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Rose, Kingston

2008

Headlong Theatre

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Bush Theatre, London >>>

2003

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Oberon Books, London

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Synopsis: the borders don't make any sense, there's no rule of law, no running water, you never know when the electric's on, the last war's fucked everything, and the next war will fuck everything else A dark and deeply funny tale of foreign aid workers in far-flung Tambia. . . Truly alternative Christmas entertainment, not for the faint hearted or politically correct.

Royal Court Theatre, London >>>

2005

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Oberon, London

2005

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Notes: won the Critics' Circle BEST NEW PLAY 2005 AWARD. It was also nominated for the Olivier Award and the Evening Standard Award in the same category

Synopsis: On 14th May 1875 Lord Primrose Agar, drunk as a skunk, wagered one of his tenant farmers, Orlando Harrison, that his border collie pup Jip would outlive the 94 year-old Harrison. The prize would be 82 acres of up and down known as Kilham Wold Farm, near Driffiels in East Yorkshire. Thirteen years later, having buried his dog, Agar shook hands with Orlando and conferred on the Harrisons a century of struggle

Royal Court Theatre Downstairs, London >>>

2004

ETheatre Company

Oberon Books, London

2003

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Notes: won the Pearson "New Play of the Year" for 2002

Synopsis: The wear and tear of marriage; and the result, while full of deadpan humour, leaves you unsure whether Bean's deadlocked duo are the victims of temperamental mismatch or social circumstance. Technically, the play is ingenious. The action takes place in a Bridlington hotel suite and traces the shifting marital fortunes of Eddie and Irene: Bean's Ayckbournian trick, however, is to present the three chosen time-periods simultaneously rather than sequentially.

Almeida Theatre, London >>>

2005

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Notes: Original Playwright - Moliere, adapted by Richard Bean, literal translation by Christopher Campbell

Synopsis: strips the play down to its basics and gives us what, in view of its anal preoccupations, might be termed fundamental French farce. - Michael Billington, Guardian

Hampstead Theatre, London, EUR >>>

2007

Hamstead Theatre

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Comedy

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Synopsis: Hapless MEP Philip Wardrobe has a busy day ahead of him, balancing his less-than-irreproachable political career with his attemps to start a family. As he prepares for his girlfriend to fly in from Kettering for an afternoon of fertile frolics, his plan to be voted President of the European Parliment is foiled at every turn by unpredictable colleagues: uncouth Yorkshiremen; irate Turks and amarous Frenchwomen. . .to say nothing of the mysterious man in the linen cupboard.
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Lytlelton Theatre, National Theatre, London >>>

2002

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Oberon Books, London

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Notes: Original Playwright - Serge Valletti

Synopsis: Inventory time in a pub, or rather poeub, somewhere in the world. Life is about to change for Mr Globul. He will go on to fight the inspectors, prompt a revolution, lead the country, lapse into a deep sleep, hide in a crowd of refugees, dress as a barrel and live as a travelling puppeteer. . . Globul could be the heir apparent to Ubu and Gargantua. Poeub is a modern epic comedy where Serge Valetti plays with language, characters, clichés, time and space and leads us through an imaginary world as pitiless, brutal and absurd as our own.

Lytlelton Theatre, National Theatre, London >>>

2002

National Theatre, London >>>

Oberon Books, London

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Synopsis: War, poverty, corruption, spiralling taxes, bad behaviour, inter-personal violence and over-population. Do these things worry you? Middle-aged manager Ted, hits on a utopian plan to change the way we live

Crucible Theatre, Sheffield >>>

2000

NT Studio

Oberon Books, London

2000

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Synopsis: Why has middle manager Stephen England got up in the night and defecated on the living room carpet? His wife Judith doesnt know, nor does his mother Irene. Only Andy, the gauche youth who regularly turns up uninvited to borrow his power tools, can save him (or destroy him).

Canal Cafe Theatre

1996

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Unicorn Theatre, London, EUR >>>

1995

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Notes: LibrettoOpera by Stephen McNeff

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Newcastle upon Tyne: Live Theatre, England, EUR >>>

2003

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Oberon Books, London

2003

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Synopsis: 'If you're a Robinson, family matters. And family matters are about to get serious.' Things have changed since Dad set up the family business in the 60s: new products, more competition, and a bigger market. At the end of the day though, it's still all about cash and stock. But this is no ordinary family business - the Robinsons are drug dealers. After 35 years of serving it up to the local community, Dad has handed over the reins to son Sean. And there are going to be changes, but not all for the better. Strange things are happening in the previously quiet streets of Whitley Bay. The local police are becoming more and more interested in the activities of the family and serious questions are being asked: Who killed Pammy? Who are the mysterious Russians? And more importantly where the f**k are all the spoons?

Royal Court Theatre, London >>>

1999

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Oberon Books, London

1999

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Synopsis: Seven men come together to bake enough bread to feed the population of Hull. Its just another Sunday. Nellie's so worn down from a lifetime making dough, he loses his vest in the mix. First, Owen Man's on a promise. The ovens are cranked up and running, and the wholemeal's pleasingly big going in. But there's a spanner in the works which threatens bread production in Hull for good, and life as they know it for the men on the shift.

Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London >>>

2003

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Oberon Books, London

2003

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Notes: winner of the George Devine award for 2002

Synopsis: The life of Darrel Ascough, a Hull trawlerman, is played out in three acts in the crew's quarters of a distant water trawler: First, at sixteen, Darrel is a deckie learner on the Kingston Jet. Here he meets Hull's "one man circus" Cassidy, and is introduced to his legacy. On the James Joyce, and as a young but skilled trawlerman, Darrel is the only survivor when the trawler capsizes when heavy with ice. In the final act, on the heritage museum ship the Arctic Kestrel, Darrel meets the confused and rootless youth Pat, and is forced to address the meaning of his legacy and his true heritage.

Hull: Hull Truck Theatre, England, EUR >>>

2006

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Notes: nominated for the 2006 TMA award for Best New Play

Synopsis: fictional account of the eruption at Hull prison (UK) in 1976