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Jim Cartwright

JIM CARTWRIGHT   (1958 - )

Nationality:   British    Email:   n/a   Website:   n/a

Literary Agent:  AJ Associates  

an award winning playwright whose work has been critically acclaimed all over the world and has been translated into over 25 languages. He has written for film, television and radio and his stage work has been performed at The Royal National Theatre, The Royal Court Theatre, in The West End and on Broadway amongst others

Plays by Jim Cartwright

JIM CARTWRIGHT

Baths

1st Produced:

Bolton, Lancashire

1990

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:

-

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#6344

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

cast of 9

Notes:

broadcast 1987

Synopsis:

An old swimming baths. Plunge into the lives and stories of the many characters that dip in and out of its chlorinated waters, avoiding the wrath of the pernickety, hydrophobic attendant.

Further Reference:

-


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JIM CARTWRIGHT

Bed

1st Produced:

Cottesloe Theatre, National Theatre, London >>>

1989

Company:

National Theatre, London >>>

1st Published:

Methuen Drama, London >>>, 1991

ISBN/ASIN:

978-0413635709

Music:

-

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#6345

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Genre:

One Act

Parts:

Male

4

Female

4

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Bed

Seven elderly people share a vast bed, to dream, remember and reflect on a long past. The play, with a running time of 90 minutes, was acclaimed at the Royal National Theatre. 'Cartwright writes better about old people than anyone I know, except perhaps Beckett. This is an odd, harrowing and hilarious piece, entirely without sentimentality, sturdy but moving.' Sunday Times. 'Sophisticated of structure and mature in content . . . brims with the confidence of a craftsman who can work as happily with surrealism as naturalism . . .' City Limits

Further Reference:

-


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JIM CARTWRIGHT

Cowboy Guns

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

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

#50309

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Genre:

One Act

Parts:

Male

-

Female

1

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Out of the blue, a lonely, elderly woman receives a tape through the post from the GI lover that she had a fling with after the war. Listening to the tape unlocks frustrated dreams and unleashes a series of memories she was not prepared for

Further Reference:

-


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JIM CARTWRIGHT

Eight Miles High

1st Produced:

Octagon, Bolton, Lancashire

1991

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

#6346

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Genre:

Musical Play Musical

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

21 characters played by 10 musician/actors

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

It is said that If you can remember the 60's you weren't there'. So here's a chance to re-live it and if you weren't there experience' it at this Lancashire free festival set in the summer of love. Be kissed by a Hells Angel, attend a hippy wedding, travel from cobbled streets to Kathmandu, sit-in, love-in and all to the live, swirling psychedelic sounds and anthems of the decade, Hendrix, Joplin, Dylan and the rest. Turn on, tune in, drop out!

Further Reference:

-


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JIM CARTWRIGHT

Hard Fruit

1st Produced:

Royal Court Theatre, London >>>

2000

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Methuen Drama, London >>>, 2000

ISBN/ASIN:

978-0413748201

Music:

-

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#6347

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

5

Female

1

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Hard Fruit

A seasoned martial artist who leads a monastic existence, barely leaving the backyard of his small terraced house. Afraid of being past it' and his advancing years bringing only weakness and vulnerability, becomes obsessed with manufacturing a karate machine that will take care of his training and protection. A sparky and motley selection of characters such as Sump, Friar Jiggle, Yak, Silver and his aptly named neighbour Mrs. Cooee, are continually frustrating him in his quest as they arrive unannounced to invade the privacy of his backyard dojo. But the day comes to a dramatic and unexpected conclusion that none of them would have expected from the seemingly, indestructible martial arts master

Further Reference:

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JIM CARTWRIGHT

I Licked A Slag's Deodorant

1st Produced:

Royal Court Theatre, London >>>

1996

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Methuen Drama, London >>>, 1996

ISBN/ASIN:

978-0413715401

Music:

-

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#6348

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

1

Female

1

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

I Licked A Slag's Deodorant

a crack addicted street walker and a vulnerable, broken man try to salvage an awkward intimacy away from the harsh and ugly streets

Further Reference:

-


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JIM CARTWRIGHT

Kiss The Sky

1st Produced:

Bush Theatre, London >>>

1996

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

#6349

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Genre:

Musical

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Further Reference:

-


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JIM CARTWRIGHT

On

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Methuen Drama 1992

ISBN/ASIN:

978-0413645104

Music:

-

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Genre:

n/a

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

-


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JIM CARTWRIGHT

Prize Night

1st Produced:

Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, UK >>>

1999

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

doollee no

#6350

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

24 characters played by cast of 9

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

A famous London novelist is invited back up North as guest of honour to his old school's prize night. Drunk and on the verge of a breakdown he takes off with his first love in tow and pursued by his terrified and bewildered PA on a wild and tempestuous night on the town. He pub crawls, goes to a 70's retro roller-skating night, breaks into a football ground, sings karaoke and ends up on the playground where he played as a child. But old haunts and old friends are not as he remembered. Instead of reconnecting to his northern roots as he had hoped for, he is forced into a cathartic realisation that he didn't want to face.

Further Reference:

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JIM CARTWRIGHT

Rise And Fall Of Little Voice, The

1st Produced:

Cottesloe Theatre, National Theatre, London >>>

1992

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Methuen Drama, London >>>, 1992

ISBN/ASIN:

978-0413671301

Music:

-

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#6351

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

4

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Rise And Fall Of Little Voice, The

The story of a young, reclusive girl lost in the shadow of her gaudy, whirlwind of a mother. The girl's only comfort is to seek solace in the record collection bequeathed to her by her father, of famous divas and songstresses such as Judy Garland, Shirley Bassey, Marilyn Monroe. The mother takes up with small time showbiz agent Ray Say, who accidentally uncovers the girl's unrealised talent of impersonation as the voices of the greats become hers and from there begins a roller coaster of a journey from her lonely bedroom to the bright lights of club land, bringing uproarious humour, heart rending sadness and ultimately freedom along the way

Further Reference:

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JIM CARTWRIGHT

Road

1st Produced:

Royal Court Theatre, London >>>

1986

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Methuen Drama, London >>>, 1986

ISBN/ASIN:

978-0413623904

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

17

Female

13

Parts other:

usually played by a cast of 7

Notes:

-

Road

A passionate, poetic and positive portrayal of working class life.

Further Reference:

National Library of Scotland ref: 7:84 Theatre Company Scotland - Acc.12911/17


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JIM CARTWRIGHT

Stone Free

1st Produced:

Theatre Royal, Bristol, UK >>>

1994

Company:

Bristol Old Vic

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

#6353

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Further Reference:

-


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JIM CARTWRIGHT

Two

1st Produced:

Octagon, Bolton, Lancashire

1989

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Methuen, London (as "To"), 1991

ISBN/ASIN:

978-0413635709

Music:

-

doollee no

#6354

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Genre:

One Act

Parts:

Male

1

Female

1

Parts other:

doubling of 14 characters

Notes:

aka To

Two

Series of working class cameos around pub owner, his wife and guests.

Further Reference:

-


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JIM CARTWRIGHT

Wedded

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

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

#50310

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Genre:

One Act

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

cast of 3 characters played by 2

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Without warning on a seemingly ordinary night in suburbia, a young couple's marriage suddenly falls apart. He journeys on a blind and frantic search for adventure whilst she desperately struggles to piece together the shattered remains of what was their life in an attempt to make sense of it all.

Further Reference:

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