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JIM CARTWRIGHT (1958 - ) |
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Nationality: British Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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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
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: | - | doollee no | #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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Bed | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1989 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0413635709 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6345 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| 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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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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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 | |||
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: | 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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Hard Fruit | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2000 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0413748201 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6347 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| 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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I Licked A Slag's Deodorant | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1996 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0413715401 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6348 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| 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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Kiss The Sky | ||
| 1st Produced: | 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: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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On | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Methuen Drama 1992 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0413645104 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98325 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Prize Night | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
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 | #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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Rise And Fall Of Little Voice, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1992 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0413671301 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6351 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| 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 | |||||
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Road | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1986 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0413623904 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6352 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 17 | Female | 13 | ||
Parts other: | usually played by a cast of 7 | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| 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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Stone Free | ||
| 1st Produced: | 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 | |||
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: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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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 | |||||
| Series of working class cameos around pub owner, his wife and guests. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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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. | |||||
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