CAROLINE SUMMERFIELD
| Nationality: | British |
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Plays by Caroline Summerfield
Berlin Christmas, A |
| 1st Produced: | Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate, London | 2000 | ||
| Company: | Eugenie Productions | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | One of the female parts would suit an American actress, another a German actress. | |||
Notes: Post-production the play has been revised and is available in a new version called simply 'Berlin'. | ||||
Synopsis: Set in contemporary Berlin Christmas follows a family's struggle to recover Holocaust Art from a German Auction House. The Stileman family have been tipped- off by an anonymous well- wisher about a forthcoming art sale in Berlin. But as they arrive in Berlin all is not what it appears to be. | ||||
Chasing Ibsen |
| 1st Produced: | 2005 | |||
| Company: | Eugenie Productions | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Set in contemporary Newcastle, Lizzie Fairweather's husband has died under mysterious circumstances leaving her two friends trying to discover if it was suicide, an accident or murder. A life line if offered to Lizzie when she has the chance to audition for the role of Nora in 'A Doll's House' and return to her career as an actress. But her life starts to take on the aspects of Nora's life in 'A Doll's House', with the arrival of the loss adjuster Mr. Kingsland, who is determined to expose the fraud which he believes Lizzie to be guilty of. | ||||
Honest Politician, An |
| 1st Produced: | National Gallery London | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| Genre: | Stage and Radio Play | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Monologue play | ||||
Synopsis: A satire inspired by the life of John Wilkes, set in C18th London. Wilkes is languishing in prison and is determined to write his autobiography, but with the arrival of a mysterious letter events do not go according to his plans | ||||
Letters of Junius |
| 1st Produced: | unproduced | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | 3 minor roles 2 female, 1 male can be played by members of the cast | |||
Notes: Would suit a large company of actors | ||||
Synopsis: Set in C18th London and inspired by the real anonymous letters written b 'Junius' attacking the Government and King George III, the play is a satire of the clash between the Press and the Government. Henry Sampson Woodfall has inherited the Public Advertiser from his father and is determined to make it a successful broadsheet, but his with has other ideas when a mysterious letter arrives penned under the name of Junius | ||||
Myself and Other Parts |
| 1st Produced: | - | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| Genre: | Stage and Radio Play | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Monologue play | ||||
Synopsis: An out of work actor lands the job of being Father Christmas in a department store and all of a sudden he appears to have the gift of making miracles happen. A modern interpretation of the Christmas message, suitable for all ages. | ||||