SAMUEL ADAMSON (1969 - )
| Nationality: | Australian/British |
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Plays by Samuel Adamson
All About My Mother |
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
| Company: | presented by Daniel Sparrow and Neal Street Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 10 |
| Parts Other: | doubling possible | |||||
| Notes: | based on the film by Pedro Almodovar | |||||
| Synopsis: | Following the tragic death of her beloved son, Manuela goes to Barcelona in search of his father. But before she can exorcise her guilt she gets caught up in the lives of three women: Agrado, a long-lost transvestite friend, Rosa, a young nun in search of love and Huma Rojo, the famous actress that Manuela's son so admired. As Manuela's life begins to have meaning once more, her son's father returns and the journey of discovery and forgiveness comes full circle. | |||||
Boston Manor |
| 1st Produced: | Theatre 503/TheatreVoice.com | 2009 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | internet play | - | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Part of the Theatre 503/TheatreVoice "Urban Scrawl" series of short plays plays for the internet | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||
Breakfast At Tiffany's |
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London | 2009 | ||||
| Company: | Colin Ingram Ltd | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | various other small roles; doubling possible | |||||
| Notes: | based on the novella by Truman Capote | |||||
| Synopsis: | New York City, 1943. William 'Fred' Parsons, a young writer from Alabama, meets Holly Golightly, an elusive good-time girl. Everyone falls in love with Holly, including William - but he is poor, and Holly needs rich. Will she marry Rusty, playboy millionaire? Or Jose, the future president of Brazil? As war rages in Europe, Holly begins to fall in love with William - and then her past catches up with her. . . | |||||
Chain Play, A |
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, (not for commercial sale), 2007 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Samuel Adamson, Moira Buffini, David Hare, Charlotte Jones, Frank McGuinness and Roy Williams each wrote a link for the Almeida's first chain play, performed for one night only as the theatre's major fund-raising event. | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||
Cherry Orchard, The |
| 1st Produced: | 2003 | |||||
| Company: | Oxford Stage co | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Original Playwright - Anton Chekhov | |||||
| Synopsis: | Spring 1903. Russia. And the cherry orchard is up for sale. Chekhov's great comedy in a new version | |||||
Clocks And Whistles |
| 1st Produced: | 1996 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Amber Lane Press, Oxford. also published in Asking and Telling (anthology), Stage and Screen, 2000, 1996 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | centers around Henry, an introverted young man who’s making the first tentative steps toward considering himself gay. Despite this, he remains infatuated with his best friend Anne, an aspiring actress who’s as outgoing as Henry is shy. When Henry develops a strong attraction to the hedonistic and free-wheeling Trevor, they begin to see each other--until the bisexual Trevor meets Anne and the two begin a secret affair. Confronted by this betrayal, Henry finds himself caught between his interest in Trevor, his deep feelings for Anne and the fear of losing both of them forever | |||||
Doll's House, A |
| 1st Produced: | Southwark Playhouse, London | 2003 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN | - | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | 1b 1g | |||||
| Notes: | Original Playwright - Henrik Ibsen | |||||
| Synopsis: | the story of Nora, the delicate and over-protected wife of Torvald Helmer, who bravely walks away from her confined marriage in a quest for freedom and self-enlightenment, remains poignant and real for modern-day audiences. Naïvely, Nora has secretly borrowed money for her husband by forging her father’s signature. Krogstad, her creditor, has discovered her fraud and threatens to expose her in order to ruin Torvald. When Torvald finally finds out, Nora is appalled that he would protect his own reputation rather than support her. | |||||
Drink, Dance, Laugh And Lie |
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | No one has recognised Reade Colins for over a decade. Suddenly everyone seems to know who he is again. But there's a flip-side to second-hand fame. A satirical look at the cult of celebrity. | |||||
Fish And Company |
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
| Company: | National Youth Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | 2 small roles (male or female, can double) | |||||
| Notes: | originally written for the National Youth Theatre; all the characters are 22 or younger. | |||||
| Synopsis: | April 1999, and seven young internet entrepreneurs win the national lottery. But for Toby Fisher and his mates, entry into adulthood is a deadly game of chance. | |||||
Grace Note |
