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MICHAEL WILCOX (1943 - ) |
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Nationality: English Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Alan Brodie Representation Ltd |
Michael Wilcox has worked full time as a playwright since 1974. He gained national recognition with "RENTS" at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh in 1979 after numerous productions in the North East of England with both amateur and professional groups, some of which are mentioned on this site. For a year he was resident playwright at the Traverse, writing two more plays for the company. In addition to his theatre writing, Michael has written extensively for television, including "Inspector Morse" ("Last Bus to Woodstock") and episodes of "Doctor Finlay". "Accounts" was filmed for Film on Four after the stage play won the George Devine Award, and BBC TV's film of "Lent" was voted Best Scripted Contribution to Television in the Pye Television Awards of 1984-85. Michael has also worked as a librettist for Welsh National Opera, Opera North and Northern Sinfonia. His monograph, "Benjamin Britten's Operas" (Absolute Press 1997) was shortlisted for Best Music Book of the Year by the Royal Philharmonic Society. For ten years, he edited Methuen's "Gay Plays" series. Michael's autobiographical journal "Outlaw in the Hills" was published by Methuen in 1991.
Plays by Michael Wilcox
78 Revolutions | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1984 | |||||
Company: | Traverse | |||||
| 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 | #37081 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | Requires an experienced operatic tenor, a star operatic soprano, and an accomplished, classically trained pianist | |||||
Notes: | produced jointly by the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh and the Lyric Studio Theatre, Hammersmith, London in 1984. Revised in 2002 and available from agent | |||||
Synopsis: | Two Americans travel to St.Petersburg in 1901. They hope to record stars of the Imperial State Opera Company with their acoustic recording machine | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Accounts | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1981 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Gay Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1984 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #37082 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Mary, a widow, and her two sons have moved to a new farm in the Scottish Borders where, for the first time, they are landowners. The play's action is spread over the first year in the new place and details the family's daily routine, their attempts to make the farm pay, Mary coming to terms with widowhood, the boys growing up without a father and the exploration of their own awakening sexuality - in the case of Donald, emerging homosexuality. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Atom Bomb Project, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1975 | ||||
Company: | Tyneside Theatre Company | |||||
| 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 | #37083 | |||
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Genre: | Epic | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Backetts Of Bright Street, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Stockton | 1977 | ||||
Company: | Dovecot Touring Co | |||||
| 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 | #37084 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | aka Barriers | |||||
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Barriers | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #37085 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | aka Backetts of Bright Street | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Betty And Maud | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2010 | ||||
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 | #133741 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Boy Who Cried Stop, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1974 | ||||
Company: | Tyneside Theatre Company | |||||
| 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 | #37086 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dekka and Dava | ||
| 1st Produced: | Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 1978 | ||||
Company: | Stolen Boot Co | |||||
| 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 | #37087 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Green Fingers | ||
| 1st Produced: | Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 1990 | ||||
Company: | Northern Stage and Live Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #37088 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| young gardener and his lover are accused of burglary, the ensuing trial exposes homophobic fears, prejudices and blackmail | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Grimm Tales | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1975 | ||||
Company: | Tyneside Theatre Company | |||||
| 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 | #37089 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lent | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1983 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0413538307 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #37090 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | Lead role for boy actor | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| intricately woven period piece about adolescence and old age set in a 1956 prep school | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Massage | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1986 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Michael Wilcox : Plays One , Methuen, London, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #37091 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | provocative play about paedophilia, paternal friendship takes a different turn | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mowgli | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dovecote Youth Theatre | 1978 | ||||
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 | #37092 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mrs Steinberg And The Byker Boy | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2000 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Oberon, London, 2000 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #37093 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: | Mrs Steinberg runs a charity shop in Newcastle upon Tyne. The shop is called the Red Flag and she raises money for socialist causes. Janice, April and Peter are the assistants. Matty is sent as a trainee. Peter arrives late sporting a black eye. He tells Janice that he had been set upon by a Sunderland supporter because he was wearing a Newcastle football shirt. He then sees Matty and realises that this is the youth who hit him. When Janice leaves to serve customers Matty comes over and kisses Peter's bruises. Peter cannot understand what is going on - he had followed Matty into a public convenience the evening before and they had had sex in one of the stalls. Matty had then hit Peter when Peter asked if he were gay. From this unpromising start a relationship develops between the two boys. When Mrs. Steinberg goes away Matty radically transforms the business into a thriving business - selling items on the internet and so on. Mrs Steinberg does not approve when she returns as she feels it goes against her socialist principals. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Phantom Of the Fells | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1977 | |||||
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 | #37094 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Pioneers | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dovecot Actor's Workshop | 1977 | ||||
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 | #37095 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Rents | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1979 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0413518101 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #37096 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| episodic description of fleeting sexual encounters of the homosexual rent boys in contemporary Edinburgh | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Roar Like Spears | ||
| 1st Produced: | Alabama drama Institute, USA | 1975 | ||||
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 | #37097 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Rock'n'roll & Barbirolli | ||
| 1st Produced: | Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea | 1999 | ||||
Company: | SNAP Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | . Copies available from agent, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #35011 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Three men are released from long time secure care back into the community with extraordinary, and very different results | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Standard Procedure | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Iron Press, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47454 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 13 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Tony the new teacher at a Comprehensive falls under suspicion when he takes boys home for the weekend. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Time Windows | ||
| 1st Produced: | Palace, Westcliff | 1992 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Scripts available from agent, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #37098 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The disappearance of a teenage boy challenges the stability of a rural community | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Werffitt! | ||
| 1st Produced: | Manor Park School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 1980 | ||||
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 | #37099 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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