st Produced:
2001
Company:
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1st Published:
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ISDN
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Genre:
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Translation
Parts:
Male
2
Female
5
Parts Other:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Euripides. Revival
Synopsis:
Following the fate of the women of Troy after the destruction of their city
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