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Philip Gawthorne

PHILIP GAWTHORNE

  (1981 - )
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    Curtis Brown Group Ltd  

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below is a list of Philip Gawthorne's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Apple Pie         Breaktime         Broke         Coffee, Cigarettes & Paranoia         Homeland         Modern Life Is Rubbish         Public Display Of Affection         Thrill Of the Chase, The

Apple Pie

Synopsis:
in 1960s America, two anonymous men are drawn into a casual philosophical discussion, sparked off simply because one of them lost a substantial sum of money on a football game and the other has suggested that the result may have differed, had he attended the actual fixture. From this small issue a debate ensues, which takes in everything from the origins of Chaos theory to the nature of destiny, and it soon becomes clear that these two men are about to play a major role in the shaping of world history. . .

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first performed As part of A compendium of new plays, inspired by the events surrounding the terrorist group "the Black Hand Gang".

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Genre:
short historical Drama One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Breaktime

Synopsis:
two young, stressed-out teachers hide in a school confiscation room to escape from the kids who have been terrorising them. However, they soon realise that it is the loss of their own youth, rather than the antics of the schoolchildren, which is disturbing them the most.

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first produced As part of the "Doing Lines" festival of new writing

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Genre:
short comedy/Drama One act

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Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Broke

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Genre:
TV Drama

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Coffee, Cigarettes & Paranoia

Synopsis:
a gritty (yet darkly comic) thriller, focusing on the volatile relationship between a strung-out, coke-addicted criminal, and his corrupt barrister, as the two men take refuge in a coffee-shop to escape from what may (or may not) be an elaborate police surveillance operation.

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rehearsed readings have taken place At the Royal Court (YWP/the Site) And the Cochrane theatre

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Genre:
crime Drama/black comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Homeland

Synopsis:
Three recently laid-off American labourers have their regular poker-night interupted by an attempted car-theft. they manage to prevent the crime and capture the young arab thief, dragging him back into the house and holding him hostage. the stage is set for a brutal and uncompromising exploration of racism, patriotism and class, which threatens to explode into terrible violence with every passing moment. . .

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first performed As part of the "Breaking News: Rachel Corrie" event, which was produced in response to the New York theatre Workshop's decision to pull the plug on "My Name Is Rachel Corrie", which was due to transfer there following it's run At the Royal Court.

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Practicum Theatre

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Play/Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Modern Life Is Rubbish

Synopsis:
the classic scenario of a couple separating their music collection at the end of a relationship is given a new spin for the I-Pod generation.

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First produced As part of the Hampstead theatre's "Start Night".

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Genre:
Comedy/Drama (short) Comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Public Display Of Affection

Synopsis:
a romantic-comedy looking at the trials and tribulations of a quartet of twenty-somethings, focusing particularly on the ways in which technology (text-messaging, e-mail etc) has affected dating culture in the early twenty-first century

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Genre:
romantic comedy Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Thrill Of the Chase, The

Synopsis:
Two twenty-something flatmates make a wager regarding their respective love-lives, which spirals wildly out of control.

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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