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Joy Cowley

JOY COWLEY

  
Nationality:    New Zealander
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Joy Cowley's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Cranky Car Sales         Dappy Hay Cafe         Doctor Meow         Giddy Up         Greedy Cat         Haunting Of Frogwash Farm, The         King's Pudding, The         Laughing Day         Mister Blister         Mrs Wishy-Washy         Pick A Pack Of Pirates         Planet Of No         Sad Jokes         Salmagundi         Space Talk         Treasure Hunt
Cranky Car Sales

Cranky Car Sales
Mum wants a new car. Mr Cranky has an unusual one for sale - should she buy it?

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1st Published:
Clean State Press 2017   

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Dappy Hay Cafe

Dappy Hay Cafe
A robot with a memory chip missing is running a cafe

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1st Published:
Clean State Press 2017   

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Doctor Meow

Doctor Meow
Mrs Purfect takes her kittens to the doctor

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1st Published:
Clean State Press 2017   

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Giddy Up

Giddy Up
A film director is short of cash for a movie he is making

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1st Published:
Clean State Press 2017   

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Genre:
Childrens play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Greedy Cat

Synopsis:
Greedy Cat is a humorous adaptation of Joy Cowley's series of stories that follow the misadventures of a large, gluttonous ginger cat.
- theatreview.org.nz

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1st Produced:
The Pumphouse, Killarney Park, Takapuna, Auckland     29 Jun 2010

Organisations:
Tim Bray Productions

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Genre:
Youth audience

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  extras

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Haunting Of Frogwash Farm, The

Synopsis:
Farmer Felicity has two suitors - but are their motives pure?

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Genre:
Youth Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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King's Pudding, The

King's Pudding, The
The king may have to share his pudding

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1st Published:
Clean State Press 2017   

Music:
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Genre:
Childrens play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Laughing Day

Synopsis:
Sam persuades the neighbours to have a laughing day

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1st Published:
Clean State Press 2017   

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Genre:
Childrens play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Mister Blister

Mister Blister
Mister Blister plays with fire. A firefighter saves the children

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1st Published:
Clean State Press 2017   

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Mrs Wishy-Washy

Synopsis:
Mrs Wishy-Washy takes audiences to the farmyard where Cow, Duck and Pig love getting mucky . . . but Mrs Wishy-Washy loves to get them all clean. Children will enjoy the funny tussles that ensue between the mud and the suds.

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by Joy Crowley. Adapted and directed by Tim Bray; Original songs by Christine White

1st Produced:
The Pumphouse, Takapuna, Auckland     23 Sep 2013

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Genre:
Childrens play 60 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Pick A Pack Of Pirates

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Planet Of No

Synopsis:
a young woman touring space comes across a planet with no rules at all

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Sad Jokes

Sad Jokes
the clown in Misery Town tells sad jokes

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1st Published:
Clean State Press 2017   

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Salmagundi

Synopsis:
the owner of a tank factory and the owner of a missile factory end up working at each other's factory

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Genre:
Youth Drama

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Space Talk

Space Talk
An alien arrives from outer space

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1st Published:
Clean State Press 2017   

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Childrens play

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Treasure Hunt

Treasure Hunt
Captain Sally and her crew plus parrot Big Beak search for treasure

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Clean State Press 2017   

Music:
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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:
Childrens play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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