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PETER JOHN COOPER (1950 - )
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In 2011Peter John Cooper has been earning his living as a writer for forty years. as a playwright he has been commissioned to write for theatres and companies throughout the UK. as a librettist he has worked with composer Rodrick Skeaping to produce songs, an oratorio as well as for a number of musical plays. His poetry is written for performance where he specialises on full length forty minute events with music and actors. He is a believer in the power of drama as a medium for speech and is a devotee of what used to be called "the well-made play" as well as writing for site-specific and community events. as he says, his writing .."is where poetry collides with playwriting". He produces his own material from his company Spyway Projects.
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Anning's Fossil Depot Brief Encounter with MURDER, A Cabinet Maker's Daughter, The Captain Pugwash And The Monster Of Green Island Christmas Carol, A Dick Whittington and his Crazee Cat. Eve Of War (Little Arthur's History Of England) Everyone wants to be Somewhere Else Grave Matter, A Hiawatha I Want To Fly Jane Eyre Johhny Jack's Mummers' Play Jolly Farmer, The Krondos Little Red Riding Hood Mayor Of Casterbridge, The Mrs. Adapta Iago's Knitting Circle Painting The Clouds With Sunshine Pig Unit Robinson Crusoe Runaway Train, The Shahrazad She Opened The Door Sherlock Holmes And The Case Of The Vanishing Author Time Machine, The Town Hall Fish, The Trumpet Major, The What Would Jane Say? WhistlingAnning's Fossil Depot
Synopsis:
Mary Anning talks about her life and work to the children who are (apparently) visiting her shop, Anning's Fossil Depot in Lyme Regis. She tells them stories of the people she has met and demonstrates some of the fossils she is selling.
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1st Produced:
- Mar 2012
Organisations:
AsOne Theatre Co
1st Published:
- -
Music:
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Genre:
Play for schools
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Male: - Female: 1 Other: -
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Top of PageBrief Encounter with MURDER, A
Synopsis:
It appears to be 1946 and a typical English family, Father, Mother, teenage son and daughter are stuck in a house on the marshes with no communication to the outside world. Actually they are a contemporary family on a Brief Encounter themed break. Then a red bearded fisherman appears at the door and Mother disappears. One by one a group of disparate townspeople arrive and are put together in the front room. And then the vicar is found dead and the townsfolk have all disappeared. The Father and his two offspring attempt to solve the mystery. Things get complicated until everyone reappears and father reveals the solution.
Notes:
One set: the dining room of a 1940s house on the marshes.
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Genre:
Comedy murder mystery
Parts:
Male: 6 Female: 4 Other: -
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Top of PageCabinet Maker's Daughter, The
Synopsis:
19th Century Fossil Hunter, Mary anning, in the last days of her life and increasingly dependent on laudanum, battles to complete the presentation of one last fossil, that will rock the world. Into this frenzy bursts life-long friend, collector and artist Henry de la Beche. Henry's arrival awakens emotions that Mary thought long buried. He has extraordinary news that Mary seems unable to grasp; together they embark on a strange journey back through her life, partly dream, partly memory revisiting amalgams of places, events, dinosaurs, and people long gone. Through it all is her enigmatic relationship with Henry; can Mary find resolution and peace? a play about frustration and achievement; dreams and memories - long, long ago on the Jurassic Coast.
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1st Produced:
- 11 May 2012
Organisations:
asone Theatre Company
1st Published:
- -
Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageCaptain Pugwash And The Monster Of Green Island
Synopsis:
The only play abut Captain Pugwash sanctioned by John Ryan himself. Wanting to increase his chances of being elected Mayor, Pugwash decides to undertake a trip to a distant Island to capture a monster for the town zoo. Pugwash's rascally enemy Black Jake stows away on board hoping to gain riches for himself. The Black Pig is wrecked on the island and general mayhem ensues as everyone is chased by the Monster. In the end, as usual, it is Tom the Cabin boy who saves the day and they decide to let the monster go free when they discover a treasure chest with enough loot for all.
Notes:
The rights to the characters reside with the John Ryan estate And Gregory Associates who MUST be contacted before considering production. Rights for the play itself Are with Peter John Cooper And Spyway Projects
1st Produced:
Mowlem Theatre, Swanage 23 Jul 1993
Organisations:
Spyway Projects
1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Family
Parts:
Male: 4 Female: - Other: 1 (as The Cabin Boy)
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Top of PageChristmas Carol, A
Synopsis:
Free adaptation of Charles Dickens timeless classic. Using actual carols.
