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CHRIS ADAMS (1939 - ) |
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Nationality: British Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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In the 1970's Chris Adams wrote scripts and songs for BBC Schools Radio programmes. He then teamed up with Michael Sullivan to write scripts and sketches for the BBC Childrens' Television programmes "PLAY SCHOOL" and "PLAY AWAY". This led them to set up YOUNGSONG MUSIC to publish their songs in sheet music form; and also to publish complete musical plays for young people to perform. By the late 1980's these musicals were being performed by schools and youth groups all over Britain and abroad; and in 1990 CHESTER MUSIC took over their catalogue. However, Chris Adams has continued to write and publish independently, and in 2005 started writing one-act plays for the All England Theatre Festival, and a couple of these have won awards in the competition. He continues to write full-length and one-act plays as well as songs for various theatre productions.
Plays by Chris Adams
Evacuees, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lovelace Primary School, Chessington, Surrey | 1982 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Youngsong Music, 1982. Available from Music Sales and on-line at www.musicroom.com | ISBN/ASIN: | 0-7119-3073-2 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #179 | |||
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: | Children's Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by Chris Adams and Michael Sullivan.The musical is sold in the form of a score, a script and a CD or Cassette of the music. More details are available at www.youngsong-adams.co.uk. | |||||
Synopsis: | A group of working-class city children are evacuated to the countryside at the outbreak of the Second World War. The story centers around three of these children and their classmates. It's about their journey to their new home, their homesickness and their conflicts with the local children. Eventually they run away, but are brought back by the military. However this stimulates their parents to come and collect them. There are eleven songs, and recorder parts are provided in the score. | |||||
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Factory Children, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lovelace Primary School, Chessington, Surrey | 1983 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Youngsong Music, 1982. Available from Music Sales and on-line at www.musicroom.com | ISBN/ASIN: | 0-7119-3317-0 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #180 | |||
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: | Children's Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | Several small speaking parts and a Chorus as large as wished | |||||
Notes: | It was broadcast in it's entirety on BBC Radio 3 in 1994. The musical is sold in the form of a score, a script and a CD or Cassette of the music. More details are available at www.youngsong-adams.co.uk | |||||
Synopsis: | Factory Children / 1933 | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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In Great Grandmother's Day | ||
| 1st Produced: | Riverside Youth Theatre, Sunbury-On-Thames | 1986 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Youngsong Music, 1985. Available from Music Sales and on-line at www.musicroom.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #181 | |||
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: | Children's/Youth Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | Several small speaking parts and Chorus as large as wished | |||||
Notes: | written by Chris Adams and Michael Sullivan.The musical is sold in the form of a score, a script and a CD or Cassette of the music. More details are available at www.youngsong-adams.co.uk. | |||||
Synopsis: | The story is set in a small village just before the First World War, and is based loosely on what happened in Burston, Norfolk between 1910 and 1914. The husband of the headmistress of the village school, also a teacher there, organizes the agricultural labourers to take over the Parish Council, and this results in the headmistress and her husband being dismissed. The children feel this unfair and go on strike, and a separate "strike school" is set up, and eventually recognized by the authorities. The play concentrates on the effect this has upon the relationships between the children - how friendships are created and destroyed and family loyalties tested. The relevance of the general social unrest of the time is also indicated by means of songs concerning the suffragettes, the Trade Unions and the birth of the Labour Party. There are thirteen songs, and recorder parts are provided in the score. | |||||
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Lollipop Lady/Man, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lovelace Primary School, Chessington, Surrey | 1980 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Youngsong Music, 1979. Available from Music Sales and on-line at www.musicroom.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #182 | |||
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: | Children's Musical Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | Several small speaking parts and Chorus as large as wished | |||||
Notes: | written by Chris Adams and Michael Sullivan. The musical is sold in the form of a score, a script and a CD or Cassette of the music. More details are available at www.youngsong-adams.co.uk. | |||||
Synopsis: | The plot tells the story about the conflict within a group of close friends at school when two of them are put into positions of authority, i.e. Boy and Girl School Captains. The Lollipop Lady or Man is both the Narrator and the person who resolves the conflict. In a dramatic episode the Lollipop Lady/Man is injured at the crossing and appears to be about to lost her/his job. It is the children's efforts to stop the dismissal which brings everybody peacefully together. There are nine songs, all of them about issues important to the children, with titles such as "Friendship", "Mum & Dad'll Be Glad", You're Not On Our Side, and "Don't Bear Grudges". Recorder parts are provided in the score. | |||||
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