|
|
JOHN GOODRUM (1958 - ) |
|
Nationality: British Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
|
|
Literary Agent: n/a |
John Goodrum has worked as an actor in theatres nationwide. Parts he has played include John Smith in RUN FOR YOUR WIFE, Neville in NEVILLE'S ISLAND, Heisenberg in COPENHAGEN, Adam in SOMEONE WHO'LL WATCH OVER ME, Michael Starkwedder in THE UNEXPECTED GUEST, Fancourt Babberley in CHARLEY'S AUNT, Scrub in THE BEAUX' STRATAGEM and Bottom in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. On Radio 4 he played James Miller in THE ARCHERS. John is a founder of Rumpus Theatre Company, for whom his directing credits include MURDERER, DUET FOR ONE, QUARTET, JUMPERS and ALFIE. Rumpus has also produced his own plays and adaptations including SORRY, I LOVE YOU&; THE BLACK VEIL; THE COMEDY OF TERRORS!; THE JUDGE'S HOUSE!; THE RIPPER FILES!; THE SIGNALMAN and THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM. The latter two were both subsequently produced by Bill Kenwright at the Theatre Royal, Windsor. THE JUDGES' HOUSE! was produced recently in Germany. For Bridge Theatre John has written the plays BLOOD RELATIONS (first seen at Sheringham Little Theatre) and THE HAUNTED HOUSE (first seen at Norwich Playhouse). SORRY, I LOVE YOU& and THE COMEDY OF TERRORS! are both published by Samuel French; SORRY, I LOVE YOU . . . has been produced throughout England and as far afield as Nairobi in Kenya.
Plays by John Goodrum
Black Veil, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Newtown: Theatr Hafren, Llanidloes Road, Newtown, Powys, SY16 4HU, Wales >>> | 25 Oct 2002 | ||||
Company: | ||||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108126 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | Thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | adapted from the short story by Charles Dickens | |||||
Synopsis: | ONE winter's evening, towards the close of the year 1800, or within a year or two of that time, a young medical practitioner, recently established in business, was seated by a fire in his parlour, listening to the wind which was beating the rain in pattering drops against the window. When a visitor arrives from the dark streets, dressed in deep mourning, the upper part of her figure carefully muffled in a black shawl, her face, as if for concealment, is covered by The Black Veil. The woman appears distressed and frightened but what is her deadly secret? What terrifying and tragic mystery lies behind her shroud? What shocking events await the new doctor as he ventures in the darkest, most miserable parts of London? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
Blood Relations | ||
| 1st Produced: | Sheringham: Little Theatre, 2 Station Rd Sheringham, Norfolk NR26 8RE >>> | 1996 | ||||
Company: | Bridge Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108127 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | Thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2-3 | Female | 2-3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Pam and Charlie are a happily bickering old couple until a murder from years ago has frightening consequences | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
Comedy of Terrors!, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Sheringham: Little Theatre, 2 Station Rd Sheringham, Norfolk NR26 8RE >>> | 2003 | ||||
Company: | ||||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573110603 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #46798 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | full legth Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| Jo Smith arrives at her local theatre for an audition with the director Vyvian Jones, but it transpires that she has actually been invited there by Beverley, Vyvian's twin brother, who wants her to impersonate her own twin sister Fiona in order to scotch the rumour that Beverley has slept with Fiona. (He has, but doesn't want Vyvian to tell his fiancee Cheryl.) Jo reluctantly accepts this unusual acting job and pretends to be Fiona to Vyvian. But then the real Fiona arrives and thinks Vyvian is Beverley - and then Vyvian, who is a member of the local Sons of Satan Association, takes Jo captive to use as a human sacrifice - and then - Only the intervention of a policeman, Janet Jones (Beverley's and Vyvian's identical younger brother) can save the day as matters get more than a little confusing - One actor and one actress play all the Joneses and Smiths respectively in this fast-moving madcap comedy of multiple mistaken identity. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
Dracula's Guest | ||
| 1st Produced: | Chesterfield: Pomegranate Theatre, Corporation Street, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S41 7TX >>> | 2008 | ||||
Company: | ||||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108128 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | horror story | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | a full length original horror story based on a short story by Bram Stoker for one male and one female - a young woman is invited to a party - at a house she's never visited . . . and with a host she's never met! The present-day world of forensic police investigation gets inextricably mixed up with the vampiric past in this magnificent slice of Gothic horror based on Bram Stoker's wickedest creation. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
Haunted Bride, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Wolverhampton's Arena Theatre | 11 Oct 2011 | ||||
Company: | Rumpus Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #132840 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | ghost story | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | based on To Be Read At Dusk by Charles Dickens | |||||
Synopsis: | Amid the shadowy rooms and moonstruck gardens of a peeling, overgrown Italian palazzo, the dreams that haunt a young brides sleep reach their terrifying climax. Let the haunting begin! | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
Haunted House, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Norwich: Playhouse, 42-58 St George's Street Norwich Norfolk NR3 1AB >>> | 1999 | ||||
Company: | Bridge Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #125882 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | a full length period comedy ghost story | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | based on a story by Charles Dickens | |||||
Synopsis: | Benjamin Standfast is dismissive of the ghostly reputation of Poplar Grange until he meets the ghost of the boy who haunts the house. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
Judge's House, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Margate: Theatre Royal, Addington Street, Margate, Kent CT9 1PW >>> | 29 Sep 2004 | ||||
