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David Brett

DAVID BRETT

  (1937 - 2015)
Nationality:    British
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David Brett (David Duffield) was born in Leeds on 30 December 1937, died 29 September 2015. He was part of a generation of English playwrights whose efforts helped regional theatre to engage with its social and political hinterland.

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

         Dr Bunting's Scandals         Hunger         Mayor Of Zalamea, The         Saturday Night And Sunday Morning         Six Blocks Of Day-Dream City         Ultramarine

Dr Bunting's Scandals

Synopsis:
version of Moliere's lecherous priest Tartuffe, the setting transposed to early 20th century Bradford.

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Hunger

Synopsis:
erudite and visceral examination of belfast

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Belfast: Waterfront Hall    1997

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The Production Company

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Mayor Of Zalamea, The

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Words from Ian McKellen: Pedro Calderon de la Barca, (1600-1681) wrote 126 verse plays - this being one of the more celebrated, a melodrama of honour and revenge. As the lascivious Captain Don Alvaro, my most notable contribution to the passionate tale was to swing Isabel (Vivienne Martin) around the stage, our arms stretched out, misjudging the arc of the move and consequently throwing her into the front row of the stalls

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Original Playwright - Pedro Calderon De La Barca

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Saturday Night And Sunday Morning

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Saturday Night & Sunday Morning presents a vivid tapestry of working class life at the end of post war austerity, bristling with colourful characters, standing on the edge of a world about to change beyond recognition. Arthur is heading into dangerous waters as he dates three women, two of them married, with the situation getting messier and more dangerous by the day. On a Saturday night Arthur thinks he is invincible. The question is: 'Will Sunday morning ever come?'

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from novel by Alan Sillitoe

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adaptation

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Six Blocks Of Day-Dream City

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National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Dep.256/Box 8/1

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Ultramarine

Synopsis:
challenging Portmanteau permutation of 36 interchaneable short plays

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Joint Stock

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