PADDY GILLARD-BENTLEY
| Nationality: | Canadian |
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Plays by Paddy Gillard-Bentley
4am Admission |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2000 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Emily loves Jane. Jane loves Michael. Emily confesses her love to Emily who thinks she is talking about Michael. | |||||
Accidental Fish |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | Some of everything | - | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | One male and one female parts are doubled, not for economy, but for psychology | |||||
| Notes: | Originally called Opaque | |||||
| Synopsis: | Vanessa drinks too much. Vanessa takes a cornucopia of prescription drugs. Vanessa's doctors don't know what the other ones have prescribed for her. Vanessa probably shouldn't wash down the Xanax with Bailey's Irish Cream. Vanessa smokes too much. Vanessa consumes too much coffee. Vanessa wants to die, really, but her body isn't on the same page. Can someone take so many pills every day that their body becomes immune? Vanessa is coping with life - badly! | |||||
Bingo Wings |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2005 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Manny married Edna but she died. So he married Celia and she died. The tarty Skeeter but she and Manny died. Now they are all in Heaven so who will he get to spend Eternity with? | |||||
Book, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2001 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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 | 1 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | The future and people can only read books that are sanctioned by the government. | |||||
Comic Strip |
| 1st Produced: | 2005 | |||||
| Company: | Village Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | comedy | Ten Min | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Originally entitled: "Marry Go Round" | |||||
| Synopsis: | Daisy and Glum get ready for a circus people spouse swapping party. So. . .are the size of a clown's feet directly proportional to his. . ..??? | |||||
Delicate Art of Breathing, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2001 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A daughter and mother talk of life as the mother dies from cancer. | |||||
Extreme Unction - The Sublime Comedy |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1999 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A meeting between Liszt, George Sand, Chopin, Byron, Shelley and Mary Shelley in Purgatory. | |||||
Frailty, Thy Name Is Woe |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2003 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | - | Ten minute play | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | After her suicide Ophelia meets Hamlet's father. | |||||
Hunting the Penumbra |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2000 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | - | Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | written by Paddy Gillard-Bentley and Lindsay Stewart | |||||
| Synopsis: | A fascinating and dark adventure unfolds as Julian's friend, Alex, attempts to cure his insomnia with hypnosis. The plan goes awry and takes him on the journey of his lives! Julian confronts the reality of his own demons as he experiences several past life regressions. The characters emerge, minimal costume, minimal set. . .all dark and dangerous. But Julian isn't dangerous. . .is he? Struggling actor/poet, Alex discovers too late she does not know him as well as she thinks. | |||||
Intra Speculum |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | Various - Full Length | - | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 16 |
| Parts Other: | Many parts can be doubled | |||||
| Notes: | This is ideal for university/theatre school productions. | |||||
| Synopsis: | A series of plays tied together by the looking glass. The plays vary in length from 2 - 25 minutes. All the plays take place in front of a mirror. The audience is the mirror. | |||||
Like a Terrible Beauty |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2005 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | - | Drama | Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | doubling | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | The Easter Rising in Dublin and the subsequent Civil War seen through the eyes of Maeve | |||||
Lure of the Dragon, A |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2004 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | - | Surreal comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | God and the Devil battle for the souls of two Goth Rockers. | |||||
Mad Man Has No Need Of Sacrements, A |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2004 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Adapted from "Extracts From Gosschen's Diary" (1888) | |||||
| Synopsis: | A priest goes to hear the confession of a man about to be hanged. But the man challenges God's motives. | |||||
Mugwort's Bane |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2000 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Can Liam rescue the Prince and Princess from a dragon? | |||||
Opaque |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2006 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | doubling | |||||
| Notes: | aka Accidental Fish | |||||
| Synopsis: | The things that have happened to Vanessa make living hard to do. | |||||
