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ALAN PLATER (1935 - 2010) |
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Nationality: British Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Alexandra Cann Representation |
Playwright and screenwriter Alan Plater has died of cancer in a London hospice at the age of 75. He was born in Jarrow and his family moved to Hull where he was brought up, returning to Tyneside as an architecture student at King's College, Newcastle (later Newcastle University). He practised for some time until the broadcast of his radio play Smoke Zone persuaded him to take up writing full time in 1961. Best known to the general public as a writer for TV, his credits include many episides of Z Cars (1962 - 78) and 30 of its follow-up Softly, Softly (1966 - 69), as well as The Beiderbecke Affair (1985), The Beiderbecke Tapes (1987) and The Beiderbecke Connection (1988), which starred James Bolam and Barbara Flynn. That trilogy centred around one of the great loves of his life, jazz, which fittingly was an important ingredient in his final play for the stage, Looking for Buddy, a co-production between the Octagon, Bolton, and Newcastle's Live Theatre. Other TV work included Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!, the 70s comedy series starring Bill Maynard, Fortunes of War (1987) with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson, The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000) which starred Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Leslie Caron, Cleo Laine, Billie Whitelaw, Olympia Dukakis, Joan Sims and June Whitfield and was later to become a stage show, also produced and toured by the Octagon, although without the star cast. He also adapted The Barchester Chronicles and MP Chris Mullen's novel A Very British Coup for which he won BAFTA and Emmy awards. On the stage his biggest success was Close the Coalhouse Door, with music by Alex Glasgow, based on the short stories of NE mining writer Sid Chaplin. It premiered to great acclaim and sell-out audiences at the Newcastle Playhouse and was also successfully adapted for television. A very political play, Coalhouse was in many ways typical of him, being firmly on the side of the working man - and, in particular, the NE working man - and mercilessly satirising the ruling classes. Satire was very much part of his work, whether merciless in Coalhouse, fused with nostalgia for a departed Tyneside in Buddy (a vegan takeaway in Wallsend!), or aimed at pretension in the workld of modern art in Charlie's Trousers (2004). His final television play, Joe Maddison's War, set in Newcastle during the Second World War starring Kevin Whately and Robson Green, with a cameo appearance by Sir Derek Jacobi, will be aired by ITV in the autumn. He was president of the Writers' Guild from 1991 to 1994, the recipient of honorary degres from the University of Hull and Northumbria University, and was awarded the CBE for his services to Drama in 2004. He is survived by his second wife and daughter, Janet, who is an actors' agent in Newcastle and is married to Max Roberts, artistic director of Live Theatre in Newcastle, who has directed ten of his plays. He is survived by Shirley Rubinstein [shirleyrubinstein@me.com] (2nd wife), sons Stephen and David as well as Janet - and 3 stepsons, Peter, John & Paul. Also 16 granchildren.
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Plays by Alan Plater
All Credit To The Lads | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1998 | |||||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #28071 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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And A Little Love Besides | ||
| 1st Produced: | Arts Centre, Hull | 1970 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "You and Me: four plays", ed Alfred Bradley, Blackie, London, 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28072 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | Pederasty confronts a religious group who are then surprised by the reaction of the vicar. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Annie Kenney | ||
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| 1st Published: | in Act 3, ed David Self and Ray Speakman, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28073 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Notes: | televised 1974 | |||||
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Barriers | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2003 | |||||
Company: | St Magnus Festival Players | |||||
| 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 | #28074 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Notes: | music by Peter Maxwell Davies. | |||||
Synopsis: | Following their triumph with 'Greenvoe' in 2000, the Orcadians return with 'Barriers', a tough and tender love story of the Italian POW invasion of Orkney during World War II. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Beiderbecke and all that Jazz | ||
| 1st Produced: | 12 Oct 1998 | |||||
Company: | Kenny Baker Sextet | |||||
| 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 | #115803 | |||
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Genre: | Mystery | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | bizarre mystery accomapnied by the jazz sounds | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Blonde Bombshells Of 1943 | ||
| 1st Produced: | Leeds: West Yorkshire Playhouse, Quarry, Playhouse Square, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7UP >>> | 24 Apr 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 | #48429 | |||
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Genre: | Musical Play Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 7 | ||
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Synopsis: | The simple but enchantingly effective play about a northern women's dance band during the 2nd World War war doesn't just pay tribute to the unsung acts of solidarity that kept Britain going during its darkest hours - it also celebrates the near-magical, care banishing properties of music. | |||||
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Charlie Came To Our Town | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1968 | |||||
Company: | Harrogate Festival of Arts and Sciences | |||||
| 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 | #28075 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | televised as The Nutter 1965. Music by Alex Glasgow | |||||
Synopsis: | about an eccentric anarchist | |||||
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Charlie's Trousers | ||
| 1st Produced: | 02 Mar 20042004 | |||||
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 | #28076 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy play Comedy | |||||
