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STEWART HOWSON |
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Plays by Stewart Howson |
Are We In Here? | ||
| 1st Produced: | toured by NTC Touring | 2000 | ||||
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 | #44377 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy Drama Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A "state of the nation play" examining what it means to be English (not British) at the beginning of the 21C. A village try to celebrate an occasion but the old guy who organized all the pageants has died. A village committee struggle to find people to "do what we do" apparently with little success whilst the salsa, karate, and belly dancing clubs fight them for the room in the hall. They all unite to fight a developer who would take the village green , whereupon skeletons rise from beneath it. But whose.? | |||||
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Behind Yon Hill | ||
| 1st Produced: | Cheltenham Everyman Theatre | 1990 | ||||
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 | #44378 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | Could be performed by larger cast | |||||
Notes: | Adapted for a setting in Nottinghamshire and toured by New Perspectives Theatre Co | |||||
Synopsis: | This play written deliberately to fulfil the same brief as "Country Voices" (Life on the land in the early years of the 20C) in an area of orchards, and arable farming in a vale rather than the Country Voices's hillfarms. Narrated by a pig called Pontious | |||||
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Betty's Mirror | ||
| 1st Produced: | toured by NTC Touring | 1993 | ||||
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 | #44379 | |||
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Genre: | Play with Music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 1 m must play piano | |||||
Notes: | Commissioned by York Theatre Royal 1992, but first produced and toured by NTC Touring 1993 including a run at York Theatre Royal. | |||||
Synopsis: | Inspired by the mirror in the famous York Tea rooms (a WW2 wartime bar) on which bomber crews scratched their names, this combines humour, pain and passion in the evocative tale of a young bomber crew and the women with whom they share their "Nights off" and lives. . . short lives for some. The play does also look at the complex question of the dirty jobs some people get asked to do in wartime. | |||||
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Blue Skies | ||
| 1st Produced: | Mansfield Arts Centre | 1994 | ||||
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 | #44380 | |||
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Genre: | Play with Music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | This play, taken from oral history interviews, examines how men coming home from WW2 adapted to family life. And how their families adapted to them. Or in some cases didn't. Some stories humorous but others serious and in one case tragic | |||||
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Christmas Carol, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | toured by NTC Touring | 1990 | ||||
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 | #44381 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | children | |||||
Notes: | Adaptation of Dickens' classic Novel. | |||||
Synopsis: | Dickens' classic story of Scrooge, The Cratchitts, Marley's Ghost and the Ghosts of Christmas | |||||
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Country Voices | ||
| 1st Produced: | York Theatre Royal, UK | 1988 | ||||
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 | #44382 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy Drama Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Adapted for Northumberland and toured twice by NTC Touring 1990 & 96. Shortlisted for the Northern Arts/ Northern Electric Awards .Ensemble piece which could be done with larger cast | |||||
Synopsis: | Taken from the "oral history" of the last generation to work by hand horse and steam, the play takes a look at family-life on the land in the early years of the twentieth century. Non naturalistic in style ( The cast also play horses, pigs, statues and bath taps) it includes music and song.. The Guardian " The struggle for survival is not far away neither is the wit that made it bearable" | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Fast Woman | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||||
Company: | HRT Theatre Co | |||||
| 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 | #85958 | |||
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Genre: | one woman show | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: | The story of Helle-Nice, exotic danceuse in the Theatres of 1920s Paris, turns herself into a Grand Prix Driver and mixes it with the best drivers of Europe.She lives life to the full with lovers galore Then In Brazil she crashed into the crowd killing many and seriously injuring herself.After World War 2 she tries to make a comback as a rally driver entering the 1949 Monte Carlo rally but the night before the start, at the Gala dinner in the Casion in Monaco, she is publicly denounced as a collaborator with the Nazis. No evidence is ever found but she never recovers and dies in the back streets of Nice in poverty and obscurity | |||||
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Great Expectations | ||
| 1st Produced: | toured by NTC Touring | 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 | #44383 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Adaptation of Dickens' classic Novel. Again could be played by larger cast if so required | |||||
Synopsis: | Dickens classic novel, a mix of dramatic and comic characters do their best to aid abet and hinder the young Pip's quest to better himself and seize hold of his "Expectations" But who is paying for it and with what kind of coin. A mystery story a love story but one with a simple theme; that affection, loyalty and conscience are more important than the grasping pursuit of wealth and social advancement | |||||
