ROGER PARSLEY   


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Plays by Roger Parsley

ROGER PARSLEY
Alice's Adventures!
1st Produced:
Eye Theatre
2004
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
-
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
5 -24 actors
Notes: from the books of Lewis Carroll
Synopsis: Alice's weird adventures with the Queen of Hearts, the Cheshire Cat, the Gryphon, the Mock Turtle, the Mad Hatter and the March Hare are presented in a tale which incorporates both visual and physical comedy in a vigorous re-telling of the famous children's tale.
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All For Your Delight
1st Produced:
Amateur
1987
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1987
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Genre:
Musical Play
Musical
Parts:
Male
7
Female
7
Parts Other:
chorus
Notes: music arranged by Duncan Lane
Synopsis: A fun musical involving comic melodrama, missing diamonds, and an outrageous cohort of policemen! Set in a music hall somewhere on the fringes of London, this show has chorus songs, a bewildered chairman, backstage scenes and on-stage performances all in the music-hall style.
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ROGER PARSLEY
Animal Farm
1st Produced:
Brighton
1992
Company:
SNAP Theatre Company
1st Published:
-
-
To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
7
Female
5
Parts Other:
doubling possible
Notes: rights : PFD. adaptation from George Orwell
Synopsis: All animals are equal - except, of course, the pigs, who turn out to be rather more equal than others! This exploration of the uses and abuses of power is as relevant today as ever.
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ROGER PARSLEY
Brave New World
1st Produced:
Eastbourne
1994
Company:
SNAP Theatre Company
1st Published:
-
-
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
8
Female
8
Parts Other:
doubling possible
Notes: rights : Reece Halsey Agency. adaptation from Aldous Huxley
Synopsis: Aldous Huxley's chilling view into the not-so distant future, presented for the stage in a direct style.
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ROGER PARSLEY
Brideshead Revisited
1st Produced:
1993
Company:
SNAP Theatre Company
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1994
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Genre:
-
Adaptation
Parts:
Male
14
Female
8
Parts Other:
doubling possible
Notes: novel by Evelyn Waugh
Synopsis: Evelyn Waugh described the theme of his classic novel as "the operation of a divine grace on a group of diverse but closely connected characters." This portrait of the interweaving relationships and fortunes of a desperately charming, if eccentric, family and their influences on Charles Ryder has been faithfully adapted for the stage, preserving all the sharp wit and candid social commentary of Waugh's narrative. The scenes slip easily into one another to provide a dream-like element to the story, presented to us through memory, of Ryder's struggle to make sense of his life, loves, society, and religion, and ultimately to find his own salvation. Period: 1943, and the 1920's in recall.
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ROGER PARSLEY
Buddha Of Suburbia, The
1st Produced:
2004
Company:
SNAP Theatre Company
1st Published:
-
-
To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
-
Adaptation
Parts:
Male
4
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: novel by Hanif Kureishi. Play no longer available
Synopsis: the story is set in the 70s and follows Karim, a second generation Indian youth who is lead into a life of wasted superficiality when his dad leaves his mother ro pursue an alternative career path as a spiritual teacher.
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ROGER PARSLEY
East Of Eden
1st Produced:
Campus West, Welwyn/tour
1995
Company:
SNAP Theatre Company
1st Published:
-
-
To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
-
Adaptation
Parts:
Male
4
Female
2
Parts Other:
doubling possible
Notes: rights: Josef Weinberger Limited. adaptation from John Steinbeck
Synopsis: This play uses the last third of John Steinbeck's great novel, and focuses on the inner turmoil of the moody Cal, and his search for love both within and without his family. The story that made James Dean famous!
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ROGER PARSLEY
End Of The Pier Show, The
1st Produced:
amateur production
1988
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1989
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Genre:
Musical Play
Musical
Parts:
Male
4
Female
4
Parts Other:
extras
Notes: music arranged by Duncan Lane
Synopsis: A musical set in August,1939 at the end of a pier, somewhere in the U.K. Has comic and romantic songs, a monologue, and backstage scenes, all played with the knowledge that the Second World War is imminent.
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Go-Between, The
1st Produced:
Norwich Playhouse
1996
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
-
To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
4
Female
3
Parts Other:
2b
Notes: rights : The Society of Authors. adaptation from L.P.Hartley
Synopsis: An old man looks back at his life-changing childhood stay at his schoolfriend's large house in Norfolk at the beginning of the 20th Century. His ultimately soul-destroying experiences are vividly explored in the text.
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ROGER PARSLEY
Howards End
1st Produced:
national tour. London run (Bloomsbury Theatre) 1997
1996
Company:
SNAP Theatre Company
1st Published:
-
-
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
4
Female
7
Parts Other:
doubling possible
Notes: rights : PFD. adaptation from E.M. Forster
Synopsis: This play has three major roles for women, all of whom are looking to find their place in society in the Edwardian era. They explore, in their very different ways, both the professed and actual values of England in the early part of the twentieth century. Carries a strong emotional undertow.
