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JOHN GRIMSHAW |
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Nationality: Australian Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Plays by John Grimshaw |
Bannockburn! The "Almost" True Story | ||
| 1st Produced: | Phoenix Theatre, Perth, Australia | 29 Apr 2009 | ||||
Company: | a lad insane productions | |||||
| 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 | #112843 | |||
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: | C | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Over one long drunken night the distant relatives of those who fought in the Battle of Bannockburn decide to re-enact it | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Bargain Burials | ||
| 1st Produced: | Phoenix Theatre, Perth, Australia | 17 Mar 2010 | ||||
Company: | a lad insane productions | |||||
| 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 | #112844 | |||
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: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Kev and Shane tend the town park and cemetery until one day the owner of the funeral parlour introduces mechanisation. Kev and Shane are out of work. But their years of tending the cemetery means they have picked up lots of information on running a funeral. So they open a rival cut price funeral parlour. All they need now are customers | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Giant, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Phoenix Theatre, Perth, Australia | 20 Aug 2008 | ||||
Company: | a lad insane productions | |||||
| 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 | #112845 | |||
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: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Originally performed under the overall title "Grim's Furry Tales" with two other plays | |||||
Synopsis: | After many years agent Steve has finally got actor Danny a leading role in a major movie. But Danny says he does not want it | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Karaoke Twist, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Old Mill Theatre, Perth, Australia | 06 Dec 2006 | ||||
Company: | a lad insane productions | |||||
| 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 | #112846 | |||
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: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Paul is depressed. Matt is fed up with his miserable friend. He decides that what Matt needs is a girl friend and a karaoke contest at the shopping mall might be the answer to finding one | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Last Waltz, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Phoenix Theatre, Perth, Australia | 13 Aug 2009 | ||||
Company: | a lad insane productions | |||||
| 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 | #112847 | |||
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: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Originally performed under the overall title "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?" with two other plays | |||||
Synopsis: | Shane is devastated when his wife of five years leaves him and for a Pom. Drinking does not help stop the hurt. He decides that he must confront them. He orders a taxi to go to their house - but when the taxi man arrives - well, love changes everything | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Little Help From My Friends, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Nexus Theatre, Perth, Australia | 01 May 2007 | ||||
Company: | a lad insane productions | |||||
| 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 | #112848 | |||
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: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Nigel has had yet another play rejected. He is at a loss to find a way to get his work produced. His flatmate Warren suggests they hold a reading of one of his plays to a non-theatre going group and hopefully the feedback from them might give a few pointers. Nigel is most unhappy about this idea more so when he finds out who Warren will invite to the reading | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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No Strings Attached | ||
| 1st Produced: | Phoenix Theatre, Perth, Australia | 20 Aug 2008 | ||||
Company: | a lad insane productions | |||||
| 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 | #112849 | |||
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: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Originally performed under the overall title "Grim's Furry Tales" with two other plays | |||||
Synopsis: | Two fairground entertainers - one an old hand the other new to the profession are in between performances | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Stairway To Heaven | ||
| 1st Produced: | Phoenix Theatre, Perth, Australia | 20 Aug 2008 | ||||
Company: | a lad insane productions | |||||
| 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 | #112850 | |||
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: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Originally performed under the overall title "Grim's Furry Tales" with two other plays | |||||
Synopsis: | You die and are sent to be assessed as to whether you go to Heaven or Hell. But what happens if you have not led an entirely good life and it is a fifty fifty split? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tissues and Wine | ||
| 1st Produced: | Phoenix Theatre, Perth, Australia | 13 Aug 2009 | ||||
Company: | a lad insane productions | |||||
| 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 | #112851 | |||
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: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Originally performed under the overall title "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?" with two other plays | |||||
Synopsis: | What is a girl to do when she finds that her husband is having an affair? Trash his sports trophies? Back the car into his mountain bike? Go home to Mother? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Trial of Wild Gil Hiccup | ||
| 1st Produced: | Old Mill Theatre, Perth, Australia | 16 Apr 2008 | ||||
Company: | a lad insane productions | |||||
| 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 | #112852 | |||
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: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Gunslinger Wild Gil Hiccup has finally been arrested. He is put on trial accused of shooting 303 men. His lawyer Jesse Jane insists that the man arrested is not the real Wild Gil. The prosecution lawyer Hyatt Twerp says it is. Who is right and can the witnesses be relied on? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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White Rose | ||
| 1st Produced: | Phoenix Theatre, Perth, Australia | 13 Aug 2009 | ||||
Company: | a lad insane productions | |||||
| 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 | #112853 | |||
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: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Originally performed under the overall title "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?" with two other plays | |||||
Synopsis: | When Rob's wife of thirty years leaves him he turns to George his much married friend for advice on how to win her back | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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