PETER BARNES (1931 - 2004)
| Nationality: | British |
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Plays by Peter Barnes
Acting Exercise |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1996 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
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| Notes: | in "Corpsing" | |||||
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Alchemist, The |
| 1st Produced: | Nottingham | 1970 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | Original Playwright - Ben Johnson. Adapted with Trevor Nunn | |||||
| Synopsis: | base metal to gold in restoration times | |||||
Amazon, The |
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| 1st Published: | in "Plays 3" Methuen, London, 1996 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | Monologue | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 |
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Antonio |
| 1st Produced: | Nottingham | 1979 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | plays by Marston, broadcast 1977 | |||||
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Barnes People |
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| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London, 1981 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | Eight Monologues | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | Acting Exercise; Moondog Rogan And The Mighty Hamster; Silver Bridges; Worms; The Right Time And Place; It's Cold, Wanderer, It's Cold; Lament For Armenians And Grey Viruses. in Barnes Plays 1, Methuen Drama, London >>> | |||||
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Barnes' People Ii: Seven Duologues |
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| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London, 1984 | ISBN | - | |||
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Batholmew Fair |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1978 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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Bewitched, The |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1974 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London, 1974 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 24 | Female | 8 |
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Billy And Me |
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| 1st Published: | in "More Barnes People", Methuen, London, 1990 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | Monologue | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
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Butcher, The |
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| 1st Published: | in "Plays 3" Methuen, London, 1996 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | Monologue | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
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Bye Bye Columbus |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Short Monologue | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
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| Synopsis: | monologue celebration for bi-centenary of French Revolution | |||||
Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie |
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Colombus |
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Confessions Of A Primary Terrestrial Mental Receiver And Communicator Num Iii Mark I |
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| 1st Published: | in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1989 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | Monologue | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
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Corpsing |
| 1st Produced: | Tristan Bates, London | 1996 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1983 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | Four 1 Act Plays | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | Humour Helps; Waiting For A Bus; Acting Exercise; Last Things | |||||
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Dancing |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Short Monologue | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
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| Synopsis: | monologue celebration for bi-centenary of French Revolution | |||||
Devil Himself, The |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1980 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Revue | Show | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Devil Is An Ass, The |
| 1st Produced: | Nottingham | 1973 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | Original Playwright - Ben Johnson | |||||
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Dreaming |
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Methuen Drama, London >>> , 1999 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Synopsis: | A haunting and brutally funny story of heroism and human values. In the bloody aftermath of the Wars of the Roses, Captain John Mallory leads a band of renegades across a war-torn landscape on a breathtaking quest in search of a dream - a dream of home | |||||
End Of The World And After, The |
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| 1st Published: | in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1989 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | Monologue | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
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For All Those Who Get Despondent |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1976 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Cabaret | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | Original Playwright - Bertolt Brecht and Frank Wedekind | |||||
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From Sleep and Shadow |
| 1st Produced: | 1991 | |||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | part of Spirit of a Man | |||||
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Frontiers Of Farce, The |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1976 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London, 1976 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | Original Playwright - Georges Feydeau, The Purging; Wedekind, Frank, The Singer | |||||
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Glory |
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| 1st Published: | in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1989 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | Monologue | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
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Hand Witch Of The Second Stage, A |
| 1st Produced: | 1991 | |||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | part of Spirit of a Man | |||||
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Head Invents, the Heart Discovers, The |
| 1st Produced: | 1998 | |||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Heaven's Blessings |
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| Genre: | Epic Comedy | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 13 1 Voice | |||||
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Houdini's Heir |
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| 1st Published: | in "More Barnes People", Methuen, London, 1990 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | Monologue | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
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Humour Helps |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1996 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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| Notes: | in "Corpsing" | |||||
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Jubilee |
| 1st Produced: | Swan, Stratford | 2001 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Methuen Drama, London >>> , 2001 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | Large Cast | |||||
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| Synopsis: | An RSC commission to commemorate the first celebration of Shakespeare''s life and works. A mischievous satire on the foundation of the Shakespeare industry. This irreverent comedy dissects the cult of the theatrical personality, with guest appearances from the Bard himself and Sir Peter Hall | |||||
Jumping Mimuses Of Byzantium, The |
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| 1st Published: | in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1989 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | Monologue | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
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Last Things |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1996 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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| Notes: | in "Corpsing" | |||||
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Laughter! |
| 1st Produced: | 1978 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London, 1978 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 2 |
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Leonardo's Last Supper |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1969 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London, 1970 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | Satire | One Act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