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ROGER PARSLEY
Jesus' Christmas Party
1st Produced:
Eastbourne
2003
Company:
-
1st Published:
Starshine Music
2003
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Genre:
Children's Musical
Musical
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
6-50+
Notes: From the children's illustrated book by Nicholas Allan
Synopsis: A funny and moving musical Nativity play, with catchy songs and comedy, featuring a grumpy innkeeper and his wife, who are trying to sleep but are constantly disturbed by a succession of star-followers!
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ROGER PARSLEY
Maurice
1st Produced:
National Tour, London run at Bloomsbury Theatre
1998
Company:
SNAP Theatre Company
1st Published:
-
-
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
8
Female
3
Parts Other:
doubling possible
Notes: rights : PFD. adaptation from E.M. Forster
Synopsis: The story of a young man's journey in search of his sexuality, and his ultimate discovery of happiness.
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ROGER PARSLEY
My Beautiful Laundrette
1st Produced:
National Tour
2002
Company:
SNAP Theatre Company
1st Published:
-
-
To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
5
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: adapted from screenplay by Hanif Kureishi. Rights: FILM FOUR
Synopsis: Omar, a Pakistani teenager, persuades his white boyhood friend, Johnny, to help him run a decaying launderette that his Uncle Nasser has jokingly asked him to take charge of. Omar and Johnny become lovers, in spite of the ever-present menace of Johnny's vicious fascist friends and Omar's suspicious and Mafia-like family. Comic, sexy, brutal, and tender.
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ROGER PARSLEY
Of Mice And Men
1st Produced:
National Tour
1992
Company:
SNAP Theatre Company
1st Published:
-
-
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
6
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes: rights: Josef Weinberger Limited. adaptation from John Steinbeck
Synopsis: A moving tragicomedy of two itinerant workers, George and Lenny, and their ultimately hopeless dream.
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ROGER PARSLEY
Panto Pandemonium
1st Produced:
productions in schools
2004
Company:
-
1st Published:
Starshine Music
-
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Genre:
Schools Version
Musical
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
24 any sex + Chorus
Notes: songs by Ruth Kenward
Synopsis: A musical comedy play, in which four children take us on an adventure through various pantomime stories, in an attempt to find three magic objects in order to defeat the Wicked Witch
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ROGER PARSLEY
Panto Pandemonium
1st Produced:
Trials in U.K
2006
Company:
-
1st Published:
Starshine Music
2007
To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
full length
Musical
Parts:
Male
3
Female
4
Parts Other:
15+ either sex
Notes: songs by Ruth Kenward; More details, photos, etc. at www.pantopandemonium.com
Synopsis: Two students are charged with the task of recovering three magic objects from Pantoland, in order to help the Good Fairy defeat the Wicked Witch. They meet many of panto's favourite characters, including the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella, and Aladdin, as well as both halves of a pantomime cow! This show combines the essence of pantomime with a modern musical, with the emphasis on comedy.
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ROGER PARSLEY
Picture Of Dorian Gray, The
1st Produced:
National Tour
1997
Company:
SNAP Theatre Company
1st Published:
-
-
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
5
Female
5
Parts Other:
doubling possible
Notes: adaptation from Oscar Wilde
Synopsis: The portrait takes on all the sins of Dorian Gray, and the image slowly changes, as his wickedness and self-indulgence combine, into that of an old, lined man. It is only a matter of time before the wages of sin have to be paid. An atmospheric comic drama, including some of Oscar Wilde's biting aphorisms, set in the 1890's.
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ROGER PARSLEY
Pride And Prejudice
1st Produced:
National Tour
1996
Company:
SNAP Theatre Company
1st Published:
-
-
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
5
Female
6
Parts Other:
doubling possible
Notes: adaptation from Jane Austen
Synopsis: All the main characters of Jane Austen's great comic masterpiece are here - the ridiculous Mrs. Bennet, the handsome but haughty Darcy, the flighty Lydia, and, of course the comically pompous Mr. Collins. Elizabeth Bennet meets and eventually conquers them all.
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ROGER PARSLEY
Room With A View, A
1st Produced:
Maddermarket Theatre
2003
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
-
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
6
Female
4
Parts Other:
-
Notes: rights : PFD. adaptation from E.M. Forster
Synopsis: Explores the intertwining lives, prejudices, and loves of a group of Edwardian English people on holiday in Florence, and at home.
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ROGER PARSLEY
Sense And Sensibility
1st Produced:
National Tour
1999
Company:
SNAP Theatre Company
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
2001
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
3
Female
4
Parts Other:
-
Notes: adapted from novel by Jane Austen by Roger Parsley and Andy Graham
Synopsis: Left in straitened circumstances when their father dies, the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne move to a Devon cottage. There, Marianne falls in love with the dashing but untrustworthy Willoughby, while Elinor represses with difficulty her feelings for Edward Ferrars, who appears to be unattainable. With the less than helpful assistance of the comical Aunt Jennings, the two girls eventually find happiness.
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Sons And Lovers
1st Produced:
National Tour
2002
Company:
SNAP Theatre Company
1st Published:
-
-
To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
3
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes: adaptation from D.H. Lawrence
Synopsis: Gertrude, trapped in a sterile marriage, focuses all her passion, her hopes, and her expectations on her son Paul. He, in turn, struggles to find his own way, looking for love with both Miriam and Clara, only to discover that his mother's influence on his life kills all other passion. Based on the first great psychological novel.
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