ANNE DOWNIE   


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Plays by Anne Downie

ANNE DOWNIE
Biting The Hands
1st Produced:
BBC I
1989
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Genre:
TV Play
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Synopsis:
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ANNE DOWNIE
Female of the Species, The
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
2007
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male
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Female
1
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
"Janet is so resolutely upbeat, so adept at finding the bright side, that any of life's disappointments, become material for her sharp wit. Her jokes are of the if-you-don't-laugh-you'll-cry variety and the play imperceptibly shifts tone, from hilarious observations to a darker exposition. Although Janet berates herself for 'being maudling' Downie's play never lapses into sentimental pathos. Subtly emotive, this is a beautifully observed piece, played with great warmth and assurance by the writer."
- Guardian
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ANNE DOWNIE
Parking Lot In Pittsburgh
1st Produced:
Byre, St Andrews/tour
2002
Company:
-
1st Published:
2007
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
6
Parts Other:
Cast: 21 but with double casting 8, 2 male and 6 female
Notes:
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Synopsis:
"An appealing mixture of comedy and pathos that straddles continents as well as emotions. Intriguing that Anne Downie has taken individual notions of independence and co-dependence and used them as a metaphor for a country forever on the cusp. The extended routine on hormone replacement therapy is priceless!"
- The Herald
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ANNE DOWNIE
Waiting On One
1st Produced:
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1987
Company:
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1st Published:
2007
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male
2
Female
7
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
"One of the play's great strengths is that it offers a fairly serious critique of the bingo phenomenon without discounting the powerful reasons why people with little money, and less choice about how to spend their leisure, play the game - the escapism, the cosy atmosphere, the human contact, the combination of mild excitement with an absolute freedom from the stress of decision making. All the characters are in some sense 'Waiting on One' - waiting for the one number, the one stroke of fate, the job, the loving touch, the new grandchild; the bingo game seen as a metaphor for their habit of powerlessness. Intriguing and effective theatre, pulling together the elements of character, dialogue, storyline and human observation that are essential to a reassessment of an important area of working class experience."
- The Guardian
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ANNE DOWNIE
Watching Waiters
1st Produced:
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1986
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Male
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Female
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ANNE DOWNIE
Way To Go Home, The
1st Produced:
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1987
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Synopsis:
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ANNE DOWNIE
White Bird Passes, The
1st Produced:
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1986
Company:
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1st Published:
2007
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male
1
Female
6
Parts Other:
Cast: 30+ and musician but can be played by 7, 6 female and 1 male
Notes:
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Synopsis:
"The most eye catching aspect of Downie's play is its capacity, recalling O'Casey, to portray the life of a colourful community. The work, which eschews facile sentimentality, gives voice to a wealth of striking characters and is a gripping and moving one."
- The Scotsman
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ANNE DOWNIE
Witches of Pollok, The
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
2007
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
Cast: 34+ but 10 actors and 2 musician/actors can play all parts
Notes:
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Synopsis:
"Witchcraft is in the news again, but there are no forced contemporary parallels. It is a Gothic tale, the telling of which has that indispensable element of insider sincerity. Ms Downie is neither an ironist nor someone looking on the characters and their doings from above. She is motivated by the same fascination with the enigmatic figure of Janet Douglas that gripped 17th Century Glasgow. Her play is as neat a piece of storytelling theatre as could be wished."
- The Scotsman
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ANNE DOWNIE
Yellow On The Broom, The
1st Produced:
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1989
Company:
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1st Published:
2007
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Genre:
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Adaptation
Parts:
Male
2
Female
3
Parts Other:
Cast: 36+ but can be played by 5, 3 female and 2 male
Notes:
based on book by Betsy Whyte
Synopsis:
"It can be no easy thing to find yourself, as travelling folk in Scotland long have, simultaneously the repository of conventional people's romanticism and the focus of their dark fears. It takes a real dramatist like Anne Downie, with her rich, enchanting and moving new play The Yellow On the Broom to give full expression to both aspects. The lyrical lilt, the variety and vividness of character and scene make for memorable theatre."
- The Scotsman
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