JUDY UPTON   (1967 - )


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Plays by Judy Upton

JUDY UPTON
Ashes And Sand
1st Produced:
1994
Company:
-
1st Published:
in "Frontline Intelligence 3" Methuen, London, 1995
in Upton Plays: 1, Methuen Drama, London, 2002 >>>
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
3
Female
4
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Hayley's gang of teenage riot girls are on a lust-or-bust rampage in their tired seaside town. Enter a young, hands-on policeman, Daniel, who owns a room full of women's shoes. Daniel and Hayley share a desire for danger, sexual release and the need to fulfil their dreams. How will they solve the confusion between lust and love, violence and tenderness in this cynical world?
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JUDY UPTON
Ballad Of A Thin Man, The
1st Produced:
Channel Theatre Company Spring Tour
2000
Company:
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1st Published:
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
based on the Pardoner's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer
Synopsis:
The action centres around the lives of three young people who live, work and play at a ramshackle farmhouse converted into a sound studio. From this isolated base Ian, Carrie, and Jade indulge their dreams of fame and fortune: Until their lives are disrupted by the arrival of McClaine, a rock musician who claims to have worked with all the great names of the sixties. Although the reason for McClaine's visit appears entirely innocent, it is not long before his presence begins to affect the entire household.
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JUDY UPTON
Bruises
1st Produced:
1995
Company:
-
1st Published:
1995
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
3
Parts Other:
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Notes:
winner of the Verity Bargate Award 1992
Synopsis:
Beyond the windows of a South Coast boarding house lies a world of violence and pain, a world where a father is passing an inheritance of drunken cruelty onto his son.
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JUDY UPTON
Confidence
1st Produced:
1998
Company:
-
1st Published:
1998
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Join The schemers and dreamers on the seafront, as another summer season begins. Amongst the paint peeling kiosks on the prom, Ella arrives like an erotic whirlwind, hell-bent on securing the elusive jackpot
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JUDY UPTON
Everlasting Rose
1st Produced:
1992
Company:
-
1st Published:
Aurora Metro Press in Best of the Fest anthology
1999
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
first play
Synopsis:
Terrified of ageing, a caravan Casanova changes wives every decade, until a woman of the 90's challenges his delusory routine
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JUDY UPTON
Girlz, The
1st Produced:
1998
Company:
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1st Published:
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
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Synopsis:
Tara and Stacey do everything together - clubbing, fighting and skiving off school. The only difference between them is their sex lives - and the rumours spreading about Stacey begin to worry Tara. When Tara starts putting pressure on Stacey to sleep with Shaun, Stacey faces some tough questions - but when things go badly wrong, it is Tara who has to find an answer
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JUDY UPTON
Hotmail From Helsinki
1st Produced:
Vienna English Theatre
2001
Company:
-
1st Published:
limited print for Austrian Schools
2001
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
A play for young people. Two young stowaways in the hold of a cargo ship bound for Helsinki. She is visiting her email penpal Benja (who may not be all she seems), he is a world traveller with a host of exciting tales about his adventures& that seem almost too good to be true. Initially they are suspicious of each other, but as a friendship grows, we learn they a girl desperate to escape bullies at home, and a boy needing to escape from the persecution in his own country.
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JUDY UPTON
Know Your Rights
1st Produced:
The Red Room at Battersea Arts Centre
1998
Company:
-
1st Published:
2002
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
-
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Jane lives below Bonnie and her 3-year-old son Jake. It's the kind of place where neighbours smile and say hallo of a morning. Then one day, on the stairs, Jake accidentally trips up Jane. . .
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JUDY UPTON
People On The River
1st Produced:
1997
Company:
-
1st Published:
2002
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
4
Female
5
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
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Synopsis:
Louise and Nicky meet for the first time on The Marina Walker TV Talk Show, where Nicky gets to perform his new single, "Hit and Run". It could have been under happier circumstances. . ... Nicky had previously killed Louise's husband in a road accident. What more could a publicist ask for ?
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JUDY UPTON
Pig In The Middle
1st Produced:
Y Touring, Schools tour and the House of Commons
1998
Company:
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1st Published:
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
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Female
5
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Set in the near future, "Pig in the Middle" explores the moral, ethical, and medical minefield of animal to human transplants
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JUDY UPTON
Shorewatchers' Horse, The
1st Produced:
1995
Company:
-
1st Published:
1996
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
The Shorewatchers' House is a violent and passionate love story set by the sea. A nuclear power station looms on the horizon. Three lovers obsessed by fear of destruction play out their fantasies of breaking free.
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JUDY UPTON
Sliding With Suzanne
1st Produced:
2001
Company:
1st Published:
2001
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
3
Female
3
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Thirty Five and on the slide, Suzanne does a runner back home to Brighton in search of a new start. But home is a place where big breaks are scarce. And kids grow up - fast. So how do you find what you want in a place like this? And who do you find it with? In financial and emotional despair, Suzanne returns to live with her mother. Instead of finding peace of mind however, her already complicated life becomes even more chaotic. A rocky relationship with her foster son Luka, a one-night stand and having to handle her mother''s boyfriend doesn''t help.
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JUDY UPTON
Stealing Souls
1st Produced:
1996
Company:
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1st Published:
2002
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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:
Twilight in Rio. Vince has raging toothache. The dentist arrives, a beautiful woman with huge white teeth. . . Stealing Souls is a story of lost love and sanguine revenge
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JUDY UPTON
Sunspots
1st Produced:
1996
Company:
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1st Published:
2002
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Pola lives in a disused amusement arcade and gets her kicks tagging railways and stealing soap bars from one-night stands. Aimee, who always did the right thing, plans to settle down with Sam in Cyprus. But Sam has collapsed and the ambulance is strangely absent. . .
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JUDY UPTON
Team Spirit
1st Produced:
2002
Company:
-
1st Published:
in International Connections: New Plays for Young People, Faber and Faber
2002
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
8
Female
5
Parts Other:
chorus
Notes:
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Synopsis:
A lone yachtswoman must win a race between Plymouth and Halifax, Nova Scotia to continue to afford to pursue her dreams, but every moment of her journey is relayed by video and internet to the media and the public. Can she weather the publicity storm as well as the worst the weather can throw at her?
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JUDY UPTON
Temple
1st Produced:
1995
Company:
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1st Published:
-
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
2 dancers
Notes:
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Synopsis:
Temple thinks there are a lot of things wrong with his family - except his beloved sister. But she's mysteriously disappeared leaving him to step into her shoes. And to take care of her teenage daughter, Kelly.
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JUDY UPTON
To Blusher With Love
1st Produced:
The Man In The Moon/Worthing Ritz
1997
Company:
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1st Published:
-
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
1
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
A pop singer disappears in mysterious circumstances. The police have only one clue - a blood stained T-shirt belonging to a 15 year old girl fan. The interrogation of the fan, Abbie, is intercut with flashback scenes from her one-sided affair with her idol. More of a who-done-what than a whodunit ?
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