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Iain McClure

IAIN MCCLURE

  
Nationality:    British
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Iain McClure has written for stage (Traverse Theatre, Arches Theatre, Gulbenkian Studio) and radio (BBC Radio 4). As well as being a writer, he is a child and adolescent psychiatrist, with a special interest in autism.

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

         Athens         Beltane Reunion, The         Children of the Mist         Madman, The         Paint Her Well         Woman In Berlin, A

Athens

Synopsis:
It is raining heavily outside. A young man opens the door to a young woman. She asks to come in - she has no coat, no shoes. As they unravel their life stories, we find out they are brother and sister, trapped in a terrible ritual.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Gulbenkian Studio, Newcastle Upon Tyne    1989

Organisations:
Newcastle University Theatre Society

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama 90 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Beltane Reunion, The

Synopsis:
Doctor Joseph Croan, a child psychiatrist, is trying to get out of his ultra modern flat (built in a converted Victorian infirmary) but it has shut down. He phones the factor who, he discovers, is based in Bangalore. A young man (Sam) then mysteriously appears in the flat and Joseph concludes he is the janitor. As he struggles to get out, Joseph discovers that he assessed Sam on the ward, which has now become his flat, when Sam was 12 years old.

Notes:
A one-act play performed as a rehearsed reading for Traverse's Words, Words, Words, with John Kazak, directed by Jenna Watt. This play is now the final scene in my most recent play, ChildMinder.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Traverse Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama 20 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Children of the Mist

Synopsis:
1746, Culloden, Scotland. Two teenage brothers (one with autism) and their female cousin are orphaned after the battle. In their efforts to survive, they discover unsuspected resilience and a fantastical inheritance.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow (rehearsed reading)    01 Feb 2007

Organisations:
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama 90 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Madman, The

Synopsis:
A girl turns 16 and wants to leave home. Her father resists the idea. Some years later, walking by a dark lake, the father meets an actress who has fled from a personal crisis. As their relationship develops, the actress makes a terrible discovery as to why the daughter never left.

Notes:
Developed in a Traverse Theatre workshop, with Lewis Howden and Pauline Kelly, directed by Lorne Campbell.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama 90 min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Paint Her Well

Synopsis:
A fantastical drama set in a fictitious mountain kingdom, where two paintings hang side by side in the Royal Gallery. One is a marriage portrait of the Queen and the other is of an unknown woman, painted decades earlier. Mysteriously, magically, they seem identical. As The Court Painter explains why, we journey into a complex world of intrigue, betrayal and violent redemption.

Notes:
A BBC Radio 4 Monday Play, starring David Tennant and Liam Brennan, the full play can be heard on: http://www.davidtennantontwitter.com/2010/Audio/PaintHerWell.php. Short introductory clip available on: http://davidtennantradioplays.webs.com/paintherwell.php

1st Produced:
BBC Radio 4    11 Mar 1996

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama 90 min

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  4

Further Reference:
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Woman In Berlin, A

Synopsis:
A dramatic adaptation of the diary, A Woman in Berlin, first published anonymously in 1954, but written between 20 April - 22 June 1945 as the million-strong Russian Red Army invaded and occupied Berlin. The author, a 34 year-old journalist, suffered starvation, privations and rape at the hands of the invaders. A story of her remarkable spirit and bravery, her open-minded intelligence and highly perceptive observation; she discovers her inner strengths and will to survive. It is also a study of a crumbling political fantasy, a dying city, and an apocalyptic clash of two very different cultures. The format of the piece is both a dramatised monologue and a dramatic soundscape, taking the audience through the varied settings in which the unforgettable events of those terrifying few weeks took place. The Woman tells her stories of what has been happening to her, about her fiancée, Gerd, fighting somewhere on the eastern front; about her fears and worries about what is going to happen when the Russians arrive. About what happens when they do.

Notes:
A dramatic adaptation of the Second World War diary, by Anonymous, published by Eichborn, published in English by Virago and translated by Philip Boehm. Eichborn permission for this dramatisation was for this performance only. Any subsequent performance of the script would need to be negotiated with the publisher. This is the only dramatic adaptation of this powerful story for the stage. A film of the book (in German) was released in 2009.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
New Works New Worlds

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
40 Mins drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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