Notes:
written by Peter John Cooper and Jem Barnes
1st Produced:
Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke 1974
Organisations:
Horseshoe Theatre Co.
1st Published:
- -
Music:
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Genre:
Play with music
Parts:
Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageDick Whittington and his Crazee Cat.
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
Issy d'Art Theatre Co
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Music:
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Genre:
Pantomime
Parts:
Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageEve Of War (Little Arthur's History Of England)
Synopsis:
Little arthur gazes from his nursery window trying to make sense of the mad world of the grown ups beyond. It is September 1939, the eve of World War ll and Nanny Cummins wants to keep the truth of the coming horror from him."Eve of War" is a one woman show about the life of a Nanny and her charge in the nursery of a big house during the days and nights of September 1939. Nanny Cummins is more than a little eccentric and is definitely larger than life. During the course of the play we learn of Nanny's life, disappointments and attitudes to the looming conflict as she reads from the big history book that she keeps on the nursery shelf. From time to time she fortifies herself with a swig from her special medicine bottle that she keeps hidden under her pillow. In the end Nanny knows she cannot keep the truth from her little arthur and, instead, tries to make him understand what it might all mean. and in a dramatic climax we come to understand the secret that Nanny herself has kept hidden all these years. . . "an astonishing piece infused with warmth and Melancholy"
Notes:
a one woman play requires nursery set with bed, dressing table And many toys. Original title was "Little Arthur's History of England" when produced for Oxford Festival
1st Produced:
Old Fire Sation, Oxford Jul 1984
Organisations:
Oxfordshire Theatre Co.
1st Published:
- -
Music:
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-
Parts:
Male: - Female: 1 Other: -
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Top of PageEveryone wants to be Somewhere Else
Synopsis:
Shouted conversations as though over mobile telephones.
Notes:
The parts can be played by either sex
1st Produced:
Fal River Festival, Falmouth 31 May 2011
Organisations:
Cake (Cornwall)
1st Published:
- -
Music:
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Genre:
Very short street play
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageGrave Matter, A
Synopsis:
The true story of Mrs May Blunden of Basingstoke who was buried alive. Twice!
Notes:
written by Peter John Cooper and Jem Barnes
1st Produced:
Haymarket Theatre Basingstoke Sep 1975
Organisations:
Horseshoe Theatre Co
1st Published:
- -
Music:
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Genre:
Historical comedy
Parts:
Male: 4 Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageHiawatha
Synopsis:
an adaptation of Longfellows poem which draws attention to the effect that the coming of the white men had on the native American tribes and their ancient culture. a black clad missionary starts a lantern slide show of his travels to the tribes of North America. Gradually the narrative of Hiawatha intrudes and we observe the whole telling of the epic through the eyes of the Ojibwa people.
Notes:
Idealfor small community venues As well As bigger venues. Multiple doubling of parts
1st Produced:
Temple Cowley Centre, Oxford 05 Dec1986
Organisations:
Oxfordshire Theatre Co.
1st Published:
- -
Music:
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Genre:
Family
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageI Want To Fly
Synopsis:
an history of mankind's desire to fly from Icarus onwards with the story of Leonardo da Vinci and his models, the Mongolfier brothers and culminating in the story of The Wright Brothers. With participation interludes in which the children watching make a full sized replica of an albatross and invent their own flying machines. Suitable for 8 to 12 year olds.
Notes:
Designed to be played in the round with the minimum of props including two Aluminium stepladders
1st Produced:
Basingstoke Drama Centre 1979
Organisations:
Horseshoe Theatre Co
1st Published:
- -
Music:
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Genre:
Theatre in Education
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageJane Eyre
Synopsis:
a faithful retellin of the Emily Bronte novel which follows Jane's life from her childhhod as a bookish girl bullied by her cousins. Through her unhapy schooldays to her life as a governess in the house of the enigmatic Mr. Rochester. They fall in love but on their wedding day it is revealed that he is already married to the mad woman living in the attic. Jane flees and is about to marry a missionary and leave England forever when she hears of a fire at Mr Rochester's house. His legal wife has died and he is now blind and crippled. after an emotional reunion Jane marries him.
Notes:
written by Peter John Cooper And Helen Palmer
1st Produced:
- Oct 1982
Organisations:
Oxfordshire Theatre Co.