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Mary Barton | ||
| 1st Produced: | toured by NTC Touring | 2001 | ||||
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 | #44384 | |||
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: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | It is an ensemble piece an could be performed with a larger cast | |||||
Notes: | Adaptation of the classic novel by Elizabeth Gaskell | |||||
Synopsis: | A tale of Manchester Life . A love story, a murder story a political story set in life in working class nineteenth century Manchester. | |||||
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Old Curiosity Shop, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Durham Theatre Co | 1990 | ||||
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 | #44385 | |||
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: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | minimum 5 cast | |||||
Notes: | As well as the original Durham production there have been productions by Royal Northampton Touring 1992. Forest Forge 93 and NTC Touring 1998. For this production the script was radically re-written and has a soundscape score by Jim Kitson | |||||
Synopsis: | Radical adaptation of Dicken's classic in which the good Little Nell and evil Quilp are played by he same young female actor. Again lots of physical theatre, non-naturalism and use of images. True to the inner life of the book it shows Dickens at his best, funniest and a master of the grotesque | |||||
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On Your Bike | ||
| 1st Produced: | toured by NTC Touring | 1996 | ||||
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 | #44386 | |||
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 Drama Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Again using much physical theatre, the cast play members of a cycling club set a quest by one of their late members to take his ashes into the hills. To succeed they must work together which is almost impossible for this disparate dysfunctional bunch. Although set in cycling, it is about relationships. Or the lack of them | |||||
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Quay Moments (In A Relationship) | ||
| 1st Produced: | toured by NTC Touring | 2003 | ||||
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 | #44387 | |||
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 Drama Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Uses the usual Stewart Howson/ NTC physical theatre non- naturalistic style in which one group of actors play all the crews. It could however be done with a larger cast. | |||||
Synopsis: | Set in a Flotilla sailing holiday, some crews are families, some couples, some are complete strangers. All have secrets How on earth will they all get on? Storm clouds gather - literally and they are faced with a bigger problem. What to do with the strange girl floating left floating in the middle of the sea. | |||||
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Sherlock Holmes And The Tiger Of San Pedro | ||
| 1st Produced: | toured by NTC Touring | 1992 | ||||
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 | #44388 | |||
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: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | teenagers | |||||
Notes: | An original and new stageplay based on the stories and characters of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Could be played by larger cast of 7 or 8 adults. Plus as many Youth theatre as you like. NB Although it borrows the title, the play is not the rather un-drama | |||||
Synopsis: | Holmes tracks the Tiger of San Pedro but his dying informant cannot tell him exactly what it is. A more domestic case interrupts to Holmes annoyance but finally this case and not his quest after a trail of murders leads him to the murderous Tiger. | |||||
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Staying Here ? | ||
| 1st Produced: | toured by NTC Touring Theatre | 1993 | ||||
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 | #44389 | |||
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 Drama Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Again could be performed by larger cast. Re-toured by NTC in 97 | |||||
Synopsis: | Third of the Country Voices cycle it looks at life on the land in the 1990s as a young couple try and make their faltering hill farm pay by turning buildings into holiday cottages and taking in tourists. The play examines the clash between land and city dwellers and their vision of the country .It also has a Greek Chorus of sheep | |||||
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Tartuffe | ||
| 1st Produced: | outside in Alnwick Castle | 2002 | ||||
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 | #44390 | |||
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: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | min 6 max 12 | |||||
Notes: | Commissioned 2002 and produced by NTC. Initially produced outside in Alnwick Castle and other outdoor venues with 7 actors . Then toured by NTC Touring Theatre to indoor venues with 6 actors | |||||
Synopsis: | New adaptation of Moliere's tale of how a hypocrite takes over a famliy | |||||
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These Things Do Happen | ||
| 1st Produced: | York Theatre Royal, UK | 1989 | ||||
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 | #44391 | |||
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 Drama Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Productions by NTC Touring, Chester Gateway, Royal Northampton Touring . And Cheltenham Everyman whose production was nominated as Best Tour in the TMA/Martini Awards. NTC's 91 production an Award winner in LWT Plays on Stage Awards. Re-toured by NTC in 9 | |||||
Synopsis: | Life on the land in the 30s and 40s. Central character and narrator is a Fordson N Type Tractor. Again a great deal of physical theatre and non-naturalism whilst taking a sometimes hilarious sometimes heartbreaking look at life for ordinary people on the land at that time. | |||||
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