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PHILIP GOULDING (1961 - ) |
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Nationality: British Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: Eric Glass Ltd |
Philip Goulding was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire in 1961. His play STRANGE LANDS won 1st Prize in the International Theatre Institute Playwriting Competition 2002. The play was produced by Public View Theatre Company and Giorgos Gikapeppas at the Empros Theatre, Athens in 2003 and premiered in the UK by N1 Theatre Company at the Courtyard Theatre, London in 2005. His stage plays include BENEATH THE WAVES (Eastern Angles/Colchester Mercury Theatre), THEN HE KISSED ME (Royal Theatre Northampton 1993, Courtyard Theatre London in association with Soho Theatre 1996), WENT DOWN TO THE CROSSROADS (Courtyard Theatre, London), WAITING FOR ELVIS (New Perspectives), HEADING WEST (Forest Forge in association with Salisbury Playhouse), DIFFERENT ANIMAL (Bootleg Theatre Company / Hen & Chickens, London), THE BELLE OF BONAVISTA BAY (Forest Forge), WAKE UP LITTLE SUZIE! (Oldham Coliseum / Haymarket Theatre Basingstoke), FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME (Oldham Coliseum) and, with composer Kate Edgar, DOC FAUST! - A WILD WEST MUSICAL (Forest Forge 2002, Maine Performing Arts Festival 2007). His adaptations include BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, ALICE IN WONDERLAND, BRIAR ROSE, PETER PAN and THE TRUE TALES OF ROBIN HOOD (all Forest Forge), THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT (New Perspectives 1997, Third Space 2004, Bill Kenwright / CV Productions / Hornchurch / Windsor 2005), TOAD OF TOAD HALL (Forest Forge 1998, New Perspectives 1999, Eye Theatre 2001), WIND IN THE WILLOWS (Basingstoke Haymarket) and HANSEL & GRETEL (Forest Forge 1999, Eye Theatre 2002). He has written a new version of Gogol's classic comedy THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR (Forest Forge / Salisbury Playhouse 1997, Watermill Theatre, Newbury 1998, and as A LITTLE LOCAL DIFFICULTY Oldham Coliseum 2003). He has also written an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE (Forest Forge / Salisbury Playhouse 1998, Wessex Actors Company 2005). THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT is published by Samuel French Ltd (2008). WENT DOWN TO THE CROSSROADS and THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE were published in the monthly theatre magazine Plays International and excerpts from his plays have been featured in Monologue and Scene anthologies published by Smith & Kraus (New York) and Meriwether Publishing (Colorado). He was awarded an Arts Council of England Theatre Writing Bursary in 1995. For radio he has written an adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's short story WHO AM I THIS TIME? (BBC Radio 4, 2008) and has also written two plays for RTE (Dublin): A FAT MAN EATS THE MOON and THE DILEMMA. He was joint first-prize winner in the Radio Times Drama Awards in 1988 and his TV play KEEPER was broadcast on Channel 4 in 1990. He has written texts for two projects by the composer Alan Edward Williams: TWELVE STOREYS HIGH (a song cycle for soprano and piano) and the award-winning DIVERS WINGED CREATURES (choral songs)(Leipzig 2008).
Plays by Philip Goulding
Alice In Wonderland | ||
| 1st Produced: | On tour in the South of England | 1996 | ||||
Company: | Forest Forge 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 | #14114 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic children's story. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Beauty And The Beast | ||
| 1st Produced: | On tour in the South of England | 1995 | ||||
Company: | Forest Forge 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 | #14115 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Adaptation of famous fairytale. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Belle of Bonavista bay, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | On Tour | 2004 | ||||
Company: | Forest Forge 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 | #14116 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | The Belle of Bonavista Bay weaves two intriguing stories: of a past migration from Poole to Newfoundland; and the return of Daniela, a Canadian, to Poole to find her roots. The central theme of the play is how history, our connections to it and our perception of it, shapes our lives. The play incorporates traditional music from Newfoundland. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Beneath The Waves | ||
| 1st Produced: | Cochester: Mercury Theatre, UK and on tour in East of England >>> | 1993 | ||||
Company: | Eastern Angles Theatre Company/Colchester Mercury 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 | #14117 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | written with songs written by Philip Goulding and Pat Whymark | |||||
Synopsis: | Story of the Great East Coast floods of 1953 | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Briar Rose | ||
| 1st Produced: | On tour in the South of England | 2001 | ||||
Company: | Forest Forge 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 | #14118 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | written with songs by Philip Goulding and Clive Fishlock | |||||
Synopsis: | New version of Sleeping Beauty story. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Different Animal | ||
| 1st Produced: | Hen and; Chickens Theatre, 109 St. Paul's Rd, Highbury Corner, London, N1 2NA >>> | 1995 | ||||
Company: | Bootleg 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 | #132115 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Rhyming Football fan monologue | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Doc Faust! A Wild Western Musical | ||
| 1st Produced: | On tour in the South of England | 2002 | ||||
Company: | Forest Forge Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Josef Weinberger Ltd, London, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #14119 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Written with composer Kate Edgar | |||||
Synopsis: | Comedy Musical loosely based on Faust legend set in Arizona in 1900 | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Feels like The First Time | ||
