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MARK RYAN (1959 - 2011) |
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Nationality: English Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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As the guitarist with Adam and the Ants, Mark Ryan was at the forefront of the New Romantic movement that swept away Punk in the late seventies. By the time the band began to achieve chart success, Ryan, whose stage name was The Kid, had already departed, following long-running disagreements. No longer an Ant, he joined The Photons and The Moors Murderers (alongside vocalist Steve Strange who would later form Visage) before studying music and developing an interest in theatre at Dartington College of Arts. On graduating, he toured with Horse and Bamboo Theatre Company before moving to Cardiff where he began to write plays, producing almost a script a year from 1990 onwards. His earliest plays were written with young people in mind, largely for companies in the Welsh capital, including the Sherman Theatre, Made in Wales, Spectacle and Equinox. His subject matter was never predictable. His work includes an opera, a one-woman show about Dorothy Squires and, for the Snap Theatre Company, he adapted Tom Jones and Pinocchio, and wrote a puppet show based on childrens books by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Another puppet show, The Lazy Ant, won an award for Best Script and Best Production at the International Childrens Theatre Festival in Shanghai. His most accomplished work, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde as Told to Carl Jung by an Inmate of Broadmoor Asylum, was seen at the Edinburgh Festival in 1998 before touring the UK and to San Francisco. His last play - Sean Tyrone, a Symphony of Horrors - was produced by Company of Sirens at the Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff in 2010. An occasional actor, he composed music for his own plays and others, often doubling up as music director in performance. Born in Tottenham, London on March 2, 1959, he is survived by his second wife and two children. He died, aged 51, after long bouts of illness from liver damage, on January 31, 2011.
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Plays by Mark Ryan
Big Bad Wolf / Y Blaidd Mawr Drwg | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2004 | ||||
Company: | Theatr na n'Og | |||||
| 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 | #65805 | |||
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Genre: | Childrens play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Branwen's Starling | ||
| 1st Produced: | Afan Forest Park, Wales | 12 Apr 2011 | ||||
Company: | Taking Flight 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 | #127344 | |||
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Genre: | adaptation, promenade performance | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Adapted from The Mabinogion by Mark Ryan | |||||
Synopsis: | The Mabinogion is a collection of Medieval Welsh folk stories, derived from pre-Christian Celtic mythology. Branwen's story is a rich seam, telling of her ill-fated marriage to Matholwch, King of Ireland, and the subsequent fury of Branwen's half-brother, Envissyen. The tale is typically medieval: in part dark, bloody yet filled with romance, magic and mystery. | |||||
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Cash | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1991 | ||||
Company: | Wot 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 | #65806 | |||
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Castradiva | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1999 | ||||
Company: | Buddug Verona James / Opera Cocktail | |||||
| 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 | #65807 | |||
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Genre: | Monologue play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Because women were banned from the stage by the Pope - castrati were used more and more. | |||||
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Danger! Animals At Work | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2009 | ||||
Company: | Spectacle 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 | #131975 | |||
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Genre: | Childrens play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A bear, a duck and a dog try to build a house | |||||
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Dorothy Squires | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1998 | ||||
Company: | Equinox 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 | #65808 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | The story of the singer Dorothy Squires (one time wife of Roger Moore). Born Edna May Squires in Pontyberem, she began to perform professionally as a singer at the age of 16. Dorothy did most of her work with the orchestra of Billy Reid, who was her partner for many years and wrote some of her best known numbers. | |||||
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1992 | ||||
Company: | Wot 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 | #65809 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Friends For Dinner | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Spectacle 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 | #65810 | |||
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Genre: | Childrens play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Three aliens land on a strange planet | |||||
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Ghost in the Attic, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Spectacle 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 | #65811 | |||
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Genre: | Youth play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | 1941 Joan lies in bed listening to footsteps in the attic above | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lazy Ant, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2001 | ||||
Company: | Spectacle 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 | #65812 | |||
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Genre: | Childrens play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Baz the Bee has to rock several thousand baby bees to sleep each night. Boris the Beetle is a bully. Solomon Snail does not like his own slime. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Perspective | ||
| 1st Produced: | Chapter, Cardiff | 2000 | ||||
Company: | Made In Wales | |||||
| 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 | #30467 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | 1933 Friedrich returned from the Great War to continue his art work. His patron allies himself with the up and coming Nazi Party | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Prime Evil | ||
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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 | #138451 | |||
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Genre: | Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | An inmate of Broadmoor Asylum tells Carl Jung the story of "Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde" | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Red Riding and the Hood | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1992 | ||||
Company: | Wot 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 | #65813 | |||
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Sean Tyrone, a Symphony of Horrors | ||
| 1st Produced: | 01 Jul 2010 | |||||
Company: | Company Of Sirens | |||||
| 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 | #116338 | |||
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Genre: | Play with music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | It seemed As If The Whole Town Had Died' Sean O'Brien left his wife and son in County Tyrone to find work as a collier in the South Wales Valleys. Years later Naihm O'Brien is dying and sends her son Jack on a quest to find what became of his father. Inspired by the great Mexican novel 'Pedro Paramo' by Juan Rulfo, the play uses an original live music score, film footage and poetry to tell the story of Jack's odyssey from child to man and from inexperience to Manhood. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sonya and the Dancing Bear | ||
| 1st Produced: | Melville Theatre, Drama Centre, Abergavenny | 2000 | ||||
Company: | Gwent 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 | #65815 | |||
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Genre: | Childrens play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 3 people | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Sonya has been in a horrible orphanage since her mother died in an air raid. She is rescued by a bear from the circus her grandfather used to work for | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde As Told To Carl Jung By An Inmate Of Broadmoor Asylum, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1997 | ||||
Company: | Equinox 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 | #46274 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Based on the book by Robert Louis Stevenson | |||||
Synopsis: | exploration of Carl Jung's theory of self using the story of Jekyll and Hyde from Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novel as the starting point. - Peter Simpson, What's On. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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What's The Big Idea? | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2002 | ||||
Company: | Spectacle 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 | #65816 | |||
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Where's Andy? | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2004 | ||||
Company: | Spectacle 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 | #65817 | |||
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Genre: | Childrens play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Ants and spiders and other creepy crawlies. Andy the Aphid is missing | |||||
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