1st Published:
- -
Music:
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Genre:
drama adaptation
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageJohhny Jack's Mummers' Play
Synopsis:
An updated version of the traditional mummers' play. St George kills the Turkish Knight only to be caught by the Dragon. The quack doctor arrives and with the judicious use of incantation raises him from the bed. Meanwhile Johnny Jack falls for the Princess daisy who quenches his ardour with a jug of water.
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1st Produced:
Hat Fair, Winchester 1974
Organisations:
Attic Theatre Co.
1st Published:
- -
Music:
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Genre:
Traditional
Parts:
Male: 4 Female: 1 Other: Plus Dragon
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Top of PageJolly Farmer, The
Synopsis:
The story of social reformer and radical politician William Cobbet from his humble beginnings in Farnham through short spel in the army, travel to America just as the revolution is brewing and back to edit his radical newspaper and write hism most famous book "Rural Rides" Told through his three election addresses as a member of parliament and with debates with his wife, ann
Notes:
written by Peter John Cooper And Jem Barnes
1st Produced:
Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke Dec 1976
Organisations:
Horseshoe Theatre Co, Basingstoke
1st Published:
- -
Music:
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Genre:
Drama with songs
Parts:
Male: 3 Female: 1 Other: -
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Top of PageKrondos
Synopsis:
a performance and simulation. aimed at 8-11 year olds. The Krondorian Senate has brought together the best brains from the galaxy to solve their energy crisis. Using preprepared classroom work, the audience bring arguments for different forms of energy that can be exploited. Throughout the audience learns about the theory of energy and how it is transmitted. The simulation ends with an open ended discussion on the solutions to the problems of Krondos.
Notes:
Parts can be played by Any combination of male And female Actors. There is A video interruption At the end by The Dark Stranger.
1st Produced:
Basingstoke Drama Centre 1978
Organisations:
Horseshoe Theatre Co
1st Published:
- -
Music:
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Genre:
Theatre In Education
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageLittle Red Riding Hood
Synopsis:
a traditional pantomime with some excrutiating coincidences. Little Red lives in a cottage in the forest with her father Robin and his henchman Will Scarlet. On the way to Granny Hood's house, Little Red is captured by the rascally Sheriff of Nottingham disguised as a wolf. In order to free Little Red, Robin takes part in an archery contest which he wins but is still imprisoned in Nottingham castle. Eventually all is set right by the appearance of an old beggar who miraculously turns out to be. . .. Well you know the rest.
Notes:
written by Peter John Cooper And Jem Barnes. Designed for small scale production with simple effects
1st Produced:
Drama Centre, Basingstoke 28 Dec 1979
Organisations:
Horsehoe Theatre Co
1st Published:
- -
Music:
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Genre:
Pantomime
Parts:
Male: 3 Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageMayor Of Casterbridge, The
Synopsis:
an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's great work. The story of hay truser Michael Henchard who, whilst drunk, sells his wife and daughter to a sailor. Years later, henchard has forsworn drink and his risen to become Mayor of Casterbridge. He takes on a young scotsman Donald Farfrae as his assistant. However when his wife and daughter appear again things become complicated. Henchard again takes to drink and his business falls apart and Farfrae becomes the master as well as falling in love with the daughter. Things become worse when henchard finds out that the girl is not, after all, his own. In the end the tragedy works to fearful climax with the skimmety ride of rough music that ends in Henchards own death.
Notes:
an Adaptation suitable for A small cast in small venues
1st Produced:
Oxford Nov 1983
Organisations:
Oxfordshire Theatre Co.
1st Published:
- -
Music:
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Genre:
-
Parts:
Male: 3 Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageMrs. Adapta Iago's Knitting Circle
Synopsis:
The knitting circle meets once a week in Mrs Iago's front room. But these are all Cambridge graduates and they have ambitions beyond the production of knitwear. Michael the bus driver has overheard something suspicious so he has to be silenced. At that moment Magda, the missing member of the circle from Cambridge days arrives and they are shocked to find she is Michael's mother. After a bout of faith healing, Michael and the young Connie leave for an ashram in Wales while Mrs Iago and Magda begin the task of knitting bootees and matinee jackets for the hoped for new arrival.