| 1st Produced: | Oldham Coliseum Theatre | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Oldham Coliseum | |||||
| 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 | #56538 | |||
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Genre: | Rock n Roll Musical Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | An Actor/Musician show | |||||
Synopsis: | Set in 1980 and 2000 Feels Like the First Time charts the adventures of two bands The Trevors and The Launderettes who honour a youthful promise to meet up 20 years after their first big gig. Contains songs from the 60s, 70s and 80s. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Fine Bright Day Today, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | 16 Jun 2011 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #122820 | |||
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Notes: | "Philip Goulding's play is an enticing piece of understated but effective writing. It leaves you with an optimistic sense that everyone deserves a second chance at happiness." (The Guardian) | |||||
Synopsis: | When you stop searching, you may find what you're looking for Margaret is a trawlerman's widow. Against her wishes, her thirty-something daughter Rebecca is finally leaving home to move in with her boyfriend. Margaret, reluctantly, agrees to take in a lodger - Milton, an American painter visiting the area on the trail of Bowden Broome; a famous artist who stayed and worked in the town over a hundred years ago. Milton's arrival turns Margaret's life around, as with his help she comes to terms with the ghosts of her past and realises her future may be brighter than she thought. A Fine Bright Day Today is a moving and evocative tale of autumnal love, set on the edge of an English coastal town, where lives are reshaped by a chance meeting with an exotic stranger. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Government Inspector, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Salisbury: Playhouse,England, EUR and on tour in South of England >>> | 1995 | ||||
Company: | Forest Forge Theatre Company/Salisbury Playhouse | |||||
| 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 | #14120 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol. Also produced at Watermill Theatre Newbury in 1996 with 9 actors. | |||||
Synopsis: | New version of Gogol's classic comedy re-set in a market town in 1860. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hansel And Gretel | ||
| 1st Produced: | On tour in the South of England | 1999 | ||||
Company: | Forest Forge 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 | #14121 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Also produced at Eye Theatre, Suffolk in 2002 | |||||
Synopsis: | Adaptation of classic fairytale. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Heading West | ||
| 1st Produced: | Salisbury: Playhouse,England, EUR and on tour in South of England >>> | 2000 | ||||
Company: | Forest Forge Theatre Company/Salisbury Playhouse | |||||
| 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 | #14122 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Follows one family emigrating from England to America in the 1850s | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Horse Or River | ||
| 1st Produced: | Various venues in Oldham | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Oldham Coliseum Theatre Outreach/Oldham Race Equality Partnership | |||||
| 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 | #82056 | |||
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Genre: | play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The play was inspired by a series of interviews Oldham Race Equality Partnership conducted with people of all ages from a wide range of communities in and around Oldham. | |||||
Synopsis: | Rafi, a successful Asian businessman in his forties, returns to his hometown where he hopes to build a monument to cultural diversity by turning an abandoned council building into a Sports & Community Centre. He gets Pam, a youth worker, on board to help develop his plans. On site they encounter Lee and his friend Menika, a Muslim. Lee's father is a racist and Lee is struggling to break free of his influence. Menika has fond memories of the council building from when Pam ran a successful Youth Club there - but that closed down due to a lack of funding. As Rafi starts to build his dream Pam warns him that he will encounter hostility from some sections of the community. But Rafi is determined to succeed.. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Little Local Difficulty, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Oldham Coliseum | 2003 | ||||
Company: | Oldham Coliseum | |||||
| 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 | #14123 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol | |||||
Synopsis: | Northern adaptation of Gogol's classic comedy The Government Inspector | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mayor Of Casterbridge, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Salisbury: Playhouse,England, EUR and on tour in South of England >>> | 1998 | ||||
Company: | Forest Forge Theatre Company/Salisbury Playhouse | |||||
| 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 | #14124 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Stage adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic novel | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Peter Pan | ||
| 1st Produced: | On tour in the South of England | 2000 | ||||
Company: | Forest Forge 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 | #14125 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | written with songs by Philip Goulding and Clive Fishlock | |||||
Synopsis: | New version of J.M. Barrie's classic | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Pied Piper Of Hamelin | ||
| 1st Produced: | On tour in the South of England | 1997 | ||||
Company: | Forest Forge 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 | #14126 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Inspired by Robert Browning's poem | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Puss In Boots | ||
| 1st Produced: | On tour in the South of England | 1994 | ||||
