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Roy Chatfield

ROY CHATFIELD

  
Nationality:    British
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Roy Chatfield's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Duncan Dreams         Going Back         Great Santa Kidnap         Mali         Miss Icarus         Now We Tell Our Tale         Other Shakespeare, The         Owl and the Pussycat, The         Tarbaby         Waiting For The King         Watching The Ball
Duncan Dreams

Synopsis:
Duncan awaits news of the progress of the rebellion against him. He remembers when he met three weird sisters who told him that he would be king and that they would also tell another Thane the same thing. Perhaps he should send Macbeth to sort them out

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Genre:
Monologue play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Going Back

Synopsis:
Freedom fighters have kept a man prisoner for seven years. He is finally released and returns to Basingstoke. But fitting back into family life proves to be very difficult

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Great Santa Kidnap

Synopsis:
Three goblins kidnap Santa on Christmas eve. Can Tommy and anna rescue him?

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1994   

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Genre:
Christmas Play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Mali

Synopsis:
The old king of Mali dies. His son Sunjata should inherit the throne but he cannot walk. His half-brother, Dankaran, usurps the throne. Sunjata's mother Sukulun tells him to accept it or get help from the Witch-King. Dankaran's mother forces Sunjata to get out of Mali which he does. The brother is assassinated and Sunjata returns to claim his throne

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  1 either sex

Further Reference:
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Miss Icarus

Synopsis:
Letty Landon has achieved fame as a poet mainly due to her editor's manipulation the newspapers. Her public see her as a seer - not a role she wants. There is a story about her the newspapers have got hold of that she definitely does not want published

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Genre:
Monologue play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Now We Tell Our Tale

Synopsis:
How Andover went from a small town to London overspill

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  1 either; doubling

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Other Shakespeare, The

Synopsis:
Anne Hathaway married William Shakespeare. They had three children. Then William left for London to become an actor

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Genre:
Monologue play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Owl and the Pussycat, The

Synopsis:
The Owl and the Cat are refugees. The Dong wants to send them back home. The Jumblies want Owl as a trophy. They escape and set sail to find the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo who will let them know of a safe place for them

Notes:
Based on the poem: "The Owl And The Puusycat" by Edward Lear

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  1 either sex; doubling

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Tarbaby

Synopsis:
about famed photographer and war correspondent Lee Miller
- Howard Loxton, British theatre Guide

Notes:
part of International Playwriting Festival 2010

1st Produced:
Warehouse Theatre Croydon, London     06 Mar 2010

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Waiting For The King

Synopsis:
Six people are in a waiting room. They discover it is the waiting room for the Last Judgement. They also discover that they all had a part in the death of the Son of God. How are they going to explain that?

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Watching The Ball

Synopsis:
Anne is a loner amongst the mothers watching their children playing football

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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