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ROGER PARSLEY |
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Nationality: English Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Roger Parsley took a teaching degree at Exeter University, and after serving as Head of Drama and Head of English for a few years at Secondary level, he trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. He then became a Drama Adviser in Essex, being based at The Playhouse Theatre in Harlow, where his theatre writing became an important part of his life. He has worked as a director and writer in both Theatre-In Education and Youth Theatre, and was closely associated with the nationally-touring SNAP Theatre Company, as a writer and director, for more than 20 years. His many classic adaptations include "Brideshead Revisited" and "Sense And Sensibility", and these, together with two of his musical plays - "All For Your Delight" and "The End Of The Pier Show" - are published by Samuel French Ltd. For Starshine Music he has written the very popular schools musical nativity "Jesus' Christmas Party" and two versions (one for schools, and one full-length) of an original musical, based on pantomime characters, called "Panto Pandemonium". His adaptation, with Andy Graham, of E.M. Forster's "Maurice" recently had two very successful runs at the Above The Stag Theatre in Victoria, London, and will this autumn be seen in San Francisco, at the New Conservatory Theatre, while his version of Hanif Kureishi's "My Beautiful Laundrette" (Also written with Andy Graham) is to run at the Above The Stag in March and April 2011. Roger regularly directs with the Norwich-based touring company Transaction Theatre, and has written for, and directed with, both the Sewell Barn and the Maddermarket theatres in his home city of Norwich. Roger's leisure activities include playing folk music and running (though never at the same time!) and he is a life-long supporter of, and season ticket holder with, the Canaries - Norwich City Football Club! At present, he and Andy Graham are working on an exciting new musical, details of which will be on his website very soon.
Plays by Roger Parsley
Alice's Adventures! | ||
| 1st Produced: | Eye Theatre | 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 | #48633 | |||
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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: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1987 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #27039 | |||
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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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Animal Farm | ||
| 1st Produced: | Brighton | 1992 | ||||
Company: | SNAP 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 | #48634 | |||
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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. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Brave New World | ||
| 1st Produced: | Eastbourne | 1994 | ||||
Company: | SNAP 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 | #48635 | |||
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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. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Brideshead Revisited | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1993 | |||||
Company: | SNAP Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1994 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573017308 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #27040 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 14 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | doubling possible | |||||
Notes: | novel by Evelyn Waugh | |||||
| 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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Buddha Of Suburbia, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||||
Company: | SNAP 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 | #43733 | |||
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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. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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East Of Eden | ||
| 1st Produced: | Campus West, Welwyn/tour | 1995 | ||||
Company: | SNAP 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 | #27041 | |||
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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! | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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End Of The Pier Show, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | amateur production | 1988 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1989 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #27042 | |||
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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. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Go-Between, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Norwich Playhouse | 1996 | ||||
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 | #48636 | |||
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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. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Howards End | ||
| 1st Produced: | national tour. London run (Bloomsbury Theatre) 1997 | 1996 | ||||
Company: | SNAP 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 | #48637 | |||
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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. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Jesus' Christmas Party | ||
| 1st Produced: | Eastbourne | 2003 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Starshine Music, 2003 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #48638 | |||
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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! | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Maurice | ||
| 1st Produced: | National Tour, London run at Bloomsbury Theatre | 1998 | ||||
Company: | SNAP 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 | #48639 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | doubling possible | |||||
Notes: | rights : PFD. adaptation from E.M. Forster. Written by Roger Parsley and Andy Graham | |||||
Synopsis: | The story of a young man's journey in search of his sexuality, and his ultimate discovery of happiness. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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My Beautiful Laundrette | ||
| 1st Produced: | National Tour | 2002 | ||||
Company: | SNAP 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 | #48640 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | adapted by Roger Parsley and Andy Graham 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. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Of Mice And Men | ||
| 1st Produced: | National Tour | 1992 | ||||
Company: | SNAP 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 | #48641 | |||
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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. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Panto Pandemonium | ||
| 1st Produced: | productions in schools | 2004 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Starshine Music, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #48642 | |||
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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 | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Panto Pandemonium | ||
| 1st Produced: | Trials in U.K | 2006 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Starshine Music, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #62188 | |||
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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, photo's, 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. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Picture Of Dorian Gray, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | National Tour | 1997 | ||||
Company: | SNAP 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 | #48643 | |||
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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. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Pride And Prejudice | ||
| 1st Produced: | National Tour | 1996 | ||||
Company: | SNAP 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 | #48644 | |||
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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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Room With A View, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Maddermarket Theatre | 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 | #48645 | |||
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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. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sense And Sensibility | ||
| 1st Produced: | National Tour | 1999 | ||||
Company: | SNAP Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 2001 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #48646 | |||
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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: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #48647 | |||
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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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