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Claire Booker

CLAIRE BOOKER

  
Nationality:    British
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Claire Booker has written 15 stage plays, with more than 50 separate productions by professional and amateur Theatre companies as far afield as Australia, Scotland, France and Spain. Her work includes one-act and full-length comedies, hard-hitting Drama and adaptations, and she is happy to accept commissions for new plays. Literary recognition of her work includes the Douglas Clarke award, three nominations for the George Taylor award, runner up in the Southampton International Playwriting Festival, nomination for the Writers Guild Macallan awards, third prize twice in the Wandsworth all London Writers Competition and being shortlisted for the Arts Council of Great Britain's John Whiting award. aGeNTS DeTaILS : a free Play List is available by e-mailing bookerplays@yahoo.co.uk, tel 020 8673 6147

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

         Big Issue, The         Blood So Cheap         Building On Sand         Cathy's War         Devil And Stepashka, The         Doll's House, A         Gone Fishing         Harriet By the Swings         Irish Roulette         Last Picnic, The         Love In the Meadow         Princess Frankenstein         Prophecy To the Wind         Rainbow Baby         Romance, The         Secret Lives         Shattered Peace         Socks Go In the Bottom Drawer         Something Borrowed         Sperm Vampire

Big Issue, The

Synopsis:
Max and Alice share a terrible childhood secret, which destroyed their family and drove them apart. Alice is now a successful novelist, whilst Max lives on the streets selling the Big Issue. an unexpected meeting throws them together again to face the truth about their past. But will they face it together - or alone ? a fast-moving, humorous, and ultimately poignant look at the subject of childhood abuse.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Totton Festival Of Drama, Hampshire     2003

Organisations:
Festival Fringe Theatre Company

1st Published:
script available from author,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
50 min One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  flexible

Further Reference:
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Blood So Cheap

Synopsis:
Based on the true story of a young austrian conscript during the Second World War. the play follows Otto's experiences on the Russian Front as he comes face to face with the morals of war and resistance and the brutality they breed. When commanded to shoot innocent civilian hostages, Otto takes a courageous decision that will cost him his life

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Abbotsford Lodge, Edinburgh     1990

Organisations:
Bunbury Theatre Company

1st Published:
script available from author,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Building On Sand

Synopsis:
When aunt Dot decides to build a sand castle to stop the sea from flooding england, the race is on to save her sanity. aided and abetted by family and friends, she takes on the mighty ocean - and wins. Meanwhile, nephew, Richard, is busy nursing his own brand of paranoia, convinced his new wife, Juliette, is capable of infidelity. Who better to test her out than his best friend, Dan ? Self-deception is the name of the game in this seaside comedy set among the sand dunes at Littlehampton.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
script available from author,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Cathy's War

Synopsis:
(1m: 20/30s; 1f: 20/30s. One set. 20 minutes) a story of revenge set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. after Cathy's young husband is shot dead in army cross-fire, she decides to take revenge into her own hands. But is there one rule for women and another for men in the deadly game of vengeance?

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
New Theatre Publications (2010)   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Devil And Stepashka, The

Synopsis:
Inspired by Tolstoy's story 'the Devil', the play tells the love tragedy of Zhenya, a Russian landowner driven mad with desire for one of his peasant women. Desperate to end his guilty liaison and safeguard his marriage, he shoots Stepashka and is put on trial for murder. But though status and gender protect him from a severe sentence, images of his victim return to haunt him.

Notes:
also in A 1h 30m version 'the Verdict is Yours' in which the Audience Acts As jury And votes for one of two Alternative endings to the play

1st Produced:
The Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival     1989

Organisations:
Duke's Head/Wizzard Productions

1st Published:
script available from author,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Doll's House, A

Synopsis:
Norway in the 1870s ? No. Suburban england in the 1950s ! a refreshing new version of Ibsen's Doll's House, set in a time and place to which a modern audience can directly relate. Nora and Harold Helmer, the perfect couple, live out their social pretensions in a post war england of petty snobbery and 'net curtain' morality. With Harold's recent promotion to bank manager all is set for success. But Nora has a skeleton in her cupboard, and her life suddenly collapses when she is blackmailed over her secret

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Mill Studio, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford     1994

Organisations:
Bunbury Touring Company

1st Published:
script available from author,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Gone Fishing

Synopsis:
Tim has a problem - his parents ! Looking for that elusive first job is no joke when Dad expects results and Mum's convinced you're hiding drugs, women or worse in your bedroom. a fast-moving comedy about unemployment, love and the generation gap

