PAUL (1) THOMPSON
| Nationality: | British |
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Plays by Paul (1) Thompson
By Common Consent |
| 1st Produced: | Cockpit Theatre, London | 1974 | ||
| Company: | NYT | |||
| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London | 1975 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Political Drama | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | Large Cast | |||
Notes: BBC TV 1975. Scenario devised in collaboration with Ron Daniels. Music by Robert Campbell | ||||
Synopsis: Political fantasy about a fascist regime | ||||
Captain Swing At The Penny Gaff |
| 1st Produced: | Unity Theatre, London | 1971 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | historical/political drama with songs | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | Large Cast | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: The agricultural uprising in SE England 1830/31 | ||||
Children's Crusade, The |
| 1st Produced: | Cockpit Theatre, London | 1973 | ||
| Company: | NYT | |||
| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London | 1974 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Historical Drama | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 18 b | |||
Notes: Devised in Collaboration with Ron Daniels Music by Robert Campbell. | ||||
Synopsis: Set in Europe in the thirteenth century, the play tells of the unsuccessful attempt by thousands of German and French children, led by the thirteen-year-old Nicholas, to recapture the Holy Land after their elders had failed in the task. Through sixteen short scenes, with chants and songs to punctuate the action, we see the children move from initial idealism and high hopes to eventual disillusionment and ruin, as they come into conflict with the harsh political and economic realities of a corrupt world. And yet, in the end, it the message of hope and idealism which prevails, for the ultimate lesson of the play is that the world can and will be changed for the better when there are those willing to face its challenges, whatever the cost. | ||||
Future Perfect |
| 1st Produced: | Wakefield Tricycle Theatre | 1980 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 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: written with Michelene Wandor and Steve Gooch | ||||
Synopsis: about a Utopia with problems | ||||
Last Summer In Chulimsk |
| 1st Produced: | Cottesloe Theatre (workshop production) | 1979 | ||
| Company: | National Theatre | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Soviet drama | Translation | Parts: | Male | 2.5 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Aleksander Vampilov (play written 1971). The action takes place in an isolated Siberian community. The play was produced by the Cambridge Theatre Company, and toured nationally in 1983 and 1985. | ||||
Synopsis: gentle satire on a small group of people in a remote village in Russia; it tells of 24 hours in the life surrounding a forest cafe, in which guns are produced, marriages proposed, children banished and. . .and everything stays much the same. - Paul Allen, New Statesman | ||||
Lorenzaccio Story, The |
| 1st Produced: | Stratford On Avon | 1978 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Pluto Press, London | 1978 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Historical Drama | - | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Based on de Musset's 'Lorenzaccio', the story is retold from a new perspective | ||||
Made In Britain |
| 1st Produced: | Oxford | 1976 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 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: written with Steve Gooch | ||||
Synopsis: about the British Leyland Motor Company | ||||
Motor Show, The |
| 1st Produced: | Dagenham, Essex | 1974 | ||
| Company: | Community Theatre | |||
| 1st Published: | Pluto Press, London | 1975 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Historical Cartoon Drama | - | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
Notes: written with Steve Gooch | ||||
Synopsis: about the Ford empire, it covers the corporation's origins and bloody battle to unionise the plant, life on the line and the battles at Dagenham | ||||
Picasso Play, The |
| 1st Produced: | Workshop Production at the ICA, London | 2006 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | An Imaginary Biography | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Old Picasso is visited by a traveling theatre company. The actors are determined to show him their version of his life, but are they really who they say they are? | ||||