Notes:
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1st Produced:
Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset 25 Nov 2011
Organisations:
Spyway Projects
1st Published:
- -
Music:
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Genre:
Comedy drama
Parts:
Male: 1 Female: 3 Other: -
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Top of PagePainting The Clouds With Sunshine
Synopsis:
Young woman with ambitions for stardom sets off to make her fortune in Hollywood. With interpolated music
Notes:
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1st Produced:
Theatr Clwyd Outreach Centre, Mold Dec 1981
Organisations:
Theatr Clwyd Outreach
1st Published:
- -
Music:
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Genre:
-
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 1 Other: -
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Top of PagePig Unit
Synopsis:
A young Polish graduate arrives at the Pig Unit ( a pig breeding farm on a disused airfield in North Hampshire). He discovers the two men who work there, Leonard and Flint have a sparring, often violent relationship. A local prostitute, Flick reveals she is saving to go to university and Mrs Neil, Leonard's step mother appears to have a secret she is keeping from her stepson. Leonard suddenly disappears and there are fears that he have been eaten by the pigs as only his false teeth are found. There are mixed feeling about the loss until leonard suddenly reappears.
Notes:
Strong language throughout. One set: the bungalow where the pig unit workers live.
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Genre:
Drama
Parts:
Male: 3 Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageRobinson Crusoe
Synopsis:
The tradional story with many twists. Beginning in the Land of Green Ginger, Hull where Robinson ships on board the good ship Quasibungo with a rascally Sea Captain Will atkins and his even more rascally mate, Freddy Friday. Somehow Robinsons Mother and girlfriend Polly Perkins end up aboard as well. Shipwrecked on a desert island, the hapless Robinson is catured by aztecs but escapes when his mother discovers a new beauty potion in the cokking pot that was going to boil him alive. In the end everyone lives happily ever after (of course)
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written by Peter John Cooper And Jem Barnes. Designed for small scale production with simple effects
1st Produced:
Basingstoke Drama Centre Dec 1980
Organisations:
Horseshoe Theatre Co
1st Published:
- -
Music:
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Genre:
Pantomime
Parts:
Male: 3 Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageRunaway Train, The
Synopsis:
The old railway is in ruins but Sam the signalman and Griselda the tea lady are planning to open it as a tourist attraction. Cub reporter Gillian arrives to get the story The rascally Bazzer and his musician sidekick Ozzie are out to put a stop to this happening by putting a bomb in the drains. Somewhere there is a horde of gold hidden and they want it.The climax of the play is when the old train on the line runs away and finally crashes whereupon all is revealed.
Notes:
written by Peter John Cooper And Jem Barnes. Music by Roderick Skeaping
1st Produced:
Oxford Playhouse 31048
Organisations:
Oxfordshire Theatre Company
1st Published:
- -
Music:
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Genre:
Family comedy
Parts:
Male: 3 Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageShahrazad
Synopsis:
a retelling of several of the 1001 Nights stories woven into a continuous narrative in which Shahrazad and her sister Dunyazad combine to outwit the King Shariar and his Vizier. The protagonists all take the parts of characters in the stories that Shahrazad tells including street traders, crooks and a flying horse.
Notes:
Ideal for small community venues As well As bigger theatres. one of the Actors should be A musician playing tabla, oud or sitar. Multiple doubling of parts
1st Produced:
Duns Tew Village Hall, Oxfordshire Dec 1988
Organisations:
Oxfordshire Theatre Co
1st Published:
- -
Music:
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Genre:
Family
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageShe Opened The Door
Cleverly interweaving some of Hardy's characterful dialogue, this play with music takes a fresh look at Thomas hardy's first wife Emma and her relationship with Dorset's literary genius at the height of his fame. It takes place in the garden of the couple's home, Max Gate in Dorchester. Hardy's possessive mother, Jemima comes to visit for the first and only time and Mrs Florence Henniker arrives on the new fangled ladies safety bicycle, add a feisty (ruined) house-maid, some skeletons and a ghost or two to Emma's already tangled nerves, and you have a powder keg ready to blow! With music by world renowned composer Roderick Skeaping, design by the talented Annette Sumption, beautiful projected imagary and costumes expect an evening of quality and surprise. Be prepared to be touched, laugh and learn something. Although full of fresh ideas for Hardy enthusiasts - this is above all an entertaining, topical story of what fame and notoriety can do to relationships.
