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John Foster

JOHN FOSTER

  
Nationality:    British
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John Foster's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Chummy         Feral         Five Go Killing         Frankenstein         Little Boy         No Exit Reloaded         Place Of Safety, A         RIDE!         Shot At Dawn         Sniper         Tree In The Sky
Chummy

Synopsis:
Private eye Jackie Straker has a psycopath on the telephone - will she be able to save his next victim?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
White Bear Theatre, London    

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Genre:
Drama

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Feral

Synopsis:
Eighteen year old Simone escapes the constricted life she has led on a council estate for the freedom of the countryside. She meets an old man on a beach - there is a flicker of recognition between them

Notes:
Music and lyrics by Maria Therese Rodriguez; book by John Foster

1st Produced:
UK tour     2019

Organisations:
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Genre:
Musical

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Five Go Killing

Synopsis:
harrowing Monologue about OaP killings

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1st Produced:
Poole Literary Festival     01 Oct 2010

Organisations:
Bootleg Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Frankenstein

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Based on the novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley

1st Produced:
UK tour     2018

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
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Little Boy

Synopsis:
Two plays about different kinds of murder. a death row psychopath talks about his killing career while awaiting his imminent execution. One of the pilots who dropped the Hiroshima bomb robs banks as an act of remorse.

Notes:
part of Murder Monologues

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Writer's Voice Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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No Exit Reloaded

Synopsis:
2027 post Brexit, post Trump the time of terrorism

Notes:
Inspired by "No Exit" by Jean Paul Sartre

1st Produced:
House of International Theatre, Copenhagen    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama

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Place Of Safety, A

Synopsis:
about three young people in London bed sitter land

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1st Produced:
Plymouth Theatre Company     1976

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Genre:
45 min One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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RIDE!

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1st Produced:
UK tour     2017

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Music:
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Shot At Dawn

Synopsis:
a compelling and evocative drama telling the story of two young soldiers from the Dorsetshire Regiment, on trial for cowardice and desertion. Based on fact and drawn from WW1 first-hand eyewitness letters, diaries and accounts, this powerful and heartfelt courtroom drama, tells the story of how these two heroes, shell shocked and shattered, were tried without a jury or any right of appeal.

Notes:
Directed by Alice Malin

1st Produced:
Dorchester's historic Shire Hall, Dorset     13 Apr 2016

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Music:
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Genre:
drama

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Sniper

Synopsis:
A sniper is shooting randomly at people

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1st Produced:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Tree In The Sky

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
N16 Theatre, London    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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