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PETER WHELAN (1931 - ) |
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Nationality: English Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: The Agency (London) Ltd |
Peter Whelan is an award-winning playwright who has been producing modern classic plays since 1970s. He began his career in advertising and short film scripting before starting to write for the stage. In 1996 he was appointed an Honorary Artistic Associate of the Royal Shakespeare Company. His numerous plays include A Revolutionary Marriage, The Earthly Paradise, A Russian in the Woods, Overture, Divine Right, The Herbal Bed, Shakespeare Country and The School of Night.
Plays by Peter Whelan
Accrington Pals, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Warehouse, Covent Garden, London | 10 Apr 1981 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in Whelan Plays: 1, Methuen, London, 2003 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1408137109 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36859 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 | ||
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| The Accrington Pals is a poignant and harrowing play set in the early years of the First World War, as the country's jingoistic optimism starts to wane and the true terror of warfare gradually becomes clear. The play looks at both the terrifying experiences of the men at the front and the women who were left behind to face social changes, deprivation and the lies of propaganda. While often comic vignettes portray the everyday life of a town denuded of men, the men face the terror that is the Battle of the Somme. This compassionate play portrays the devastating effects of war on a typical Lancashire mill town and the suffering of everyday people. | |||||
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Bright and Bold Design, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Pit, London | 1991 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Warner Chappell Plays, London, 1991 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36860 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 6 | ||
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Captain Swing | ||
| 1st Produced: | Stratford-on-Avon | 1978 | ||||
Company: | RSC | |||||
| 1st Published: | Collings, London, 1979 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36861 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 13 | Female | 3 | ||
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Clay | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1982 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36862 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | three generations share a converted hill farm turned pottery studio and are confronted by distant terrors which threaten to blight their most basic and private freedoms | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Cold Wind Blowing Up, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Cologne, Germany | 1983 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36863 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | written with Les Darbon | |||||
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Divine Right | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1996 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Warner Chappell Plays, London, 1996 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36864 | |||
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Genre: | Topical Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Year 2000 | |||||
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Double Edge | ||
| 1st Produced: | Richmond Theatre, Richmond, Surrey | 1975 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1976 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36865 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Leslie Darbon | |||||
Synopsis: | failed assassination of Prime Minister and death of Home Secretaries wife investigated by Oxford Professor of History | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Earthly Paradise, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #43582 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Like William Morris, one of his key characters, Whelan is a great "unearther"; and what he has here unearthed is the strange drama played out at Kelmscott Manor in the early 1870s between Morris, his wife Janey and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Morris took himself off to Iceland each summer to allow Janey to fulfil her role as Rossetti's model, muse and idealised lover. But, according to Whelan, the relationship stopped short of physical consummation, which only served to fuel Rossetti's incipient madness. - Billington, Guardian | |||||
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Herbal Bed The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Other Place Theatre, Stratford, UK | 1996 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36866 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Based on actual events in which Shakespeare's daughter sues for slander. | |||||
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Lakota | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1970 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36867 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | written with Don Kincaid | |||||
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Nativity | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36868 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | written with Bill Alexander | |||||
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Night Before The Morning After Show, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | New Victoria, North Staffs | 1992 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #57429 | |||
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Genre: | Musical Review | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 5 | ||
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Notes: | written by Alan Ayckbourn, Oliver Beamish, Ken Campbell, Bob Eaton, Sayan Kent, John Kirkpatrick, Byrony Lavery, Jenny Lecoat, Chris Martin, Greg Palmer, Carole Ruggier, Peter Whelan and Johnson Willis | |||||
Synopsis: | with the programme you get a party pack of paper hats and streamers and the skits continue | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Overture | ||
| 1st Produced: | New Victoria, N Staffs | 1997 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36869 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Russian In The Woods, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Other Place Theatre, Stratford, UK | 2001 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36870 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 1 | ||
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| Amongst the ruins of post-war Berlin, a young soldier is sent for a weekend to guard a deserted British army office. In the corrosive atmosphere of Cold War power struggles, he innocently finds himself caught up in a situation where his conscience is on trial. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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School Of The Night, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Other Place Theatre, Stratford, UK | 1992 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Warner Chappell Plays, London, 1992 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36871 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Charged with treason and heresy Christopher Marlowe is on the run from the law. As he sits in the Rose Theatre, hiding, and composing his greatest lyric, Marlowe reflects upon the intrigues that have brought him to the brink of ruin, and contemplates his escape from England before the inevitable and mysterious bar-room brawl that will end his life on 30 May 1593 | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Shakespeare Country | ||
| 1st Produced: | Nationwide | 1993 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Warner Chappell Plays, London, 1993 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36872 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tinder Box, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1995 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1995 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36873 | |||
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Genre: | Play with Music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | Story by Hans Christian Andersen | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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World's Apart | ||
| 1st Produced: | Stratford-on-Avon | 1986 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36874 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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