Company: | Forest Forge 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 | #14127 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Adaptation of famous fairytale. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Road to Nab End | ||
| 1st Produced: | 17 Jun 2010 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #107793 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | + supernumeraries (5 or more | |||||
Notes: | adaptation by Philip Goulding of William Woodruff's best-seller Road to Nab End. Maximum Cast is 24m 15f. Once the cast size reaches about 13 there is no need for supers. | |||||
Synopsis: | looks at growing up in 1920s Blackburn during the Great Depression | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Strange Lands | ||
| 1st Produced: | Empros Theatre, Athens (in Greek) | 2003 | ||||
Company: | Empros 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 | #14128 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 | ||
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Notes: | Winning Play in 2002 International Playwrights' Forum/ITI Competition. | |||||
Synopsis: | Follows stories of migrants on 3 continents | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tall Tales From The Weirdwideworld | ||
| 1st Produced: | On tour in the South of England | 1999 | ||||
Company: | Forest Forge 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 | #14129 | |||
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Notes: | A play for Children based on 3 folktales. With songs by Philip Goulding and Clive Fishlock. | |||||
Synopsis: | A Spanish Mapmaker sets in motion a journey through France, England and China in order to research his map of the world. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Then He Kissed Me | ||
| 1st Produced: | Royal Theatre Northampton | 1993 | ||||
Company: | Royal Theatre Northampton | |||||
| 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 | #14130 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Also produced by Guildford School of Acting (1994), New Venture Theatre, Brighton (1994), Courtyard Theatre, London in association with Soho Theatre (1995). | |||||
Synopsis: | A young working class woman discovers she is HIV+. The play explores the consequences of this discovery. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Titfield Thunderbolt, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | On tour in the Midlands | 1997 | ||||
Company: | New Perspectives Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #14131 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | M10 F4, may be played by M3 F2 with doubling | |||||
Notes: | Stage adaptation of TB Clarke's Ealing comedy. | |||||
Synopsis: | Adapted by Philip Goulding from the 1953 Ealing comedy film about a group of villagers who, finding that their branch railway line is about to be axed, decide to buy and run the railway themselves. As well as convincing the railway authorities that they are competent to work the line, they have to face problems from Vernon Crump who is set on providing a competitive bus service. The large cast can be doubled and the special effects required - steam engines, a bus and a steamroller to name but three! - can be achieved in several suggested ways. | |||||
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Toad Of Toad Hall | ||
| 1st Produced: | On tour in the South of England | 1998 | ||||
Company: | Forest Forge 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 | #14132 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Also produced by New Perspectives Theatre Company (1999) and Eye Theatre, Suffolk (2001) | |||||
Synopsis: | Based on Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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True Tales Of Robin Hood | ||
| 1st Produced: | On tour in the South of England | 2002 | ||||
Company: | Forest Forge 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 | #14133 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | written with songs by Clive Fishlock and Philip Goulding. | |||||
Synopsis: | Robin, Marian, Allan-a-Dale and Ellen tell the truth about some of their adventures in Sherwood Forest. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Waiting For Elvis | ||
| 1st Produced: | On tour in the Midlands | 1998 | ||||
Company: | New Perspectives 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 | #14134 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Four young people journey to catch a glimpse of Elvis Presley on the one occasion he stepped foot on British soil - at Prestwick airport, Scotland on his way back to the US from military service in Germany. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Wake Up Little Suzie | ||
| 1st Produced: | Oldham Coliseum/Basingstoke Haymarket | 2005 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #53611 | |||
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Genre: | Rock n roll musical Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | An actor/musican show | |||||
Synopsis: | Rock n Roll Musical set in a Holiday camp during the long hot summer of 1976 | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Went Down To The Crossroads | ||
| 1st Produced: | Courtyard Theatre, London | 1997 | ||||
Company: | Courtyard Theatre, London | |||||
| 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 | #14135 | |||
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 | |||||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Can also be produced with a minimum of 5 actors. | |||||
Synopsis: | A journalist travels to a rural area to research a book about a random killing. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Wind In The Willows | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2005 | |||||
Company: | Basingstoke Haymarket | |||||
| 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 | #56537 | |||
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Genre: | Family show | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | Parts for children if required | |||||
Notes: | Contains original songs | |||||
Synopsis: | An adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's classic tale | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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