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RUSSELL BARR |
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Nationality: Scottish Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: United Agents |
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Plays by Russell Barr |
Danny Diva | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||||
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 | #91642 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Danny Bartlett was a deaf; working-class lad from a mining town near Newcastle who reinvented himself as Diva Dan, and along with Bette Boume, Lavinia Co-op and others was part of Bloolips, that troupe of queenly theatrical outrageousness. When Diva Dan sang, it was entirely tuneless; but he sang from his soul. He died in the 1990s from Aids, and at his funeral the entire congregation sang his favourite song, Secret Love, in Dan's unique style. | |||||
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Dish of Tea With Dr Johnson | ||
| 1st Produced: | 22 Feb 2011 | |||||
Company: | Out of Joint | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1849431064 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #122079 | |||
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Genre: | Piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | adapted by Russell Barr, Ian Redford and Max Stafford-Clark | |||||
| Meet Samuel Johnson - poet, essayist, compiler of the first English dictionary. This evening of anecdotes and witty conversation brings to life one of the most colourful figures of the eighteenth century: irritable, generous, depressive yet hilarious. Meet characters from his life, from biographer James Boswell and painter Joshua Reynolds, to a society hostess who was Johnson's final, unrequited, love. | |||||
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Lobster | ||
| 1st Produced: | 20 Nov 2009 | |||||
Company: | Natasha productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1840029802 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108409 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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| Tobias lives in a nuclear bunker with his grandmother. He has never been out of it. He has two pet lobsters but longs for a friend. Grandmother has found one - the Boy With No Name. | |||||
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Sisters, Such Devoted Sisters | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Oberon Books | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1840025670 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39171 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
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Synopsis: | At its heart, there's a sickening crime story from Glasgow's gay underworld. But it's just part of Russell Barr's funny, touching show about a young man blowing up pigeons, shoplifting, and making an unlikely identity for himself. Drag Queen Bernice Hindley -"Myra's niece" - pulls you into a secret city. Meet her fucked-up friends and family: Violent trannies, self-combusting grannies, Jack Russells driving cars. . . Bernice fixes you with her unnerving stare, and you think - nice lashes. And loads more besides. But Bernice has heard it all before. And much, much worse. | |||||
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Super Slash Naughty Xxxmas Story, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 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 | #46928 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | camp as Christmas farce, a gay Glaswegian visits his aunt and uncle on a remote Scottish Island | |||||
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Vantastic | ||
| 1st Produced: | 20 Nov 2009 | |||||
Company: | Natasha productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1840029802 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108410 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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| Doddie is a depressed gay man who shoplifts. Scratchitt has early menopause. Pam has an incontinent dead dog. Peter has erectile problems. They are all on holiday together when a mysterious young man called Stuck turns up | |||||
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