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BRENDAN MURRAY (1956 - ) |
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Nationality: British Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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The youngest of five children, Brendan Murray grew up in Salford, Lancashire; took a degree in drama; trained as an actor, and worked for ten years in schools, fringe, Rep and commercial theatre. From 1982 to 1985 he was Head of Theatre-in-Education at the Belgrade Theatre Coventry and, in 1989/90, writer-in-residence at the Crucible Theatre Sheffield. Since then he has divided his time between writing, directing and teaching, principally at Drama Studio London. In 2002/3 he was the Visiting Gulbenkian Fellow in the Department of Palliative Care at King's College Hospital and, from 2003 to 2008, Artistic Director of Oxfordshire Theatre Company. His plays have been produced throughout the UK and abroad and won both the Brian Way and The Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards. Like the good northerner he is, he lives in Brighton.
Plays by Brendan Murray
A*L*I*C*E | ||
| 1st Produced: | Blackpool Theatre Grand | 2002 | ||||
Company: | Blackpool Theatre Grand Youth Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #117121 | |||
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Genre: | Youth Theatre | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5-15 | Female | 5-15 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The play was originally performed by a group of some 30 young people but the cast could be flexible in terms of numbers and gender. | |||||
Synopsis: | Free adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for a totally flexible cast. 90 minutes. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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After Columbus | ||
| 1st Produced: | Belgrade Theatre Coventry | 1983 | ||||
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 | #117125 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Written by Brendan Murray, Fiona Bruce and Stephen Ley, the show has also been successfully performed by drama students. The casting includes some doubling and could be extended to 10 or more. | |||||
Synopsis: | Tales of immigrant life culminating in the New York Triangle Shirt Factory fire of 1911. 100 minutes | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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After You | ||
| 1st Produced: | Red Ladder Theatre Company | 2002 | ||||
Company: | Red Ladder Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Aura Metro Press (2011 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #94743 | |||
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Genre: | Theatre for Young People | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Will be published in BIG THEATRE in small spaces (Plays by Brendan Murray) in 2011 by Aurora Metro Press. Until then available via author's website. German translation/rights available from Theaterverlag Munchen. | |||||
Synopsis: | Poetic drama about a teenage boy's chance meeting with his dead father's gay lover and how this impacts on his relationship with his mother and his nascent sense of identity. Sixty minutes. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Angelic Aspiration, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Eastleigh Town Hall | 1990 | ||||
Company: | Solent Peoples Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #117115 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The play was originally written for a cast of four but works much better as a piece for a larger cast and has been successfully produced in this way by drama school students. | |||||
Synopsis: | An examination of the natures of goodness told through she story of 1937 Basque Children's Camp and its impact on the lives of one ordinary English woman and her family. 110 minutes. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Big Baby | ||
| 1st Produced: | Royal Exchange Theatre (Studio) Manchester | 1999 | ||||
Company: | Theatre Centre, ShorediTheatre Companyh, London, EUR >>> and Manchester: Royal Exchange Theatre, England, EUR >>> | |||||
| 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 | #54828 | |||
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Genre: | Theatre for Young People | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2-3 | Female | 1-2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The casting - apart from Janet & John - can be flexible with regard to gender although (personally) I think it works best when Elsie is played by a man and Baby by a woman. Subsequent productions by Visible Fictions, Oxfordshire Theatre Company, No Pigeons Theatre Company (Campden Fringe). Runner up for The John Whiting Award 2000. | |||||
Synopsis: | Starting with a roll in the hay and ending with a crime against nature, this comic, caustic, cautionary tale, exploring the pressures of parenting and education in a world obsessed with the measurable, careers through the centuries from rural idyll to urban tragedy; innocence to experience; midwifery to murder. Sixty minutes. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Big Magic , The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Polka Children's Theatre | 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 | #117107 | |||
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Genre: | Children's Theatre | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Originally directed by Roman Stefanski. The casting could be flexible with regard to gender. German translation/rights available from Theaterverlag Munchen. | |||||
Synopsis: | A big play for small people: a two-act exploration of the relationship between fear and selfishness; the sometimes funny, sometimes scary story of Bombo's quest to find what makes the world go round. 75 minutes. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Collywobbles, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Greenwich & Lewisham Young Peoples 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 | #117111 | |||
