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Calling
Synopsis:
Involving the crisis in self-confidence of a young woman teacher in Sheffield, both in her job and in her marriage; and her subsequent entanglements in a seaside amusement arcade.
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With Serena Evans, Stanley Page, Edward Peel And Nigel Cooke. Dir. Robin Herford
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Stephen Joseph Theatre-in-the-Round, Scarborough 1986
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Chaucer's 'the Pardoner's Tale'
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play retelling the
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Literacy World - Stage 4 Plays Heinemann, London, 1999 -
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Fire Eaters
Synopsis:
Examines the friendships, rivalries and ambitions of two photographic students and the women in their lives
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With Amanda Pays, Amanda Symonds, Tim Brierley And Iain Mitchell. Dir. Pip Broughton
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Hitch
Synopsis:
Concerns the involuntary involvement of a lorry driver in the planting of a bomb
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With Jan Winters And Geoffrey Freshwater. Dir. David Halliwell
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rehearsed reading at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs 1976
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Jennifer Jenks And Her Excellent Day Out
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Brilliant Publications "Fun with Plays" for 7 - 11 year olds Editor Irene Yates, 2000 -
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Childrens Youth audience
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Loki The Mischief Maker
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Brilliant Publications "Fun with Plays" for 7 - 11 year olds Editor Irene Yates, 2000 -
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Childrens Youth audience
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Odysseus And The Cyclops
Synopsis:
play retelling the story with six characters
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Literacy World - Stage 3 Plays Heinemann, London, 1998 -
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Pillion
Synopsis:
Set in the shed belonging to a motorcycle enthusiast at a crucial turning point in his life
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With Edward Peel, Billy McColl, Caroline Embling, Kevin Morton, Niall Padden And Lynne Miller. Dir. Chris Parr. Later recorded by BBC TV prod. Richard Eyre
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Tapster
Synopsis:
a study of a Yorkshire family seeking self-determination. Set in a pub in the Pennines
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With Gillian Bevan, Christine Kavanagh And Russell Dixon. Dir. Robin Herford
1st Produced:
Stephen Joseph Studio Theatre, Scarborough 1981
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Trailer
Synopsis:
a glimpse of the claustrophobic problems of a young office clerk, and his attempts at solving them. Set around a small camping trailer in a filling station yard
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With Michael Simkins And Abigail McKern. Dir. Robin Herford
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Stephen Joseph Studio Theatre, Scarborough 1980
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Viaduct
Synopsis:
Encounters between a young textile labourer, a newly married couple and a reclusive old man on scrubland beneath a railway viaduct.
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With Anthony Milner, Annie Hully And Brian Hayes. Dir. Simon Stokes
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Male: 3 Female: 1 Other: 1b
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