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Stuart Hepburn

STUART HEPBURN

  
Nationality:    Scottish
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Literary Agent:    Sayle Screen Ltd  

Stuart Hepburn's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of Stuart Hepburn's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Chic Murray         Loose Ends         Marco Pantani -the Pirate         Oscar Slater - The Trial That Shamed A City         Scattered On An Iceberg With Lenin         Tight Belts (Subsequently Clipping Hedges, Or Scattered On An Iceberg With Lenin)
Chic Murray

Synopsis:
Written by 20 of Scotland's leading writers. Directed by Joe Douglas and Catrin Evans. The Portrait Gallery will take centre-stage this spring as the National Theatre of Scotland explores their collection through the written word and performance in Dear Scotland. In this unique work, twenty of the country's leading writers will pen short, sharp monologues inspired by the Gallery's celebrated portraits which will be performed as a promenade theatre piece, staged within the galleries.

Notes:
Part of "Dear Scotland" : participants include: Peter Arnott; Jo Clifford; Rob Drummond; Janice Galloway; David Greig; Zinnie Harris; Iain Heggie; Stuart Hepburn; Jackie Kay; A L Kennedy; Hardeep Singh Kohli; Liz Lochhead; Iain Finlay Macleod; Nicola McCartney;Johnny McKnight;Linda McLean; Rona Munro; James Robertson; Ali Smith; Louise Welsh

1st Produced:
National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh     24 Apr 2014

Organisations:
National Theatre of Scotland

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
monologue

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Loose Ends

Synopsis:
a street trader from Glasgow and a runaway from Skye meet in unusual' circumstances! Through miscommunication and comic interaction their relationship is formed. a bittersweet, poignant play about the urban/rural divide and loneliness. a must see for all!

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-     1989

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Harwood, Kate, First Run 2: New Plays By New Writers" Nick Hern Books, London, 1990   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - acc.9454/20

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Marco Pantani -the Pirate

Synopsis:
Marco Pantani was the greatest Italian Cyclist of the modern era. In 1998 he became a national hero when won the two most prestigious races in the cycling calendar, the Giro D'Italia and the Tour De France. 5 years later he was found dead and drug-ridden in a lonely Rimini hotel room. What drives a man to thepinnacle of professional cycling , yet leads him to the depths and of squalor despair? "the Pirate" traces Marco's journey from the poverty of his upbringing in the streets of Cesena, to his ultimate tragic end at the age of cruelly early age of 34.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
A Play, a Pie and a Pint

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Oscar Slater - The Trial That Shamed A City

Synopsis:
On the 6th of May, 1909, Oscar Slater, a Jewish immigrant, was sentenced to death for the brutal murder of an 83-year-old Glasgow woman, Marion Gilchrist. Slaters trial and its astonishing aftermath constitute one of the most shameful episodes in the history of Scottish Justice. Through police corruption and public bigotry, justice was never served for Marion Gilchrist, while the lives of two innocent men were destroyed forever.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
60 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Scattered On An Iceberg With Lenin

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-     1992

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
2nd and 3rd drafts

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - acc.11524/52

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Tight Belts (Subsequently Clipping Hedges, Or Scattered On An Iceberg With Lenin)

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-     1993

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Various drafts

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - acc.11524/54

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