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PETER YATES |
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Nationality: British Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: n/a |
Peter Yates grew up on the streets around Theatre 503 [formerly The Latchmere] in Battersea and so was pleased to have a couple of plays staged there by Practicum Theatre in 2006. Having written and directed the musical STC: The Eighteenth Century Junkie at the Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton, he went on to form First Among Sequels with Jenny Wafer, specifically to take new writing to the Edinburgh Fringe, which it did successfully for several years. This was succeeded by his latest company, Random Cactus, which took the acclaimed Lie Detector Truth Detector, directed by Marie Bobin, to Edinburgh in 2007. Formerly a cricket writer, Peter appeared as the "Bad Director" in the BBC programme The Good the Bad and the Ugly. He teaches drama and is married with two children - Lucy is a runner and Dom is a Lighting Designer.
Plays by Peter Yates
14 Seconds | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Spaces @ Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh Festival Fringe) | 2009 | ||||
Company: | Random Cactus | |||||
| 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 | #100902 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | You're arrested. You demand your rights. They're denied. You argue. They beat you up. You complain. They laugh. You prosecute. They're hysterical. You ask for justice. On holiday. So you protest. You're arrested . . .Random Cactus presents a startling indictment of modern policing in the UK where function creep combines with a gung-ho mentality amongst the younger elements of the force to create an ubiquitous low-level of corruption. The public thinks Policemen are the Law. The Police believe they are above the law. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Big Yellow Taxi | ||
| 1st Produced: | St. Albans | 1991 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38541 | |||
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Genre: | Green' Thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 30 (mostly variable m/f) + crowd. Some doubling possible | |||||
Notes: | This is a fast moving thriller set against a backdrop of pressing ecological issues. Through varied characters and an exciting storyline it gives a realistic insight into the way that the environment, power and corruption may be inextricably interwoven an | |||||
Synopsis: | Douglas Mitchell is a young, up-and-coming "Green" politician standing for The Environment Party. An outspoken campaigner and whistleblower on ecological issues he becomes a marked man under investigation by a secret Government agency. Framed and jailed for arson he is helped by an investigative journalist who himself becomes the target | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Canada Dry | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tabard Theatre, Turnham Green | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Random Cactus & The Wireless Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | LULU Publishing. http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=3158017 (2008) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #93515 | |||
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Genre: | Satire | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Canadian manager sent in to deal with under-performing British advertising team - with disastrous results | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Corkage | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tabard Theatre, Turnham Green | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Random Cactus & The Wireless Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | LULU Publishing. http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=3158017 (2008) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #93513 | |||
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Genre: | Satire | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Essex Bourgeoisie regale their neighbours with the story of their daughter's wedding wine scam. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Crazy Patterns | ||
| 1st Produced: | Southampton | 2005 | ||||
Company: | SUSU | |||||
| 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 | #51965 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Connie and Josh's marriage has fallen apart. Josh becomes involved with a cult interested in the couple's twin children. Connie has to fight to get her children back with the aid of a young policeman and a priest whilst Josh's psychological problems surface. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dignity | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1999 | ||||
Company: | http://www.musemachine.co.uk | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Urban Cycles,SchoolPlay Productions Ltd, Colchester, Essex, UK >>>, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #46580 | |||
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Genre: | Youth inner city drama, 30 min Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 80+ (m/f variable with multiple doubling opportunities.) | |||||
Notes: | written by Peter Yates & Jenny Wafer. Particularly suitable for GCSE Drama | |||||
Synopsis: | Three Inner City Dramas. Three members of the same family dealt with harshly by society in the Inner City. Dignity: Frank Bodelman snr., a pensioner, is harassed in his own home by local children and then exploited by an unscrupulous security contractor. Wages Day: Bodelman's son, Frank jnr., leads a strike at the local factory with devastating personal consequences. Real Gone Kid: Frank's son Gavin runs away from home and becomes involved with drug dealers. Inspired by the music of Ricky Ross. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Encounters With Doormen | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||||
Company: | Random Cactus & The Wireless Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | LULU Publishing. http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=3158017 (2008) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #84251 | |||
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Genre: | Short Comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The Wireless Theatre Company: click on www.wirelesstheatrecompany.com.uk for free downloads of plays. | |||||
Synopsis: | A clubber and his girlfriend try their luck at negotiating that most precarious of obstacles - the Night Club Doorman. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Fantasy In Blue | ||
| 1st Produced: | St. Albans | 1995 | ||||
Company: | SAS | |||||
| 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 | #73211 | |||
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Genre: | rock musical Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 16 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | Musicians and chorus | |||||
Notes: | Music by Martin Vishnick | |||||
Synopsis: | Loosely based on guitarist Peter Green, the show follows the meteoric rise and drug-induced fall of a rock guitarist. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Feint Traces of an Alien Being | ||
| 1st Produced: | Playroom, Cambridge | 1998 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | FAS, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38542 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Co-writer Jenny Wafer | |||||
Synopsis: | Brady is a writer, Chrissie is a sculptor: they are having an affair. When they team up with the strange, mystical Nate, who seems to appear from nowhere, their careers take off but then their lives start to fall apart | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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First Casualty | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Rag Factory, [rehearsed reading] | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Random Cactus | |||||
