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Claire Dowie

CLAIRE DOWIE  (1956 - )

 Nationality:    English
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Dowie has also written the short film Came Out, It Rained, Went Back In again and the novel Creating Chaos

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

 Adult Child, Dead Child         All Over Lovely         Cat And Mouse         Death And Dancing         Designs For Living         Drag Act         Easy Access (For the Boys)         H To He (I'm Turning Into A Man)         I'm Turning Into A Man         Leaking From Every Orifice         Sodom         Why Is John Lennon Wearing A Skirt?         Year Of the Monkey, The

Adult Child, Dead Child

Adult Child, Dead Child
mixture of monologue and poetry showing life and perceptions of an abused and disturbed child

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in "Plays By Women Vol.7" Methuen, London, 1988   978-0413174901

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Genre:
Monologue Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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All Over Lovely

Synopsis:
focus on sex and repression among gay and lesbian characters

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Genre:
Gay/Lesbian, of interest

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Cat And Mouse

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-    1986

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Death And Dancing

Synopsis:
as the lesbian character, Max, explores her confusing love for the other Max, a gay character, they rail against the society that pens them in.

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BAC, London >>>    1992

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Designs For Living

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Ruby Tuesday Productions

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Play/Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Drag Act

Synopsis:
Lesbian is taken for her birthday treat to see a male drag act.

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Part of "Threesome"

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Organisations:
Gay Sweatshop

1st Published:
in "Why is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt?", Methuen, UK,    -

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Genre:
Play One act. - - Lesbian, one act

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Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Easy Access (For the Boys)

Synopsis:
focus on sex and repression among gay and lesbian characters

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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H To He (I'm Turning Into A Man)

Synopsis:
the twists and turns of gender identity

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1st Produced:
Drill Hall Arts Centre, London    38022

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ms, 2004   -

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Genre:
Solo Play/Drama

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I'm Turning Into A Man

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-    2004

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Leaking From Every Orifice

Synopsis:
Lesbian performance artist becomes pregnant with gay male friend

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in "Why is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt?", Methuen, UK,    -

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Genre:
Solo Play/Drama. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest

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Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Sodom

Synopsis:
everyone in Sodom apart from Lot and his family, are gay. When angels come to visit Lot everyone wants to have sex with them

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Genre:
Gay, full length

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Why Is John Lennon Wearing A Skirt?

Synopsis:
A comic journey through female roles and dress codes via "the knicker factor" school discos and errant sperm through the eyes of one young woman who wants to be a Beatle.

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Genre:
Satire

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Year Of the Monkey, The

Synopsis:
a woman whose mother has been killed by a drunken driver describes how she shot her way through the criminal's nearest and dearest; Beans On Toast - a little girl whose grandad had alzheimer's recalls the events leading up to his death; Red Flag - a pensioner who claims not to care about politics lets slip how she and her neighbours opted out of the capalist economy; the Year Of the Monkey - and a well-to-do mother watches her daughter's marriage while railing at her own inability to connect with anyone.
Phil Daoust, Guardian

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1st Produced:
Studio 2, London    2000

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Genre:
Four Monologues

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Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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