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RALPH MORSE (1955 - )
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Dr Ralph Morse is an actor, musician, singer, theatrical practitioner with over thirty years experience in the expressive arts. He is an alumnus of Rose Bruford College and a qualified teacher. His dramas are generally drawn from real events and have been presented through community theatre, schools and interest groups
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Four Seasons of Wounded Knee, The (featuring The Ghost Dance, Malleus Maleficarum, The Bridging Zone, and links) Roger (A Busker) Who Is Leonard Jones?Four Seasons of Wounded Knee, The (featuring The Ghost Dance, Malleus Maleficarum, The Bridging Zone, and links)
Synopsis:
Drawing on historical records the Ghost Dance follows the cold cynicism of the policy known as "manifest destiny" that reaches its conclusion with the destruction of an ideal at Wounded Knee. Malleus Maleficarum (co-written with Carole Morse) documents the trials that took place in East Anglia under Matthew Hopkins, self-appointed "Witchfinder General". In the Bridging Zone, a number of masked guardians under the guidance of Councilor Xantro must decide whether time travel is an ethical way to change history. Two comic guides provide short narrative links between each drama.
Notes:
The linked plays that comprise the Four Seasons of Wounded Knee Are written to facilitate the staging ideas of A number of theatrical practitioners, And were created following dialogue with teachers And representatives of the AQA examination board.
1st Produced:
Shenfield High School, Essex 1996
Organisations:
Ralph and Carole Morse
1st Published:
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Music:
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Parts:
Male: 27 Female: 23 Other: 6 m/f
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Synopsis:
Based on real events, Roger (A Busker) follows the title character as he solves the mystery of a missing person that has the police baffled. At the start of the play, Roger of the title is in a tube station and has just split with his long-term girlfriend. His sullen and depressed mood is soon changed by the arrival of a lovely young woman who sits at a table in the nearby cafe. He soon realizes that she is a famous model but is too shy to approach her. When she disappears suddenly, Roger slowly becomes involved in solving a mystery that has the police baffled.
Notes:
Roger (A Busker) with script And original songs by Ralph Morse was first performed by Causes Theatre Company As part of the 1979/80 schools And community season. An Adaptation of the play has Also presented on radio
1st Produced:
Blackheath Arts Festival 1980
Organisations:
Causes Theatre Company
1st Published:
Henry Walls for CAuses Theatre Company, 1980 -
Music:
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Genre:
True life drama with music
Parts:
Male: 6 Female: 4 Other: -
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Synopsis:
The story centres on two periods in the life of the Leonard Jones of the title. The first occurs in 1997, when at the age of seventy-five he loses his wife, Maureen, following a stroke and the second in 2007 when he becomes a recording artist and minor media celebrity as a result of his efforts to prevent the closure of the local day centre.
Notes:
A one man play with original songs written in Association with Age Concern, Colchester, Essex. Also Available As A radio version.
1st Produced:
Headgate Theatre, Colchester 2007
Organisations:
Dr Ralph Morse and Age Concern Colchester
1st Published:
George Abaris Internet Management, 2007 -
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Genre:
Drama with songs
Parts:
Male: 1 Female: - Other: -
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