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JOHN RETALLACK |
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Nationality: British Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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John Retallack was born in Oxford and is the founder and director of Company of Angels. He has written and directed a number of plays in recent years including Risk (2007), Virgins (2006), Ballroom (2004), Club A.~ylum (2002), The Wild Girl (2002), and Hannah and Hanna (2001). He was director o~ Oxford Stage Company from 1989 to 1999 and founding director of Actors Touring Company (ATC) from 1977 to 1985. He has toured and worked in many countries including Europe, India,Japan and America.
Plays by John Retallack
Apples | ||
| 1st Produced: | Middlesbrough Empire Nightclub | 02 Jun 2010 | ||||
Company: | Northern Stage and Company of Angels | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1849430982 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #110907 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | a stage version of Richard Milward's debut novel Apples | |||||
| A dazzling, tragicomic love story of adolescence based on the astonishing debut novel by Richard Milward. Shameless, ruthless and intensely poetic, Apples articulates what it is like to be young. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ballroom | ||
| 1st Produced: | Hastings: White Rock Theatre | 01 Jul 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 | #42176 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | 3 voices | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The sparkle and dazzle, the style and energy of ballroom dancing drive this show. It's a story of youth told by older people, who once lived lives as passionate, jealous and competitive as the young. Desires and dreams are reawakened as dancers flood the ballroom, spinning round the actors with provocative glamour. Laughter, regret and sexual tension charge the performances as the ghosts of the actors' young selves dance before them. | |||||
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Berlin Berlin | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Space, London | 1982 | ||||
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| 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 | #29349 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Bridge To The Stars | ||
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh: Traverse Theatre, 10 Cambridge Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 2ED >>> | 01 Mar 2007 | ||||
Company: | Llanelli Youth Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #70268 | |||
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Genre: | short play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of the National Connections Festival, from the book by Henning Mankell | |||||
Synopsis: | A lonely young boy forms a secret society, but the stakes are raised with the arrival of a new member. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Club Asylum | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2002 | |||||
Company: | Company of Angels with macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Company of Angels, Oberon, London, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29350 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Common Ground | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #62403 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Foundling, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 19 Mar 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 | #62402 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Unfolding detective style, the play dynamically moves from past to present, revealing characters' secrets - from the poignant testimony of a young mother in 1866, giving up her baby to save herself from abject poverty and social disgrace to the complex and difficult choices faced by a pregnant 15 year old girl in the 21st century. Unearthing an important and little known part of children's history, John Retallack's evocative play is rooted in the history of Thomas Coram's 18th century The Foundling Hospital, charting family history to the present day. | |||||
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Hannah and Hanna | ||
| 1st Produced: | 22 Jun 2001 | |||||
Company: | Company of Angels and Channel Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | in The Drama Book, English and media Centre, 2002 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29351 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | tackles the issue of refugees living in Britain by fixing on the stories of two 16 year old girls - Hannah, the bolshy Margate karaoke singer whose fascist boyfriend has beaten up Hanna, the sad-eyed exile from Kosovo's brother | |||||
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Junk | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Castle, Wellingborough | 1998 | ||||
Company: | Oxford Stage Co | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29352 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | adaptation of Melvin Burgess's novel | |||||
Synopsis: | Tar loves Gemma, but Gemma doesn't want to be tied down - not to anyone or anything. Gemma wants to fly. But no one can fly forever. One day, somehow, finally you have to come down. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Plague | ||
| 1st Produced: | 07 Oct 2000 | |||||
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 | #29353 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | children | |||||
Notes: | From La Peste By Albert Camus | |||||
Synopsis: | a portrait of a community's response to irrational and inexplicable mass destruction remains as resonant as ever. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Quixote | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1983 | |||||
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| 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 | #29354 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with R Curtis. From cervantes | |||||
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Risk | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Company of Angels, Oberon, London, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #62399 | |||
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Genre: | dance/ballet | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: | Bloody kids are all over the show in Company Of Angels's latest gymnastically inclined attempt to give voice to da yoof. To do this, writerldirector John Rettalack and Co-director/choreographer Andy Howitt throw into the mix a quintet of highly-strung teens. Just as one wise guy moves up a notch from petty thieving to biting the hand that feeds him, another sees the world through the internet, but is unable to connect. A once model student falls in with a bad crowd, a girl swaps natural highs for bottled bliss, and a boy too sensitive for fisticuffs fights back another way. In their quest to get out of it, all crash, and to some extent get burnt. Eventually, though, they learn the error of their ways. Told through a series of monologues, each punctuated by some highly-charged chorus work and trademark Howitt dance moves, Risk is a well-fashioned piece of theatre. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sweetpeter | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2003 | |||||
Company: | Company Of Angels and Polka Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Six Ensemble Plays for Young Actors, Methuen Drama, London >>>, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1408106730 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #62400 | |||
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Genre: | Young Audiences | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | muscian | |||||
Notes: | written by John Retallack and Usifu Jalloh. part of Young Europe, a mini festival of three new European plays | |||||
| deals with the issue of slavery in a lyrical, mythical way combining verse and music | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Truant | ||
| 1st Produced: | Community Halls and Schools in Scotland | Oct 2011 | ||||
Company: | National Theatre of Scotland and Company of Angels | |||||
| 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 | #118637 | |||
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Genre: | Young Audiences | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | How do you find your limits without breaking the rules? Teenagers need to play truant from their parents to establish their own identity, their own personal values. But what happens when parents play truant from their children, when they avoid their parental duties? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ubu The Vandalist | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1983 | |||||
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 | #29355 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | From Jarry | |||||
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Virgins | ||
| 1st Produced: | Junction Theatre, Cambridge | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Company Of Angels and The Junction, Cambridge | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Company of Angels, Oberon, London, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #62398 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | How do you explore your sexuality when you are still living at home with your parents? How do your parents sustain their love life with you in the house? And why do we find it so difficult to talk about? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Wild Girl, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | London Primary Schools | 2002 | ||||
Company: | Company Of Angels and Quicksilver Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #62401 | |||
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Genre: | classroom play Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A little girl cannot speak but she can imitate the sounds that the animals make. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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