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Synopsis: | It's nearly midnight at the Bedewell Art Gallery. Kev, a security guard, is doing his rounds, when his old mate Nev appears in the gallery with an unlikely excuse. Kev isn't convinced though and neither is Nev he's there on a 'need to know' basis, but doesn't know why. When the mysterious Bev drops in, things take a dramatic turn and all eyes are suddenly on the wooden packing case in the centre of the room. On a new Tyneside where there are more art galleries than shipyards, Kev, Nev and Bev confront some perplexing questions. Who is Charlie? Are these really his trousers? And what's so special about Liverpool? Alan Plater's comedy takes a light-hearted look at love, live, the universe and ART. | |||||
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Close The Coalhouse Door | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1968 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | originaly published by Methuen Drama, London in 1969 >>> | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1852244897 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28077 | |||
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Genre: | Musical Documentary Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | music by Alex Glasgow. Adaptation of stories by Sid Chaplin | |||||
| A hymn of unqualified praise to the miner's circles around a golden wedding party | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Confessions Of A City Supporter | ||
| 1st Produced: | 16 Sep 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 | #41419 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
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Synopsis: | Local history is brought to life by four generations of a Hull family. Along the way the play recreates key moments from the team's sporting past ('mostly when we were cheated by referees,' says the writer). It also suggests ways of dealing with Arsenal and Manchester United supporters, explains why league tables never tell the truth and celebrates the Sacred Legend of Great-Grandad's Cloth Cap! | |||||
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Don't Build A Bridge, Drain The River! | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1970 | |||||
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 | #28078 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Notes: | music by Michael Chapman & Mike Waterson (revised version, music by by Mike O'Neil, produced Hull, 1980 | |||||
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Drums Along The Ginnel | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1977 | ||||
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 | #28079 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Excursion | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Playbill Three" published by Nelson Thornes 1969 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #104332 | |||
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Further Reference: | National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Dep.256/Box 54/4 | |||||
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Foot On The Earth, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Newcastle upon Tyne | 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 | #28080 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Fosdyke 2 | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1977 | ||||
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 | #28081 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | written with Bill Tidy | |||||
Synopsis: | continuing the problems and fortunes of the cartoon characters | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Fosdyke Saga, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1977 | ||||
Company: | Marlowe Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1978 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28082 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 6 | ||
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Notes: | written with Bill Tidy, music Bill Wrigley | |||||
Synopsis: | based on a cartoon character, the time is 1902 and the Fosdyke tripe business is falling apart | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Going Home | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1990 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Square One, London, 1990 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28083 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | deals with the long journey from Then to Now, the stops along the way and the music that haunts our dreams | |||||
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Greenvoe | ||
| 1st Produced: | Old St Paul's Church, Scotland | 2000 | ||||
Company: | St Magnus 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 | #46439 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
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Notes: | an adaption of George Mackay Brown's novel for the St. Magnus Festival Players, first performed at the St.Magnus Festival & then at the Edinburgh Festival in Aug. 2000/2001 | |||||
Synopsis: | story of a small village on a small Orcadian island, as the modern generation try to hold their own against the incoming tide of change, their struggles and triumphs are found to worthy of the ancient legends of their ancestors. | |||||
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Hearing Voices | ||
| 1st Produced: | 11 Oct 2002 | |||||
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 | #115804 | |||
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Genre: | Piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | one person show | |||||
Synopsis: | Join us for an evening with much loved writer Alan Plater, with friends from Live, as he explores the music of the English language as it is spoken and asks the question: Is this the true heartbeat of drama? Plus a Today Play | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hop, Step And Jump | ||
| 1st Produced: | Scarborough | 1967 | ||||
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 | #28084 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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I Thought I Heard A Rustling | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1991 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Amber Lane Press, Oxford, 1991 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1872868042 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28085 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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| The proposed closure of a London library unite disparate trio in their attempts to stop the development | |||||
