PETER BARNES   (1931 - 2004)


Peter Barnes
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Plays by Peter Barnes

PETER BARNES
Acting Exercise
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Samuel French, London, 1996
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One Act
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
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Notes:
in "Corpsing"
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PETER BARNES
Alchemist, The
1st Produced:
Nottingham
1970
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Adaptation
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Ben Johnson. Adapted with Trevor Nunn
Synopsis:
base metal to gold in restoration times
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PETER BARNES
Amazon, The
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in "Plays 3" Methuen, London, 1996
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Monologue
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
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Female
1
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PETER BARNES
Antonio
1st Produced:
Nottingham
1979
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Adaptation
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Male
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Female
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Notes:
plays by Marston, broadcast 1977
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Barnes People
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Heinemann, London, 1981
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Genre:
Eight Monologues
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Male
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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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PETER BARNES
Barnes' People Ii: Seven Duologues
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Heinemann, London, 1984
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PETER BARNES
Batholmew Fair
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1978
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Male
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Female
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Bewitched, The
1st Produced:
London
1974
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1st Published:
Heinemann, London, 1974
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
24
Female
8
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Notes:
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Billy And Me
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in "More Barnes People", Methuen, London, 1990
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Genre:
Monologue
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
1
Female
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Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Butcher, The
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in "Plays 3" Methuen, London, 1996
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Genre:
Monologue
Play/Drama
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Male
1
Female
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Bye Bye Columbus
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Genre:
Short Monologue
One Act
Parts:
Male
1
Female
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Synopsis:
monologue celebration for bi-centenary of French Revolution
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PETER BARNES
Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie
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Comedy
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PETER BARNES
Colombus
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PETER BARNES
Confessions Of A Primary Terrestrial Mental Receiver And Communicator Num Iii Mark I
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in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1989
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Monologue
Play/Drama
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Male
1
Female
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PETER BARNES
Corpsing
1st Produced:
Tristan Bates, London
1996
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1983
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Genre:
Four 1 Act Plays
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Humour Helps; Waiting For A Bus; Acting Exercise; Last Things
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PETER BARNES
Dancing
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Genre:
Short Monologue
One Act
Parts:
Male
1
Female
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
monologue celebration for bi-centenary of French Revolution
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PETER BARNES
Devil Himself, The
1st Produced:
London
1980
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Genre:
Revue
Show
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Male
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Female
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Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Devil Is An Ass, The
1st Produced:
Nottingham
1973
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Genre:
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Adaptation
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Ben Johnson
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Dreaming
1st Produced:
1999
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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
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PETER BARNES
End Of The World And After, The
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in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1989
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Monologue
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Male
1
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PETER BARNES
For All Those Who Get Despondent
1st Produced:
London
1976
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Genre:
Cabaret
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Male
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Female
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Bertolt Brecht and Frank Wedekind
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
From Sleep and Shadow
1st Produced:
1991
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Genre:
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One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Notes:
part of Spirit of a Man
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Frontiers Of Farce, The
1st Produced:
London
1976
Company:
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1st Published:
Heinemann, London, 1976
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Georges Feydeau, The Purging; Wedekind, Frank, The Singer
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Glory
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1st Published:
in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1989
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Monologue
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
1
Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Hand Witch Of The Second Stage, A
1st Produced:
1991
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Genre:
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One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
part of Spirit of a Man
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Head Invents, the Heart Discovers, The
1st Produced:
1998
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Play/Drama
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Female
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Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Heaven's Blessings
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Genre:
Epic Comedy
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
13 1 Voice
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Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Houdini's Heir
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1st Published:
in "More Barnes People", Methuen, London, 1990
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Monologue
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Male
1
Female
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Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Humour Helps
1st Produced:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1996
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Genre:
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One Act
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
in "Corpsing"
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Jubilee
1st Produced:
Swan, Stratford
2001
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Play/Drama
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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
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PETER BARNES
Jumping Mimuses Of Byzantium, The
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1st Published:
in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1989
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Monologue
Play/Drama
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Male
1
Female
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Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Last Things
1st Produced:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1996
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Genre:
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One Act
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
in "Corpsing"
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Laughter!
1st Produced:
1978
Company:
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1st Published:
Heinemann, London, 1978
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
10
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Leonardo's Last Supper
1st Produced:
London
1969
Company:
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1st Published:
Heinemann, London, 1970
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Genre:
Satire
One Act
Parts:
Male
3
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
Synopsis:
A charnel house of 1519 and the smelly underside of the Renaissance with attempt to resurrect the body of Leonardo da Vinci
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PETER BARNES
Losing Myself
1st Produced:
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1st Published:
in "More Barnes People", Methuen, London, 1990
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Genre:
Monologue
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
1
Female
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Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Lulu
1st Produced:
1970
Company:
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1st Published:
Heinemann, London, 1971
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Genre:
Sex Tragedy
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Parts:
Male
20
Female
7
Parts Other:
-
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..
