KIERON BARRY
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Plays by Kieron Barry
Black Soap |
| 1st Produced: | Landor Theatre, London | 2003 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in "Five Plays", published by Roland Rgan Press, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
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| Genre: | political thriller | - | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 0 |
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Blood Everywhere |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
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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 | 4 | Female | 3 |
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Cumquats |
| 1st Produced: | Landor, London | 2004 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in "Five Plays", published by Roland Rgan Press, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| 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: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 0 |
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| Synopsis: | It follows the progress of two friends as they struggle with life after the First World War. Espionage, treason and theology combine in a brooding study of repression, illusion and the frailty of man's estate. | |||||
Embassyland |
| 1st Produced: | Landor, London | 2005 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in "Five Plays", published by Roland Rgan Press, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
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| Genre: | Play | One Act | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 0 |
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| Synopsis: | a police interrogation cell where a lawyer, client and two policement verbally confront each other. | |||||
Lord Beckington (90) Reads From His Award-Winning Romantic Memoirs |
| 1st Produced: | The Man In The Moon Theatre, Chelsea | 2000 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| 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: | Solo | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 0 |
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| Synopsis: | depiction of a seventy year love affair. | |||||
Mahler & Rachmaninov |
| 1st Produced: | Landor Theatre, London | 2002 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Five Plays", published by Roland Rgan Press, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| 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: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
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| Synopsis: | a study of the lives of the two composers and their marriages, culminating in their meeting in New York in 1910 | |||||
Numbers |
| 1st Produced: | Landor, London | 2005 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in "Five Plays", published by Roland Rgan Press, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| 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: | 60 minutes | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 4 |
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| Synopsis: | Mean Girls meets Lord of the Flies .This award-winning play is a brilliant, contemporary black comedy set in an all-girls' boarding school, where four sixth-formers vie for the much-coveted position of Head Girl. Bullying, bitching, and betrayal are all on the timetable, as winner takes all. | |||||
Picasso: Art is Crime |
| 1st Produced: | 1998 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| 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: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | fourteen and an eighteen-piece big band | |||||
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| Synopsis: | a bold and beautiful musical romantic comedy involving waiters, gangsters, detectives and a £17 million stolen painting. Featuring a cast of fourteen and an eighteen-piece big band, the show was a comic pell-mell of musical exuberance and larger-than-life characters | |||||
Signs of a Struggle |
| 1st Produced: | Grace Theatre, London | 2001 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| 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 | 0 |
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| Synopsis: | a dark and pacy re-examination of the themes of theft and adultery which have dominated his work to date. Weaving a complex narrative of romance, greed, chaos and redemption, Signs of a Struggle is a profound and troubling exploration of the more cloudy corners of the human soul. | |||||
Stockwell: The Inquest into the Death of Jean Charles de Menezes |
| 1st Produced: | 22 Jul 2009 | |||||
| Company: | Roland Egan Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| 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: | - | Piece | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||||
| Notes: | Created by Kieron Barry from the inquest transcripts | |||||
| Synopsis: | In the studio above the Landor pub the words of police officers, surveillance officers and the family of Jean Charles de Menezes are spoken with absolute clarity and conviction. Written by Kieron Barry and performed by a talented cast of eight, elements of the inquest transcripts are performed by largely unnamed characters. With a set consisting only of grey chairs with props and costumes kept to a bare minimum there are no gimmicks employed to tell this tragic tale of misinformation and unfortunate coincidence. It becomes clear throughout by the articulate questioning of the actors representing lawyers that human error at every level of the police system contributed to the events that day. However, given the context of the July bombings and the heightened tension in London at the time, it is possible to follow (if not necessarily agree with) the thought processes that the police considered rational to protect the public from a perceived threat. The mixture of indifference, defiance and remorse portrayed by the characters goes far to distinguish the difference of viewpoints between the officers on the ground and those in the control room. The inclusion of testimonies by eye witnesses further complicates the versions of events offered by the police 'tribe' (as described in the programme notes) and brings the human horror of the situation sharply into focus. Complimenting these responses from members of the public were the personal comments of the family of Jean Charles de Menezes who remark without irony that he had always complimented the British police on their politeness when he'd been 'stop searched' before. Rather than eliciting a biased response from the audience the sad facts of the case are presented from all angles and give light to both the complications and incompetence suffered and created by various police departments without losing the emotional impact of discussing the death of a real person. The point of timing is reinforced by an officer who reminds the lawyers that the final actions happened within seconds although it was in fact the succession of decisions made that morning that cost an innocent man his life. - Amy Yorston, British Theatre Guide | |||||
Very Dark Blue |
| 1st Produced: | Grace, London | 1999 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| 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 | 0 |
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| Synopsis: | Alternating quick-fire dialogue with poetic meditations, the play represents a comic yet moving examination of love, loss and memory. | |||||