MARK STAY   


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Plays by Mark Stay

MARK STAY
Lying Toe-Rag
1st Produced:
Myers Studio, Epsom Playhouse
2002
Company:
Slumming-It Theatre Company
1st Published:
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Annie is a waitress working in a small café near Hyde Park. She has to put up with Toby and his little fantasy world every day. Toby is driving her mad. Toby worships her and won't take 'No,' 'Drop dead' or 'I'm calling the Police' for an answer. And then one day Toby invites Annie to dinner. He's going to tell her the truth. Every sordid little detail. And after that, if she still doesn't love him then he promises to go for good. The only catch is&she has to tell the truth too.
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MARK STAY
Me And My Monkey
1st Produced:
AbbeyFest at the Colour House Theatre
2000
Company:
Slumming-It Theatre Company
1st Published:
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-
Genre:
Black Comedy
Comedy
Parts:
Male
1
Female
4
Parts Other:
voices
Notes:
Original Music by Dominic Currie
Synopsis:
In the near future, Great Britain is at war with France, watching television gives you cancer and the One-Card is the government's way of keeping the populace in line. The One-Card is your passport, birth certificate, medical record, family gene history and curriculum vitae. It knows more about you than your mother and without it you don't exist. Meet Alan Mustard, a professional fraud, whose mission in life is to make his own blank One-Card, write his own past, present and future and then bugger off to Brazil with the profits. Say hello to his niece, Jean. Due to a genetic twist of fate, Jean doesn't exist. At least not according to the computer. If she applies for a One-Card she faces imprisonment for her part in Alan's crimes, so she's happy to enjoy the tax-free benefits of being a nobody until Alan can knock-up a fake card for her. But then Jean is offered a name, a job and a place in the real world. All she has to do is turn in the man she calls her uncle. But how do you catch a crook who, according to the almighty computer, has never done a wrong thing in his life?
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MARK STAY
Twelve-Inch Pianist, The
1st Produced:
House Theatre, Merton Abbey Mills
2001
Company:
Slumming-It Theatre Company
1st Published:
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
voices
Notes:
Original Music by Dominic Currie
Synopsis:
Some of us achieve greatness; others have it thrust upon them and some still live with their mums. Pete and Stuart were left behind. Their band, Agnostic Chocolate, broke up after their lead singer dumped them to become one of the biggest pop stars in the world. Ten years later Pete is a marketing executive with a tenuous grip on his sanity and Stuart is a socialist protest singer still living with his mum. They now lead bitter and twisted lives pretending to be happy with their lot. Until the week it all fell apart.
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MARK STAY
Unusually Tall Boy
1st Produced:
Myers Studio, The Epsom Playhouse
1999
Company:
Slumming-It Theatre Company
1st Published:
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-
Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
4
Female
4
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Music by Dominic Currie
Synopsis:
Well - My parents are about to split up - I think. They argue a lot anyway, in fact they thrive on it. Dad could swear for England and mum knows exactly what buttons to push when it comes to winding people up; they argue like no-one else I know. But it's all a bit different this time. Mum's pregnant. She only had me when she was fifteen and from what I've heard it was the hardest time of her life and for some reason she wants to go through it all again. Well, I say 'Some reason', the local tongue-waggers reckon it's just to keep dad, but - Mum's not like that. She's not. Dad's job seems to consist of either dealing with people who are trying to get him sacked, sitting in traffic or selling fizzy drinks to people who don't want them. It was his idea to come on this holiday to get away from all that and relax. But it's just meant that instead of shouting at each other in the evenings we can now do it all day - We never really go anywhere as a family. All we ever do is watch telly - Morris fits in nowhere. His family is falling apart, no-one reads the same books as him and sex is something like the UFO conspiracies he's heard about; It's everywhere but he has yet to get his hands on any real evidence. But a camping weekend near Hastings affords him the chance to discover what it's all about as his parents attempt to patch up their marriage by arguing as loudly as possible and embarrassing Morris at every opportunity.
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MARK STAY
Waiting for Eddie
1st Produced:
Leatherhead Festival
2004
Company:
Slumming-It Theatre Company
1st Published:
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-
Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
1
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
After Sam killed her boyfriend Eddie she thought she's seen the last of him, but he stubbornly refuses to go away, especially now that his ex-wife has turned up wondering where the Hell he is. 'Waiting for Eddie' is an old fashioned story of ghosts, murder, revenge, buckets of blood and property prices in a sellers' market. Warning! The play contains loud bangs and is guaranteed* to scare the bejeesus out of you! *Not a guarantee!
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