SUE TOWNSEND (1946 - )
| Nationality: | British |
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Plays by Sue Townsend
Bazaar and Rummage |
| 1st Produced: | 1982 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | 1984 | |||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 6 |
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Synopsis: Gwenda, an ex-agoraphobic, leads a self-help group of three who have been unable to leave their homes for a variety of reasons. She forces them to help at a local bazaar, enlisting the support of Miss, a trainee social-worker. While sorting through the rummage their individual fears erupt but calm is restored by the ever-sensible Fliss. As they leave the hall it is apparent their agoraphobia is not cured but they have made the effort. | ||||
Captain Christmas and the Evil Adults |
| 1st Produced: | Leicester | 1982 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Clients |
| 1st Produced: | Croydon, Surrey | 1983 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Dayroom |
| 1st Produced: | Croydon, Surrey | 1981 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Disneyland It Ain't |
| 1st Produced: | 1990 | |||
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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 or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Synopsis: A dying child acts as a focus for others rage and fear | ||||
Ear, Nose and Throat |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1988 | ||
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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 or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Ghost Of Daniel Lambert, The |
| 1st Produced: | 1981 | |||
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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 or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | musical drama | - | Parts: | Male | 18 | Female | 14 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Notes: Directed by Chris Martin. Principal roles played by Edward Clayton, Perry Cree, Alan David and Roberta Kerr. Music by Rick Lloyd | ||||
Synopsis: The play is set in the years 1809 through to 1981 telling the story of a famous Leicester character by the name of Daniel Lambert who weighed 52 stone and 4 pounds. | ||||
Great Celestial Cow, The |
| 1st Produced: | Leicester | 1984 | ||
| Company: | Joint Stock | |||
| 1st Published: | 1984 | |||
| 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 | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 8 characters | |||
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Synopsis: concerned with questions of community and of growth through sharing experiences within the Asian community | ||||
Groping for Words |
| 1st Produced: | Croydon, Surrey | 1983 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | 1984 | |||
| 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: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
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Notes: aka Are You Sitting Comfortably? | ||||
Synopsis: Illiteracy problems studied from the class perspective | ||||
In the Club and Up the Spout |
| 1st Produced: | on tour | 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 or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Queen and I, The |
| 1st Produced: | 1994 | |||
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| 1st Published: | 1994 | |||
| 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 with songs | Play with Music | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 9 |
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Notes: music & lyrics Mickey Gallagher and Ian Dury | ||||
Synopsis: The Queen and her family are deposed by a new Republican Government and allocated housing on a Leicester Council estate | ||||
Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4, The |
| 1st Produced: | Leicester | 1984 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | 1985 | |||
| 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 with Music | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | 1b 2g | |||
Notes: songs by Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley | ||||
Synopsis: comedy of adolescent manners follows the efforts of a spotty teenager to make sense of adults | ||||
Ten Tiny Fingers, Nine Tiny Toes |
| 1st Produced: | Library Theatre, Manchester | 1989 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | 1990 | |||
| 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: | tragi comedy | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 |
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Synopsis: set in a future Britain where only the upper strata of society are allowed to reproduce and all children must be perfect specimens if they are to live. | ||||
Womberang |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1980 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | 1984 | |||
| 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: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 |
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Notes: aka The Waiting Room | ||||
Synopsis: the institutionalising power of hospitals | ||||