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Genre: | Theatre for Young People | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2-3 | Female | 1-2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The play exists in two versions: the original for three actors (as directed by Viv Harris) and a revision for five. | |||||
Synopsis: | Black comedy shifting between the present day and the 1940's as the arrival of a stranger compels two ex-Vaudevillians to confront past guilt and imminent death. 60 minutes. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Delicious Revenge of Princess Rubyslippers, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Oxfordshire Theatre Company | 2007 | ||||
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 | #117119 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy / Family show | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | A Two Act reworking of Something Beginning With& for family audiences. Nominated for a Writers Guild of Great Britain | |||||
Synopsis: | Sibling rivalry explored, exploded and unraveled as fairy tales collide in this comedy with something for everyone from children to grandparents. 80 minutes | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Diary of a Madman | ||
| 1st Produced: | Unproduced | - - - | ||||
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 | #117118 | |||
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Genre: | Drama / One man show | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | My first piece for the stage from 1981 but still, I think, worthy of inclusion in my catalogue. | |||||
Synopsis: | Adaptation of Gogol's classic novella charting one man's descent into madness. 45 minutes | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Eliza's House | ||
| 1st Produced: | Royal Exchange Theatre (Studio) Manchester | 2001 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | 0-573-02367-O | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47575 | |||
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Genre: | Theatre for Young People One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Nominated for the Manchester Evening News Theatre Award: Best New Play and Winner of The Brian Way Award (ACE Children's Award) 2002. German translation/rights available from Theaterverlag Munchen. | |||||
Synopsis: | Past and present collide in a house where no-one's very sure who's who and no-one's told the truth for forty years. Sixty minutes. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Falling Sky, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Oxfordshire Theatre Company | 2007 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Aurora Metro Press (2011) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #117114 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Originally directed by Clare Smout. Audio version for New Perspectives Theatre Company 2010, starring Stephanie Cole, Julian Glover and Amanda Root, directed by Daniel Buckroyd. Will be published in BIG THEATRE in small spaces (Plays by Brendan Murray) in 2011 by Aurora Metro Press. Until then available via author's website. | |||||
Synopsis: | Drama about priorities and choices told through the lives of five inhabitants of a rural community over the course of one fateful year. 90 minutes. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hare and Tortoise | ||
| 1st Produced: | 22 Sep 2011 | |||||
Company: | Tutti Frutti and York Theatre Royal | |||||
| 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 | #30390 | |||
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Genre: | TYA | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Dominic Sales | |||||
Synopsis: | Stop watch is set; we hear the 'tick, tick, tick' Ready? Steady? Geared up, raring to go, Hare is in training at the starting line, alert.waiting. Who is the fastest, the best? Old clock chimes; we hear 'the tick and the tock' Slowly does it, taking it easy, Tortoise is planning winter hibernation, poised with pen and paper, pondering.restomg zzz. Steady as you go, steady as you go. Meet two competing friends in the new fantastic adaptation of Aesop's fable; a story about racing, opposites, time and friendship. From sun-shining spring to snow-falling winter, we bring you this much loved story brimming with ideas, characters, live music and wonderful physicality. The Hare and Tortoise in the greatest race of earth with a nail biting seconds ticking, medal winning end. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Housewives' Choice | ||
| 1st Produced: | Hampshire | 2005 | ||||
Company: | Oxfordshire Theatre Company/ Forest Forge Theatre Company | |||||
| 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 | #117136 | |||
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Genre: | Theatre for Older People | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | All actors must be able to sing. | |||||
Synopsis: | Bitter-sweet tale of delayed marital consummation against the background of coronation day with songs from the 1950s. 50 minutes. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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How High Is Up | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Centre | 1994 | ||||
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| 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 | #25329 | |||
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Genre: | Children's Theatre | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2-3 | Female | 2-3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Far and away my best-loved play, it can be performed with four or five actors of either gender and has been produced all over the world and translated into Welsh (see below) and German. German translation/rights available from Theaterverlag Munchen. | |||||
Synopsis: | Magical story of Little Star's quest to save her friend's life by making time stand still. 50 minutes. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Leap in The Dark, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Hijinx Theatre Company | 1997 | ||||