| 1st Produced: | 1997 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Amber Lane Press, Oxford, 1997 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | woman has plans of her own when she decides to leave sheltered accommodation and return to her old home - despite her children's worries | |||||
Mrs Affleck |
| 1st Produced: | 2009 | |||||
| Company: | National Theatre company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London (2009) also published in an Acting Edition by Samuel French Ltd | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Samuel Adamson's play takes Ibsen's Little Eyolf as the inspiration for a passionate and tragic tale of obsessive love, set in 1950s England. After six lonely weeks with nobody but her crippled little boy for company, Rita Affleck, wealthy, beautiful and consumed by jealous love, welcomes home her husband Alfred. But, far from the passionate reunion she so craves, there is only torment as Alfred's possessive half-sister arrives, and he announces his great revelation. | |||||
Petronella |
| 1st Produced: | 2005 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Short play | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | 10 minute play as part of the 24 Hour Plays at the Old Vic | |||||
| Synopsis: | A woman dying on a cancer ward confronts her politician husband about his affair. | |||||
Pillars Of The Community |
| 1st Produced: | 2005 | |||||
| Company: | NT | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London (acting edition: Samuel French, London, 2007), 2005 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 9 |
| Parts Other: | Various non-speaking extras | |||||
| Notes: | Original Playwright - Henrik Ibsen. published by Samuel French, London (acting edition), 2007 >>> | |||||
| Synopsis: | Shipbuilder Karsten Bernick is a respected, highly successful businessman in a small Norwegian coastal town but his wealth has been founded on a lie and now he is threatened with exposure. As the wily, unscrupulous Bernick struggles to preserve his standing in the community, he sets in motion a chain of events that threatens to destroy all he holds most dear. | |||||
Playhousekeepers, The |
| 1st Produced: | Private Drama, London | 2002 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Short Play | One Act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | The Burbages build Shakespeare's Globe | |||||
Professor Bernhardi |
| 1st Produced: | 2005 | |||||
| Company: | Oxford Stage Company & Dumbfounded Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Oberon Books, London >>>, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 17 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | doubling possible | |||||
| Notes: | Original Playwright - Arthur Schnitzler | |||||
| Synopsis: | Vienna, 1900. A Jewish doctor prevents a Catholic priest from absolving a dying patient. A witch-hunt ensues. A new version of a rarely-performed play about anti-Semitism | |||||
Some Kind Of Bliss |
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
| Company: | presented by Adam Knight | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Originally presented as a National Theatre Platform Performance | |||||
| Synopsis: | Small-time hack Rachel sets off down the Thames Path for an interview. But between London Bridge and the celebrity lies a series of unpredicted events | |||||
Southwark Fair |
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
| Company: | NT | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 2006 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Comedy/drama | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Past misdemeanours bear down on the present when Patrick calls up one lover, Simon, with another in mind. When Patrick's wife discovers what he's up to, she pursues Simon through the maelstrom of London's South Bank, were a Bird Whistler flogs his wares, a trainee barista primes himself for his wedding, and an elderly actress stalks the Deputy Mayor. Unexpectedly connected by time and place, a tangle of lost souls fight, fall in love and lay their private fears bare in this contemporary comedy of manners. Playwright | |||||
Three Sisters |
| 1st Produced: | Whitehall Theatre, London | 1999 | ||||
| Company: | Oxford Stage Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 2000 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Original Playwright - Anton Chekhov | |||||
| Synopsis: | a new version of Chekhov's great play about three sisters stuck in a garrison town | |||||
Tomorrow Week |
| 1st Produced: | BBC Radio 3 | 2000 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Radio Play | - | Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 9 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Olivia is pregnant and married to Guy. One week in her life - the week of her birthday - and family reunions, significant meetings and chance encounters are all on the agenda. Where will Olivia find herself a week from tomorrow? | |||||
Vienna Dreaming |
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Original Playwright - Bernhard Studlar | |||||
| Synopsis: | The first English language translation of Bernhard Studlar's acclaimed play about apathy and racism in contemporary working-class Vienna. | |||||