MIKE LEIGH (1943 - )
| Nationality: | British |
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Plays by Mike Leigh
Abigail's Party |
| 1st Produced: | 1977 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1979 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 |
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| Synopsis: | Sharply wicked social satire on lower middle class suburbia leads to dramatic denouement | |||||
Babies Grow Old |
| 1st Produced: | Stratford-on-Avon | 1974 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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Big Basil |
| 1st Produced: | Manchester | 1969 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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Bleak Moments |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1970 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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Box Play, The |
| 1st Produced: | 1965 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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Career Girls |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London, 1997 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Film Script | - | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 |
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Dick Whittington And His Cat |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1973 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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Down Here And Up There |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1968 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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Ecstasy |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1979 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Nick Hern Books, London, 1989 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
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| Synopsis: | Set in a gruesome bedsit off the Kilburn High Street, a drunken, sad celebration of mutual affection | |||||
Epilogue |
| 1st Produced: | Manchester | 1969 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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Goose Pimples |
| 1st Produced: | 1981 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1982 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Improvisational comedy | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
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| Synopsis: | non English speaking Arab made but of cruel jokes in misunderstanding at flat which he thinks is brothel | |||||
Greek Tragedy |
| 1st Produced: | Sydney | 1989 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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Individual Fruit Pies |
| 1st Produced: | Loughton, Essex | 1968 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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It's A Great Big Shame |
| 1st Produced: | 1993 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Devised | Piece | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Jaws Of Death, The |
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh | 1973 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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Last Crusade Of The Five Little Nuns, The |
| 1st Produced: | 1966 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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My Parents Have Gone To Carlisle |
| 1st Produced: | 1966 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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Naked And Other Screenplays |
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| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London, 1995 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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| Notes: | Naked; Life Is Sweet; High Hopes | |||||
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NENAA |
| 1st Produced: | Stratford-on-Avon | 1967 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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Rancid Pong, A |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1971 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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Silent Majority, The |
| 1st Produced: | 1974 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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Smelling A Rat |
| 1st Produced: | 1988 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Nick Hern Books, London, 1989 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Farce | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
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| Synopsis: | Bodies tumbling out of closets and the skeletons out of the cupboards. | |||||
Two Thousand Years |
| 1st Produced: | Cottesloe, London | 2005 | ||||
| Company: | NT | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 2006 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 |
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| Synopsis: | a funny but warmly touching story of secular Jewish parents struggling to cope with their sons fierce new dedication to the Hebrew faith. Set against recent world events over the last couple of years, this is a strongly-cast evening to delight and enthral, but one that also reflects our loss of ideals. | |||||
Waste Paper Guards |
| 1st Produced: | 1966 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Wholesome Glory |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1973 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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