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Edwin Morgan

EDWIN MORGAN  (1919 - 2010)

 Nationality:    Scottish
email:    Click here to contact     Website:    Click here

Literary Agent:    n/a

Edwin George Morgan FRSE OBE (27 April 1920  17 August 2010) was a Scottish poet and translator who was associated with the Scottish Renaissance. He is widely recognised as one of the foremost Scottish poets of the 20th century. In 1999, Morgan was made the first Glasgow Poet Laureate. In 2004, he was named as the first Scottish national poet: the Scots Makar. - Wiki

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

         A D         Apple-Tree: a medieval Dutch play, The         Cyrano De Bergerac         Dr Faustus         Gilgamesh         Master Peter Pathelin         Phaedra         Second Shepherds, The         Sweeping Out the Dark         Three Servants

A D

Synopsis:
stage trilogy about the life of Christ in a searching humanist interpretation with Christ as a man who fathered a child, formed an affectionate friendship with a homosexual disciple and was severely tempted by the violent nationalist politics of his time.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Raindog Theatre Company

1st Published:
Carcanet Press, 2000   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Three Plays

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large cast

Further Reference:
-

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Apple-Tree: a medieval Dutch play, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    1982

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation, MS

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Edwin Morgan - MS.27493, f.53

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Cyrano De Bergerac

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Edmond Rostand

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Communicado Theatre Company

1st Published:
Carcarnet Press, 1992   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Dr Faustus

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Christopher Marlowe

1st Produced:
Paisley Arts Centre    1999

Organisations:
Tag Tour

1st Published:
Cannongate, 1999   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Gilgamesh

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Based on "the Epic of Gilgamesh"

1st Produced:
RSAMD, Glasgow    02 Nov 2010

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Master Peter Pathelin

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    1983

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation, MS

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Edwin Morgan - MS.27493, f.67

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Phaedra

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Racine

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Carcarnet, 2000   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Second Shepherds, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    1984

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Booksellers:

Genre:
Translation, MS

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Edwin Morgan - MS.27493, f.107

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Sweeping Out the Dark

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Carcanet Press, 1994   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Three Servants

Synopsis:
A liar, a mute and a sexy Venetian slave girl are united by a bid for freedom from their tyrannical masters. Along their journey they stumble upon a desolate inn run by two enigmatic Japanese attendants. Suddenly they find themselves in charge of the place. . .but there is a curse on the inn and after an evening of drunkenness and debauchery, the three servants make a shocking discovery.

Notes:
written by Ryan Craig And Edwin Morgan. Music by Ben Foster

1st Produced:
Warehouse Theatre Croydon, London    05 Nov 2002

Organisations:
Jet Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Booksellers:

Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Edwin Morgan

EDWIN MORGAN  (1919 - 2010)

 Nationality:    Scottish
email:    Click here to contact     Website:    Click here

Literary Agent:    n/a

Edwin George Morgan FRSE OBE (27 April 1920  17 August 2010) was a Scottish poet and translator who was associated with the Scottish Renaissance. He is widely recognised as one of the foremost Scottish poets of the 20th century. In 1999, Morgan was made the first Glasgow Poet Laureate. In 2004, he was named as the first Scottish national poet: the Scots Makar. - Wiki

Buy Plays with Doollee

Each page of doollee.com has links to play/book outlets, either directly to the Publisher, through Stageplays.com and Amazon to the second hand and 1st editions of AbeBooks. These links will automatically take you to the relevant area obviating the need for further search.
AbeBooks.co.uk   AbeBooks.com   Stageplays.com   amazon.com   amazon.co.uk   amazon.ca
whether you are a Playwright who wishes to make their entry definitive, an unlisted Playwright or a User with a tale to tell - we want to hear from you.
download WORD submission template

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

         A D         Apple-Tree: a medieval Dutch play, The         Cyrano De Bergerac         Dr Faustus         Gilgamesh         Master Peter Pathelin         Phaedra         Second Shepherds, The         Sweeping Out the Dark         Three Servants

A D

Synopsis:
stage trilogy about the life of Christ in a searching humanist interpretation with Christ as a man who fathered a child, formed an affectionate friendship with a homosexual disciple and was severely tempted by the violent nationalist politics of his time.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Raindog Theatre Company

1st Published:
Carcanet Press, 2000   -

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

Booksellers:

Genre:
Three Plays

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large cast

Further Reference:
-

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Apple-Tree: a medieval Dutch play, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    1982

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

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

Booksellers:

Genre:
Translation, MS

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Edwin Morgan - MS.27493, f.53

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Cyrano De Bergerac

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Edmond Rostand

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Communicado Theatre Company

1st Published:
Carcarnet Press, 1992   -

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

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Dr Faustus

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Christopher Marlowe

1st Produced:
Paisley Arts Centre    1999

Organisations:
Tag Tour

1st Published:
Cannongate, 1999   -

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

Booksellers:

Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Gilgamesh

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Based on "the Epic of Gilgamesh"

1st Produced:
RSAMD, Glasgow    02 Nov 2010

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

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

Booksellers:

Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Master Peter Pathelin

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    1983

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

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

Booksellers:

Genre:
Translation, MS

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Edwin Morgan - MS.27493, f.67

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Phaedra

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Racine

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Carcarnet, 2000   -

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

Booksellers:

Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Second Shepherds, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    1984

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

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

Booksellers:

Genre:
Translation, MS

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Edwin Morgan - MS.27493, f.107

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Sweeping Out the Dark

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Carcanet Press, 1994   -

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

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Three Servants

Synopsis:
A liar, a mute and a sexy Venetian slave girl are united by a bid for freedom from their tyrannical masters. Along their journey they stumble upon a desolate inn run by two enigmatic Japanese attendants. Suddenly they find themselves in charge of the place. . .but there is a curse on the inn and after an evening of drunkenness and debauchery, the three servants make a shocking discovery.

Notes:
written by Ryan Craig And Edwin Morgan. Music by Ben Foster

1st Produced:
Warehouse Theatre Croydon, London    05 Nov 2002

Organisations:
Jet Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

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

Booksellers:

Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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