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
The Old Red Lion, London     1992

Organisations:
London New Play Festival Production

1st Published:
script available from author,    -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
40 min One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Harriet By the Swings

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Manchester's Three Minute Theatre     30 Apr 2011

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
three minute play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Irish Roulette

Synopsis:
a young husband's promise of happiness is shattered by bullets in the Belfast of the 1980s. From joyful bride to grieving widow, gun runner and finally street walker, we follow his young wife Cathy on a cycle of destruction as she attempts to satisfy her craving for vengeance. But only through illness and resulting friendship does she come to learn the true price of revenge

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Man In The Moon Theatre, London     1993

Organisations:
Bunbury Touring Theatre Company

1st Published:
script available from author,    -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  Or up to 5f, 6m

Further Reference:
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Last Picnic, The

Synopsis:
Just our luck. a tramp with principles! Richard's day at the seaside turns into a surreal nightmare when a local 'bag lady' decides to join the family picnic. Infidelity, mass murder and a ruined sand castle are just the start of it ! (an abridged version of 'Building on Sand' (see full length section for synopsis).

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Celtic Lodge, Edinburgh     1991

Organisations:
Bunbury Touring Company

1st Published:
script available from author,    -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
50 min One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Love In the Meadow

Synopsis:
a play about the power of passion to bewitch - even after death. an abridged version of 'the Devil and Stepashka' (see full length section for synopsis).

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
St Columbus By The Castle, Edinburgh     1990

Organisations:
Diabolo Theatre Productions

1st Published:
script available from author,    -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
40 min One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Princess Frankenstein

Synopsis:
Medical student, Frankie, is a genius in the lab, but her love life stinks. Then she gets the Big Idea. Can she surgically create the perfect man?

Notes:
exploring what it even means to be a Princess' in the 21st Century

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Goblin Baby Theatre Co.,

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
ten min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Prophecy To the Wind

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
abridgement of Norman Nicholson 1947 play

1st Produced:
The South London Theatre Centre     1996

Organisations:
Prompt Corner production

1st Published:
script available from author,    -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Rainbow Baby

Synopsis:
I'm not handicapped. I can do things.' This gentle play traces the reunion of an intellectual woman and her Down's syndrome daughter eighteen years after having given her away for adoption. Slowly, and at considerable cost, she comes to recognise her daughter's charm and humour and learns to love her

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Abbotsford Lodge, Edinburgh     1990

Organisations:
Bunbury Theatre Company

1st Published:
script available from author,    -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
50 min One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Romance, The

Synopsis:
Peter has picked up an embarrassing 'condition' from his mistress and is desperate to hide it from his wife, Becky. What he doesn't know is that Becky has contracted a similar problem which she is desperate to hide from him. the celibacy imposed upon them during treatment has a curious effect on their marriage. Peter finds himself falling in love - with Becky ! But she has other ideas .

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Hoxton Hall Theatre Project

1st Published:
script available from author,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
40 min One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Secret Lives

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
The Studio, Beckenham     1997

Organisations:
Mind's eye Theatre Company

1st Published:
script available from author,    -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Shattered Peace

Synopsis:
a story of revenge set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. Cathy's young husband is shot dead by the British army. as grief turns to hatred, she decides on a terrible way to take her revenge.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
The Old Red Lion, London     1991

Organisations:
London New Play Festival Production

1st Published:
script available from author,    -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
45 mins/20 min versions One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Socks Go In the Bottom Drawer

Synopsis:
adam is one of the world's last remaining men, kept in a zoological park. a visiting professor undertaking research on the male species soon discovers that it is capable of considerable mischief even behind bars !

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
The Belfrey Theatre, Wellington     1990

Organisations:
the Gnosall Players

1st Published:
script available from author,    -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
30 min One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Something Borrowed

Synopsis:
a domineering woman and her spinster daughter, Rosemary, battle for control over their emotionally vulnerable bachelor neighbour. Rosemary hopes he will become her passport to freedom, but she can never beat the cunning of her own mother, eager to add a 'son' to her collection

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
The South London Theatre Centre     1984

Organisations:
Prompt Corner Production

1st Published:
script available from author,    -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
45 min One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Sperm Vampire

Synopsis:
Rachel and Kips have been trying for a baby for some time. It is the night when Rachel is at her most fertile - but will Kips be able to rise to the occasion?

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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