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DEREK BOWSKILL |
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Plays by Derek Bowskill |
Burn Up | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Second Playbill Two" published by Hutchinson | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #137872 | |||
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Dog Daze | ||
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| 1st Published: | New Theatre Publications (2005) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1840945065 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #117813 | |||
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Genre: | One Act Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | co-written with John Boylan. Originally inspired by the observation of a dog walker clinging to the leashes of several dogs in Central Park, NY, Dog Daze is a farcical depiction of six dogs behaving badly when they have been left tied to a tree, whilst their walker goes about her own business. Fearing that she is in danger, they band together in their misguided attempts to come to her aid. The dogs, blatantly presented as stereotyped people, expose the human foibles of suspicion, indecision, prejudice and procrastination until the play ends in riotous confusion. | |||||
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Hard Sell | ||
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| 1st Published: | New Theatre Publications (2005) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1840945089 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #117814 | |||
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Genre: | One Act Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Kevin and Karen Wood are the living proof of that suburban vanities still exist. Both are small-minded and self-obsessed. Kevin is captivated by his newly acquired computer game and his will to win; Karen merely wants is to beat him at Gin Rummy. While their days of mutual sexual passion are past, Karen still delights in flirtation, and Kevin still believes he is irresistible. With both of them susceptible to flattery, they only too easily fall for the ploys of the smooth-talking salesman, Jeremy Ritter who persuades them to test his miracle device - precipitating an intriguing and fatal denouement. | |||||
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Ladies Please! | ||
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| 1st Published: | New Theatre Publications (2005) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1840945072 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #117815 | |||
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Genre: | One Act Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Three generations of ladies who 'live to please' ply their trade in the vacant level of a multi-story car-park, where the only signs of comfort are their luxurious sleeping bags, the tools of their trade. Mother, daughter and grandmother play out a game of make-believe pleasure and satisfaction: their mixed bag of male clients come and go, while the strangely sinister figures of Bill and Biker form a macabre background. The alarming outcome of their commerce and copulation offers a harsh comment on contemporary values. There is no overt sex on stage. | |||||
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Lunch Time | ||
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| 1st Published: | New Theatre Publications (2005) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1840945195 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #117816 | |||
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Genre: | One Act Comedy | |||||
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Synopsis: | To the outside world, John lives a dull and lonely existence - but in fact he has an active secret life involving an attractive inflatable doll, known to him as Veronica. Margaret lives with her friend Dorothy - in a relationship that is not unlike that of John and Veronica. Chance dictates that the paths of John and Margaret should cross - indeed criss-cross in a manner that they seem not to comprehend. Ostensibly, and as perceived by themselves, they are sensitive and considerate mature people - but events prove that the capacity of the human mind for self-deception is unlimited. | |||||
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Message, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | New Theatre Publications (2005) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1840945218 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #117817 | |||
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Genre: | One Act Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | Iris Travers, a widow in her fifties and Enid Croxley, her unmarried elder sister, live together not entirely in harmony. Two of their younger friends are visiting them for what they expect to be an evening`s entertainment: namely, a visit from one Mrs. Dart - a well-known clairvoyant. When this lady abruptly leaves after giving her summation of the encounter, ". . .habits have built up the walls of betrayal - some walls are past and some are yet to come," the evening`s entertainment turns into something of a revelation and a revolution. | |||||
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Rest Cure | ||
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| 1st Published: | New Theatre Publications (2005) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1840945201 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #117818 | |||
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Genre: | One Act Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Doctor Larson is the proprietor of a psychiatric nursing home and the inventor of `mask-grafting` - a technique by which clients are cured of their ills and transformed forever into happy souls. Engrossed in his own ego, he is unaware of the behaviour of his staff. Pat Cole has been brought by her aunt, Miss Cole, who considers Pat`s compassion for under-dogs to be a pointless pessimism to be cured by therapy. The sexual mischief and irresponsibility of the staff permit Tim, a skilled pretender who has beaten the system, to neutralise Pat and viciously turn the tables in a macabre finale. | |||||
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