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JEM BARNES |
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Plays by Jem Barnes |
Jolly Farmer, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke | Dec 1976 | ||||
Company: | Horseshoe Theatre Co, Basingstoke | |||||
| 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 | #126774 | |||
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Genre: | Drama with songs | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by Peter John Cooper and Jem Barnes | |||||
Synopsis: | The story of social reformer and radical politician William Cobbet from his humble beginnings in Farnham through short spel in the army, travel to America just as the revolution is brewing and back to edit his radical newspaper and write hism most famous book "Rural Rides" Told through his three election addresses as a member of parliament and with debates with his wife, Ann | |||||
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Little Red Riding Hood | ||
| 1st Produced: | Drama Centre, Basingstoke | 28 Dec 1979 | ||||
Company: | Horsehoe Theatre 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 | #126775 | |||
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: | Pantomime | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by Peter John Cooper and Jem Barnes. Designed for small scale production with simple effects | |||||
Synopsis: | A traditional pantomime with some excrutiating coincidences. Little Red lives in a cottage in the forest with her father Robin and his henchman Will Scarlet. On the way to Granny Hood's house, Little Red is captured by the rascally Sheriff of Nottingham disguised as a wolf. In order to free Little Red, Robin takes part in an archery contest which he wins but is still imprisoned in Nottingham castle. Eventually all is set right by the appearance of an old beggar who miraculously turns out to be&. Well you know the rest. | |||||
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Robinson Crusoe | ||
| 1st Produced: | Basingstoke Drama Centre | Dec 1980 | ||||
Company: | Horseshoe Theatre 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 | #126776 | |||
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: | Pantomime | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by Peter John Cooper and Jem Barnes. Designed for small scale production with simple effects | |||||
Synopsis: | The tradional story with many twists. Beginning in the Land of Green Ginger, Hull where Robinson ships on board the good ship Quasibungo with a rascally Sea Captain Will Atkins and his even more rascally mate, Freddy Friday. Somehow Robinsons Mother and girlfriend Polly Perkins end up aboard as well. Shipwrecked on a desert island, the hapless Robinson is catured by Aztecs but escapes when his mother discovers a new beauty potion in the cokking pot that was going to boil him alive. In the end everyone lives happily ever after (of course) | |||||
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Runaway Train, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Oxford Playhouse | Jan 1985 | ||||
Company: | Oxfordshire 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 | #126784 | |||
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: | Family comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by Peter John Cooper and Jem Barnes. Music by Roderick Skeaping | |||||
Synopsis: | The old railway is in ruins but Sam the signalman and Griselda the tea lady are planning to open it as a tourist attraction. Cub reporter Gillian arrives to get the story The rascally Bazzer and his musician sidekick Ozzie are out to put a stop to this happening by putting a bomb in the drains. Somewhere there is a horde of gold hidden and they want it.The climax of the play is when the old train on the line runs away and finally crashes whereupon all is revealed. | |||||
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