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John Newman

JOHN NEWMAN  

 Nationality:    USA
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below is a list of John Newman's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Awakening Galatia         Crowns and Commoners         Secret School, The         Whirligig         Yearnings

Awakening Galatia

Synopsis:
Pygmalion creates a statue of the perfect woman. He falls in love with his sculpture and names her Galatia. The Muse of Poetry falls in love with Pygmalion and changes herself to look like the statue

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Genre:
Verse play

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Male:  1            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Crowns and Commoners

Synopsis:
Seven maidens are summoned to serve the king's seven daughters. The king is assassinated and the maidens pretend to be the princesses

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Secret School, The

Secret School, The
The new teacher soon sorts out her class of unruly fourteen year olds. She tells them that at their age she was teaching. The class discover it is true and devise a play about it

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Based on the book "The Secret School" by Avi

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Genre:
Youth play

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Male:  5-6            Female:  6-9            Other:  extras

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Whirligig

Synopsis:
Brent Bishop accidently kills a girl. Her mother sends him to the four corners of the country to build whirligigs in her daughter's memory

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Based on the novel "Whirligig" by Paul Fleischman

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Genre:
Adaptation

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Yearnings

Synopsis:
Leigh a young woman has just taken over the running of the family farm. Rochelle arrives on a pilgrimage

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Genre:
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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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