PETER TERSON (1932 - )
| Nationality: | British |
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Plays by Peter Terson
1861 Whitby Lifeboat Disaster, The |
| 1st Produced: | Stoke-on-Trent | 1970 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Woodhouse, Todmorden, Yorkshire | 1979 | ||
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| Genre: | Documentary | Documentary | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Synopsis: about the disaster which left destitute 11 widows and 42 children in a hard little town utterly dependent on the sea for its living | ||||
Adventures of Gervase Beckett, The; or, The Man Who Changed Places |
| 1st Produced: | Stoke-on-Trent | 1969 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London | 1973 | ||
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| Genre: | Historical Comedy | - | Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 4 |
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Notes: - | ||||
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Aesop's Fables |
| 1st Produced: | Stoke-on-Trent | 1983 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1986 | ||
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| Genre: | Childrens | Youth Audience | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 21 characters | |||
Notes: music by Jeff Parton | ||||
Synopsis: the long journey for Aesop to almighty Zeus in an effort to gain his liberty and then to spread the wisdom of his fables | ||||
Affair at Bennett's Hill, The, (Worcs) |
| 1st Produced: | Stoke-on-Trent | 1970 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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All Honour Mr Todd |
| 1st Produced: | Stoke-on-Trent | 1966 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 |
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Apprentices, The |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1968 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Penguin, London | 1970 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Synopsis: Class struggle between the paternalistic firm and its apprentices | ||||
Ballad of Ben Bagot, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
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| 1st Published: | in "Prompt 2", Hutchinson, London | 1976 | ||
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| Genre: | Teenage Drama | - | Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
Notes: televised 1977 | ||||
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Ballad Of the Artificial Mash, The |
| 1st Produced: | Stoke-on-Trent | 1967 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Horror story | - | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: music and songs by Gillian Brown | ||||
Synopsis: Larger than life business leaders and scientists in pollution drama | ||||
Banger, The |
| 1st Produced: | Nottingham | 1978 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
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Bread and Butter Trade, The |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1976 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
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But Fred, Freud is Dead |
| 1st Produced: | Stoke-on-Trent | 1972 | ||
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| 1st Published: | in "Plays and Players", London, March | 1972 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Cadium Firty |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1971 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Chestnuts |
| 1st Produced: | Octagon Bolton | 1991 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Clayhanger |
| 1st Produced: | Victoria, Stoke-on-Trent | 1967 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 8 |
| Parts Other: | singers | |||
Notes: written with Joyce Holliday (Cheeseman), from novel by Arnold Bennett | ||||
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Cul de Sac |
| 1st Produced: | 1978 | |||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
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Dividing Fence, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
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| 1st Published: | in "Wordplays 2" Hutchinson, London | 1982 | ||
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| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 11 + Fxtras | |||
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England, My Own |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1978 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Family Ties |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1977 | ||
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| 1st Published: | in "Act 2", Hutchinson, London | 1979 | ||
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Notes: includes Wrong First Time, Never Right, Yet Again | ||||
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Forest Lodge |
| 1st Produced: | Salisbury | 1977 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
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Fuzz |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1969 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
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Geordie's March |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1973 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Good Lads At Heart |
| 1st Produced: | Jeanetta Cochrane, London | 1971 | ||
| Company: | National Youth Theatre | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: directed by Michael Croft and barrie Rutter | ||||
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Holder Dying |
| 1st Produced: | Stoke-on-Trent | 1966 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | extracts | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Hotel Dorado |
| 1st Produced: | Newcastle upon Tyne | 1985 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
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I'm In Charge of These Ruins |
| 1st Produced: | Stoke-on-Trent | 1966 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
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Inside-Outside |
| 1st Produced: | Nottingham | 1970 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Jock-on-the-Go |
| 1st Produced: | Stoke-on-Trent | 1966 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 9 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: from the story Jock-at-a-Venture by Arnold Bennett | ||||
Synopsis: 19th century Yorkshire lad on the make | ||||
Labels |
| 1st Produced: | Bridstow Hall in Herefordshire , UK | 1995 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: written by Jon Hurley and Peter Terson. after an amateur run out at Glewstone Court, with another well known playright, Alec Rowe playing Danny Doyle, 'an intense poetic figure' , Labels had its professional premiere at Bridstow Hall in Herefordshire on March the 17th., 1995. Labels featured James Masters, Ray Scott-Johnson and Jason Furneval, three actors who had featured in a number of Peter's previous plays. Jon Hurley | ||||
Synopsis: about a once famous wine man who hits rock bottom after a tragic event and attempts to make a comeback | ||||
Limes, The, and I Kid You Not |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1979 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
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Lost Yer Tongue? |
| 1st Produced: | Newcastle upon Tyne | 1974 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
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Love Us and Leave us |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1976 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: written with Paul Joyce | ||||
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Mighty Reservoy, The |
| 1st Produced: | Stoke-on-Trent | 1964 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "New English Dramatists Vol.14" Penguin, London | 1970 | ||
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| Genre: | Naturalistic comedy | - | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - |
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Synopsis: struggles with the dark, elemental forces of nature centring on a reservoir | ||||
Moby Dick |
| 1st Produced: | Stoke-on-Trent | 1972 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: from novel by Melville | ||||
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Mooney And his Caravans |
| 1st Produced: | Hamstead Theatre Club,London | 1968 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Penguin, London | 1970 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: televised 1966 | ||||
Synopsis: A couple on a caravan site driven away by the site owner | ||||
Most Cheerful Man, The |
| 1st Produced: | Stoke-on-Trent | 1973 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Never Right, Yet Again |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Night John, The |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1980 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
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Night To Make the Angels Weep, A |
| 1st Produced: | Stoke-on-Trent | 1964 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "New English Dramatists 11", Penguin, London | 1967 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Naturalistic comedy | - | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Pied Piper, The |
| 1st Produced: | Stoke-on-Trent | 1980 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1982 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
Notes: from poem by Robert Browning, music by Jeff Parton | ||||
Synopsis: rats and children follow the leader | ||||
Pinvin Careless and His Lines of Force |
| 1st Produced: | Stoke-on-Trent | 1977 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Prisoners Of The War |
| 1st Produced: | Newcastle upon Tyne | 1971 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Rat Run, The |
| 1st Produced: | Stoke-on-Trent | 1965 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - |
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Rattling the Railings |
| 1st Produced: | Soho Poly Theatre, London | 1978 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1979 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
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