Company: | Hijinx Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #65732 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | A love story specially written for an audience of adults with learning disabilities. | |||||
Synopsis: | A sister who never speaks, a brother who never lets her, the woman who loves him and the stranger who comes to disrupt their lives. The story of the joys and dangers of letting go and finding love with songs by Paula Gardiner. 60 minutes. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lifeboat | ||
| 1st Produced: | Crucible Studio Sheffield | 1987 | ||||
Company: | Rose Bruford College | |||||
| 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 | #117109 | |||
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Genre: | Children's Theatre | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Written with and for students at Rose Bruford College and toured to schools in Sheffield. | |||||
Synopsis: | War-time adventure story about personal and collective responsibility. 60 minutes. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Little Maggie Dancing | ||
| 1st Produced: | Unproduced | - - - | ||||
Company: | Crucible Theatre Sheffield | |||||
| 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 | #117117 | |||
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Genre: | Drama/ Dance drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 1 | |||||
Notes: | The play requires two older actors, two dancers (who can act) and a young girl. The music may be live or recorded. | |||||
Synopsis: | Theatre piece for actors and dancers about a couple's struggle to come to terms, after fifty years of marriage, with each other, their failed dreams and the death of their son. 90 minutes. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Magic Flute, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Pavilion Theatre Brighton | 2009 | ||||
Company: | Glyndebourne Education/Brighton Festival | |||||
| 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 | #117105 | |||
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Genre: | Opera for children | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 1 | |||||
Notes: | The piece requires opera singers and both a pianist and flautist of the highest standard. German translation/rights available from Theaterverlag Munchen. | |||||
Synopsis: | Adaptation of the Mozart opera for small forces and young audiences written with Dominic Harlan. 50 minutes. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mansfield Park & Ride | ||
| 1st Produced: | Sir John Mills Theatre, Ipswich. | 2009 | ||||
Company: | Eastern Angles | |||||
| 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 | #117113 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Originally directed by Ivan Cutting. Suitable for adult or family audiences of 12 yrs and above. | |||||
Synopsis: | Two Act comic take on Jane Austen novels, complete with feisty heroine; taciturn hero; oily cleric; ambitious mother; unscrupulous cad, and lots of wet shirts. Songs by Richard Taylor. 110 minutes. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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My Beautiful Laundrette | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1991 | |||||
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 | #25330 | |||
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Genre: | Drama/Theatre for Young People Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The original production starred Naveen Andrews and Ian Hart and was directed by Kate Rowlands | |||||
Synopsis: | Adaptation of Hanif Kureshi's screenplay. | |||||
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My Foolish Heart | ||
| 1st Produced: | Hampshire | 2004 | ||||
Company: | Oxfordshire Theatre Company/ Forest Forge Theatre Company | |||||
| 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 | #117126 | |||
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Genre: | Theatre for Older People | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | All actors must be able to sing. | |||||
Synopsis: | Comic boy-meets-girl story set just after World War II with songs from the 1940's. 50 minutes | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Noah's Ark | ||
| 1st Produced: | Oxfordshire Theatre Company | 2004 | ||||
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 | #117120 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy / Family show | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Originally directed by Chris Garner. Some ability to sing required. | |||||
Synopsis: | Modern day comic tale of family tensions vanquished by the power of the imagination and almost nothing to do with the Bible story! Commisioned and produced by Oxfordshire Theatre Company with songs by Jon Nicholls 110 minutes. | |||||
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On The Beach | ||
| 1st Produced: | Crucible Studio Sheffield | 1989 | ||||
Company: | Rose Bruford College | |||||
| 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 | #117108 | |||
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Genre: | Children's Theatre | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Written with and for students at Rose Bruford College and toured to schools in Sheffield. | |||||
Synopsis: | Two interweaving stories, set seventy years apart, collide in this exploration of bullying and social exclusion. 60 minutes. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Once upon an Island | ||
| 1st Produced: | Jersey Arts Centre | 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 | #117106 | |||
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Genre: | Children's Theatre | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | Chorus of children. | |||||
Notes: | Commissioned as part of the Jersey 800 celebrations 2003. | |||||
Synopsis: | A young girl dreams the history of her island community. 60 Minutes. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Pa Mor Uchel yw Fyny (How High is Up) | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatr Gwent (Gwent Theatre) | 2000 | ||||
