BARBARA PYM (1913 - 1980)
| Nationality: | English |
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Plays by Barbara Pym
Crampton Hodnet |
| 1st Produced: | Library, Lincoln Cathedral | 2002 | ||
| Company: | Barbara Pym Society | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: playreading adapted (by Carol Bennett) from Barbara Pym's novel, performed by members of the Cathedral Library staff | ||||
Synopsis: The stirrings of suburban emotions in Victorian Gothic houses of North Oxford | ||||
German Baron, The |
| 1st Produced: | Harverd Law School | 2006 | ||
| Company: | Barbara Pym Society of North America Conference | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | narrator | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Two English spinsters vie for the attentions of an enigmatic German baron at a mountain resort. | ||||
Mothers and Fathers |
| 1st Produced: | St Hilda's College, Oxford | 2004 | ||
| Company: | Barbara Pym Society | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | narrator | |||
Notes: Playreading adapted (by Yvonne Cocking) from an unpublished short story by Barbara Pym | ||||
Synopsis: Pastiche of Ivy Compton-Burnett; stirring family secrets and passions are revealed | ||||
No Fond Return of Love |
| 1st Produced: | 1988 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Comedy | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | 1 woman remains silent | |||
Notes: adapted by Adrian Benjamin. Produced Man in the Moon Theatre, 1994 | ||||
Synopsis: Two lady indexers investigate the life of an editor, whom one of them finally marries | ||||
Parrot's Eggs' |
| 1st Produced: | St Hilda's College, Oxford | 2003 | ||
| Company: | Barbara Pym Society | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Playreading adapted by Yvonne Cocking from an unbroadcast radio play by Barbara Pym. | ||||
Synopsis: Satirises the posings and jealousies of a group of archaeologists which culminate in the wedding of two of the rivals | ||||
Pilgrimage, The |
| 1st Produced: | St Hilda's College, Oxford | 2002 | ||
| Company: | Barbara Pym Society | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | narrator | |||
Notes: Playreading adapted (by Yvonne Cocking) from an unpublished story by Barbara Pym | ||||
Synopsis: A devoted young lady fan of an author visits her idol, and is sadly disillusioned | ||||
Some Tame Gazelle |
| 1st Produced: | St Hilda's College, Oxford | 2001 | ||
| Company: | Barbara Pym Society | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | male doubling | |||
Notes: Playreading adapted (by Elizabeth Proud) from Barbara Pym's novel | ||||
Synopsis: Two sisters enjoy sub-romantic encounters with members of the clergy, but chose to remain spinsters | ||||
Sweet Dove Died, The |
| 1st Produced: | St Hilda's College, Oxford (playreading) | 2007 | ||
| Company: | Barbara Pym Society | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | Narrator - m or f | |||
Notes: Playreading adapted by Yvonne Cocking and Bridget Villatoro from novel by Barbara Pym | ||||
Synopsis: Elderly antique dealer Humphrey is much taken by elegant but ageing Leonora - but Leonora's fancy is more for Humphrey's nephew James - but James is gay and falls into the clutches of visiting American Ned. | ||||
Unsuitable Attachment, An |
| 1st Produced: | St Hilda's College, Oxford | 2005 | ||
| Company: | Guildford School of Acting | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: playreading adapted (by Amanda Fawsett) from Barbara Pym's novel of the same title | ||||
Synopsis: Parishioners of an unfashionable quarter of London fret over improbable attachments and visit Rome in a party | ||||