GILLIAN PLOWMAN (1941 - )
| Nationality: | British |
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Plays by Gillian Plowman
Allotment, The |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 2005 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 5 |
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| Synopsis: | Women are serving community punishment orders and are growing the vegetables for soup kitchens on an allotment. Marcie is convicted of dangerous driving; Norah, a serial shoplifter, hasn’t recovered from the death of her daughter thirty years ago; Belle is convicted of blackmailing her boss and Lorna, an actress, is convicted of criminal damage to a theatre. It is the first morning for Daisy, the new probation officer, and she is brimming with new ideas for the women’s rehabilitation. However, the tables are cleverly turned when a traumatic event in Daisy’s past catches up with her, putting her on a par with the others. | |||||
Amy On A Tuesday |
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| 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: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Another Fine Mess |
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| 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 | |||||
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| Notes: | There is a one act version too | |||||
| Synopsis: | Phil and Stephen are great Laurel and Hardy fans. They have based their cabaret act around them. They are about to get their big break but unlike their idols Phil and Stephen cannot get on. | |||||
Beata Beatrix |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1995 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 |
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| Synopsis: | In an art gallery Beatrice sees Jon crying in front of a painting. The artist had painted it in a fit of remorse after his wife had committed suicide when she found out he was unfaithful. Jon's wife too has died whilst he was dallying with another. | |||||
Cecily |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1991 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 3 |
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| Synopsis: | Intense complicated family relationships are put to the test when Cecily becomes brain damaged following a motor-cycle accident and the problems of carers are highlighted. Flashbacks of Cecily before the accident are shown, her lively personality contrasting cruelly with her wheelchair-bound reality. Fiery, forthright and honest, this moving play has three excellent roles for women. | |||||
Close to Croydon |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1996 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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| Synopsis: | Hugo, a PR consultant on his way to an important meeting. and Martha, a Museum Education Officer with a case full of liberty bodices, are trapped in an overturned railway carriage following a rail crash, waiting tensely to be rescued. A touching relationship begins to develop between them, but they are torn apart by tragedy. | |||||
Crooked Wood |
| 1st Produced: | 1991 | |||||
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| 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 | 3 | Female | 2 |
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| Synopsis: | A little old lady refuses to sell her house to property developers. | |||||
David's Birthday |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1986 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
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| Synopsis: | David is mentally handicapped. His two sisters and their partners are torn as to what to do for the best. | |||||
Destinies |
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
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| 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 | - | Female | - |
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Fabulous Face |
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| 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: | - | One act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
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| Synopsis: | Three couples meet and fall in love in an art gallery | |||||
Improper Appointment, The |
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| 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: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Janna Years, The |
| 1st Produced: | Flat Four Players | 1991 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1991 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 |
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| Synopsis: | Ruby's boarding house is home to an odd mix of characters whose lives are irrevocably changed during this observation of four lonely people | |||||
Kind of Vesuvius, A |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1994 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - |
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| Synopsis: | The devastating effects of unemployment | |||||
Me and My Friend |
| 1st Produced: | Soho Poly Theatre, London | 1990 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1990 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Black Comedy | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
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| Notes: | winner of the Verity Bargate Award 1988 and was presented on Channel 4 | |||||
| Synopsis: | explores the relationships between two 'odd' couples thrown prematurely out of hospital care. Firstly, we see two men conduct fantasy interviews for jobs they will never get, then two women trying to 'make plans' as urged to do by the hospital. They all meet when Oz throws a disastrous party with the four desperately attempting the niceties of social intercourse | |||||
Ox and Ass, The |
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| 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: | - | Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - |
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| Notes: | There is a one act version too. | |||||
| Synopsis: | Henry collects his father Jeremy who has finished yet another prison sentence. | |||||
Philip And Rowena |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1996 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 |
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| Synopsis: | Philip and Rowena are both terminally ill. They meet in a hospice and fall in love. | |||||
Pits |
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| 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: | - | Drama | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||||
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| Synopsis: | Ethan meets a homeless young man, Gore and becomes involved in his life and that of those who live in the cardboard city called The Pits. | |||||
Primrose Path, The |
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| 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: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Storm |
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| 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: | - | Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 |
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| Synopsis: | A haunted beach house | |||||
There's None So Blind |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1998 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 |
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| Synopsis: | A blind man discovers his wife is about to have an affair with someone she works with. | |||||
Tippers |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1990 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
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Touching Tomorrow |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French Ltd, London, | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 |
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| Synopsis: | Dorcas brings home a homeless young woman who claims she has been raped. But is it all a fantasy? | |||||
Two Fat Men |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French Ltd, London, | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 |
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| Synopsis: | Two men join a weight watchers group - but they are the only males. | |||||
Two Summers |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Umjana Land |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1995 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 |
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| Synopsis: | Gordon writes romantic fiction under the name Poppy Henshaw. He longs to write something substantial. He tells his sister that he is going to write a book about the imaginary land they had invented as children. But his sister has already written it and what is more it has been nominated for the Booker Prize. | |||||
Window Cleaner, The |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 2006 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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| Synopsis: | After a spell in prison for murdering her abusive husband, Jill takes a job cleaning windows. She disturbs a burglar and is taken prisoner by him. | |||||
Wooden Pear, The |
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| 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: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Synopsis: | Ten years ago Daniel had attacked Madeline. She now confronts him hoping for revenge. | |||||
Yours Abundantly, From Zimbabwe |
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||||
| Company: | Gillian Plowman Productions | |||||
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| 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 | 3 | Female | 5 |
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| Synopsis: | a play that uses narration of letters to communicate the action to the audience. A dysfunctional English family contrasts with the dysfunctional and violently broken Zimbabwean family, run by children. The children of the play are portrayed as vulnerable and damaged - but more balanced in Zimbabwe than England | |||||