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Margaret Beames

MARGARET BEAMES  

 Nationality:    New Zealander
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below is a list of Margaret Beames's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 After The Dreaming         Another Day In The Life Of Ruth Jones         Double Banger         Dramatis Personae         Invaders, The         Killing Timothy         Man Outside, The         Normal Service Will Be Resumed As Soon As Possible         Pumpkin Pie         Scapegoat, The

After The Dreaming

Synopsis:
Jean, a teacher, becomes involved in the women's movement opposing the deployment of nuclear arms. Her lover threatens to leave her but Jean is not prepared to compromise. This is contrasted with glimpses of an American President cracking under the pressure of a failing marriage and the impending threat of a nuclear conflict.

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Genre:
Drama, full length

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  7            Other:  -

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Another Day In The Life Of Ruth Jones

Synopsis:
a light hearted comedy in which Ruth Jones, a middle-aged housewife and mother of three decides she has had enough of married bliss and her pig-headed husband Walter. In the course of a day she tells her family and saunters off leaving Walter coated in dog food and tomato sauce.

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Genre:
Comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Double Banger

Synopsis:
When Jack sneaks $20 out of his wife's tea tin, little does he know of the complications that will follow. His wife Marg has been saving for a colour TV, his friend Wally has a tip-off on the horses and Cosgrove, a smooth-mannered antique dealer, is after a quick bargain.

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Genre:
Comedy One act

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Dramatis Personae

Synopsis:
a lightweight piece about human relationships among the cast of a small-town play rehearsal at which everything goes wrong before the producer arrives.

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Genre:
Comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Invaders, The

Synopsis:
Drama with effective build-up of suspense about a research scientist struggling to regain control of his mind which he says has been invaded. an intelligence officer masquerading as a doctor wants us to believe it was overwork. The wife is sceptical.

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Genre:
Drama, full length

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Killing Timothy

Synopsis:
a misunderstanding between two strangers who meet one midnight leads Randolph Cousins to spend nine years reliving a tragedy from his childhood.

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Genre:
Drama One act

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Man Outside, The

Synopsis:
When the occupants of the flats on the third floor of alma House realise that they are under surveillance by a mysterious man in a grey raincoat, each assumes that he, or she, is the object of his attention

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Genre:
Comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Normal Service Will Be Resumed As Soon As Possible

Synopsis:
Boatloads of refugees are arriving and the government takes a hard line reaction. The play revolves around an ordinary family being drawn into events as the army occupies their house and they harbour a refugee.

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Genre:
Drama One act

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Pumpkin Pie

Synopsis:
Wicked witch Ermingarde casts a spell on a pumpkin hoping to make everyone as unhappy as she is. Malkin her rebellious cat interferes with her plans.

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Genre:
Youth Pantomime Youth audience

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Scapegoat, The

Synopsis:
astrad, a sensitive young artist in the year 2286 a.D., transgresses by leaving Dome, a huge enclosed city that was built to protect its citizens from the effects of a nuclear disaster hundreds of years earlier.

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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Drama One act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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