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| Synopsis: | A charnel house of 1519 and the smelly underside of the Renaissance with attempt to resurrect the body of Leonardo da Vinci | |||||
Losing Myself |
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| 1st Published: | in "More Barnes People", Methuen, London, 1990 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | Monologue | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
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Lulu |
| 1st Produced: | 1970 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London, 1971 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | Sex Tragedy | - | Parts: | Male | 20 | Female | 7 |
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| Notes: | Original playwright - Frank Wedekind (Earth Spirit (1895) and Pandora's Box (1904)) | |||||
| Synopsis: | Lulu embodies the sexual impulse, leading all to disaster; but only.. | |||||
Madame Zenobia |
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| 1st Published: | in "More Barnes People", Methuen, London, 1990 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | Monologue | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 |
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More Than A Touch Of Zen |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Short Play | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Night of the Sihhat Tora,The |
| 1st Produced: | 1991 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | part of Spirit of a Man | |||||
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No End To Dreaming |
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| 1st Published: | in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1989 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | Monologue | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
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Nobody Here But Us Chickens |
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Revolutionary Witnes and Nobody Here But Us Chickens" published by Methuen, 1989 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | Short Play | One Act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - |
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| Synopsis: | Two men believe that they are in fact chickens. | |||||
Noonday Demons |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1969 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London, 1970 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
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| Synopsis: | Two 4th century anchorites vying with one another for rigorous piety. | |||||
Not As Bad As They Seem |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Short Play | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Patriot, The |
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| 1st Published: | in "Plays 3" Methuen, London, 1996 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | Monologue | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
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Preacher, The |
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| 1st Published: | in "Plays 3" Methuen, London, 1996 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | Monologue | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
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Purging, The |
| 1st Produced: | 1976 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | in "The Frontiers Of Farce" Heinemann, London, 1977 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | baby | |||||
| Notes: | Original Playwright - Georges Feydeau | |||||
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Real Long John Silver, The |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1989 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London, 1986 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | a battle of supremacy in a syburban living room | |||||
Red Noses |
| 1st Produced: | 1985 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London, 1985 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 18 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||||
| Notes: | ||||||
| Synopsis: | France 1348 the Black Death, a Pope and a band of red nosed comics. | |||||
Revolutionary Witness |
| 1st Produced: | BBC TV | 1989 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Methuen Drama, London >>> , 1989 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | TV Play | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 1 character | |||||
| Notes: | The Patriot; The Butcher; The Preacher; The Amazon | |||||
| Synopsis: | monologue celebration for bi-centenary of French Revolution | |||||
Right Time And Place, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Short Play | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | a Samaritan counsels a suicidal woman | |||||
Road To Strome, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "More Barnes People", Methuen, London, 1990 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Monologue | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | ||||||
Rosa |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1989 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Monologue | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | ||||||
Ruling Class, The |
| 1st Produced: | Nottingham | 1968 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Heinemann Educational Books, London, 1969 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Baroque Comedy | - | Parts: | Male | 17 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | ||||||
| Synopsis: | Toryism, yesterday's and today's and tomorrow with cruel eccentric convinced he is God and then Jack the Ripper | |||||
Scenes From A Marriage |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1986 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Original Playwright - Georges Feydeau | |||||
| Synopsis: | ||||||
Sclerosis |
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh | 1965 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | ||||||
Singer, The |
| 1st Produced: | 1976 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Barnes, Peter, The Frontiers Of Farce" Heinemann, London, 1977 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Anti-Romantic Farce, short play | - | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | ||||||
Slaughterman |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "More Barnes People", Methuen, London, 1990 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Monologue | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | ||||||
Socrates |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN | - | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||
Sommersaults |
| 1st Produced: | Leicester | 1981 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Revue | Show | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | ||||||
Spirit Of Man, The |
| 1st Produced: | 1991 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "More Barnes People", Methuen, London, 1990 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | 3 One Acts | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 3-4 characters | |||||
| Notes: | includes A Hand Witch of the Second Stage, From Sleep and Shadow and The Night of the Simhat Torah. Televised 1989. | |||||
| Synopsis: | exploring Man's need for faith through three short satires based in medieval France, Protectorate England and nineteenth-century Eastern Europe" (Independent) | |||||
Sunsets And Glories |
| 1st Produced: | Leeds | 1990 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Methuen Drama, London >>> , 1990 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Black Comedy | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 24 characters | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Set in late 13th-century Italy, where power struggles erupt between the Church, the propertied and the landless. The conflict inspires such characters as the spineless Charles II, a paid killer, a mad woman and Pope Celestine V to provoke a crisis of faith. Barnes also wrote 'The Ruling Class'. | |||||
Tango At The End Of Winter |
| 1st Produced: | Piccadilly, London | 1991 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Amber Lane Press, Oxford, 1991 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Original Playwright - Kunio Shimizu | |||||
| Synopsis: | ||||||
Theory And Practice Of Belly Dancing, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1989 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Monologue | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | ||||||
Time Of The Barracudas |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1963 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | ||||||
True-Born Englishman, A |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "More Barnes People", Methuen, London, 1990 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Monologue | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | ||||||
Waiting For A Bus |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1996 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | in "Corpsing" | |||||
| Synopsis: | ||||||
Yesterday's News |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1989 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Monologue | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | ||||||