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NICK DARKE (1948 - 2005) |
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Nationality: British Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: Independent Talent Group Limited |
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Plays by Nick Darke |
Antigone At Hell's Mouth | ||
| 1st Produced: | Royal Shakespeare Company | 1992 | ||||
Company: | National Youth Theatre with Kneehigh Theatre Company | |||||
| 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 | #44009 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Sophocles | |||||
Synopsis: | set in post-apoclyptic dystopia with Cornish nationalists fighting for independence from England | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Body, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1983 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #8782 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 18 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | music Guy Woolfenden. Kate MacColl (Vancouver, Canada) has composed a score for "The Body", arranged for piano and voice; it is available through license agreement in conjunction with current productions of this play (visit http://katemaccoll.com/ for further information). | |||||
Synopsis: | An eccentric West Country community must contend with the presence of an American airforce base | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Bogus, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | Kneehigh | |||||
| 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 | #51977 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Bud | ||
| 1st Produced: | Newcastle upon Tyne | 1985 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Ting Tang Mine and Other Plays", Methuen, London, 1987 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #8783 | |||
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Genre: | short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Bud by the late Cornish playwright (and filmmaker, lobsterman and wrecker) Nick Darke, is a ferociously atmospheric one-man play in which Bud, a fifty-year-old farmer, maps how "the acid drops scorchin holes in the starched napkin of our marriage" leads to a shocking disaster | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Campesinos | ||
| 1st Produced: | Stratford-on-Avon | 1989 | ||||
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 | #8784 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Catch | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1981 | |||||
Company: | ESC | |||||
| 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 | #8785 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Two fishermen, bedevilled by the EEC, cast their nets for a different kind of catch - cocaine. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Cider With Rosie | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1981 | |||||
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 | #8786 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | Large Cast | |||||
Notes: | story by Laurie Lee | |||||
Synopsis: | growing up in the idyllic English countryside between the two world wars | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Danger My Ally | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | Kneehigh | |||||
| 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 | #51976 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dead Monkey, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Pit, London | 1986 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Ting Tang Mine and Other Plays", Methuen, London, 1987 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #8787 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A fifteen year old dead monkey keeps a Childless American couple's relationship going. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Earth Turned Inside Out, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | St. Austell, Cornwall | 1984 | ||||
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 | #8788 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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High Water | ||
| 1st Produced: | Gulbenkian Studio, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 29 Feb 1980 | ||||
Company: | RSC | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays Introduction", Faber, London, 1984 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #8789 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Set on a beach early one morning. Two men meet to go wrecking and discover they are father and son | |||||
Further Reference: | RSC ref HIH198002 | |||||
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King of Prussia The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1996 | |||||
Company: | Kneehigh | |||||
| 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 | #8790 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Kissing The Pope | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1989 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Nick Hern Books, London, 1990 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #8791 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Revolution in South America, "growing up to be a man in a violent world; having to decide why to kill before you know why to live". | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Landmarks | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1979 | |||||
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 | #8792 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Set in the thirties, in rural England, when horse met the tractor for the first and last time. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Low Tide | ||
| 1st Produced: | Plymouth Theatre Company | 1977 | ||||
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 | #8793 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | about tourism set on a beach. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lowestoft Man, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Orchard Theatre Company | 1982 | ||||
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 | #8794 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Sequel to The Catch, a mysterious American arrives to claim his cocaine | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Man With Green Hair, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1997 | |||||
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 | #8795 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mother Goose | ||
| 1st Produced: | Stoke-on-Trent | 1977 | ||||
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 | #8796 | |||
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Genre: | Pantomime | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Never Say Rabbit In A Boat | ||
| 1st Produced: | Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent | 1977 | ||||
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 | #8797 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Set in Cornwall about an ageing rabbit catcher and a beach seine net company | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Oven Glove Murders, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1986 | |||||
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 | #8798 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Place Called Mars, A | ||
| 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 | #51975 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Riot, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
Company: | Kneehigh | |||||
| 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 | #8799 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Say Your Prayers | ||
| 1st Produced: | 03 Feb 1981 | |||||
Company: | Joint Stock Theatre Company | |||||
| 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 | #8800 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | music Andrew Dickson | |||||
Synopsis: | An atheist's interpretation of St Paul with the help of an American born again evangelist and Anglican priest. | |||||
Further Reference: | Theatre Record Volume I Issue 03 Page 54 | |||||
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Summer Trade | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ilfracombe, Devon | 1979 | ||||
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 | #8801 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Orchard Theatre Company | |||||
Synopsis: | Takes place in a pub somewhere on the North Cornish Coast, the day after the ex-landlord's last night. The new landlord has plans to modernise. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tickle On The River's Back, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1979 | |||||
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 | #8802 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Set on the Thames about a family of lightermen and the decline of the industry on the river over the last 20 years. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ting Tang Mine | ||
| 1st Produced: | St. Austell, Cornwall | 1987 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Ting Tang Mine and Other Plays", Methuen, London, 1987 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #8803 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | aka The Earth Turned Inside Out | |||||
Synopsis: | The fate of two competing mining communities used as a parable for Prime Minister Thatcher's New Britain. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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