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Richard Hurford

RICHARD HURFORD

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

         20 Tiny Plays about Sheffield         Asl: Age, Sex, Location         Battina And the Moon         Bedevilled         Boys' Stuff         Casualties         Catcher - Before Chapman Shot Lennon         Confessions Of A City         Eyecatcher         Frankenstein         Gorbelly         Hourglass         iShandy         Killing Camilla         Lives In Art         Moby Dick         Museum Gardens After Dark: Illuminating York         Mystery Of Jack And the Clones Of Chaos, The         Secret Solstice         Some Like It Hotter         Three Musketeers, The         Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out         What Light

20 Tiny Plays about Sheffield

Synopsis:
20 Tiny Plays. 1 big city. A theatrical experience unique to Sheffield. After the success of their inaugural production, Lives in Art, Sheffield People's theatre presents a compilation of five-minute plays, written by twenty writers, old and new, spanning a range of performance genres. Full of Dramatic, quirky and surprising perceptions of Sheffield in the twenty-first century, 20 Tiny Plays about Sheffield is an eclectic mix of what we all love& or hate about our seven hills and the people that know them.

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written by Chris Bush, Helen eastman, Tim etchells, Sally Goldsmith, Pete Goodland, Richard Hurford, Marcia Layne, Tom Lodge, Andrew McMillan, DC Moore, Kate O'Reilly, Laurence Peacock, Michael Crow, Stephanie Street, Andrew Thompson, Chris Thorpe, Louise Wellwein

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Sheffield People's Theatre

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5 min play

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Asl: Age, Sex, Location

Synopsis:
How come I am to be tried for a murder. . .That was committed by someone I never met. . .Of a man I never knew. . .and holding a baby I don't want. . .ever topical aSL dives headlong into the world of chatrooms where users can decide to tell the truth. . .or not. With live webcams and interactive online chat this is a story for Generation Text. Identity, gender and sexuality and the ability to change all of these are brought sharply into focus at the press of a button. . .
- http://www.arts-archive.co.uk/index.php?pg=12&action=work&genre=P&gname=Play&wid=S1318085656

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Battina And the Moon

Synopsis:
the story of a girl who wants to be a bat. . .as Battina hangs upside down in her wardrobe, the restless moon searches for a child to adopt.
- http://www.arts-archive.co.uk/index.php?pg=12&action=work&genre=P&gname=Play&wid=S01073750818

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1st Produced:
Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield, South Yorkshire    37966

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Bedevilled

Synopsis:
Set in an apparently respectable Victorian household the play reveals a web of lies, sex and addiction. Was she an innocent woman pursued by the press or a murderess?

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Boys' Stuff

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Casualties

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Theatre in the Mill, Bradford, West Yorkshire    26 May 2000

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Genre:
comedy One act

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Catcher - Before Chapman Shot Lennon

Synopsis:
New York, December 8, 1980. Mark Chapman shoots and kills John Lennon. a hotel room, December 7, 1980. Mark Chapman opens the Catcher in the Rye and reads as the book's hero Holden Caulfield brings an escort to his hotel room. To talk. Mark picks up the phone and does the same. Twenty-four hours later John Lennon is dead. No one knows what took place in that hotel room on Mark's last night of anonymity. Until now. a woman comes forward with her story - a girl in a green dress trapped in a New York hotel room - the story of John, Holden and Mark Chapman. Remixed, re-lived, re-imagined. award winning writer Richard Hurford's stunning play explores the fatal attraction of fame and obsession.

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Pilot Theatre

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Confessions Of A City

Synopsis:
bringing together stories inspired by real people revealing their personal experiences of Sheffield and their lives in the city

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Eyecatcher

Synopsis:
Powerful, visual and thought-provoking - the story of Perseus and MedUSA from the point of view of her sisters, the Graeae

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Genre:
Children's Play Youth audience

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Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Frankenstein

Synopsis:
Mary Shelley

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Book by

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Genre:
adaptation

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Gorbelly

Synopsis:
adaptation of King Lear for 8 to 13 year olds.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Shakespeare

1st Produced:
Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield, South Yorkshire    11 Nov 1997

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Youth audience

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Hourglass

Synopsis:
a new play for the millenium written by the young people of York.

