SHARMAN MACDONALD (1951 - )
| Nationality: | Scottish |
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Plays by Sharman MacDonald
After Juliet |
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
| Company: | Cardiff HS | |||||
| 1st Published: | Graham-Adriani, Suzy, New Connections '99: New Plays for Young People, Faber and Faber, 1999 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 7 |
| Parts Other: | 1 | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A tense truce holds between the Capulets and the Montagues after the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Benvolio, Romeo's best friend, is in love with Rosaline, Juliet's cousin; but Rosaline is bent on revenge. | |||||
All Things Nice |
| 1st Produced: | 1991 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London, 1991 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 |
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| Notes: | - | |||||
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Borders Of Paradise |
| 1st Produced: | 1995 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays I" Faber, London, 1995 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | 5b 2g | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Ellen and Rose have arrived from Scotland and set up their tent on a Devonshire cliff top. Down on the beach Rob, David, Charlie, Cot and John are enjoying a surfing break. A touching and humorous piece with seven excellent roles for young actors. 'No-one writes about the mysteries of young adulthood with more truth . . . combines warm and funny naturalism with an appropriate touch of the mystic.' The Times | |||||
Brave, The |
| 1st Produced: | 1988 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Three Plays", Faber, London, 1990 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
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Broken Hallelujah |
| 1st Produced: | Cottesloe, London | 2006 | ||||
| Company: | Truro School Theatre, Cornwall | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Volume 5 of New Plays from A.C.T.s Young Conservatory, Smith & Kraus, 2007 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | part of Shell Connections | |||||
| Synopsis: | an account of an encounter between confederate and union soldiers and two teenage girls in a Virginia backwater. Lyn Gardner, Guardian | |||||
Girl With Red Hair, The |
| 1st Produced: | 2005 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London, 2003 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 |
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| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | In a small town on the east coast of Scotland, three generations are profoundly affected by the death of seventeen-year-old Roslyn. But strangers, friends and family find themselves unwittingly united as the summer warms their skin and revives their hearts. The Girl With Red Hair is an enchanting, humorous and sensitive portrait of a community's recovery from bereavement, and love rediscovered. | |||||
Sea Urchins |
| 1st Produced: | Dundee Rep | 1998 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London, 1998 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | mysteries of young adulthood | |||||
Shades |
| 1st Produced: | Albery, London | 1992 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London, 1992 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 |
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| Synopsis: | In 1950's Glasgow widow goes to dinner dance hoping to find love however memories intrude compounded by her sons growing up and away | |||||
When I Was A Girl I Used To Scream And Shout |
| 1st Produced: | 1984 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London, 1985 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 |
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| Synopsis: | Period 1950, shows the girls excitement and expectations atrophy, so that in their thirties they have become sober stereotypes of the woman | |||||
When We Were Women |
| 1st Produced: | 1988 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Three Plays", Faber, London, 1990 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 |
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Winter Guest, The |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1993 | ||||
| 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: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
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