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Tony Benge

TONY BENGE  (1943 - )

 Nationality:    British
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Tony Benge has been writing plays on and off for over 20 years. In the past he has been lucky enough to have plays commissioned by the Library Theatre Manchester, Contact Youth Theatre, Salford Metropolitan Borough, Radio 4 Drama, Oldham Coliseum, Lifeline Manchester plus 4 short audio plays for Manchester Open Learning, His latest monologue the Miracle Worker was toured with 3 other pieces by the Salisbury based Bootleg Theatre. Tony is also a trained Drama therapist. He now lives in Dorset.

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

         Doing the Life         Just Enough Rope         Miracle Worker, The         Pile Up         Squaring the Circle         Tracy And the Troyboy

Doing the Life

Synopsis:
Play based on an imagined impromptu life drawing session arranged by students LS Lowry, James Fitton and the fictional Dora Whittaker following a real life dispute between the Bishop of Manchester and Manchester School of art when Fitton was banned by the bishop from attending the art school's life drawing classes because he was deemed too young and in moral danger.

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
the Library Theatre Manchester

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
one act play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Just Enough Rope

Synopsis:
Play based on the trial of 2 police officers for an alleged racist assault on a black teenager.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
the Library Theatre Manchester

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
One act play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Miracle Worker, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
part of 15 Minutes of Fame, A programme of 4 short plays

1st Produced:
Radcliffe cricket Club, Burry    40799

Organisations:
Bootleg Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
monologue

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Pile Up

Synopsis:
a motorway pile up in thick fog. Those drivers and passengers involved begin to imagine that avenging rural forces in the hills above the motorway - resentful of the city dwellers intrusion - are also to blame for the incident.

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Contact Youth Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Youth theatre

Parts:
Male:  several            Female:  several            Other:  -

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Squaring the Circle

Synopsis:
a community play based on research into the Kersal Moor Chartist Demonstrations of the 1830s.

Notes:
Music by David Price.

1st Produced:
Various venues in Salford    Jul 1989

Organisations:
Salford Community Theatre funded by Salford MBC

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Music:
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Genre:
Community theatre

Parts:
Male:  12            Female:  12            Other:  -

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Tracy And the Troyboy

Synopsis:
Newspaper delivery girl Tracy wins a national competition date with Photo-strip Magazine heartthrob Troy, where she discovers he's as shallow as his 2-dimensional magazine images.

Notes:
Cast was A mix of professional Adult Actors And members of Oldham Youth theatre. Script by Tony Benge & Sue Ashby. Music by Akindayo Akinbode.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Oldham Coliseum Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Young people's musical Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

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