doollee banner
The Playwrights Database
contact doollee


Lin Coghlan

LIN COGHLAN

  (1956 - )
Nationality:    Irish
email:    n/a     Website:    n/a

Literary Agent:    United Agents  

Lin CogHLAn, born Dublin, 1956. Nationality: Irish. education: Pembroke School, Rose Bruford academy (diplomate), London University (Ma). Youngest of three children. Joined WRNS 1971. Left cA. 1974. Worked as actress and educationalist for many years. In addition to plays has written scripts for east enders , the Bill and Grange Hill and devised series Patrick's Planet. awarded Dennis Potter Prize for TV Drama. Has been writer in residence, National Theatre, and lecturer, University of Middlesex.

Buy Plays with Doollee

Each page of doollee.com has links to play/book outlets, either directly to the Publisher, through Stageplays.com and Amazon to the second hand and 1st editions of AbeBooks. These links will automatically take you to the relevant area obviating the need for further search.
AbeBooks.co.uk   AbeBooks.com   Stageplays.com   amazon.com   amazon.co.uk   amazon.ca
whether you are a Playwright who wishes to make their entry definitive, an unlisted Playwright or a User with a tale to tell - we want to hear from you.
download WORD submission template

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

         Acme Thunderer, The         Apache Tears         Bretevski Street         Broken Angel         Bus Shelter         Feeling In My Bones, A         Kingfisher Blue         Mercy         Miracle, The         Night Garden, The         Rising Blue         Though the Heavens Fall         Waking         With Love From Nicolae
Acme Thunderer, The

Acme Thunderer, The
A funny, moving family Drama of pigeons and siblings, set amid the Blitz.

Notes:
Three 30 minute plays by leading playwrights for children to act, commissioned by the Unicorn, one of the world's foremost companies creating theatre with young people. Premiered as end of year performances by primary classes, the scripts are ideal school productions or for younger youth theatre groups. they are designed to be directed by teachers or youth leaders with no previous Drama training. the book includes advice and ideas to support preparation, rehearsal and production.

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
TYA 30 min

Parts:
Male:  21            Female:  7            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Apache Tears

Synopsis:
Three women rage against despair in the play which was co-winner of the Peggy Ramsay Play award 2000. It was commissioned by Clean Break, who work with women in the criminal justice system

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Bretevski Street

Synopsis:
as a civil war gets closer to Brtevski Street two neighbours of different ethnic backgrounds are forced into conflict

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
NaTe, Sheffield, 2002   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  1 cat

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Broken Angel

Synopsis:
Colette is 10 years old but she isn't like other children her age - her Dad is an alcoholic. As Colette struggles to make sense of her home life she learns to cope with her unpredictable Bad through the support of her best friend Di. This sensitive portayal of a family in crisis deals gently with the issues of addiction and domestic turbulence for a young audience.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Cap-a-Pie

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Bus Shelter

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-     1990

Organisations:
Red Ladder Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Feeling In My Bones, A

Feeling In My Bones, A
Sean and his mother live in the mountains of Cumbria. A woman turns up wanting to buy their cottage for Lake Breaks Holidays. Sean is against this and wonders how to stop her

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Nelson Thornes 2006   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Youth play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Kingfisher Blue

Synopsis:
ally is an abused and bullied 14-year old. He dreams of getting away from his Father and the run down council estate that he lives on. His mother has run off with another man to Spain and ally thinks that if he can just get the air fair together he could go and join her. But it is a lot of money - so ally persuades his friend Elvis to take some indecent photographs of him so that he might sell and make money. as Elvis is the older teen no one believes that it was ally's idea and that Elvis did not coerse him.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Oberon, London,    

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, theme/character, full length

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Mercy

Synopsis:
It's like the flood. Maybe we're the only ones left - maybe it'll rain for a long time, and then, when it's over, there'll be just us.' Deccy and Mac want to disappear. Cookie wants his Mum. Terry and Jean are running away together. Rory is just running. then it happens. White dust is falling, London is sinking and it is too late for regrets. all they can do is wait.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Oberon Books, London, 2004   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Miracle, The

Synopsis:
When the canal bursts its banks and a holy statue arrives through her bedroom floor, no one is more surprised than 12-year-old Veronica. Soon the entire population of the town finds itself yearning unknowingly for something magical to come into their lives. With best friend Zelda at her side, Ron sets about using her new-found skills to heal her ailing community. In the play's Dramatic conclusion, only she will have the power to turn things around and change them for the better.

Notes:
part of Shell Connections

1st Produced:
Olivier, London     2006

Organisations:
Cheadle and Marple Sixth Form College, Stockport

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  7            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Night Garden, The

Synopsis:
It is July 1969 and with the flight of apollo 22, mankind is about to take a giant leap. a time when expectations are immense andd the world is heading for unexplored and exciting times. Set in Ireland, the Night Garden is the story of the Doyle family's struggle to confront change. Matriarch Mary, fights to hold onto the old values, whilst eighteen year olf aisling dreams of england and a life of freedom. Twelve year old Orla wants to send a morse code message to the "moon men" and no one knows what to do with Danny.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Northcott, Exeter     2002

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Oberon Books, London, 2002   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Rising Blue

Synopsis:
after a life of industrious industrial work, andre and Lucie have retired to the country. another life starts and andre sets out to 'learn' about the world, the universe and everything in it. as he unravels the secrets of the cosmos, andre unravels his fragile sanity, and Lucie is left to pick up the pieces. a beautifully simple and tender piece, which echoes Jean-Paul Wenzel's "Far away from Hagondange" written 25 years earlier. a generation has passed and the terms 'working life' and 'retirement' have taken on completely different meanings. Wenzel reflects on the work that launched his career in a very personal and intimate tone.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean-Paul Wenzel

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Oberon Books, London,    

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Though the Heavens Fall

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-     1992

Organisations:
Red Ladder Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Waking

Synopsis:
Man returns reluctantly to Ireland with his young son only to encounter a strange young woman.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Soho Theatre Company, London

1st Published:
Nick Hern Books, London, 1997   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

With Love From Nicolae

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page