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MARGARET BEAMES |
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Nationality: New Zealander Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Plays by Margaret Beames |
After the Dreaming | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playmarket, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #54049 | |||
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Genre: | Drama, full length | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 7 | ||
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Synopsis: | Jean, a teacher, becomes involved in the women's movement opposing the deployment of nuclear arms. Her lover threatens to leave her but Jean is not prepared to compromise. This is contrasted with glimpses of an American President cracking under the pressure of a failing marriage and the impending threat of a nuclear conflict. | |||||
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Another Day In The Life Of Ruth Jones | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playmarket, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #54050 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | A light hearted comedy in which Ruth Jones, a middle-aged housewife and mother of three decides she has had enough of married bliss and her pig-headed husband Walter. In the course of a day she tells her family and saunters off leaving Walter coated in dog food and tomato sauce. | |||||
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Double Banger | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playmarket, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #54051 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | When Jack sneaks $20 out of his wife's tea tin, little does he know of the complications that will follow. His wife Marg has been saving for a colour TV, his friend Wally has a tip-off on the horses and Cosgrove, a smooth-mannered antique dealer, is after a quick bargain. | |||||
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Dramatis Personae | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playmarket, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #54052 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | A lightweight piece about human relationships among the cast of a small-town play rehearsal at which everything goes wrong before the producer arrives. | |||||
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Invaders, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playmarket, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #54056 | |||
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Genre: | Drama, full length | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Drama with effective build-up of suspense about a research scientist struggling to regain control of his mind which he says has been invaded. An intelligence officer masquerading as a doctor wants us to believe it was overwork. The wife is sceptical. | |||||
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Killing Timothy | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playmarket, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #54053 | |||
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Genre: | Drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | A misunderstanding between two strangers who meet one midnight leads Randolph Cousins to spend nine years reliving a tragedy from his childhood. | |||||
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Man Outside, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playmarket, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #54057 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | When the occupants of the flats on the third floor of Alma House realise that they are under surveillance by a mysterious man in a grey raincoat, each assumes that he, or she, is the object of his attention | |||||
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Normal Service Will Be Resumed As Soon As Possible | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playmarket, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #54054 | |||
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Genre: | Drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Boatloads of refugees are arriving and the government takes a hard line reaction. The play revolves around an ordinary family being drawn into events as the army occupies their house and they harbour a refugee. | |||||
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Pumpkin Pie | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playmarket, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #54055 | |||
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: | Youth Pantomime Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 6 | ||
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Synopsis: | Wicked witch Ermingarde casts a spell on a pumpkin hoping to make everyone as unhappy as she is. Malkin her rebellious cat interferes with her plans. | |||||
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Scapegoat, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playmarket, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #54058 | |||
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Genre: | Drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | Astrad, a sensitive young artist in the year 2286 A.D., transgresses by leaving Dome, a huge enclosed city that was built to protect its citizens from the effects of a nuclear disaster hundreds of years earlier. | |||||
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