| 1st Published: | LULU Publishing. http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=3158017 (2008) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #73150 | |||
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Genre: | political satire Satire | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Originally written as part of Lie Detector Truth Detector but not included in the first production | |||||
Synopsis: | Set in a war-zone, a former advertising agency has been commandeered by the government as its propaganda machine. There's a body in the office, the top spin doctor is dead and the ex-admen have a pressing copy deadline. How do they sell the use of battlefield nuclear weapons as the acceptable face of modern anti-terrorist warfare? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Giant! | ||
| 1st Produced: | School of St. Clare, Penzance | 1988 | ||||
Company: | Cormoran Productions | |||||
| 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 | #73210 | |||
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Genre: | children's musical Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 10-100 mixed m/f | |||||
Notes: | Music by Michael Dyer. Some great songs and lots of chorus work for big junior school productions | |||||
Synopsis: | A small fishing village is beset by Cormoran, the Giant of St. Michael's Mount, and his Minions. The Townsfolk are in fear of losing their livelihood from the sea but are saved by the arrival of James Anthony Charles Kilroy - Jack, the Giant Killer, and his friends. He teams up with Frances, the publican's daughter, and Neptune and his Waves, to finally rid the village of its scourge. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Gullibility Factor | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tabard Theatre, Turnham Green | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Random Cactus & The Wireless Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | LULU Publishing. http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=3158017 (2008) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | An Audio Version is downloadable from www.thewirelesstheatrecompany.com 2008 | doollee no | #87413 | |||
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Genre: | Satire | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | Can double to 2M/2F | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Five short plays on the theme of Gullibility in the 21st Century. Bouncers, Ad Men, Profanity, Nouveau Riche Wine Snobs and Propaganda are dealt with in satirical fashion. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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In a Fantasy League of their Own | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2000 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | FAS, 2000 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38543 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Co-writer Jenny Wafer | |||||
Synopsis: | A TV Tycoon leads a gang, including a Footballer, a Journalist and a Professional Gambler, who kidnap the Premiership's first female referee, all for their own particular reasons. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Inventing Danny | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2000 | |||||
Company: | First Among Sequels | |||||
| 1st Published: | FAS, 2000 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38544 | |||
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Genre: | Farce | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Co-writer Jenny Wafer | |||||
Synopsis: | A group of former students re-unite after ten years and decide to launch an imaginary Rock Icon through an all too gullible tabloid media | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Katie And Hugo Are Magic! | ||
| 1st Produced: | Greyfriars Kirkhouse, Edinburgh | 2005 | ||||
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 | #60884 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by Jenny Wafer and Peter Yates | |||||
Synopsis: | Katie and Hugo think they've been happily married for ten years. . .until they wake up one morning to find they've been reviewed. As the pursuit of public approbation becomes an obsession, so their lives descend into an increasingly surreal and ultimately destructive spiral. . ..A very dark, very funny comedy | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lie Detector | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
Company: | Practicum Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | LULU Publishing. http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=3158017 (2008) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #54514 | |||
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Genre: | satire One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Directed by Marie Bobin as part of Practicum Theatre's "Breaking News: The Rachel Corrie Ban", which consisted of political pieces to mark the "withdrawl" of "My Name is Rachel Corrie" in New York. | |||||
Synopsis: | A suspect is questioned by a secret service agent using sophisticated polygraph equipment with surprising results | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lie Detector Truth Detector | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
Company: | Random Cactus | |||||
| 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 | #73147 | |||
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Genre: | political satire Satire | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | doubling possible | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Three thematically linked plays that explore the increasing encroachment by Government on personal liberty in the name of the War on Terror. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Life Less Ordinary People, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
Company: | Practicum Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #57516 | |||
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Genre: | Short Comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Directed by Fiona Morrell as part of Practicum Theatre's Real To Reel Show | |||||
Synopsis: | Two very ordinary people turn out to be spies. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Losers' Guide to the Modern World, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | FAS, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38545 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 8 M/F (or 2 M/F doubling) | |||||
Notes: | Co-writer Jenny Wafer | |||||
Synopsis: | Four self-contained plays dealing with the trials of 21st century living | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Monitor Thirteen | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
Company: | Random Cactus | |||||
| 1st Published: | LULU Publishing. http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=3158017 (2008) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #73148 | |||
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Genre: | political satire Satire | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Presented as part of Lie Detector Truth Detector | |||||
Synopsis: | A shopping mall, a CCTV monitor station and hours of boredom to fill. Two Security Guards dream up their own private nightmare. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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More To Life Than Sex | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||||
Company: | http://www.musemachine.co.uk | |||||
| 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 | #39694 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 1b 1g | |||||
Notes: | Notes: Starting as a romantic comedy and then taking a sinster turn, this contoversial play deals with the problems of Internet grooming. | |||||
