JIM CARTWRIGHT   (1958 - )


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Plays by Jim Cartwright

JIM CARTWRIGHT
Baths
1st Produced:
Bolton, Lancashire
1990
Company:
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1st Published:
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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.
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JIM CARTWRIGHT
Bed
1st Produced:
1989
Company:
1st Published:
1991
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Genre:
-
One Act
Parts:
Male
4
Female
4
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: 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
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JIM CARTWRIGHT
Cowboy Guns
1st Produced:
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-
Company:
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1st Published:
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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
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JIM CARTWRIGHT
Eight Miles High
1st Produced:
Octagon, Bolton, Lancashire
1991
Company:
-
1st Published:
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-
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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 60s you werent there. So heres a chance to re-live it and if you werent 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!
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JIM CARTWRIGHT
Hard Fruit
1st Produced:
2000
Company:
-
1st Published:
2000
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
5
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: 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
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JIM CARTWRIGHT
I Licked A Slag's Deodorant
1st Produced:
1996
Company:
-
1st Published:
1996
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: a crack addicted street walker and a vulnerable, broken man try to salvage an awkward intimacy away from the harsh and ugly streets
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JIM CARTWRIGHT
Kiss The Sky
1st Produced:
1996
Company:
-
1st Published:
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-
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
-
Musical
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis:
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JIM CARTWRIGHT
Prize Night
1st Produced:
1999
Company:
-
1st Published:
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-
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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 schools 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 70s 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 didnt want to face.
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JIM CARTWRIGHT
Rise And Fall Of Little Voice, The
1st Produced:
1992
Company:
-
1st Published:
1992
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
4
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: The story of a young, reclusive girl lost in the shadow of her gaudy, whirlwind of a mother. The girls 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 girls 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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JIM CARTWRIGHT
Road
1st Produced:
1986
Company:
-
1st Published:
1986
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
17
Female
13
Parts Other:
usually played by a cast of 7
Notes: -
Synopsis: A passionate, poetic and positive portrayal of working class life.
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JIM CARTWRIGHT
Stone Free
1st Produced:
1994
Company:
Bristol Old Vic
1st Published:
-
-
To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis:
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JIM CARTWRIGHT
Two
1st Produced:
Octagon, Bolton, Lancashire
1989
Company:
-
1st Published:
Methuen, London (as "To")
1991
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Genre:
-
One Act
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
doubling of 14 characters
Notes: aka To
Synopsis: Series of working class cameos around pub owner, his wife and guests.
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JIM CARTWRIGHT
Wedded
1st Produced:
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Company:
-
1st Published:
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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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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