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In Blackberry Time | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1987 | |||||
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 | #46440 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
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Notes: | with Michael Chaplin - adapted from stories by Sid Chaplin | |||||
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King Billy Vaudeville Show | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1971 | |||||
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 | #28086 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Notes: | written with others | |||||
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Last Days Of The Empire, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 23 Jul 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 | #46438 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Notes: | music by John Dankworth | |||||
Synopsis: | Set back stage in a decrepit old variety theatre, our heroes are an unlikely bunch of jobbing musicians. The lead singer has run off with two nude posers and the act is in trouble. Mike and Peggy Gorman's variety act - known as Pedro Gonzalez and his Caribbean rhythm - are faced with disaster unless they can get a new lead singer. Little do they guess that Joe is about to come to their rescue, but Joe is unlike anyone they've ever met. . . | |||||
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Looking for Buddy | ||
| 1st Produced: | 02 Apr 2009 | |||||
Company: | Octagon, Bolton, and Live, Newcastle, co-production | |||||
| 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 | #96512 | |||
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Genre: | musical play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Alan Plater which continues his fascination with jazz music that he explored in his TV series The Beiderbecke Affair and its sequels. Tim Healy stars as unemployed architect Phil in Wallsend on Tyneside who quotes Raymond Chandler and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of early jazz. It is therefore an amazing coincidence when a beautiful blonde walks into his office by mistake looking for the private detective downstairs to ask him to find a lost recording of jazz musician Buddy Bolden whom Phil knows for certain died without ever making a recording. Or perhaps it isn't a coincidence. | |||||
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Mating Season, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Stoke on Trent | 1963 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Worth a Hearing: a collection of radio plays", edited by Alfred Bradley, Blackie, London, 1967 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28087 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | broadcast 1962 | |||||
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NE1 | ||
| 1st Produced: | 29 Nov 2000 | |||||
Company: | Live 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 | #115805 | |||
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Genre: | short monologue | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | part of a show of 12 monologues | |||||
Synopsis: | life on Tyneside in the year 2000 | |||||
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On Your Way, Riley! | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1982 | |||||
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 | #28088 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | music by Alex Glasgow | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Only A Matter Of Time | ||
| 1st Produced: | 13 Feb 2002 | |||||
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 | #28089 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Once upon a time an Englishman met a Welshman in a field. . . he was there to tell him the right time. It's hard for us to imagine these days that in Victorian times Britain had a difference in time of half-an-hour from the eastern to the western extremities. The play begins with the arrival of an Englishman representing Brunel: he comes to tell the Welsh that due to railway expansion, time needs to be standardised. Plater's comedy tells of the consequences over the next 180 years | |||||
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Our Albert | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1976 | |||||
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 | #28090 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Peggy For You | ||
| 1st Produced: | 18 Nov 1999 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0413748102 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28091 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
| A day in the life of Peggy Ramsay, the most celebrated play agent of her time | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Prez | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1985 | |||||
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 | #28092 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | music by Bernie Cash | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Rainbow Machine, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Stoke on Trent | 1963 | ||||
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 | #28093 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | broadcast 1962 | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Referees, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Stoke on Trent | 1963 | ||||
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 | #28094 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | televised 1961 | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Rent Party | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1989 | |||||
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 | #28095 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | from an idea by Nat Shapiro | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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See The Pretty Lights | ||
| 1st Produced: | Scarborough | 1965 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Theatre Choice, a collection of modern short plays", ed Michael Marland, Blackie, London, 1972 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28096 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | televised 1963; produced London 1970 | |||||
Synopsis: | teenage girl and middle-aged man meet at the end of a pier | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Shooting The Legend | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne | 1995 | ||||
