PEPPY BARLOW |
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Peppy Barlow is a founder member of The Wolsey Writers workshop and a director of The Woven Theatre Company which has been funded by The Arts Council to tour new plays. Her major work is a family trilogy which includes MOTHERING SUNDAY, short listed for the Verity Bargate and produced at The Wolsey Theatre and The Eye Theatre and by Woven; MISSING, Woven Touring 2004; and BROKEN, The Pulse Festival Ipswich 2005. Other productions include THE SUTTON HOO MOB, Eastern Angles Touring 1994, which is being revived for their Spring Tour 2006; SHADOWS IN THE DOORWAY, BBC Radio 4; ALWAYS THE GUNS, winner of the First Look Industry Production Award 2003; RETURN, showcased at TAPS 2002; DEAD END, The Wolsey Theatre; A GEORGE BY ANY OTHER NAME and SHROUDED, The Union Theatre Southwalk. FUTURE PERFECT, a feature film is in development with the Film Council. Peppy lives in Woodbridge, Suffolk and has many of her plays put on in the local professional theatres. She has two sons. One is involved in tiger conservation and spends most of his year in the jungle. The other is a musician with a band, The Small Town Bullies, and works with children who are excluded from school.
Plays by Peppy Barlow
Always The Guns | ||
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| 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 | #45560 | |||
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Genre: | Radio Play , 30 min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Winner of the First Look Industry Production Award 2003 | |||||
Synopsis: | A meeting during the First World war with life long consequences | |||||
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Broken | ||
| 1st Produced: | Woven Theatre Company, Pulse Festival | 2005 | ||||
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 | #45561 | |||
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: | 50 min One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Part of a family trilogy which includes Mothering Sunday and Missing | |||||
Synopsis: | Brother and sister meet after years of estrangement. She is guarding what is left of the family inheritance. He comes armed only with his stories. Will the spirit of their dead sister release them from this sterile landscape? | |||||
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Dead End | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Wolsey Theatre | 1988 | ||||
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| 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 | #45562 | |||
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: | 20 min One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 1 dead body | |||||
Notes: | Developments of this script include SHROUDED and SHADES in which only the woman (and sometimes the body) appears | |||||
Synopsis: | A woman comes looking for the body of her dead lover and finds herself surprised by her own responses. But not as surprised as the mortuary attendant. An exploration of love and loss. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Family Tree | ||
| 1st Produced: | Wolsey Pulse Festival | 2001 | ||||
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 | #45563 | |||
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: | 15 min One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | A man in wheel chair takes an emotional journey which may save him from his family and himself | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
George By Any Other Name, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Union Theatre, Southwark | 2000 | ||||
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 | #45564 | |||
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: | play Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 1 stuffed dummy | |||||
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Synopsis: | A woman carries the stuffed figure of her dead husband with her everywhere. A chance meeting with a stranger changes everything. The eternal triangle with a hidden twist. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Missing | ||
| 1st Produced: | Woven Theatre Company | 2004 | ||||
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 | #45565 | |||
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: | 90 min Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Part of a family trilogy which includes Mothering Sunday and Broken | |||||
Synopsis: | Gill lives with the ghost of dead father, Alex, in the cupboard. He is a noisy old bastard, impossible to ignore. A childhood friend, Sandy, comes to visit after thirty years., bringing the ghost of her father, Foggy. The men served in the Indian Army. Together they move through memories, misconceptions and unresolved grief to a place where they meet almost for the first time. | |||||
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Mothering Sunday | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Soho Poly | 1989 | ||||
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| 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 | #45566 | |||
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: | 75 min Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Short listed for the Verity Bargate Award. Part of a family trilogy which includes Missing and Broken | |||||
Synopsis: | Miranda comes to look after her mother, Isobel, who has had a severe stroke. They have never known each other very well but now they have to explore strange new territory together. Sad and funny and hauntingly poetic. | |||||
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Mrs Pretty In Private | ||
| 1st Produced: | Sutton Hoo Festival | 2004 | ||||
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 | #45567 | |||
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: | Stage Monologue, 35min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Mrs Pretty, the owner of Sutton House where the Anglo Saxon Treasure was found in 1939, settled down for tea and a chat with her dead husband. A part created by Rosemary Macvie who played Mrs Pretty in the original production of The Sutton Hoo Mob. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Patience And A Good Spade | ||
| 1st Produced: | Sutton Hoo Festival | 2005 | ||||
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 | #45568 | |||
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: | Stage Monologue, 40min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Basil Brown, the man who discovered the Anglo Saxon burial ship at Sutton Hoo in 1939, comes out to visit the site and let us in on some of the real secrets. A piece specially written for Brian Hewlitt (Neil Carter in The Archers). | |||||
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Return | ||
| 1st Produced: | Showcased at TAPS | - - - | ||||
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| 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 | #45569 | |||
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: | film script Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 1b | |||||
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Synopsis: | A woman lives alone with her young son. A man turns up one day asking the way. But is he really a stranger or her ex lover, is he alive or dead? | |||||
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Shades | ||
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| 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 | #2021 | |||
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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Shadows In The Doorway | ||
| 1st Produced: | BBC Radio 4 | 1992 | ||||
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 | #45570 | |||
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: | Radio Play , 30 min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | A writer finds herself in touch with a past life which releases her from an emotional stasis in the present. | |||||
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Sutton Hoo Mob, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Eastern Angles Theatre Company | 1994 | ||||
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 | #45571 | |||
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: | 120 min Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | The story of the discovery of the Sutton Hoo treasure in 1939 told in the style of an Ealing Comedy. A delightful tale of prophetic visions, secret hiding places, priceless treasure packed in grocery cartons and all out war between the museums. And running through it all a love story that reaches beyond the grave | |||||
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Three Legged Race | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1992 | |||||
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 | #45572 | |||
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: | 50 min One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 5 | ||
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Synopsis: | A single mother and a crippled woman decide to take to the streets and confront the world. A sharp and funny look at what it was like to be a woman in the 1970s | |||||
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Trojan Whores | ||
| 1st Produced: | Courtyard, London | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Woven 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 | #84691 | |||
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: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | by Dawn Rose, Peppy Barlow And Sally Wilden | |||||
Synopsis: | Feminist re-telling of Greek myths, giving voice to the women that Homer, Aeschylus et al talked right over. | |||||
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