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Howard Colyer

HOWARD COLYER

  
Nationality:    British
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Howard Colyer is a playwright and novelist. His novels include Gregory Gun and Oldshaw. And he has also translated Kafka's Letter to my Father.

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

         1938 Hitler Takes Vienna         Again         Agamemnon         All For The Best         As A Man Grows Younger         Boris Godunov         Conference Call         Diary of a Madman         Finchley Road         Flight         Good Analyst, The         Government Inspector, The         Homework         Kafka V Kafka         Kevin Boyd         Man With A Flower In His Mouth, The         Mandrake         Marriage         Naked         Never Have I Seen Mount Fuji         Nothing Else Ever         Overcoat, The         Sarfraz And Hannah         Trial, The         Trojan Women         Without Reluctance and Without Relief         Woyzeck         You Take the 321
1938 Hitler Takes Vienna

1938 Hitler Takes Vienna
Late in the evening on 11 March, 1938, a man sits in a Jewish bar in Vienna as the German army invades Austria. The other guests flee - as does the owner - but he remains to contemplate his past and his future: bleak though that may be. After five years of ranting Hitler has crossed over. He's returned home. He's returned to his native land. Hitler the Austrian - the German leader - is marching home with a grey, grim army. Is this the start of a new war?

Notes:
freely adapted from Joseph Roth's The Emperor's Tomb.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Ballast Theatre

1st Published:
lulu.com   

Music:
-

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Genre:
dramatic monologue 65 min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://twitter.com/colyerh

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Again

Again
a man tries to recover once more from an attempt to help his girlfriend's career.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Ballast Theatre

1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Monologues" published by lulu.com 2015   

Music:
-

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Genre:
monologue

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Agamemnon

Agamemnon
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Seneca

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
lulu.com   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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All For The Best

All For The Best
A man is convinced that his daughter is a genius and he drives her on and on

Notes:
Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
lulu.com    

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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As A Man Grows Younger

Synopsis:
Italy in the 1920s. A man waits for a knock on the door - he knows that the secret police are after him and that he will probably be taken out to sea and drowned

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Jack Studio Theatre, London    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Monologue play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Boris Godunov

Boris Godunov
Moscow 1598. Ivan the Terrible is dead, as are all his sons, and now with seeming reluctance Boris Godunov wears the crown. But word spreads that Dimitry, the prince thought to be murdered, was not truly slain, but is alive and gathering an army to overthrow Russia's government.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Alexander Pushkin

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Ballast Theatre

1st Published:
lulu.com   

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Conference Call

Conference Call
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Notes:
London Playwrights' Collective is having A one night stand with Producer James Farrell. For one night only LPC would like to introduce guest producer James Farrell who has selected four exciting play extracts by four emerging LPC playwrights William Whitehurst, Lisa Omlie, Iheke Ndukwe And Howard Colyer. the purpose of the LPC platform is to Assist in development of the playwright, pairing them with supportive And innovative directors, Award the writer the opportunity to be involved with the creative process And to see their piece on its feet read by professional Actors.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
lulu.com   

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Diary of a Madman

Diary of a Madman
He is a clerk; he feels himself to be a great man; others do not; between this gap his madness grows. Gogol's classic short story adapted for the stage and transported to London.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Ballast Theatre

1st Published:
lulu.com   

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Finchley Road

Synopsis:
a police interrogation room at Heathrow 1989

Notes:
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Music:
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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Flight

Flight
Following the fate of a small group of Russians from the Crimea to Constantinople to Paris. The Civil War is drawing to an end in Russia. The White Army is disintegrating and a wave of refugees is about to descend on Turkey, and then spread across Europe.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Mikhail Bulgakov

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Ballast Theatre

1st Published:
lulu.com   

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Good Analyst, The

Synopsis:
Joseph Locke caught between his work and his wife wants to talk

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
lulu.com   

Music:
-

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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Government Inspector, The

Government Inspector, The
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
lulu.com   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Homework

Homework
Vincent wants to be free of his mother but she is old and he cares for her. She wants to rule his life, but she can't remember her own. What is an individual but a collection of memories on legs? Take away the memories and what's left? Legs. and even they aren't working well any more. Perhaps they're dreaming. Perhaps I'm dreaming. Perhaps you're dreaming.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Nameless Theatre

1st Published:
lulu.com   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Kafka V Kafka

Kafka V Kafka
Kafka v Kafka is about the struggle to communicate and its seeming impossibility. It's about an ex-soldier and shopkeeper, and a lawyer and writer of genius. It's about first and second generation migrants to a world city. It's about the wall between a Father and a son. 'to better a complete misunderstanding shouldn't be impossible.'

