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Peter McGarry

PETER MCGARRY

  (1949 - )
Nationality:    British
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With over 30 productions worldwide McGarry remains one of the foremost 'issue' based writers in the UK. His OUR DAILY BREAD [1986] has won 6 international awards including an Edinburgh FRINGE FIRST. His adaptations of MEDEA, FANNY HILL, MOLLY and MACBETH have all won international acclaim. His HOME TO ROOST won the US Theatre FESTIVAL in Orlando in 1998 and BLACK STOCKINGS won the Canadian International Theatre Festival in Winnipeg in 2003. McGarry has written extensively for TV [A TIME TO GO WALKING the FIVE SEASONS; UP AND UNDER] and radio [ARIA FOR ALF; LYSISTRATA,] Peter's adaptation of LYSISTRATA tours Canada in the summer of 2009 and his two one act plays LIMITED AVAILABLE LIGHT and MOON SHADOWS will tour the UK in the autumn of 2009 Mc Garry is currently a scriptwriter for EYEWITNESS Theatre COMPANY [UK] who produce corporate training programmes for Health and social Services as well as performing mainstream worldwide.

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

         Black Stockings         Family Affairs         Kama Sutra         Limited Available Light         Medea         Molly         Our Daily Bread
Black Stockings

Synopsis:
A Brechtian musical comedy that portrays the relationship between a younf prostitute in East Manchester and the bombing of Dresden by Allied Bombers at the end of World War ll

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Eyewitness

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Genre:
musical comedy

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Family Affairs

Synopsis:
Joanna has a Cricket for a conscience - who constantly reminds Joanna to give up her current lifestyle of sex and booze and address her dark past. A dark profile Child Sexual Abuse

Notes:
Toured Canada And USA in 1995

1st Produced:
Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury     1994

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Genre:
Social Issue

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Kama Sutra

Synopsis:
Tristan's life turns upside down when wife Pamela finds a copy of the KAMA SUTRA in the cookery section of the local library. A ridiculous middle-aged frolic with a post modern twist.

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One hour. Middle Aged nudity.

1st Produced:
Winter Gardens, Adelaide     2000

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Genre:
Comedy

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Limited Available Light

Synopsis:
A blisteringly powerful and provocative play about sexual exploitation. Maynard meets Lucy online. He promises to put her in movies. All she has to do is send some photos online 'Powerful almost unwatchable' Manchester Evening News

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Tours UK in Autumn 2009

1st Produced:
The Grange, Manchester    

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Genre:
Social Issue

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Medea

Synopsis:
An adaptation for two hands of Euripides chilling tragedy. As punishment for her crime of infanticide on her own children Medea, with only he Chorus for companionship. is forced to wander earth and time to perform her tragedy over and over.

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Original Playwright - Euripides. Award Winner

1st Produced:
Mtc Theatre. Winnipeg, Canada     2003

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Genre:
60 min Tragedy

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Molly

Synopsis:
Molly is a theatrical adaptation of the final chapter of James Joyce's ULYSSES which presents an unexpurgated portrait of the incomparably infamous Molly Bloom the concert singing wife of the book's mock hero, Poldy.. Told through her own sleepy thoughts Joyce has created a thoroughly prototype 'femme fatale' - freely accepting her sexual self, jealous of other women, sometimes melancholic, demanding when dealing with a lover, and completely knowledgeable about men's eccentricities. This adaptation of molly by Peter Mc Garry has won widespread acclaim and won the International theatre Festival in Winnipeg in 2001 and won gold medal the US theatre Festival in 2002.

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almost impossible to produce. More lines than Hamlet - As well As song, dance etc.

1st Produced:
Cosmopolitan, Edmonton     2002

Organisations:
Manchester Central

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Genre:
Adaptation

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Our Daily Bread

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1st Produced:
Corner, London     1988

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Eyewitness

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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