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John Arden

JOHN ARDEN  (1930 - 2012)

Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    Casarotto Ramsay and Associates Ltd  

John arden born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, 26 October 1930, died 28 March 2012 was an English playwright whose works tended to expose social issues of personal concern. educated at schools in Barnsley; Sedbergh School, Yorkshire, 1944-48; King's College, Cambridge, 1950-53, B.A. in architecture 1953; edinburgh College of art, 1953-55, diploma in architecture 1955. Served in the British army Intelligence Corps, 1949-50: lance-corporal. Married the actress/playwrightjohn arden Margaretta Ruth D'arcy, in 1957; five sons (one deceased). architectural assistant, London, 1955-57; full-time writer from 1958. Fellow in playwriting, Bristol University, 1959-60; visiting lecturer in politics and Drama, New York University, 1967; Regents' lecturer, University of California, Davis, 1973; writer-in-residence, University of New england, armidale, New South Wales, 1975. Founder, Committee of 100 anti-nuclear group, 1961; chair Peace News pacifist weekly, London, 1966-70; co-founder, Corrandulla Arts and entertainment, County Galway, Ireland, 1973; founding member, Theatre Writers' Group (now Theatre Writers' Union), 1975. Recipient: BBC Northern Region prize, 1957; encyclopaedia Britannica prize, 1959; evening Standard award, 1960; Trieste Festival award, 1961; Vernon Rice award, 1966; John Whiting award, 1973 PeN Macmillan Silver Pen award, 1992.

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        All Fall Down         Armstrong's Last Goodnight         Ars Longa, Vita Brevis         Bagman Or the Impromptu Of Muswell Hill, The         Ballygombeen Bequest, The         Blow-In Chorus For Liam Cosgrave         Business Of Good Government, The: A Christmas Play         Conscience And Desire, And Dear Liz         Crown Strike Play, The         Death Of A Cowboy         Devil And the Parish Pump, The         Fidelio         Friday's Hiding         Granny Welfare And the Wolf         Happy Haven, The         Harold Muggins Is A Martyr         Hero Rises Up, The         Hunting Of the Mongrel Fox, The         Ironhand         Island Of the Mighty, The: A Play On A Traditional British theme         Left-Handed Liberty         Little Gray Home In the West, The         Live Like Pigs         Making Of Muswell Hill, The         Mary's Name         Menace Of Ireland ?, The         Mongrel Fox, The         Mother, The         My Old Man's A Tory         New Communion - For Freaks, Prophets And Witches, A         No Room At the Inn         Non-Stop Connolly Show, The: A Dramatic Cycle Of Continuous Struggle In Six Parts         Party, The         Pearl         Pinprick Of History, A         Play Without Words         Royal Pardon, The; Or, The Soldier Who Became An Actor         Rudi Dutschke Must Stay         Sean O'scrudu         Serjeant Musgrave's Dance         Silence         Soldier Who Became An Actor         Soldier's Tale, The         True History Of Squire Jonathan And His Unfortunate Treasure, The         Two Hundred Years Of Labour History         Vandaleur's Folly         Vietnam Carnival         Waters Of Babylon, The         When Is A Door Not A Door ?         Workhouse Donkey, The



All Fall Down

Synopsis:
Set in the Victorian period about building a railway.

Notes:
first play performed by A student theatre group At the edinburgh College of Art

1st Produced:
Edinburgh    1955

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Armstrong's Last Goodnight

Armstrong's Last Goodnight
16th century Scottish border chieftain and his feuds with the King of england over border peace.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Glasgow    1964

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Methuen Drama    B0006D5LGe

Music:
-

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Genre:
exercise in Diplomacy

Parts:
Male:  23            Female:  7            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Fifth estate Theatre Company - acc.11443/69

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Ars Longa, Vita Brevis

Synopsis:
improvisation on an art master shot in a wood whilst taking part in a Territorial army exercise

Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy

1st Produced:
Kirkbymoorside    1964

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "eight Plays I", Cassell, London, 1965   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
theme for Variations

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  extras inc children

Further Reference:
-

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Bagman Or the Impromptu Of Muswell Hill, The

Synopsis:
modern version of Moliere's Versailles Impromptu

Notes:
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1st Produced:
BBC Radio    1970

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Plays 2", 1994   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Witty Fable

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
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Ballygombeen Bequest, The

Synopsis:
english absentee landlord's attempts to evict his Irish tenants.

Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy, halted by A libel suit And rewritten As the Little Gray Home In the West

1st Produced:
Belfast    1972

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Scripts 9", New York, September, 1972   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
anglo-Irish MeloDrama

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Blow-In Chorus For Liam Cosgrave

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy

1st Produced:
Galway    1977

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-   -

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-

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Business Of Good Government, The: A Christmas Play

Synopsis:
King Herod's realisation that the child Jesus must be killed in order to preserve the government

Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy; Aka A Christmas Play

1st Produced:
Brent Knoll, Somerset    1960

Organisations:
-

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Music:
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Genre:
Nativity

Parts:
Male:  13            Female:  4            Other:  or unisex

Further Reference:
-

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Conscience And Desire, And Dear Liz

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1st Produced:
London    1954

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Crown Strike Play, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy

1st Produced:
Galway    1974

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

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Death Of A Cowboy

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  -            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
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Devil And the Parish Pump, The

Synopsis:
pressing issue was the new piped water scheme

Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy

1st Produced:
Galway    1974

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1991   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
20 min play One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  5 characters

Further Reference:
-

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Fidelio

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
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1st Produced:
London    1965

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Libretto

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Friday's Hiding

Synopsis:
experiment In the Laconic as Scottish farmer hides to avoid paying his men

Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy

1st Produced:
Edinburgh    1966

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Soldier, Soldier and Other Plays", Methuen, London, 1967   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Granny Welfare And the Wolf

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy

1st Produced:
London    1971

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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-

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Further Reference:
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Happy Haven, The

Synopsis:
Basic conflicts between the doctors and patients at a geriatric hospital

Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy

1st Produced:
Bristol    1960

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "New english Dramatists 4", Penguin, London, 1962   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Harold Muggins Is A Martyr

Synopsis:
a battle finally seals the fate of Muggin's cafe after it has been taken over by the establishment

Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy And Cartoon Archetypical Slogan theatre

1st Produced:
London    1968

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Hero Rises Up, The

Hero Rises Up, The
the amorous relationship between Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson is shown with excerpts from his naval victories.

Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy

1st Produced:
London    1968

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Methuen Drama    978-0416139501

Music:
-

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Genre:
Romantic MeloDrama

Parts:
Male:  16            Female:  9            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
-

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Hunting Of the Mongrel Fox, The

Synopsis:
protest at a decision to hang a young couple in Dublin

Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy

1st Produced:
Galway    1976

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1991   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Ironhand

Synopsis:
Ironhand is Goetz who lost his hand in battle and replaced it with an iron gauntlet, "I stood by myself and I took no head of nobody. all I said was freedom"

Notes:
Original Playwright - Goethe (Goetz von Berlichingen)

1st Produced:
Bristol    1963

Organisations:
-

1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Island Of the Mighty, The: A Play On A Traditional British theme

Synopsis:
a long and complex re-telling of the arthur and Merlin myth.

Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy; Aka Handful of Watercress

1st Produced:
London    1972

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Plays & Players" London, feb/Mar, 1973   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama, Music

Parts:
Male:  25            Female:  9            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
-

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Left-Handed Liberty

Left-Handed Liberty
King John and his barons struggle over the implications of the Magna Carta

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Mermaid Theatre, London    1965

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Methuen Drama    B002AGe9J0

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play about Magna Carta

Parts:
Male:  14            Female:  5            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
-

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Little Gray Home In the West, The

Synopsis:
english absentee landlord's attempts to evict his Irish tenants. (But after libel suit cuts and changed emphases from original "the Ballygombeen Bequest")

Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy

1st Produced:
rehearsed reading at Sugawn Theatre, London    1978

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Pluto Press, London, 1980   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Sat MeloDrama

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Live Like Pigs

Live Like Pigs
Conflict between a band of vagrants and the middle class in an industrial country.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "New English Dramatists 3", Penguin, London, 1961   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy 3 parts

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  8            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 58.259; http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XIII (1993) Page 1225

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Making Of Muswell Hill, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy

1st Produced:
London    1984

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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-

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Mary's Name

Synopsis:
women's right to keep their own name after marriage

Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy

1st Produced:
Galway    1977

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1991   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Modern Drama Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Menace Of Ireland ?, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy

1st Produced:
Bradford    1979

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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-

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-

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Mongrel Fox, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy

1st Produced:
Galway    1976

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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-

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-

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Mother, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy

1st Produced:
London    1984

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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My Old Man's A Tory

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy

1st Produced:
London    1971

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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-

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New Communion - For Freaks, Prophets And Witches, A

Synopsis:
expression of "women's rage" made real

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Edinburgh    1971

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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No Room At the Inn

Synopsis:
concern for the Travelling population of Galway

Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy

1st Produced:
Galway    1976

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1991   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Modern Drama Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Non-Stop Connolly Show, The: A Dramatic Cycle Of Continuous Struggle In Six Parts

Synopsis:
Life and career of James Connolly martyr of the 1916 easter Rising.

Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy

1st Produced:
Liberty Hall, Dublin    1975

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Pluto Press, 5 vols., 1977   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
26 hour epic Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  41            Female:  4            Other:  or 12m4f

Further Reference:
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Party, The

Synopsis:
adolescent conflicts convincingly explored

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
London    1958

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1958   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Pearl

Synopsis:
a Play about a Play within the Play

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Methuen Modern Play, London, 1979   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Radio

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Pinprick Of History, A

Synopsis:
reveals the opposition encountered whilst the Galway theatre Workshop toured a play

Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy

1st Produced:
almost Free Theatre, London    1977

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1991   -

Music:
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Genre:
"intervation" Historical

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Play Without Words

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-

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1st Produced:
Glasgow    1965

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Royal Pardon, The; Or, The Soldier Who Became An Actor

Synopsis:
a "legendary" tale about the adventures of a troupe of strolling actors.

Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy

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Genre:
Childrens Youth audience

Parts:
Male:  13            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Rudi Dutschke Must Stay

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy

1st Produced:
London    1971

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-

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-   -

Music:
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-

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Sean O'scrudu

Synopsis:
support for an industrial dispute

Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy

1st Produced:
Galway    1976

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1991   -

Music:
-

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Modern Drama Play/Drama

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Serjeant Musgrave's Dance

Serjeant Musgrave's Dance
an 1880's recruiting sergeant, in fact a deserter, tries to bring the truth about war home to a strike ridden town.

Notes:
revised version produced London 1972

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Genre:
Unhistorical Parable 3 act

Parts:
Male:  13            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 59.226; http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol I (1981) Page 0255; http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol IV (1984) Page 0444; http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XXIII (2003) Page 1392; http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XXVI (2006) Page 0324

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Silence

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy

1st Produced:
Galway    1977

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Soldier Who Became An Actor

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1st Produced:
-    1966

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Soldier's Tale, The

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-

1st Produced:
Bath    1968

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-   -

Music:
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True History Of Squire Jonathan And His Unfortunate Treasure, The

Synopsis:
its black charcoal burners roaming in the forest round Squire Jonathan's house recall Lord Of the Rings

Notes:
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1st Produced:
London    1968

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Plays & Players" London, aug, 1968   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  extras

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Two Hundred Years Of Labour History

Synopsis:
for Socialist Labour League Rally

Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy And others

1st Produced:
alexandra Palace, London    1968

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-

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-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Historical

Parts:
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-

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Vandaleur's Folly

Synopsis:
Success and failure of agricultural co-operative in the West of Ireland in 1831.

Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy

1st Produced:
Lancaster    1978

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
eyre Methuen, London, 1981   -

Music:
-

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anglo-Irish MeloDrama

Parts:
Male:  24            Female:  5            Other:  or 6m3f

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-

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Vietnam Carnival

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy

1st Produced:
New York University    1967

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-

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-   -

Music:
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Waters Of Babylon, The

Synopsis:
a pimp, having served in the German army, claims to be a concentration camp victim as play explores social problems in Britain.

Notes:
production without decor, WWT wrongly gives production date As 19 oct 1957

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1st Published:
in "Three Plays", Penguin, London, 1964   -

Music:
-

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Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Wearing - the London Stage 57.253

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When Is A Door Not A Door ?

Synopsis:
exposure of social and class amongst the workers as they threaten to strike

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
London    1958

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Soldier, Soldier and Other Plays", Methuen, London, 1967   -

Music:
-

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One act

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Workhouse Donkey, The

Synopsis:
a rumbustious tale of small town political corruption.

Notes:
-

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1st Published:
in "Plays & Players" London, aug/Sep, 1963   -

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Genre:
Vulgar MeloDrama

Parts:
Male:  21            Female:  9            Other:  extras

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