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Glyn Cannon

GLYN CANNON

  (1976 - )
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    Independent Talent Group Limited  

Glyn Cannon was born in Tottenham, North London in 1976, and currently lives in Whitechapel, east London. His work has been performed in various venues in the UK. He was associate Playwright for Paines Plough 2003-2004.

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         Appalachia         Coffee         Contempt         Death Of the Small Independent Retailer         Depth, The         Embodied         Flood, The         Gone         Heady Gabler, The         Journeyman         Kiss, The         Miniaturist, The         Monologue         Nebuchadnezzar         On Blindness         Twenty Three Greatest Moments Of Dave, The
Appalachia

Synopsis:
Glyn has a fear of flying and after hearing his girlfriend is pregnant - a fear of the future

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1st Produced:
Lion & Unicorn Theatre, London     2002

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://twitter.com/glyncannon

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Coffee

Synopsis:
Steve, al and Zoe are three advertising creatives drafted in at the last second to come up with a pitch for the Donkey Coffee Company - but time and their collective lack of ability are against them, as the company suits are about to arrive. . .Three blocked creatives get radically unblocked with COFFee, a very fast and furious comedy

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Contempt

Synopsis:
Whittum is an underachieving sports shoe designer. He offers an enthusiastic sixteen year old a chance to join hi. Later the sixteen year old is found stabbed at a bus stop Whittum is implicated

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1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading at RADA Vanburgh Theatre, London    

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Death Of the Small Independent Retailer

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Part of Miniaturists 7 - Bringing you more of the best short plays by some of the most exciting playwrights in the UK today

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Genre:
short play

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Depth, The

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Part of Miniaturists 5 - Bringing you more of the best short plays by some of the most exciting playwrights in the UK today

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short play

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Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Embodied

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Part of Miniaturists 8 - Bringing you more of the best short plays by some of the most exciting playwrights in the UK today

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short play

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Flood, The

Synopsis:
against the background of Hurricane Katrina, a woman seeking to better herself educationally squares up to her sour husband.

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Part of Miniaturists 1 - Bringing you more of the best short plays by some of the most exciting playwrights in the UK today

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the Miniaturists

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short play

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Gone

Synopsis:
Based upon Sophocles' antigone - a grieving sister battles a security-obsessed society to bury her terrorist brother- but where does a political leader's loyalty lie when family is involved?

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after Sophocles' Antigone. Winner of A Scotsman Fringe First And Awarded Best Play of 2004 by the Guardian newspaper.

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James Seabright

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  chorus

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Heady Gabler, The

Synopsis:
Heather a New York performance artist wants to pay tribute to her late father a psychotherapist

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1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading at Etcetera Theatre, London     2008

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Drama

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Journeyman

Synopsis:
Journeyman boxer Francis Delany never made it in the boxing world. A crooked promoter fixes him up with a fight with an up and coming American fighter. He thinks he has a chance for better things but the promoter orders him to go down in the ninth round. However he still wants to succeed so he gets a friend a singer to distract the American

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Drama

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Kiss, The

Synopsis:
Griff, a long-lost (and deliberately lost) friend arrives at the house of Will and Cait. He is seeking to make amends for past behaviour - but are we doomed to repeat ourselves? Is originality possible?

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Miniaturist, The

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Part of Miniaturists 29 - Bringing you more of the best short plays by some of the most exciting playwrights in the UK today

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Monologue

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Part of Miniaturists 16 - Bringing you more of the best short plays by some of the most exciting playwrights in the UK today

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Genre:
short play

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Nebuchadnezzar

Synopsis:
Dryden is the most confident, secure and well-balanced individual in the company - or rather he was until Jerome, eliza and Daniel got to work. Now Dryden must battle to save himself from the horrors of group hugs and counselling sessions.

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Genre:
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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  3

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On Blindness

On Blindness
takes a brutally comic swipe at art and sex - charting the relationships of Edward, Maria, Shona and Dan as they win and lose over one turbulent weekend. On Blindness is an intriguing, gritty play about blind people who can see things as they are, and sighted people who can not

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Frantic assembly, Paines Plough and Graeae

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Twenty Three Greatest Moments Of Dave, The

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Part of Miniaturists 11 - Bringing you more of the best short plays by some of the most exciting playwrights in the UK today

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Genre:
short play

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