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iShandy

Synopsis:
Members of a teachers' Book Club meet to discuss the latest ambitious read in their season of Yorkshire classics, the insurmountable Tristram Shandy. It's fun loving english teacher Susan's turn to host and as always, she insists on an elaborate fancy dress theme. As the friends gather dressed as characters from the novel, excitement builds about meeting the group's newest member. After all, he was the one who suggested Tristram Shandy in the first place! However, this is no ordinary cosy night in with a good book as the evening takes some extraordinary twists and turns. As confusion mounts and hilarity ensues, the meeting descends into debauched absurdity and this cunning comedy becomes as saucy, surreal and dangerous as Sterne himself. the Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman is a novel by Coxwold based writer Laurence Sterne, released in nine volumes over seven years from 1759. there will be several associated events linked to this new production to help celebrate the 300th anniversary of Laurence Sterne's birth.

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Very loosely based on the novel by Laurence Sterne with footnotes, gratitude, savoury snacks and pregnant pauses.

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Killing Camilla

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1st Produced:
Theatre in the Mill, Bradford, West Yorkshire    26 May 2000

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comedy One act

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Lives In Art

Synopsis:
On an empty stage a lone figure tries to stop the creation of art. However, as stories unfold, music soars and memories of love and life come rushing back, the magic proves unstoppable.

Notes:
Featuring A large company of local performers from in And Around Sheffield, this production has been specially commissioned for the Crucible's 40th year.

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Sheffield People's Theatre Production

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Moby Dick

Synopsis:
Re-live the great story on-board a ship in this classic seafaring story. . .the sailor's song from the crows nest is heard above; Captain ahab's 'coffin tap' tread echoes on the decks beneath. the ghosts, the doomed Pequod's crew, rise from the hold. the harpooners recreate the horror of 'the last great hunt' as their voyage takes us deeper into a world of obsession, power and darkness. Music, magical visual image, and a dynamic storytelling style all combine in a ghostly performance within the atmosphEric close quarters of the ship's aft deck auditorium.
- http://www.arts-archive.co.uk/index.php?pg=12&action=production&genre=P&gname=Play&wid=T02105602772

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Book by Hermann Melville

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Compass Theatre Company

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Genre:
adaptation

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Male:  9            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Museum Gardens After Dark: Illuminating York

Synopsis:
ever wondered what happens in the ancient gardens when the gates are locked and night closes in? another world comes to life. a hidden world. a world which has been locked away. . . until now.
- http://www.arts-archive.co.uk/index.php?pg=12&action=work&genre=P&gname=Play&wid=S01373227596

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Mystery Of Jack And the Clones Of Chaos, The

Synopsis:
Thirteen year old Jack has his own bedroom and he likes it that way. But everything changes when the Clones of Chaos' move in. they look just like him, but they say and do weird things that get him into all sorts of trouble. even his own parents don't know who he is anymore. Can Jack discover who the Clones of Chaos' really are and why they're picking on him - before they take over his world forever? For 8 years+

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Secret Solstice

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Some Like It Hotter

Synopsis:
Set in 2010 when funny man Jack Lemmon and the incomparable Marilyn Monroe are reunited with heart-throb, Tony Curtis. But how come Tony looks thirty again? Where exactly are they? and what the hell is going on? This fast moving, fantasy comedy whisks the three screen icons back to their most beautiful, sexy and hilarious selves as they are forced once again to don heels and stockings and go backstage during the making of the best loved of all the classic Hollywood comedies. With daring dialogue, razor-sharp wisecracks and sparkling musical numbers the trio are as hot as ever.

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1st Produced:
the Neeld Hall, Chippenham    26 Oct 2011

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the Watermill Theatre and Oxfordshire Theatre Company

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Genre:
musical comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Three Musketeers, The

Synopsis:
D'artagnan and Constance defeat the evil machinations of Cardinal Richelieu as the guillotine blade falls on the hapless bourgeoisie.
- http://www.arts-archive.co.uk/index.php?pg=12&action=production&genre=P&gname=Play&wid=T01558163063

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Book by Alexandre Dumas

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Genre:
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Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out

Synopsis:
a new performance with a live web link from York to Holland where two performers are battling over their game consoles. . .and other things. . .Simultaneously - live in York and live in amsterdam.
- http://www.arts-archive.co.uk/index.php?pg=12&action=work&genre=C&gname=Concert&wid=S0322694578

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lyrics by Richard Hurford And eva K Mathijssen

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Piece

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What Light

Synopsis:
2061. there are no longer shops, schools or internet. It never stops raining. Sid meets a girl with her hands covered in blood

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Written by Richard Hurford And Giuditta Mingucci

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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