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David Wake

DAVID WAKE  (1962 - )

 Nationality:    British
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below is a list of David Wake's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Captain Tartan Saves the World - Again!         Down the Hole         Flowers         Groom         Hen and Fox, The         Lifelong Yearning         One Minute Past Eight - a Sunday odyssey         Right Pair, A         Stockholm

Captain Tartan Saves the World - Again!

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Comedy

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Male:  35            Female:  18            Other:  -

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Down the Hole

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Set during the Cold War, a training session on civil defence is interrupted by a nuclear war! As the three survivors attempt to cope without training, but with the assistance of the tea lady. One of them decides they must repopulate the planet. But first they need the right form. A comedy power struggle with tea and two sugars. Very minimal set. Performed.

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New Theatre Publications(2008)   978-1840946475

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One Act Comedy

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Flowers

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Lily and Daisy, two grandmothers, accidentally meet at a bus stop and while waiting find themselves discussing the flowers that have been attached there. The play concentrates on the two ladies and their conversation, while passers-by provide a contrast to their more traditional views and prompt their discussion on how the world has changed from when they were young. The distractions of a kissing couple and two men leave with the arrival of the elusive No 50. As the two ladies wait on, the real reason they are there is revealed - they have a secret in common. Performed.

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New Theatre Publications(2003)   978-1840944051

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One Act Play/Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Groom

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A disturbing play about internet grooming that uses images of marriage: a dark love affair from the cyber age. It won the Sir Cedric Hardwicke Trophy for Best Original Script or Play in the Birmingham heats of the All England Theatre Festival. Easy to stage lending itself to a stylized production. Excellent scope for powerful acting. Performed.

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New Theatre Publications(2008)   978-1840946468

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One Act Play/Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Hen and Fox, The

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An apparently perfect couple, Jackie and Alex, arrive at the Hen and Fox pub on a date. She is bubbling with excitement about getting married, while he tells jokes to hide what he really wants to say. And it isn't just that his Decree Absolute won't arrive until after the wedding, but it's not that. Advice appears in the form of the barman Andy and Jackie's friend, Tricia. A gentle romantic comedy drama about friendship. Easily staged. Performed.

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One Act Comedy/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Lifelong Yearning

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about a chance meeting, wooing, falling in love, getting engaged, and finally living happily ever afternot necessarily in that order.

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West Midlands    2007

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One Act Comedy/Drama

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One Minute Past Eight - a Sunday odyssey

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  49            Female:  32            Other:  -

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Right Pair, A

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Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham    20 Jun 2007

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Stockholm

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A psychological drama set in a police cell during a hostage crisis. A power struggle between the three main characters (2m, 1f) that illustrates the difference between psychotic and psychopathic. Hard hitting with some appropriate bad language. This play won a number of certificates, the Rose Bowl and Trophy at the Birmingham heat of the All England Theatre Festival. It is essentially a three hander with two others and scope for numerous walk-ons. Easy to stage. Performed.

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New Theatre Publications(2007)   978-1840946321

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Genre:
One Act Play/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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