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1st Produced:
Dorchester: Corn Exchange 15 Aug 2010
Organisations:
asOne Theatre
1st Published:
Roving Press Ltd (15 Aug 2012) 978-1906651183
Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male: - Female: 4 Other: -
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Top of PageSherlock Holmes And The Case Of The Vanishing Author
Synopsis:
Sir arthur Conan Doyle has just moved into his new home and his long time friend Budd is there to help him along with his mother. Doyle is trying to establish himself as a serious writer but all his publisher and readers want are more Sherlock Holmes stories. Doyle decides that Holmes must be killed off. Meanwhile we see the story of Holmes, Watson and Mrs Hudson who are dealing with strange death threats. as the play progresses the stories of Doyl and Holmes become inextricably linked as they both descend into madness. In a showdown one is killed and one survives but in the melee we are unsure as to which one remains alive at the end.
Notes:
Not to be confused with A later radio play that used A similar title.
1st Produced:
Oxford 1986
Organisations:
Oxfordshire Theatre Co
1st Published:
- -
Music:
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Genre:
-
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 1 Other: -
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Top of PageTime Machine, The
Synopsis:
The story told through live action and puppets. The Time Traveller is late for a lecture and when he arrives his clothes is torn and he is dirty and haggard. He has just returned from his horrific venture into the future.. He realises he must return to the future and come back before the lecture has begun. Meanwhile two white mice smuggle themselves on board the time machine. The Time Traveller continues his journey through the future rescuing a young creature from a horrible fate and carrying her and the mice into a distant future where they are safe before returning to give the lecture on time travel. Simple? a ripping adventure with sadness and jokes.
Notes:
adaptation of H.G. Wells classic tale. Originally intended for production in 1996
1st Produced:
- -
Organisations:
Spyway Projects
1st Published:
- -
Music:
-
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Genre:
Family
Parts:
Male: 1 Female: - Other: Puppets include 2 white mice
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Top of PageTown Hall Fish, The
Synopsis:
One day in the life of a small seaside town on the Jurassic Coast. 2 narrators, a stonemason, Harding and an undertaker, Lovell, introduce us to the quirky little town and its many disparate characters. These are eventually drawn together as the drama unfolds. The unpleasant owner of the aquarium clashes with the elderly lady, Mae, on the clifftops. a man in a sinking rowing boat, fleeing from the clutches of the law, appears to be an angel to Mae as the sun sets into the sea and she turns to confront her tormentor in a dramatic denoument after which we return to the beach with Harding and Lovell and se how the dramas of the day fit in with a timespan from the Jurassic and into the far future.
Notes:
This is A community play for voices rather like "Under Milk Wood" which can be produced fully staged or As A minimal piece. Many parts can double. And could be performed with 3m 3f
1st Produced:
Hope FM studio, Bournemouth Mar 2001
Organisations:
Spyway Projects
1st Published:
- -
Music:
-
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Genre:
-
Parts:
Male: 9 Female: 6 Other: 1 boy and 6 teenage girls
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Top of PageTrumpet Major, The
Synopsis:
an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's lesser known novel set against the fear of Napoleon's invasion on the South coast of Wessex. The aged anne Garland sits creating a tapestry of her life representing events and characters by different colours. She returns to her girlhood and her infatuaion for two brothers, The dashing Trumpet Major and his easy-going seafaring brother Bob. Her affectiions waver between the two and are complicated by the unwanted attentions of the loutish farmer Festus Derriman. In the end the Trumpet Major sets sail for Spain with Wellington's army, never to return and anne lives out her life in regret and sadness.
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Ideal for small community venues As well As bigger theatres.
1st Produced:
Pegasus Theatre, Oxford 1987
Organisations:
Oxfordshire Theatre Co.
1st Published:
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Top of PageWhat Would Jane Say?
Synopsis:
Jane Austen, rather the worse for wear after an all night party talks about her life in the twenty-first century with references to the internet, mobile phones, Face Book and on-line dating. As she talks to the audience she juggles her bluetooth earpiece through which she is talking to her sister cassandra. Cassandra is struggling with the mundane chores such as washing at home.Every word is jane's own, reworked from her published letters to Cassandra.
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1st Produced:
Havant and Waterlooville Library 11 Sep 2012
Organisations:
Trisha Lewis
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Top of PageWhistling
Synopsis:
Elderly, blind, Brian is visited by a young social worker Brianwho is attempting to get the old man to move so that his house can be demolished. Brian fuses the kettle and, in the darkness, they are both equal.
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1st Produced:
Keele University 1972
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Short play
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