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PETER BARNES
Madame Zenobia
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
in "More Barnes People", Methuen, London, 1990
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Monologue
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
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Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
More Than A Touch Of Zen
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Genre:
Short Play
One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Night of the Sihhat Tora,The
1st Produced:
1991
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Genre:
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One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
part of Spirit of a Man
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
No End To Dreaming
1st Produced:
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1st Published:
in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1989
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Monologue
Play/Drama
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Male
1
Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
1st Produced:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Revolutionary Witnes and Nobody Here But Us Chickens" published by Methuen, 1989
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Genre:
Short Play
One Act
Parts:
Male
2
Female
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Notes:
Synopsis:
Two men believe that they are in fact chickens.
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PETER BARNES
Noonday Demons
1st Produced:
London
1969
Company:
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1st Published:
Heinemann, London, 1970
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One Act
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Male
2
Female
2
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Synopsis:
Two 4th century anchorites vying with one another for rigorous piety.
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PETER BARNES
Not As Bad As They Seem
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Genre:
Short Play
One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Patriot, The
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
in "Plays 3" Methuen, London, 1996
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Monologue
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
1
Female
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Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Preacher, The
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
in "Plays 3" Methuen, London, 1996
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Monologue
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
1
Female
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Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Purging, The
1st Produced:
1976
Company:
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1st Published:
in "The Frontiers Of Farce" Heinemann, London, 1977
ISBN
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Genre:
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Adaptation
Parts:
Male
3
Female
3
Parts Other:
baby
Notes:
Original Playwright - Georges Feydeau
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Real Long John Silver, The
1st Produced:
London
1989
Company:
-
1st Published:
Faber & Faber, London, 1986
ISBN
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-
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
a battle of supremacy in a syburban living room
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PETER BARNES
Red Noses
1st Produced:
1985
Company:
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1st Published:
Faber & Faber, London, 1985
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Genre:
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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.
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PETER BARNES
Revolutionary Witness
1st Produced:
BBC TV
1989
Company:
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1st Published:
ISBN
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TV Play
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1 character
Notes:
The Patriot; The Butcher; The Preacher; The Amazon
Synopsis:
monologue celebration for bi-centenary of French Revolution
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PETER BARNES
Right Time And Place, The
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Genre:
Short Play
One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
a Samaritan counsels a suicidal woman
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PETER BARNES
Road To Strome, The
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Company:
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1st Published:
in "More Barnes People", Methuen, London, 1990
ISBN
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Play/Drama
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Male
1
Female
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Notes:
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PETER BARNES
Rosa
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Company:
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1st Published:
in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1989
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Male
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Female
1
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Ruling Class, The
1st Produced:
Nottingham
1968
Company:
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1st Published:
Heinemann Educational Books, London, 1969
ISBN
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Genre:
Baroque Comedy
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Parts:
Male
17
Female
3
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Notes:
Synopsis:
Toryism, yesterday's and today's and tomorrow with cruel eccentric convinced he is God and then Jack the Ripper
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PETER BARNES
Scenes From A Marriage
1st Produced:
London
1986
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Adaptation
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Georges Feydeau
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Sclerosis
1st Produced:
Edinburgh
1965
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
6
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Singer, The
1st Produced:
1976
Company:
-
1st Published:
in "Barnes, Peter, The Frontiers Of Farce" Heinemann, London, 1977
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Genre:
Anti-Romantic Farce, short play
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Parts:
Male
4
Female
3
Parts Other:
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Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Slaughterman
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
in "More Barnes People", Methuen, London, 1990
ISBN
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
1
Female
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Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Socrates
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Female
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Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Sommersaults
1st Produced:
Leicester
1981
Company:
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1st Published:
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ISBN
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Genre:
Revue
Show
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Spirit Of Man, The
1st Produced:
1991
Company:
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1st Published:
in "More Barnes People", Methuen, London, 1990
ISBN
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Genre:
3 One Acts
One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
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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)
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PETER BARNES
Sunsets And Glories
1st Produced:
Leeds
1990
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ISBN
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Genre:
Black Comedy
Comedy
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
24 characters
Notes:
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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'.
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PETER BARNES
Tango At The End Of Winter
1st Produced:
Piccadilly, London
1991
Company:
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1st Published:
Amber Lane Press, Oxford, 1991
ISBN
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Genre:
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Adaptation
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Kunio Shimizu
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Theory And Practice Of Belly Dancing, The
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1989
ISBN
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Monologue
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
-
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Time Of The Barracudas
1st Produced:
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1963
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-
-
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
True-Born Englishman, A
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Company:
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1st Published:
in "More Barnes People", Methuen, London, 1990
ISBN
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1
Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Waiting For A Bus
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Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1996
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Parts:
Male
2
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
in "Corpsing"
Synopsis:
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PETER BARNES
Yesterday's News
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1989
ISBN
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1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
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