Pest Aside |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2006 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | 1 girl | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A dandelion attempts to educate a group of gardeners about the evils of pesticide. | |||||
Quantum Entanglement |
| 1st Produced: | Birds & Stone - Calgary, AB., Canada | 2006 | ||||
| Company: | 8-0-8 Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | Fifteen minute real life play | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | There are moments in our lives when we make a decision based on one simple thing. Sometimes, as simple as a phrase. No inconsequential thing, but something that touches deeply. In that moment, Julia heard the loom click, as the fates took a detour in the continuum of weaving the tapestry of her life. . .with broken threads. A story of a love that should've, could've, might've - wasn't. | |||||
Sanguine Sonata |
| 1st Produced: | King St. Theatre, Kitchener, On. Canada | 2003 | ||||
| Company: | Theatre & Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | Surreal Life | Ten Min | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Sanguine Sonata tells of the breakup of the relationship between two characters. But Vincent attempts to recreate the passion surrounding their first meeting, the dialogue sensuous and mirrored by the acting, and the pair become so carried away that they forget what happens when the sun rises on a pair of Vampires. - Harry Currie - Record Staff | |||||
Shaking The Dew From The Lilies |
| 1st Produced: | The Registry Theatre, Kitchener, Ont. Canada | 2002 | ||||
| Company: | Flush Ink Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | real life | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | There are two versions of this play. The other includes four vignettes which add 3 male and 3 female roles that can be doubled. Shaking the Dew from the Lilies made its American debut at The Playwright Theatre in Denver Co., in May/June of 2005.ion | |||||
| Synopsis: | Five diverse women are accidentally locked over-night in a mall washroom. Tami, short skirt, blouse cut down to there - big hair and Cynthia, who looks at the world down her nose have an instant dislike for each other. Next arrives nearly perfect Aja (according to Susan), witty, trendy and popular and Susan, Aja's friend who is fighting the feminist fight on the wrong battlefield with no ammunition; long-time friends - but for how long? Complete the ensemble with Nicole, the voice of reason, and not a red plaid jacket-wearing lesbian, either. Throughout the night they discover things about each other, some intriguing revelations; others scandalous betrayals. The night is spent wrestling with an array of topics from sexual abuse and mothers to tampons, orgasms and their most embarrassing moments. While it is a comedy, this character-driven play is not without its poignant moments of truth and emotional discoveries. | |||||
Sweet Liquid Fire |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | - | Ten minute play | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A tale of a woman's sexual submission. | |||||
Truth By Right Of Arms |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2005 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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 | 7 | Female | 8 |
| Parts Other: | doubling | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Brornwyn is lonely after her family move from Toronto to a small town. Things look up when the class project is going to be the Medieval period which is something that she knows a lot about. Then she tells the class her mother and father are really a king and queen. | |||||
Twilight of Enchanted |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2004 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | - | Fantasy | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 9 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||||
| Notes: | Based on the novel "Twilight of the Enchanted" by Paddy Gillard-Bentley | |||||
| Synopsis: | Could a small insignificant child bring down an all powerful Druid? | |||||
Way Beyond the Looking Glass |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2000 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | 1 female voice only | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A psychiatrist runs a weekly therapy group for five women. | |||||
White Dwarf |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2001 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A psychopath tells a dead rat of the first murder he committed. | |||||
White Noise |
| 1st Produced: | The Water Street Theatre | 2000 | ||||
| Company: | Theatre & Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | real life | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Jenna finds herself at Evan's place thrust into a very complicated situation. This is the first time since meeting him at university that she has been to his apartment. Now that she is there, she wonders how their mutual friend and 'shadow character', Alec talked her into believing that she was the best choice to make sure everything goes smoothly when the men in white coats come for Evan. . .again. Evan, a screenplay writer who suffers from depression, is in Alec's opinion, a threat to himself. . .and perhaps, Jenna thinks. . .to her. Evan chooses this unfortunate time to confess to Jenna that he has secretly been in love with her the entire length of their friendship, a love that seems to border on obsession. She is uneasy, he is unpredictable, and the two of them journey through a barrage of emotions leading up to the inevitable knock on the door | |||||