NIGEL GEARING
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Plays by Nigel Gearing
Agnes |
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| 1st Published: | in Frontline Drama 6 - New French Plays, Methuen | - | ||
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Notes: play by Catherine Anne | ||||
Synopsis: play that gradually reveals the details of a father's obsession for his daughter and the way he emotionally blackmails her into satisfying his lust | ||||
Berlin Days, Hollywood Nights |
| 1st Produced: | Place, London | 1987 | ||
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Synopsis: about Ruth Fischer, the sister of Hans Eisler, Brecht's sometime collaborator. Ruth, the dedicated party member who recanted went over to the Hearst press and died in Paris. | ||||
Crossfire |
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| 1st Published: | Oberon Books, London | 1993 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 17 characters | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Michel Azama | ||||
Synopsis: characters are caught in the crossfire, tumbling through the checkpoint between life and death | ||||
Dickens In America |
| 1st Produced: | 1998 | |||
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| 1st Published: | Oberon Books, London | 1999 | ||
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Synopsis: Dickens in America is an imaginary lecture given by Charles Dickens on his travels to America in the nineteenth century. Drawn from his many letters, speeches and his book American Notes, this play first produced at Bristol Old Vic in 1998 is a gripping journey into Dickens life and work. | ||||
Don Juan |
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Notes: Original Playwright - Moliere | ||||
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Down and Out in Paris & London |
| 1st Produced: | 1992 | |||
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Notes: From Orwell | ||||
Synopsis: from dish washer to tramp George Orwell's description of life at the bottom. | ||||
Elgar's Tenth Muse |
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| 1st Published: | Oberon Books, London | - | ||
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| Genre: | biographical scenarios | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | cast of 12+ | |||
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Synopsis: Is public adulation always accompanied by private disappointment? Is creative fulfilment necessarily at odds with personal happiness? What is the price of fame? In these three biographical scenarios - about Janis Joplin, Edward Elgar and Oscar Wilde repectively - Nigel Gearing explores the often droll disparity between the satisfying structures we call Art and the infinitely more messy rag-and-bone shop of the heart | ||||
High Wire |
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Janis In The Chelsea |
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| 1st Published: | Oberon Books, London | - | ||
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| Genre: | biographical scenarios | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | cast of 2 | |||
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Synopsis: Is public adulation always accompanied by private disappointment? Is creative fulfilment necessarily at odds with personal happiness? What is the price of fame? In these three biographical scenarios - about Janis Joplin, Edward Elgar and Oscar Wilde repectively - Nigel Gearing explores the often droll disparity between the satisfying structures we call Art and the infinitely more messy rag-and-bone shop of the heart | ||||
Meetin Mr Wilde |
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| 1st Published: | Oberon Books, London | - | ||
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| Genre: | biographical scenarios | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | cast of 3 | |||
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Synopsis: Is public adulation always accompanied by private disappointment? Is creative fulfilment necessarily at odds with personal happiness? What is the price of fame? In these three biographical scenarios - about Janis Joplin, Edward Elgar and Oscar Wilde repectively - Nigel Gearing explores the often droll disparity between the satisfying structures we call Art and the infinitely more messy rag-and-bone shop of the heart | ||||
My Song is Free |
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Notes: Original Playwright - Jorge Diaz | ||||
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Queen Of Spades |
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Snap |
| 1st Produced: | 1981 | |||
| Company: | Foco Novo Theatre Company | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
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