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Margaret May Hobbs

MARGARET MAY HOBBS

  
Nationality:    British
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Margaret May Hobbs's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of Margaret May Hobbs's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Gallowglass         Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come To You, My Lad         Verdict, The
Gallowglass

Synopsis:
When Sandor snatched little Joe from the path of a London tube train, he was quick to make clear the terms of the rescue. "I saved your life", he told the homeless youngster, "so your life belongs to me now". Sandor began to tell him a fairytale: an ageing prince, a kidnapped princess chained by one ankle, a missed rendezvous... But what did this mysterious story have to do with Sandor? Joe only understood his own role - he was a Gallowglass, the servant of a chief. . .

Notes:
adapted from the story by Ruth Rendell

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Middle Ground Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come To You, My Lad

Synopsis:
M.R. James was a master teller of the creepy ghost story. This is the story of Professor Parker, a Cambridge academic on an out of season holiday at a bleak English east coast faded hotel. At an old graveyard near a deserted beach he finds an old bone whistle. On cleaning it, he discovers the inscription: Quis est iste qui venit (Who is this who is coming?). Blowing the whistle he awakens a disturbing supernatural force. A terrifying ordeal follows and though his scepticism tries to dismiss his unearthly encounters, his eyes and ears cannot . . .

Notes:
adapted from the story by M R James. Part of "Classic Ghosts"

1st Produced:
Cheltenham Everyman Theatre     21 Jan 2014

Organisations:
Middle Ground Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
one act ghost story

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Verdict, The

Verdict, The
Frank Galvin is a washed-up veteran lawyer and an alcoholic, now reduced to ambulance-chasing cases. He is presented with one last chance to redeem himself when he is given an open-and-shut medical malpractice case that no one thinks he can win. Up against the unforgiving Boston medical establishment, he courageously refuses an out-of-court settlement, believing it is negligence that has condemned a young mother to life in a coma and not simply an unfortunate accident. Smelling a cover-up, he instead takes the case and the entire legal system to court.

Notes:
adapted for the stage by Margaret may Hobbs from the novel by Varry Reed

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Middle Ground Theatre Company

1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  5            Other:  Flexible casting, doubling

Further Reference:
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