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David Calcutt

DAVID CALCUTT

  (1950 - )
Nationality:    English
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David is a playwright, poet and novelist. He has written many plays for the professional and community theatre, and for BBC Radio. His novels include Shadow Bringer, published by Oxford University Press, and Robin Hood, published by Barefoot Books. His latest novel is The Hunt for the Great Bear, for which at the moment he is seeking an agent and/or publisher. Several plays for young people are also published by Oxford, among them Lady Macbeth, The Terrible Fate of Humpty Dumpty and Salem, and adaptations of Beowulf and Dracula. He has worked closely over the years with Midland Actors Theatre, on pieces such as Lady Chatterleys Lover and The Mothers, and, most recently, The White Shining Land, an ongoing community theatre project based on stories of refugees, immigrants and asylum seekers. His poetry appears widely in magazines, and he has two pamphlets published by Fair Acre Press, Road Kill and Through The Woods.  His one man play, The Life and Times of the Tat Man, is currently on tour, and he has recently finished a new commissioned play for Regional Voice Theatre, The Ballad of Rough Moey and the Darlaston Dog Fight, which he hopes will be touring from April 2016.

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         Alice Barefoot         Assassin Of the Sun         Beowulf         Bertie Wiggins' Amazing Ears         Black Orpheus         Blue Shoes         Dead Man         Death's Trick         Detention         Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde         Dracula         Fool's Gold         Gabriel's Hounds         Goat Song         Heaven and Earth         Homer's Odyssey         King Arthur's Sword         King of the City Central         Labyrinth, The         Lady Chatterly's Lover         Lady Macbeth         Lady of Flower and Feathers         Lie Detector         Petey         Playground And Bull         Round the Wrekin         Ruff Moey And the Ballad Of Billy Earp         Salem         Savitri         Spooky         Stupid Trousers         Terrible Fate Of Humpty Dumpty, The         Tess of the d'Urbervilles         Tongues Of Flame         Treasure Island         Troy         Walsall Wake         Walsall's War         Wrath of Achilles, The
Alice Barefoot

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Assassin Of the Sun

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Beowulf

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Bertie Wiggins' Amazing Ears

Bertie Wiggins' Amazing Ears
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Black Orpheus

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Blue Shoes

Blue Shoes
Lucy sees a pair of blue shoes and desperately wants them

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Dead Man

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Death's Trick

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Detention

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School Play Youth audience

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Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
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Based on the short story by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Dracula

Dracula
A modern playscript retelling of Bram Stoker's vampire classic . . . He is Nosferatu, the Undead He can walk through locked doors, change his shape Sometimes he looks like a man, sometimes a huge wolf-like dog, or a bat He never grows ill, never dies And if you invite him into your home, he will take your life and your soul

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David Calcutt from Bram Stoker

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Fool's Gold

Fool's Gold
Prospero has been searching for the secret of the Philosopher's Stone. Two con men see an opportunity

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Gabriel's Hounds

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Goat Song

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Heaven and Earth

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Homer's Odyssey

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King Arthur's Sword

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King of the City Central

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Labyrinth, The

Labyrinth, The
The Minotaur and Theseus

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Lady Chatterly's Lover

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Lady Macbeth

Lady Macbeth
Gruach the daughter of a Pictish king is forced by her father to marry his enemy King Malcolm. Macbeth and Duncan raise an army to fight Malcolm and he and all his followers are slaughtered. Gruach meets Macbeth

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Lady of Flower and Feathers

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Lie Detector

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Petey

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Playground And Bull

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Round the Wrekin

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Ruff Moey And the Ballad Of Billy Earp

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Salem

Salem
The hysteria and fear around the Salem Witch Trials

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Savitri

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Spooky

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Stupid Trousers

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Terrible Fate Of Humpty Dumpty, The

Terrible Fate Of Humpty Dumpty, The
Terry Dumpton starts at a new school and becomes the victim of a gang of bullies

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Tess of the d'Urbervilles

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Tongues Of Flame

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Treasure Island

Treasure Island
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Troy

Troy
Radio station Troy 24 is determined to get an exclusive when Achilles returns to the Trojan War determined on revenge for the death of Patroclus

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Walsall Wake

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Walsall's War

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Wrath of Achilles, The

Wrath of Achilles, The
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