Synopsis: | Gerald, A sound engineer, meets Lizzie, a single mother of two, through an Internet Dating website. He finds himself completely out of his depth when Lizzie's daughter goes missing. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Out Of Time | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1997 | |||||
Company: | First Among Sequels | |||||
| 1st Published: | FAS, 1997 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38546 | |||
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Genre: | thriller One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Co-writer Jenny Wafer | |||||
Synopsis: | An acquaintance from the distant past turns up at Sylvy's house claiming he has killed her husband. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Real Gone Kid | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1999 | ||||
Company: | http://www.musemachine.co.uk | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Urban Cycles,SchoolPlay Productions Ltd, Colchester, Essex, UK >>>, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #50565 | |||
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Genre: | Youth inner city drama, 30 min Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 80+ (m/f variable with multiple doubling opportunities.) | |||||
Notes: | written by Peter Yates & Jenny Wafer. Particularly suitable for GCSE Drama | |||||
Synopsis: | Three Inner City Dramas. Three members of the same family dealt with harshly by society in the Inner City. Dignity: Frank Bodelman snr., a pensioner, is harassed in his own home by local children and then exploited by an unscrupulous security contractor. Wages Day: Bodelman's son, Frank jnr., leads a strike at the local factory with devastating personal consequences. Real Gone Kid: Frank's son Gavin runs away from home and becomes involved with drug dealers. Inspired by the music of Ricky Ross. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Reality Checker, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | New Place, St Albans | 2005 | ||||
Company: | http://www.musemachine.co.uk | |||||
| 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 | #53026 | |||
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Genre: | Thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Deep in our subconscious lurks the nasty stuff. No-one can control when it decides to surface. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Secret Art of Auditions, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | New Place, St Albans | 2003 | ||||
Company: | http://www.musemachine.co.uk | |||||
| 1st Published: | FAS, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38547 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | Children (1M 1F) | |||||
Notes: | Commisioned for the opening of New Place, a new studio theatre in St. Albans. Described by Mike Newell (Director of Four Weddings and a Funeral) as excruciatingly accurate and very funny | |||||
Synopsis: | Three self-contained playlets. Part One: A C-List actor's desperate attempts to secure a role in a TV show through audition with a casting director who turns out to be harbouring a long-time secret ambition. Part Two: An Am-Dram group auditions a famous film star for a role in the Christmas Charity Panto. Part Three: The C-List actor tries again: this time his auditioners are not quite what he expected. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sins Attached | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2002 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | FAS, 2002 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38548 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Jenny Wafer, music by Michael Dyer | |||||
Synopsis: | An updated version of the Dr. Faustus story centred on the Lottery. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Song of the Suitcase Man | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2001 | |||||
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 | #38549 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Co-writer Jenny Andrews | |||||
Synopsis: | Harry wants to go to Toronto. Are the two strangers in his flat there to help him | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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STC: The Eighteenth Century Junkie | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1987 | |||||
Company: | Somerset Opera Group | |||||
| 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 | #73209 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 10 | ||
Parts other: | chorus | |||||
Notes: | Music by Michael Dyer | |||||
Synopsis: | Based on the life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge the show explores the effect of his drug-taking through his major poems - Christobel, Kubla Khan, and the Rime of the Ancient Mariner. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tears Of A Clone | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2000 | |||||
Company: | First Among Sequels | |||||
| 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 | #73212 | |||
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Genre: | Revue | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by Peter Yates and Jenny Wafer. First performed by Adam Shindler and Tom Martin | |||||
Synopsis: | Series of satirical revue sketches | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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They Never Say Fuck on the Archers | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tabard Theatre, Turnham Green | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Random Cactus & The Wireless Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | LULU Publishing. http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=3158017 (2008) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #93514 | |||
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Genre: | Satire | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Sound Techie meets Prim and Proper Eco-warrior: language is an issue. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Truth Detector | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
Company: | Random Cactus | |||||
| 1st Published: | LULU Publishing. http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=3158017 (2008) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #73149 | |||
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Genre: | political satire Satire | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Presented as part of Lie Detector Truth Detector | |||||
Synopsis: | The passport application process turned Kafka-esque nightmare. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Wages Day | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1999 | ||||
Company: | http://www.musemachine.co.uk | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Urban Cycles,SchoolPlay Productions Ltd, Colchester, Essex, UK >>>, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #50566 | |||
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Genre: | Youth inner city drama, 30 min Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 80+ (m/f variable with multiple doubling opportunities.) | |||||
Notes: | written by Peter Yates & Jenny Wafer. Particularly suitable for GCSE Drama | |||||
Synopsis: | Three Inner City Dramas. Three members of the same family dealt with harshly by society in the Inner City. Dignity: Frank Bodelman snr., a pensioner, is harassed in his own home by local children and then exploited by an unscrupulous security contractor. Wages Day: Bodelman's son, Frank jnr., leads a strike at the local factory with devastating personal consequences. Real Gone Kid: Frank's son Gavin runs away from home and becomes involved with drug dealers. Inspired by the music of Ricky Ross. | |||||
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