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Peter Spafford

PETER SPAFFORD

  
Nationality:    British
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Peter Spafford's first commissions were large-scale community plays, two of them for the Shaw Theatre, London. Since then he has written plays for touring companies, including an adaptation of Silas Marner for Theatre Company Blah, Blah, Blah and Change Of Mind, a play about Alzheimer's Disease which was toured internationally by Mind the Gap. He has written plays for radio, including the verse play Soft Stones, and the trilogy the Wrong Side Of the River with Mary Cooper. Peter has also written for musical Theatre and opera including, most recently, two operas for Ryedale Festival, Maggio's Magic and A Pig's Tale. Much of his work takes place in community settings, such as schools, hospitals and prisons. the monologue Getting It Right grew out of a two year residency with 'Father Figures' in Sheffield, an agency supporting lone fathers. He is currently writer-in-residence at the Royal Armouries in Leeds.

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

         Change of Mind         Getting It Right         Maggio's Magic         Never Again!         Only Water Between         Other Side, The         Pig's Tale, A         Silas Marner

Change of Mind

Synopsis:
Drama revealing a carer's view of the frightening progress of Alzheimer's disease

Notes:
written by Peter Spafford

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Organisations:
Mind The Gap

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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Getting It Right

Getting It Right
Luke can't choose between shirts, let alone his parents

Notes:
A series of short, single voice plays by writers based in the North West of England. these powerful, contemporary monologues share the struggles, courage, conflicts And joys of different characters facing difficult decisions in their lives. Developed through consultation with young people, they offer A range of Authentic, memorable voices to stimulate discussion And participatory Drama work.

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1st Published:
Aurora Metro Press, London, UK >>>    978-09551566-5-6

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Genre:
short monologue

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  1 boy

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Maggio's Magic

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1st Produced:
Ryedale Festival    -

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Genre:
Opera

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Never Again!

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written by Peter Spafford

1st Produced:
Bradford    2003

Organisations:
Mind The Gap

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Music:
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Only Water Between

Synopsis:
Unique, moving and true story of love, life and loss. Hear the fatally-linked stories of Great War soldier Jack Adam and his wife, and Hiram Maxim, inventor of the machine gun, as they unforgettably converge. www.royalarmouries.org.uk

Notes:
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1st Produced:
C Soco (Edinburgh Festival Fringe)    2009

Organisations:
Royal Armouries

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Music:
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Other Side, The

Synopsis:
about the Children's CrUSAde

Notes:
book And lyrics by Peter Spafford; music by Stephen Keeling

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Genre:
children's musical

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Pig's Tale, A

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Ryedale Festival    -

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Opera

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Silas Marner

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1st Produced:
Theatre Company Blah, Blah, Blah    -

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Genre:
Adaptation

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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