Notes:
the play is based on Franz Kafka's Letter to my Father.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Nameless Theatre Company

1st Published:
lulu.com   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:

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Kevin Boyd

Synopsis:
Kevin says that there is a prowler in the garden

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
lulu.com   

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Man With A Flower In His Mouth, The

Man With A Flower In His Mouth, The
A man wearing a mask watches people strolling about or in cafes. He keeps a notebook and writes down any peculiarities they have

Notes:
Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
lulu.com    

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Mandrake

Mandrake
Callimaco wants Lucrezia: Lucrezia is married to Sir Nicia. Sir Nicia wants children. Ligurio wants to please both Callimaco and Sir Nicia. But what happiness can Lucrezia find? And Siro, the unpaid servant, how can he turn things to his advantage? It's about marriage, lust, adultery, corruption and deceit - all aided by the Mandrake Infusion. Machiavelli's comedy is one of the landmarks of the Italian Renaissance - it marks the break with Medieval drama and is the forerunner of Shakespeare's comedies. It played to packed houses in the Florence of the Medici; in Venice it was so popular that the audience overwhelmed the stage and made it impossible to complete. And it has remained popular ever since.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Machiavelli

1st Produced:

Organisations:
5 Pound 5 Theatre

1st Published:
lulu.com   

Music:
-

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Genre:
translation and adaptation, sex farce

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Marriage

Marriage
He wants to get married; and he doesn't want to get married  he doesn't know what to do. But he has a friend who knows what's best for everyone. Marriage is Gogol's absurd farce about desire, matchmakers, Imperial Russian speed dating and much else besides.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Ballast Theatre

1st Published:
lulu.com   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Naked

Naked
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Ballast Theatre

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Never Have I Seen Mount Fuji

Never Have I Seen Mount Fuji
A love affair.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Howard Colyer   

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Nothing Else Ever

Synopsis:
A confession.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Overcoat, The

Overcoat, The
Bashmachkin's desperate struggle with poverty in a society defined by possessions is particularly resonant in the midst of Britain's current economic climate, and with his scrupulous and scathing realism as well as philosophical depth, Gogol is still considered one of the greatest ever satirists. the company offers a faithful and culturally authentic interpretation of Nikolai Gogol's absurdist satire, one of Russia's most important texts, which has inspired Russian writers from Nabokov to Dostoyevsky

Notes:
Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol

1st Produced:

Organisations:
assembly Point Productions.

1st Published:
lulu.com   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Sarfraz And Hannah

Synopsis:
Sarfraz is suspected of being a terrorist

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
lulu.com   

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Trial, The

Synopsis:
Joseph K arrested having done nothing

Notes:
Based on the novel: "The Trial" by Franz Kafka

1st Produced:
Jack Studio Theatre, London    

Organisations:
Triple Jump Productions

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Trojan Women

Trojan Women
Troy has fallen. The city has been destroyed and its people slaughtered. The few survivors are prisoners of the Greek Army which is waiting to sail back to Greece. The army is disintegrating in the wake of its victory, but the killing continues. The fate of the prisoners hangs in the balance. Based on Seneca's adaptation of Euripides' play, Nameless Theatre's production of Trojan Women is about people living under the shadow of death, the morality of revenge and the hypocrisy of war.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Seneca

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
lulu.com   

Music:
-

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Genre:
translation

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  8            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Without Reluctance and Without Relief

Without Reluctance and Without Relief
a man seeks to cope when the world shifts beyond his understanding.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Ballast Theatre

1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Monologues" published by lulu.com 2015   

Music:
-

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Genre:
monologue

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Woyzeck

Woyzeck
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Notes:
Original Playwright: Georg Buchner

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
lulu.com   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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You Take the 321

You Take the 321
a woman takes on a flat and a tenant more mysterious than any she had imagined

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Ballast Theatre

1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Monologues" published by lulu.com 2015   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
monologue

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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