ADRIANO SHAPLIN   


Adriano Shaplin
   Nationality:
American
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Plays by Adriano Shaplin

ADRIANO SHAPLIN
Pugilist Specialist
1st Produced:
2003
Company:
The Riot Group
1st Published:
Oberon, London
2004
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
3
Female
1
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Notes: -
Synopsis: a blistering drama about the hunt for evil in foreign lands.
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ADRIANO SHAPLIN
Switch Triptych
1st Produced:
2005
Company:
The Riot Group
1st Published:
Oberon, London
2005
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
3
Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: The play is set in New York in 1919. This is a time of change following a war. In the telephone exchange where the action takes place, a more radical change is coming in the form of the Strogen, an automated switchboard that will make the triptych of operators (looking much more creations of Francis Bacon than the renaissance) redundant in their own mini industrial revolution. he exploration of their reactions encompasses a picture of New York, an investigation of the battle between the sexes in a patriarchal society where the men are weak, individuality versus unionisation and in a mysterious way, a look at religion.
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ADRIANO SHAPLIN
Victory At The Dirt Palace
1st Produced:
2002
Company:
The Riot Group
1st Published:
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Synopsis: The two most popular news broadcasters in the nation are father and daughter working for rival networks. Their vicious battle for supremacy becomes a national drama as sex scandals, terrorism, and dementia threaten both their careers. Loosely based on King Lear, Victory At The Dirt Palace is a vicious, witty avant-drama about primetime royalty and corruption.
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ADRIANO SHAPLIN
Why I Want to Shoot Ronald Reagan
1st Produced:
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1998
Company:
The Riot Group
1st Published:
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Synopsis: A multi-layered meditation on political assassination and pre-millenial tension, Why I Want to Shoot Ronald Reagan uses the life and writings of John Hinkley Jr. to explore the intersections of fame and obsession which compose the American media landscape.
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ADRIANO SHAPLIN
Wreck The Airline Barrier
1st Produced:
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1999
Company:
The Riot Group
1st Published:
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Synopsis: Steve, Stone, and Sarah are three peppy Americans who meet each other on a passenger flight to Spain. They each say goodnight to their kids on their mobile phones, share their fears of flying while waiting in the departure lounge, then board their flight (where the meal choices are "chicken or egg"). Later on, the plane will crash. . ..Wreck the Airline Barrier is a quick-witted and brutal indictment of new-age conservatism and middle-class race evasion, performed with religious intensity by three actors who occupy a dizzying array of characters and voices.
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ADRIANO SHAPLIN
Zero Yard, The
1st Produced:
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2000
Company:
The Riot Group
1st Published:
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Synopsis: A dark and illegible tour-de-force on political and sexual domination. Set inside a prison, The Zero Yard details the struggle of a young female inmate against the structures of institutional terror. Locked amongst hardened criminals and sociopathic guards, she must translate the dense layers of violence and decode the prison mythology in order to survive her stay in "the zero yard, where no saints are allowed. . ."
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