Company: | Gwent Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | Argraff (2005) | ISBN/ASIN: | 1-85596-662-X | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #65733 | |||
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Genre: | Children's Theatre | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2-3 | Female | 2-3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Far and away my best-loved play, it can be performed with four or five actors of either gender and was translated into Welsh by Sion Eirian. | |||||
Synopsis: | Magical story of Little Star's quest to save her friend's life by making time stand still. 50 minutes. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Practical Significance of g, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Crucible Studio Sheffield | - - - | ||||
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 | #117112 | |||
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Genre: | Youth Theatre | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The play was written for the senior youth theatre group at the Crucible but it has since been performed by drama students. | |||||
Synopsis: | Comedy-drama set in World War II exploring moral responsibility and the dangers of reducing the world to that which may be measured. 60 minutes. | |||||
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Scarlet Ribbons | ||
| 1st Produced: | Oxfordshire Theatre Company. | 2008 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Aurora Metro Press (2011) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #117110 | |||
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Genre: | Theatre for Young People / Theatre for Old People | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The original production played to audiences of both teenagers and old people in care - sometimes separately; sometimes together. It was directed by Darren Cheek and won a Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award 2009. It requires one actor able to impersonate Nat King Cole. Will be published in BIG THEATRE in small spaces (Plays by Brendan Murray) in 2011 by Aurora Metro Press. Until then available via author's website. German translation/rights available from Theaterverlag Munchen. | |||||
Synopsis: | An old woman's final days in the company of a teenage housebreaker, Nat King Cole and a bottle of single malt. 50 minutes. | |||||
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Something Beginning With | ||
| 1st Produced: | Sherman Theatre Cardiff | 1997 | ||||
Company: | Sherman Theatre Company | |||||
| 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 | #65734 | |||
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Genre: | Children's Theatre | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Sibling rivalry explored, exploded and unraveled as fairy tales collide in 60 minutes of comic confusion. | |||||
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Under The Bed | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Sherman Theatre, Cardiff | 1998 | ||||
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| 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 | #54827 | |||
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Genre: | For Ages 4+ Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original production directed by Matthew Bailey. Subsequent national tours by Theatre Centre, 1998 and 2009, directed by Natalie Wilson. Nominated for a Writers Guild of Great Britain Award (Best Children's Play). German translation/rights available from Theaterverlag Munchen. | |||||
Synopsis: | Comic exploration of childhood fears & the power of the imagination. Mo and Jo are trying to sleep but something is under the bed. So, with a little help from their friend the Hot Water Bottle, Mo and Jo travel everywhere in search of some peace and quiet. Their rollercoaster adventure takes them from the glaciers of the Arctic to the sands of the South Seas - and home in time for breakfast with mum and her new husband. 60 minutes | |||||
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Unlikely Tales of Molly Moonshine, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Manchester: Royal Exchange Studio Theatre, St Anns Square, Manchester, M2 7DH >>> | 28 Apr 2011 | ||||
Company: | Theatre Centre | |||||
| 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 | #123630 | |||
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Genre: | Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Meet Molly Moonshine, lady traveller and unreliable raconteuse. you won't believe half of what she tells you - her tales are some of the tallest you will ever hear! | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Vision Of Loveliness | ||
| 1st Produced: | Unproduced | - - - | ||||
Company: | Albany Theatre Deptford | |||||
| 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 | #117116 | |||
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Genre: | Musical Theatre | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | Optional male chorus | |||||
Notes: | This is a large scale piece requiring a live band. | |||||
Synopsis: | A post-World War II all-male revue interwoven (fifty years on) with a love story about two old men as they struggle to deal with the fears of old age. Songs by Terry Davies. 120 minutes. | |||||
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What? No Bananas! | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Belgrade Theatre Coventry | 1984 | ||||
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 | #117122 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy drama / family show | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Written by Brendan Murray, Fiona Bruce and Stephen Ley, the show has also been successfully performed by drama students. The casting includes some doubling and could be extended to 10 or more. | |||||
Synopsis: | Comedy-drama following the experiences of a group of evacuee children during World War II. 100 minutes. | |||||
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