Company: | Live Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Live Theatre: six plays from the North East, Methuen, London >>>, 2003 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28097 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | a comedy of cultural errors in which two women prepare to make a documentary about the 'socially deprived' of Gateshead | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Simon Says! | ||
| 1st Produced: | Leeds | 1970 | ||||
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 | #28098 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | music by Alex Glasgow | |||||
Synopsis: | a wholesale attack on the British Ruling classes as represented by Lord Thing, the chairman of the MCC - John Elsom, Contemporary Dramatists | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Skyhooks | ||
| 1st Produced: | Oldham, Lancashire | 1982 | ||||
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 | #28099 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Smashing Day, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Stoke on Trent | 1965 | ||||
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 | #28100 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | televised 1962. Music by Ben Kingsley & Robert Powell | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Swallows On The Water | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1973 | |||||
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 | #28101 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sweet Sorrow | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1990 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Square One, London, 1990 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #28102 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | about a party and a gatecrasher with a special gift for sticking pins in party balloons, whether he makes the party or spoils it depends how you feel about pretty balloons | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sweet William | ||
| 1st Produced: | Viaduct Theatre, Halifax, West Yorkshire | 17 Feb 2005 | ||||
Company: | Northern Broadsides | |||||
| 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 | #48853 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | one person show | |||||
Synopsis: | Shakespeare shares a pint down at the Tabbard Tavern with the cut-purses, prostitutes, tradesmen and dreamers who provide the inspiration for the dramatis personae of the less elevated scenes in his theatrical oeuvre. - Marlowe, The Times | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tales From The Backyard | ||
| 1st Produced: | 10 Oct 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 | #28103 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | music by Perter Maxwell Davies | |||||
Synopsis: | The Orcadians return with the legend of Orkney's oldest 'nightclub.' A tale of enterprise and entertainment on the edge! Written by Alan Plater with music by Peter Maxwell Davies. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tales From The Golden Slipper | ||
| 1st Produced: | Orkney Arts Theatre, Kirkwall | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Kirkwall's St Magnus 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 | #98225 | |||
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Genre: | Community Play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | large cast | |||||
Notes: | words by the playwright Alan Plater and music by Orkney's most celebrated resident composer, Peter Maxwell Davies | |||||
Synopsis: | Travellers come to Orkney for the tranquillity, the standing stones or the exotic wildlife. It is probably fair to say that no one goes there for the nightlife. On a blustery Saturday evening at Kirkwall harbour, the sole nightclub on the islands has a poster advertising an Iron Maiden tribute band. A pair of bouncers, in the absence of people to bounce, stand watching seagulls wheeling over Scapa Flow. It wasn't always like this. In the 1940s, the local youth, along with hundreds of servicemen stationed on the islands, flocked to the Golden Slipper, Orkney's most notorious house of ill-repute. Located on the outskirts of the ancient settlement of Stenness, the Golden Slipper was essentially the front room of the house belonging to Willie Farquhar, who would jovially dispense illicit whisky to all-comers in chipped tea cups. When the premises were finally closed down by the authorities in the 1960s, Farquhar was described in the local paper as Orkney's answer to Al Capone. Now the legend of Willie and his riotous shebeen-cum-speakeasy has been resurrected in a community play. | |||||
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Tales Of Humberside | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1975 | |||||
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 | #28104 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | music by Jim Bywater | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Ted's Cathedral | ||
| 1st Produced: | Victoria Theatre, Stoke on Trent | 1963 | ||||
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 | #28105 | |||
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Genre: | Amiable Fantasy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | about a builder's labourer | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tigers Are Coming - OK?, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1972 | |||||
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 | #28106 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Trinity Tales | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1975 | |||||
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 | #28107 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | music by alex Glasgow | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Well Good Night Then | ||
| 1st Produced: | Hull | 1978 | ||||
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 | #28108 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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What On The Landing?, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Coventry | 1968 | ||||
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 | #28109 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | broadcast 1967; produced London 1971 | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Wor Tony and the Great White Shark | ||
| 1st Produced: | 07 Jun 2002 | |||||
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 | #115806 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | You can make people believe anything, as long as you believe it yourself, according to Davie's brother Tony. Just be sincere and don't give yourself away by laughing. If you're good, you can fool everyone. . .almost. | |||||
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