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Paul Godfrey

PAUL GODFREY

  
Nationality:    British
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Paul Godfrey has worked as a director in repertory and small scale touring, and he directed his own plays at the Royal National Theatre

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

         Blue Ball, The         Bucket Of Eels, A         Candidate, The         Fart         Inventing A New Colour         Invisible Woman, The         Modern Husband, The         Once In A While A Funny Thing Happens         Orders of Obedience         Rococo         Sweet Sessions         Whisky Galore

Blue Ball, The

Blue Ball, The
Godfrey''s 'the Blue Ball' is a large-scale work which presents an imaginative investigation of the experience of space travel. It is a play which shows overwhelming emotion meeting obsessive scientific routine, and explores the wonder and shock of the imagination made real.

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Organisations:
National Theatre, London

1st Published:
Methuen Drama    978-0413688200

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Genre:
Ironic Comedy

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Bucket Of Eels, A

Synopsis:
Midsummer eve and it is the night before Julia and Nick's wedding. they must confront lies, secrets and the supernatural. Nick runs away

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Genre:
Farce

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Candidate, The

Synopsis:
Political satire based on an unfinished comedy by Gustave Flaubert

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1st Produced:
Upper Campfield Market    03 Apr 1997

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Genre:
political satire

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Fart

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written by Paul Godfrey and Gregory Motton

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Inventing A New Colour

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in "First Run", Hern, London, 1989   -

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Invisible Woman, The

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Modern Husband, The

Synopsis:
Mr Modern is desperate to get £500 - if he does not he will go to jail. He gets his wife to arrange a meeting with the promiscuous Lord Richley and Mrs Bellamant. He then blackmails Lord Richly

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Based on the play by Henry Fielding

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Genre:
Comedy

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Once In A While A Funny Thing Happens

Once In A While A Funny Thing Happens
Based on Benjamin Britten''s life and personal interviews with his sister Beth, this play reveals the composer''s sense of humanity and his relationships with W.H.auden and Peter Pears. It culminates in the premiere of Peter Grimes in 1947

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Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten, W H Auden

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National Theatre, London

1st Published:
Methuen Drama    978-0413644800

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Genre:
Play Biographical. - - Gay/Lesbian, historical characters

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Orders of Obedience

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Rococo

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Sweet Sessions

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Devised By Paul Godfrey And Nancy Meckler

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the Place, London    1991

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Devised Piece

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Whisky Galore

Synopsis:
A small Scottish village and a shipwreck ... But this ship is different, its wrecked near the coast and its cargo was all whiskey! The villagers "recover" much of the cargo and hide it around the village as the authorities come in and try and recover it.

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from the Radio Version by Compton Mackenzie

1st Produced:
Edinburgh Festival Fringe    1993

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Genre:
adaptation

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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