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JOHN ARDEN (1930 - 2012)
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John arden born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, 26 October 1930, died 28 March 2012 was an English playwright whose works tended to expose social issues of personal concern. educated at schools in Barnsley; Sedbergh School, Yorkshire, 1944-48; King's College, Cambridge, 1950-53, B.A. in architecture 1953; edinburgh College of art, 1953-55, diploma in architecture 1955. Served in the British army Intelligence Corps, 1949-50: lance-corporal. Married the actress/playwrightjohn arden Margaretta Ruth D'arcy, in 1957; five sons (one deceased). architectural assistant, London, 1955-57; full-time writer from 1958. Fellow in playwriting, Bristol University, 1959-60; visiting lecturer in politics and Drama, New York University, 1967; Regents' lecturer, University of California, Davis, 1973; writer-in-residence, University of New england, armidale, New South Wales, 1975. Founder, Committee of 100 anti-nuclear group, 1961; chair Peace News pacifist weekly, London, 1966-70; co-founder, Corrandulla Arts and entertainment, County Galway, Ireland, 1973; founding member, Theatre Writers' Group (now Theatre Writers' Union), 1975. Recipient: BBC Northern Region prize, 1957; encyclopaedia Britannica prize, 1959; evening Standard award, 1960; Trieste Festival award, 1961; Vernon Rice award, 1966; John Whiting award, 1973 PeN Macmillan Silver Pen award, 1992.
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All Fall Down Armstrong's Last Goodnight Ars Longa, Vita Brevis Bagman Or the Impromptu Of Muswell Hill, The Ballygombeen Bequest, The Blow-In Chorus For Liam Cosgrave Business Of Good Government, The: A Christmas Play Conscience And Desire, And Dear Liz Crown Strike Play, The Death Of A Cowboy Devil And the Parish Pump, The Fidelio Friday's Hiding Granny Welfare And the Wolf Happy Haven, The Harold Muggins Is A Martyr Hero Rises Up, The Hunting Of the Mongrel Fox, The Ironhand Island Of the Mighty, The: A Play On A Traditional British theme Left-Handed Liberty Little Gray Home In the West, The Live Like Pigs Making Of Muswell Hill, The Mary's Name Menace Of Ireland ?, The Mongrel Fox, The Mother, The My Old Man's A Tory New Communion - For Freaks, Prophets And Witches, A No Room At the Inn Non-Stop Connolly Show, The: A Dramatic Cycle Of Continuous Struggle In Six Parts Party, The Pearl Pinprick Of History, A Play Without Words Royal Pardon, The; Or, The Soldier Who Became An Actor Rudi Dutschke Must Stay Sean O'scrudu Serjeant Musgrave's Dance Silence Soldier Who Became An Actor Soldier's Tale, The True History Of Squire Jonathan And His Unfortunate Treasure, The Two Hundred Years Of Labour History Vandaleur's Folly Vietnam Carnival Waters Of Babylon, The When Is A Door Not A Door ? Workhouse Donkey, TheAll Fall Down
Synopsis:
Set in the Victorian period about building a railway.
Notes:
first play performed by A student theatre group At the edinburgh College of Art
1st Produced:
Edinburgh 1955
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Genre:
Comedy
Parts:
Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageArmstrong's Last Goodnight
16th century Scottish border chieftain and his feuds with the King of england over border peace.
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1st Produced:
Glasgow 1964
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1st Published:
Methuen Drama B0006D5LGe
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Genre:
exercise in Diplomacy
Parts:
Male: 23 Female: 7 Other: extras
Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Fifth estate Theatre Company - acc.11443/69
Top of PageArs Longa, Vita Brevis
Synopsis:
improvisation on an art master shot in a wood whilst taking part in a Territorial army exercise
Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy
1st Produced:
Kirkbymoorside 1964
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1st Published:
in "eight Plays I", Cassell, London, 1965 -
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Genre:
theme for Variations
Parts:
Male: 5 Female: 1 Other: extras inc children
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Top of PageBagman Or the Impromptu Of Muswell Hill, The
Synopsis:
modern version of Moliere's Versailles Impromptu
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1st Produced:
BBC Radio 1970
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1st Published:
in "Plays 2", 1994 -
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Genre:
Witty Fable
Parts:
Male: 6 Female: 6 Other: extras
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Top of PageBallygombeen Bequest, The
Synopsis:
english absentee landlord's attempts to evict his Irish tenants.
Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy, halted by A libel suit And rewritten As the Little Gray Home In the West
1st Produced:
Belfast 1972
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1st Published:
in "Scripts 9", New York, September, 1972 -
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Genre:
anglo-Irish MeloDrama
Parts:
Male: 11 Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageBlow-In Chorus For Liam Cosgrave
Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy
1st Produced:
Galway 1977
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-
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageBusiness Of Good Government, The: A Christmas Play
Synopsis:
King Herod's realisation that the child Jesus must be killed in order to preserve the government
Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy; Aka A Christmas Play
1st Produced:
Brent Knoll, Somerset 1960
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Genre:
Nativity
Parts:
Male: 13 Female: 4 Other: or unisex
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Top of PageConscience And Desire, And Dear Liz
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1st Produced:
London 1954
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Top of PageCrown Strike Play, The
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Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy
1st Produced:
Galway 1974
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Top of PageDeath Of A Cowboy
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Genre:
One act
Parts:
Male: 6 Female: - Other: extras
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Top of PageDevil And the Parish Pump, The
Synopsis:
pressing issue was the new piped water scheme
Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy
1st Produced:
Galway 1974
Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1991 -
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Genre:
20 min play One act
Parts:
Male: - Female: - Other: 5 characters
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Top of PageFidelio
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1st Produced:
London 1965
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Genre:
Libretto
Parts:
Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageFriday's Hiding
Synopsis:
experiment In the Laconic as Scottish farmer hides to avoid paying his men
Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy
1st Produced:
Edinburgh 1966
Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Soldier, Soldier and Other Plays", Methuen, London, 1967 -
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Genre:
One act
Parts:
Male: 3 Female: 1 Other: -
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Top of PageGranny Welfare And the Wolf
Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy
1st Produced:
London 1971
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-
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageHappy Haven, The
Synopsis:
Basic conflicts between the doctors and patients at a geriatric hospital
Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy
1st Produced:
Bristol 1960
Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "New english Dramatists 4", Penguin, London, 1962 -
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Genre:
Comedy
Parts:
Male: 8 Female: 6 Other: -
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Top of PageHarold Muggins Is A Martyr
Synopsis:
a battle finally seals the fate of Muggin's cafe after it has been taken over by the establishment
Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy And Cartoon Archetypical Slogan theatre
1st Produced:
London 1968
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Genre:
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageHero Rises Up, The
the amorous relationship between Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson is shown with excerpts from his naval victories.
Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy
1st Produced:
London 1968
Organisations:
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1st Published:
Methuen Drama 978-0416139501
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Genre:
Romantic MeloDrama
Parts:
Male: 16 Female: 9 Other: extras
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Top of PageHunting Of the Mongrel Fox, The
Synopsis:
protest at a decision to hang a young couple in Dublin
Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy
1st Produced:
Galway 1976
Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1991 -
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Genre:
short play One act
Parts:
Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageIronhand
Synopsis:
Ironhand is Goetz who lost his hand in battle and replaced it with an iron gauntlet, "I stood by myself and I took no head of nobody. all I said was freedom"
Notes:
Original Playwright - Goethe (Goetz von Berlichingen)
1st Produced:
Bristol 1963
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Genre:
adaptation
Parts:
Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageIsland Of the Mighty, The: A Play On A Traditional British theme
Synopsis:
a long and complex re-telling of the arthur and Merlin myth.
Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy; Aka Handful of Watercress
1st Produced:
London 1972
Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Plays & Players" London, feb/Mar, 1973 -
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Genre:
Drama, Music
Parts:
Male: 25 Female: 9 Other: extras
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Top of PageLeft-Handed Liberty
King John and his barons struggle over the implications of the Magna Carta
Notes:
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1st Produced:
Mermaid Theatre, London 1965
Organisations:
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1st Published:
Methuen Drama B002AGe9J0
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Genre:
Play about Magna Carta
Parts:
Male: 14 Female: 5 Other: extras
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Top of PageLittle Gray Home In the West, The
Synopsis:
english absentee landlord's attempts to evict his Irish tenants. (But after libel suit cuts and changed emphases from original "the Ballygombeen Bequest")
Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy
1st Produced:
rehearsed reading at Sugawn Theatre, London 1978
Organisations:
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1st Published:
Pluto Press, London, 1980 -
Music:
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Genre:
Sat MeloDrama
Parts:
Male: 11 Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageLive Like Pigs
Conflict between a band of vagrants and the middle class in an industrial country.
Notes:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "New English Dramatists 3", Penguin, London, 1961 -
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Genre:
Comedy 3 parts
Parts:
Male: 6 Female: 8 Other: -
Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 58.259; http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XIII (1993) Page 1225
Top of PageMaking Of Muswell Hill, The
Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy
1st Produced:
London 1984
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Top of PageMary's Name
Synopsis:
women's right to keep their own name after marriage
Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy
1st Produced:
Galway 1977
Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1991 -
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Genre:
Modern Drama Play/Drama
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageMenace Of Ireland ?, The
Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy
1st Produced:
Bradford 1979
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-
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageMongrel Fox, The
Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy
1st Produced:
Galway 1976
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-
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageMother, The
Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy
1st Produced:
London 1984
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Genre:
-
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Top of PageMy Old Man's A Tory
Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy
1st Produced:
London 1971
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Genre:
-
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageNew Communion - For Freaks, Prophets And Witches, A
Synopsis:
expression of "women's rage" made real
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1st Produced:
Edinburgh 1971
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Genre:
Play/Drama
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageNo Room At the Inn
Synopsis:
concern for the Travelling population of Galway
Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy
1st Produced:
Galway 1976
Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1991 -
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Genre:
Modern Drama Play/Drama
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageNon-Stop Connolly Show, The: A Dramatic Cycle Of Continuous Struggle In Six Parts
Synopsis:
Life and career of James Connolly martyr of the 1916 easter Rising.
Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy
1st Produced:
Liberty Hall, Dublin 1975
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1st Published:
Pluto Press, 5 vols., 1977 -
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Genre:
26 hour epic Play/Drama
Parts:
Male: 41 Female: 4 Other: or 12m4f
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Top of PageParty, The
Synopsis:
adolescent conflicts convincingly explored
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1st Produced:
London 1958
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1958 -
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Genre:
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male: 3 Female: 3 Other: -
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Top of PagePearl
Synopsis:
a Play about a Play within the Play
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1st Published:
Methuen Modern Play, London, 1979 -
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Genre:
Radio
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PagePinprick Of History, A
Synopsis:
reveals the opposition encountered whilst the Galway theatre Workshop toured a play
Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy
1st Produced:
almost Free Theatre, London 1977
Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1991 -
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Genre:
"intervation" Historical
Parts:
Male: 9 Female: 3 Other: -
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Top of PagePlay Without Words
Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Glasgow 1965
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-
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageRoyal Pardon, The; Or, The Soldier Who Became An Actor
Synopsis:
a "legendary" tale about the adventures of a troupe of strolling actors.
Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy
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Genre:
Childrens Youth audience
Parts:
Male: 13 Female: 5 Other: -
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Top of PageRudi Dutschke Must Stay
Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy
1st Produced:
London 1971
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Genre:
-
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageSean O'scrudu
Synopsis:
support for an industrial dispute
Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy
1st Produced:
Galway 1976
Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1991 -
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Genre:
Modern Drama Play/Drama
Parts:
Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageSerjeant Musgrave's Dance
an 1880's recruiting sergeant, in fact a deserter, tries to bring the truth about war home to a strike ridden town.
Notes:
revised version produced London 1972
1st Produced:
Royal Court Theatre, London >>> 22 Oct 1959
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Genre:
Unhistorical Parable 3 act
Parts:
Male: 13 Female: 2 Other: -
Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 59.226; http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol I (1981) Page 0255; http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol IV (1984) Page 0444; http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XXIII (2003) Page 1392; http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XXVI (2006) Page 0324
Top of PageSilence
Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy
1st Produced:
Galway 1977
Organisations:
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1st Published:
- -
Music:
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Top of PageSoldier Who Became An Actor
Synopsis:
-
Notes:
-
1st Produced:
- 1966
Organisations:
-
1st Published:
- -
Music:
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Top of PageSoldier's Tale, The
Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Bath 1968
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1st Published:
- -
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-
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Top of PageTrue History Of Squire Jonathan And His Unfortunate Treasure, The
Synopsis:
its black charcoal burners roaming in the forest round Squire Jonathan's house recall Lord Of the Rings
Notes:
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1st Produced:
London 1968
Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Plays & Players" London, aug, 1968 -
Music:
-
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Genre:
One act
Parts:
Male: 1 Female: 1 Other: extras
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Top of PageTwo Hundred Years Of Labour History
Synopsis:
for Socialist Labour League Rally
Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy And others
1st Produced:
alexandra Palace, London 1968
Organisations:
-
1st Published:
- -
Music:
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Genre:
Historical
Parts:
Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageVandaleur's Folly
Synopsis:
Success and failure of agricultural co-operative in the West of Ireland in 1831.
Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy
1st Produced:
Lancaster 1978
Organisations:
-
1st Published:
eyre Methuen, London, 1981 -
Music:
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Genre:
anglo-Irish MeloDrama
Parts:
Male: 24 Female: 5 Other: or 6m3f
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Top of PageVietnam Carnival
Synopsis:
-
Notes:
written with Margaretta D'arcy
1st Produced:
New York University 1967
Organisations:
-
1st Published:
- -
Music:
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Top of PageWaters Of Babylon, The
Synopsis:
a pimp, having served in the German army, claims to be a concentration camp victim as play explores social problems in Britain.
Notes:
production without decor, WWT wrongly gives production date As 19 oct 1957
1st Produced:
Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Three Plays", Penguin, London, 1964 -
Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male: 8 Female: 3 Other: -
Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 57.253
Top of PageWhen Is A Door Not A Door ?
Synopsis:
exposure of social and class amongst the workers as they threaten to strike
Notes:
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1st Produced:
London 1958
Organisations:
-
1st Published:
in "Soldier, Soldier and Other Plays", Methuen, London, 1967 -
Music:
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Parts:
Male: 6 Female: 5 Other: -
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Top of PageWorkhouse Donkey, The
Synopsis:
a rumbustious tale of small town political corruption.
Notes:
-
1st Produced:
Organisations:
-
1st Published:
in "Plays & Players" London, aug/Sep, 1963 -
Music:
-
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Genre:
Vulgar MeloDrama
Parts:
Male: 21 Female: 9 Other: extras
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