BARRIE KEEFE (1945 - )
| Nationality: | British |
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Plays by Barrie Keefe
Abide With Me |
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| Genre: | Contemporary Drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - |
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Notes: in Barbarians | ||||
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Barbarians |
| 1st Produced: | Greenwich Theatre, London | 1977 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London | 1978 | ||
| Genre: | Trilogy | - | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: includes Killing Time, Abide With Me (London 1976), In the City | ||||
Synopsis: concerns the fluctuating fortunes of three school leavers, two white boys and one black. | ||||
Bastard Angel |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1980 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London | 1980 | ||
| Genre: | Play With Rock Music | Play with Music | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 4 |
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Better Times |
| 1st Produced: | 1985 | |||
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| 1st Published: | 1985 | |||
| Genre: | Historical Play | - | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 |
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Black Lear |
| 1st Produced: | Sheffield | 1980 | ||
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Certain Vincent, A |
| 1st Produced: | Amsterdam | 1975 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: written with Jules Croiset, from letters by Vincent Van Gogh | ||||
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Chorus Girls |
| 1st Produced: | 1981 | |||
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| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | Large Cast | |||
Notes: music and lyrics by Ray Davies | ||||
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Coming Apart |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1975 | ||
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| 1st Published: | 1989 | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Frozen Assets |
| 1st Produced: | Royal Shakespeare Company >>> at The Warehouse Theatre, London | 1978 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London | 1978 | ||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 4 |
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Synopsis: a Borstal boy is on the run after accidentally killing a warder, a victim of chance who needs help | ||||
Gem |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1975 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London | 1977 | ||
| Genre: | Contemporary Drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: in Gimme Shelter | ||||
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Gentle Spirit, A |
| 1st Produced: | Amsterdam | 1981 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: written with Jules Croiset, story by Dostoevsky | ||||
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Getaway |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1977 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London | 1977 | ||
| Genre: | Contemporary Drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: in Gimme Shelter | ||||
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Gimme Shelter |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1977 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London | 1978 | ||
| Genre: | Trilogy | - | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Gem; Gotcha; Getaway | ||||
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Gotcha |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1976 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London | 1977 | ||
| Genre: | Short Play | One Act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: in Gimme Shelter | ||||
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Here Comes The Sun |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1976 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "Act 3", Hutchinson, London | 1979 | ||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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In The City |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1977 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London | 1978 | ||
| Genre: | Contemporary Drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: part of Barbarians | ||||
Synopsis: concerns the fluctuating fortunes of three school leavers, two white boys and one black. | ||||
Killing Time |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1977 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London | 1978 | ||
| Genre: | Short Play | One Act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: part of Barbarians | ||||
Synopsis: concerns the fluctuating fortunes of three school leavers, two white boys and one black. | ||||
King Of England |
| 1st Produced: | 1988 | |||
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| 1st Published: | 1988 | |||
| Genre: | - | Play with Music | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
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Long Good Friday, The |
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| 1st Published: | 1998 | |||
| Genre: | Screenplay | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Synopsis: Harold Shand has made it from Whitechapel to running his own 'corporation' and owning his own yacht and classy mistress. He has the police and the local authorities in his pocket, is planning a major London property development and forging links with the | ||||
Mad World, My Masters, A |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1977 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London | 1977 | ||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 4 |
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Synopsis: takes its title from a Jacobean play by Thomas Middleton shows, in a farrago of wild episodes, that the Establishment and anti-Establishment appear to be equally avaricious | ||||
Mahoney |
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| 1st Published: | 1985 | |||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Melissa |
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| 1st Published: | 1985 | |||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Mick |
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| 1st Published: | 1985 | |||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Murray |
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| 1st Published: | 1985 | |||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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My Girl |
| 1st Produced: | 1989 | |||
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| 1st Published: | 1989 | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: a love story set in Newham, east London about the stifling of idealism in Thatcher's Britain | ||||
Not Fade Away |
| 1st Produced: | 1990 | |||
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| 1st Published: | 1990 | |||
| Genre: | - | Play with Music | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 8 |
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Only A Game |
| 1st Produced: | Shaw Theatre, London | 1973 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Synopsis: End of the road for a soccer star | ||||
Scribes |
| 1st Produced: | Newcastle upon Tyne | 1975 | ||
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Shadows on the Sun |
| 1st Produced: | Greenwich Playhouse, London | 2001 | ||
| Company: | Galleon Theatre Company | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | Large Cast | |||
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She's So Modern |
| 1st Produced: | Hornchurch, Essex | 1980 | ||
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Sight Of Glory, A |
| 1st Produced: | National Youth Theatre, London | 1975 | ||
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Synopsis: A year in the life of an East end boxing club | ||||
Still Killing Time |
| 1st Produced: | Soho, London | 2006 | ||
| Company: | National Youth Theatre | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: part of Sextet: to celebrate its 50th anniversary the national Youth Theatre commisioned six writers to do plays about six decades. | ||||
Synopsis: about the dashed hopes of East End school leavers at the time of the 1977 Silver Jubillee. Michael Billington, Guardian | ||||
SUS |
| 1st Produced: | 1979 | |||
| Company: | Soho Poly | |||
| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London | 1979 | ||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Synopsis: dealt with the introduction of the SUS laws | ||||
Up For None |
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| 1st Published: | 1985 | |||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Up The Truncheon |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1977 | ||
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Wild Justice |
| 1st Produced: | 1990 | |||
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| 1st Published: | 1990 | |||
| Genre: | - | Thriller | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 |
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