DAVID CREGAN (1931 - )
| Nationality: | English |
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Plays by David Cregan
Aladdin |
| 1st Produced: | 1992 | |||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Pantomime | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | written with Brian Protheroe | |||||
| Synopsis: | Aladdin rubs the lamp of his dreams and wishes | |||||
Arthur |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in "Playbill One", Hutchinson, London, 1969 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | for children | One Act | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 5 |
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| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Boy driven to revolution by old aunt seduces women's police and becomes a dictator. | |||||
Beauty And The Beast |
| 1st Produced: | 1987 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1988 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Pantomime | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | music by Brian Protheroe | |||||
| Synopsis: | beauty falls for beast etc | |||||
Behold! |
| 1st Produced: | Orange Tree Theatre, London | 1999 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Cast Off |
| 1st Produced: | 1972 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Meths drinkers and expanding industry. | |||||
Cinderella |
| 1st Produced: | 1989 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1991 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Pantomime | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | music by Brian Protheroe | |||||
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Comedy Of The Changing Years, A |
| 1st Produced: | 1969 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Synopsis: | Growth of middle class fascist from working class background with Hitler as chorus | |||||
Crackling Angels |
| 1st Produced: | Beaminster, Dorset | 1987 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | music by Brian Protheroe | |||||
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Daffodil, The |
| 1st Produced: | 1971 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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Dancers, The |
| 1st Produced: | 1965 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN | - | ||||
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| Genre: | Farce | One Act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
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| Synopsis: | Exploration of difficulties in selecting a mate and getting married | |||||
Difficult Unicorn, The |
| 1st Produced: | Southwark Playhouse, London | 2002 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 2005 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 |
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George Reborn |
| 1st Produced: | 1973 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "The Land of Palms and Other Plays", Eyre Methuen, London, 1973 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | televised 1973 | |||||
| Synopsis: | Sexual failure leads to psychiatric social work on Pennine Moors to music from Wagner. | |||||
Getting It Right |
| 1st Produced: | Hatfield Polytechnic, Hertfordshire | 1980 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Young architect trapped between materialism and ageing incontinent old people (including father) with Socialist ideas. | |||||
Houses By The Green, The |
| 1st Produced: | 1968 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN | - | ||||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
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| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | In an effort to court the same girl two elderly and quarrelsome neighbours don disguises. | |||||
How We Held The Square |
| 1st Produced: | Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham | 1971 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London, 1972 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Childrens | Youth Audience | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Bunch of politically ambitious old people hold Square and Corner Shop against Big Business. | |||||
If You Don't Laugh, You Cry |
| 1st Produced: | 1971 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "The Land of Palms and Other Plays", Eyre Methuen, London, 1973 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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Jack And The Beanstalk |
| 1st Produced: | 1982 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1987 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Pantomime | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | music by Brian Protheroe | |||||
| Synopsis: | Big spender mother - otherwise close adaptation of this splendid pantomime narrative. | |||||
Jack In The Box |
| 1st Produced: | 1971 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "The Land of Palms and Other Plays", Eyre Methuen, London, 1973 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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King, The |
| 1st Produced: | Shaw Theatre, London | 1974 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | King Arthur as Puritan leader. | |||||
Land Of Palms, The |
| 1st Produced: | The Barn, Dartington, Devon | 1971 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "The Land of Palms and Other Plays", Eyre Methuen, London, 1973 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Synopsis: | Foreign Legion versus Hippies on remote oasis. | |||||
Last Thrash, The |
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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Liebestraum And Other Pieces |
| 1st Produced: | Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham | 1970 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "The Land of Palms and Other Plays", Eyre Methuen, London, 1973 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Synopsis: | Time-tabled partner swapping on housing estate, ruined by love | |||||
Miniatures |
| 1st Produced: | 1965 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN | - | ||||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | 1b extras | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A picture of the peculiarities of English comprehensive school teachers and especially their attitudes to academic gowns. | |||||
Name Is More Than A Name, A |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in "Play Nine", Arnold, London, 1981 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Short Play | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Difficulties over census taking leading to among other things, the invasion of Russia (7 min) | |||||
Nice Dorothy |
| 1st Produced: | 1993 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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On The Green Rock |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1999 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Pater Noster |
| 1st Produced: | Horsham, Sussex | 1973 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Play Nine", Arnold, London, 1981 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Short Play | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | voice | |||||
| Notes: | in Mixed Blessings | |||||
| Synopsis: | Prayers for the new baby, which parent will it venerate (8 min) | |||||
Poor Tom |
| 1st Produced: | 1976 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London, 1976 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Synopsis: | Hopeless scrounger seeks help of fellow lodgers in ludicrous murder of landlord to save home. | |||||
Problem, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in "The Land of Palms and Other Plays", Eyre Methuen, London, 1973 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Red Ridinghood |
| 1st Produced: | Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent | 1979 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1986 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Pantomime | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | music by Brian Protheroe | |||||
| Synopsis: | Panto with law and order wolf | |||||
Sentimental Value |
| 1st Produced: | 1971 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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Sleeping Beauty, The |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1983 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1984 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Pantomime | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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Summer Again |
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | David Cregan's new play reveals a passionate concern with Iraq, global capitalism and environmental decay. The story hinges on the determination of country-bred, 91-year-old Toby to buy part of the vast, adjacent garden belonging to Gerald, a lecherous entrepreneur. For inexplicable reasons, Toby's family - including his dithering son, actressy daughter-in-law and ecologically concerned grandson - think the purchase will be the death of him and do everything in their power to stop it. Ariadne, the daughter-in-law, even offers to sleep with Gerald to stop the sale; although, since she is an anti-war marcher and he a rabid right-winger, it makes for a prickly liaison. Cregan's model is clearly Shaw's Heartbreak House: another country-garden play in which the leisured classes confront naked power in the shadow of global catastrophe. 'Michael Billington, The Guardian' | |||||
Talisman, The |
| 1st Produced: | 1981 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Monologue | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | About lady pursued by legless angel of death. | |||||
Three Men For Colverton |
| 1st Produced: | 1966 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN | - | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Tragicomedy | Tragedy | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Study of the effects of power on three evangelists and a widow in an English village | |||||
Tigers |
| 1st Produced: | 1978 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Synopsis: | Garage owner offers free sex with eight gallons of petrol to boost sales. | |||||
Tina |
| 1st Produced: | 1975 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London, 1976 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Stout middle class lady primary school teacher dons leather to help deprived girl pupil. | |||||
Tipper |
| 1st Produced: | Balliol College, Oxford | 1969 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Old lady shits on MP and destroys her family for vestigial existence. | |||||
Transcending |
| 1st Produced: | 1965 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN | - | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Farce | One Act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Girl fails A level exam to the consternation of parents and two bachelor neighbours | |||||
Whispers Along the Patio |
| 1st Produced: | Stephen Joseph, Scarborough | 2001 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | written with Brian Protheroe | |||||
| Synopsis: | In an act of rebellion, Matthew walks barefoot in the grass knowing it will upset his over protective niece. Later Matthew meets a young girl in a café but she has also caught the eye of a door to door salesman of rat poison | |||||
Young Sir |
| 1st Produced: | 1979 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | International business man learns to cherish unexpected baby son in Haywards Heath. | |||||