doollee banner
The Playwrights Database
contact doollee


Nell Dunn

NELL DUNN

  (1936 - )
Nationality:    English
email:    n/a     Website:    Click here

Literary Agent:    Alan Brodie Representation Ltd  represented by Kara Fitzpatrick

Born in London in 1936, playwright Nell Dunn is best known for the 1963 publication of Up the Junction, a series of short stories set in South London. the book became a controversial success because of its vibrant, realistic and nonjudgmental portrait of the working classes. It was filmed for television and film and was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. In 1967, she published her first novel Poor Cow which was made into a film starring Carol White and Terence Stamp, directed by Ken Loach. Her more recent adult books are Grandmothers (1991) and My Silver Shoes (1996). Dunn's acclaimed play Steaming was produced in 1981, won the Society of West end Theatre award, now known as the Olivier award, for Best Comedy, and was subsequently filmed by Joseph Losey with Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, and Diana Dors. Her first television film every Breath You Take was shown in 1987. She has also written Sisters, a film script commissioned by the BBC. She won the 1982 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Her 2003 play Cancer Tales has toured internationally and been greatly supported the medical profession.

Buy Plays with Doollee

Each page of doollee.com has links to play/book outlets, either directly to the Publisher, through Stageplays.com and Amazon to the second hand and 1st editions of AbeBooks. These links will automatically take you to the relevant area obviating the need for further search.
AbeBooks.co.uk   AbeBooks.com   Stageplays.com   amazon.com   amazon.co.uk   amazon.ca
whether you are a Playwright who wishes to make their entry definitive, an unlisted Playwright or a User with a tale to tell - we want to hear from you.
download WORD submission template

below is a list of Nell Dunn's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Babe XXX         Cancer Tales         Consequences         Home Death         I Want         Little Heroine, The         Lost And Found         Sisters         Steaming         Swimming Pool, The         Telling It Slant         Variety Night

Babe XXX

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Two Way Mirror, London     27 Oct 1998

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Cancer Tales

Cancer Tales
Dunn has woven the stories related to her by some cancer patients into a powerful exploration of the myths and the realities surrounding a disease whose very name, to many of us, is so terryifying.

Notes:
Previousl presented At A Macmillan Nurse' Conference. In aid of Maggie's Centres

1st Produced:
Greenwood, London     16 May 2003

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Amber Lane Press Ltd (30 Dec 2002)   978-1872868356

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Consequences

Synopsis:
eight playwrights play consequences in the 21stC as a last gasp for Foco Novo, killed by the government and the Arts Council

Notes:
written with Brenton,, Griffiths, Ikoli, Sobol, Williams, Wilson, Wymark

1st Produced:
Croydon     1988

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Colaboration

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Home Death

Home Death
In our materialist culture obsessed with youth, death has become the ultimate taboo. Inspired by real life stories, Home Death is an unflinching yet ultimately uplifting dissection of how our society deals with the reality of dying. 64% of us want to die at home, but in reality only a quarter of us do. a lingering death in a nursing home is one of the biggest fears of the elderly, and yet research from the UK thinktank Demos predicts that by 2013, 90% of us will die in the soulless setting of a hospital ward. Home Death is a courageous and profoundly compassionate new play that raises essential and urgent questions about palliative care in the UK, and celebrates the strength of friendship and love

Notes:
part of Vibrant  A Festival of Finborough Playwrights 2011

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Strawberry Vale Productions

1st Published:

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama 90 min

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  7            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

I Want

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Bertolt Brecht; Written in collaboration with Alan Brown, music by Wagner-Regeny

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Little Heroine, The

Synopsis:
Vulnerability and strengths of women through example of young heroin junkie and her success at kicking the habit.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Nuffield Theatre, Southampton     1988

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Lost And Found

Synopsis:
a play about stroke victims

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Sisters

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Wolsey Studio, Ipswich     1994

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Steaming

Steaming
in a dilapidated Turkish Bath five women of all conditions come to bare their bodies, souls and fantasies

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Theatre Royal, London     1981

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Amber Lane Press Ltd (Nov 1981)   978-0906399309

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Swimming Pool, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Telling It Slant

Synopsis:
Part of the Warehouse Festival 18 Jan-2 Feb 1982. Includes readings of extracts from Whores D'Oeuvres and aurora Leigh by Micheline Wandor, and Steaming by Nell Dunn, followed by a discussion.

Notes:
written by Nell Dunn And Micheline Wandor

1st Produced:
Warehouse, Covent Garden, London     21 Jan 1082

Organisations:
RSC

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
play reading

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
RSC ref TeT198201

Top of Page Top of Page

Variety Night

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
London     1982

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Sketches In Sketch

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page