Company: | ||||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #121695 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | full length period ghost story | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | based on a story by Bram Stoker for one male and one female - an earnest young student takes up residence in a sinister, deserted house, thinking it the ideal place for long nights of study before a blazing fire. He mocks the fears of his fellow townsfolk. . .but all too soon finds himself far from alone - and haunted by the portrait of a vindictive hanging judge, lurking in the upper shadows of his room - just beside the seemingly innocent rope, up and down which run his other house-mates, the rats! | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
Mystery of Edwin Drood, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Hemel Hempstead: Old Town Hall, High Street, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP1 3AE >>> | 2006 | ||||
Company: | ||||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #125881 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | full length period murder mystery | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | based on an unfinished novel by Charles Dickens | |||||
Synopsis: | packed full of vivid characters and nightmarish locations&from an opium den, via a creepy cathedral crypt, to the fog and shadows of Victorian London. A handsome young man, full of life and hope, and betrothed from childhood to a beautiful young girl, suddenly and inexplicably vanishes without trace. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
Nightmare Room, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | South Shields: Customs House, South Shields, England, NE33 1ES >>> | 06 Oct 2005 | ||||
Company: | ||||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #119086 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | full length contemporary thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | based on the classic mystery chiller by Arthur Conan Doyle. | |||||
Synopsis: | This deliciously dark thriller from a tale by the master of terror and mystery, Arthur Conan Doyle - with twists and turns worthy of an Agatha Christie whodunnit - weaves its way through a sinister labyrinth of marital infidelity and revenge that will haunt your mind forever. When Helen regains consciousness, she finds herself bound and blindfolded in a locked room. Her captor, best friend Catherine, challenges her to a deadly game of Russian roulette to decide which of them will win the handsome film star they both desire. But the game - like the room - is far from what it seems . . . and are they alone in the room . . . or is there someone watching! | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
One Fling After Another | ||
| 1st Produced: | Chesterfield: Pomegranate Theatre, Corporation Street, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S41 7TX >>> | 38762 | ||||
Company: | ||||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #125879 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | original full length farce | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Jim Fellows spends most of his time on the reception desk juggling the complicated love lives of his colleagues. . . but when the lift gets stuck and his own romances start to unravel, events spiral hysterically out of control. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
Pit And The Pendulum, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Holt: Auden Theatre, Gresham's School, Cromer Road, Holt, Norfolk NR25 6EA >>> | 2000 | ||||
Company: | ||||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #13941 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | full length period horror story | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | based on a story by Edgar Allen Poe | |||||
Synopsis: | when William Trevelyan sets out to rescue his young wife from the clutches of a wicked and lascivious Hellfire Club, he little expects to find himself their captive, tortured by the nightmare of a living grave, the nameless dread of a fathomless pit. . . and the inevitability of the swinging pendulum with its razor-sharp blade! | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
Ripper Files, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Middlesborough: Middlesborough Theatre, The Avenue, Middlesbrough TS5 6 >>> | 2007 | ||||
Company: | ||||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #125880 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | original full length thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | inspired by the ghoulish events in Victorian Whitechapel which have been a source of universal fascination since the 1880's. . .and with a deliciously wicked sting in the tail . . . join Inspector Lestrange as he sifts through the evidence . . . but will he uncover the one fact that only the Ripper himself can possibly know? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
Schubert Fountain | ||
| 1st Produced: | Chesterfield: Arts Centre, 444 Chesterfield Center, Chesterfield, MO 63017 >>> | 1994 | ||||
Company: | ||||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #125883 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | original full length biographical play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | about the last few years of the composer Schubert's life. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
Signalman, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Chesterfield: Pomegranate Theatre, Corporation Street, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S41 7TX >>> | 04 Nov 1997 | ||||
Company: | ||||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #41251 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | full length period ghost story | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | from story by Charles Dickens | |||||
Synopsis: | a terrified signalman unburdens himself to the young student who chances upon his railway cutting. He tells a chilling tale of the spectre that haunts him, and the terrible disasters that follow each appearance. . .but what horror is the ghost trying to warn of this time? And is the young man's visit quite so innocent as it at first appears? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
Sorry, I Love You | ||
| 1st Produced: | 02 Nov 2001 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573019876 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47565 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | original full length romantic comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| Helen has broken up with boyfriend Peter. She is dejected and sits on the pavement. Two people approach her a tramp and Jools. Jools whisks her away on a whirlwind world trip - yet everywhere they go there is someone who looks exactly like the tramp | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
