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Richard Bickley

RICHARD BICKLEY  (1960 - )

 Nationality:    British
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Richard Bickley is a playwright based in Yorkshire in the UK. His first play, after Penny, won a Scotsman Fringe First at Edinburgh in 1997. Since then he has written a number of stage plays, as well as work for television and the radio.

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

 After Penny         All About Anne         Case, The         Laying The Axe         Packed Room, The         Schoolgirl Dreams         Shards Of Glass         Strange Desire         Uncoupled

After Penny

Synopsis:
a deceptively meek accountant recounts his story to a psychiatrist. a dream about a girl leads to an obsession that begins with harmless games, moves through stalking and kidnap and ends with murder. The play explores the psychotic nature of obsession from the viewpoint of the stalker.

Notes:
after Penny won A Scotsman Fringe First Award At the 1997 Edinburgh Fringe And was Irish Times Pick-of-the-Fringe At the Dublin Festival the same year.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Veritas Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Psychological thriller - one act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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All About Anne

Synopsis:
The play follows anne's rejuvenating and liberating journey of self-discovery, following a traumatic event that sent her on a downward spiral into the depths of depression. Unable to get attention from her career-obsessed husband, anne begins an affair with his boss, a man more than twenty years her senior. Her husband gets wind of his boss's affair and tries to discover who it is with. anne's proximity to the two men shows her just how ludicrous men's power politics can be and the play ends with her leaving both and setting out to live life for herself.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Octagon Theatre, Grassington    09 Mar 2000

Organisations:
Craven Image Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Case, The

Synopsis:
a young man witnesses a violent assault on a crowded tube train. Initially he is unwilling to get involved but, after reading appeals for witnesses in the press, his guilt gets the better of him. He confronts his anxieties and reluctantly gives his evidence to the police. The play explores the legal process from the viewpoint of this innocent bystander, from his initial statement, through the identity parade and on to the trial itself. It examines the effect on his confidence and on his outlook on life generally.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
CO, Edinburgh    19 Aug 2001

Organisations:
Craven Image Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Monologue - one act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Laying The Axe

Synopsis:
Principal local employer and ex-mayor, Eric Dacre, OBE, was a big player in the small Yorkshire mill-town of Yarnton. Now his widow, with their son Robert and his wife and children gather on top of Slake Hill to plant a tree in Eric's memory. But the unexpected return of James, their first son, who disappeared more than twenty years ago forces the family to re-assess their lives and relationships. a Wild Kind of Justice is a play about families and secrets.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Pateley Bridge Playhouse    20 Jun 2003

Organisations:
Craven Image Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Packed Room, The

Synopsis:
Three women make a suicide pact in an internet chat room. From their solitary computer terminals they tell their separate stories and offer each other whatever comfort they can as the agreed date approaches. But all is not quite as it seems.

Notes:
This 15 minute short play was first performed As part of the Skipton 24/7 Theatre Festival

1st Produced:
Mart Theatre, Skipton    15 Oct 2005

Organisations:
Craven Image Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Short Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Schoolgirl Dreams

Synopsis:
On a hot afternoon, a man visits a prostitute He wants to see her only when she has put on a schoolgirl uniform. But when she appears, she is not the anonymous stranger he was expecting. Once their initial shock at seeing each other again in these somewhat bizarre circumstances has dissipated, their shared past is slowly revealed. But their stories are poles apart - whose version do we believe? The play explores the issues of prostitution and child abuse, asking questions without seeking to offer any solutions.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
CO, Edinburgh    19 Aug 2001

Organisations:
Craven Image Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama - one act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Shards Of Glass

Synopsis:
Tony falls in love with Julie. Julie falls in love with Tony. But their love is beset with difficulties. He is a young professional with a public-school education; she is from the working classes, a barmaid in a back-street pub. Seemingly mismatched and fighting against the hidden prejudices that still persist in our society, exemplified by the attitudes of their families and friends, can their love survive? and if so, at what price? Shards charts the story of their love affair from its explosive beginnings. at times very funny, at times deeply moving, this is a love story for today.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
C Underground, Edinburgh    19 Aug 2001

Organisations:
Craven Image Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Strange Desire

Synopsis:
a middle-aged man discovers his wife's teenage diaries and reads of her early sexual experiences. He becomes obsessed with these events from the past and determines to track down the man involved. He engineers a meeting between his wife and her ex-lover, but the plan backfires and eventually she leaves him.

Notes:
Strange Desire makes use of short monologues Addressed directly to the Audience, interspersed with brief interactions between the characters. It requires little or no set And A very simple lighting plot And so is ideal for festivals where short get-ins can be critical.

1st Produced:
Octagon Theatre, Grassington    14 Sep 1999

Organisations:
Craven Image Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
a Cautionary Tale - one act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Uncoupled

Synopsis:
To their friends they were the perfect couple. adam and Suzanne - Suzanne and adam. Inseparable. But scratch a little below the two kids, car and conservatory and there's twenty six years of coping with a husband whose interest in sex has moved on from girly mags to a full-scale internet porn addiction. The shame, self-doubt, fight-back, breakdown and flight are all chronicled in Suzanne's tale of learning to deal with his obsession. Marriages can survive an extra-marital fling - but a thirty-a-day habit?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
The Jam Factory, Oxford    24 Jun 2011

Organisations:
Craven Image Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Monologue - one act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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