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Cottesloe Theatre, National Theatre, London >>>

2000

National Theatre, London >>>

Methuen Drama, London >>>

2000

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Synopsis:
In a London psychiatric hospital, an enigmatic patient claims to be the son of an African dictatora story that becomes unnervingly plausible. BLUE/ORANGE is an incendiary tale of race, madness and a Darwinian power struggle at the heart of a dying National Health Service.

Donmar Warehous Theatre, London >>>

1998

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in Penhall Plays: 1, Methuen Drama, London >>>

1998

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Synopsis:
'A Death of a Salesman for Britain in the nineties, and it is typical of Penhall's grace as a writer that it consciously echoes Arthur Miller while also emerging as an entirely distinctive work' (Daily Telegraph)

Royal Court Theatre Downstairs, London, EUR >>>

2004

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Methuen Drama, London >>>

2004

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Synopsis:
Barry's fifteen minutes of infamy are overdue, and when laughter's your living & that's no joke.

Cottesloe, National Theatre, London, EUR >>>

2007

National Theatre Company

Methuen Drama, London >>>

2007

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Qualms? Oh yeah, sure, I have qualms. Everybody has qualms. But I'll overcome them. To his familys horror, Ned reveals hes the brains behind a new military technology so sophisticated, so extraordinary, it will revolutionise the nature of warfare. Its only when the Ministry of Defence demands intellectual ownership that Ned begins to question himself, resisting the might of the weapons industry with frightening consequences. Landscape with Weapon is a wry account of private anguish, public responsibility and a problem with no solution. The play premiered at the National Theatre on 20 March 2007.

Bush Theatre, London >>>

1997

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in Penhall Plays: 1, Methuen Drama, London >>>

1998

in Penhall Plays: 1, Methuen Drama, London

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Synopsis:
Live-in lovers Neal and Rachel are overworked doctors. They rarely see each other, and their relationship suffers for it. Enter Neal's old good-for-nothing friend, Richie, for a surprise visit, straight from South Americaor somewhere. He needs a place to stay and Neal is too weak to say no. Rachel doesn't want him either, but Richie manipulates her, creating a sexual tension between them. Richie immediately uses this charge to stir up trouble between the couple, insinuating that Neal is boring and that Rachel needs a good time with a black sheep like himself. And while he works on Rachel, Richie steals drugs from Neal's office. By the end of Act One, Richie has declared his interest in Rachel, but she resists. In Act Two, she tells Neal about the pass, but Richie denies it. Thinking Neal doesn't care, Rachel sleeps with Richie, but the couple is caught by Neal. Richie almost delights in the trouble he's caused, and with more drugs, ends up comatose from an overdose. The strain of all that's happened causes Rachel and Neal to split up. Richie recovers, and takes off for Wales, leaving Neal and Rachel with a new-found understanding of one another which may or may not lead to reconciliation.

Royal Court Theatre, London >>>

1995

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Methuen Drama, London >>>

1995

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Synopsis:
the story of Charles, who, disillusioned by the sudden death of his wife, propels himself into a world of urban alienation and self-destruction in an attempt to assuage the private demons that haunt him. Along the way he encounters the capricious Lucy and is forced to examine the nature of his own mortality, identity and beliefs.

Royal Court Theatre, London >>>

1994

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in "Frontline Intelligence 3" Methuen Drama, London >>>

1995

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Methuen Drama, London >>>

Synopsis:
focuses on Ray, a young schizophrenic trying to reassimilate after a spell in a mental hospital. He is sent to live with his overworked brother where he is happy until he falls in love. When Ray finds himself increasingly frustrated by a maladjusted community and an illness he'll never control, events spiral towards inevitable tragedy.

Old Red Lion Theatre, London >>>

1993

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2008

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