CLAIRE DOWIE (1956 - )
| Nationality: | English |
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Plays by Claire Dowie
Adult Child, Dead Child |
| 1st Produced: | 1987 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays By Women Vol.7" Methuen, London | 1988 | ||
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| Genre: | Monologue | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: mixture of monologue and poetry showing life and perceptions of an abused and disturbed child | ||||
All Over Lovely |
| 1st Produced: | 1997 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | 1998 | |||
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| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: focus on sex and repression among gay and lesbian characters | ||||
Cat And Mouse |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1986 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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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Death and Dancing |
| 1st Produced: | 1992 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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 | 1 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: As the lesbian character, Max, explores her confusing love for the other Max, a gay character, they rail against the society that pens them in. | ||||
Designs for Living |
| 1st Produced: | 2001 | |||
| Company: | Ruby Tuesday Productions | |||
| 1st Published: | 2001 | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 |
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Drag Act |
| 1st Produced: | 1993 | |||
| Company: | Gay Sweatshop | |||
| 1st Published: | in "Why is John Lennon Wearing A Skirt?", Methuen, UK | - | ||
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| Genre: | Play | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Part of "Threesome" | ||||
Synopsis: Lesbian is taken for her birthday treat to see a male drag act. | ||||
Easy Access (for the Boys) |
| 1st Produced: | 1998 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | 1998 | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: focus on sex and repression among gay and lesbian characters | ||||
H To He (I'm turning into a man) |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | ms | 2004 | ||
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| Genre: | Solo | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 |
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I'm Turning Into A Man |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2004 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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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Leaking From Every Orifice |
| 1st Produced: | 1994 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "Why is John Lennon Wearing A Skirt?", Methuen, UK | - | ||
| 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: | Solo | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: Lesbian performance artist becomes pregnant with gay male friend | ||||
Sodom |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | 2001 | |||
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| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Synopsis: Everyone in Sodom apart from Lot and his family, are gay. When angels come to visit Lot everyone wants to have sex with them | ||||
Why Is John Lennon Wearing A Skirt? |
| 1st Produced: | 1991 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | Satire | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Synopsis: Satire and invective against wearing a skirt and the whole teenage peer pressure of becoming a woman | ||||
Year of the Monkey, The |
| 1st Produced: | Studio 2, London | 2000 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | 2001 | |||
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| Genre: | Four Monologues | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: A woman whose mother has been killed by a drunken driver describes how she shot her way through the criminal's nearest and dearest; Beans On Toast - a little girl whose grandad had Alzheimer's recalls the events leading up to his death; Red Flag - a pensioner who claims not to care about politics lets slip how she and her neighbours opted out of the capalist economy; The Year Of The Monkey - and a well-to-do mother watches her daughter's marriage while railing at her own inability to connect with anyone. Phil Daoust, Guardian | ||||