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ANNE GRAHAM
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Babes In The Jungle, The Hotel Alhambra Indian Summer Kick Back Nothing Old, Nothing New One Too Many Parish Politics This End Of The Game Vile IslandBabes In The Jungle, The
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When Hansel and Gretel are abandoned to fend for themselves in the jungle, their repentant father, Chopalog the woodcutter, sets out to find them again. at the same time, Tomtom, a poor village lad, determines to reclaim the legendary treasure of his ancestors, the Heckawi tribe, who were turned to rocks by the evil Shape-Shifters. He is followed by his loyal girlfriend, Lolly, the fabulously rich kid. Jolene the Jungle Queen (with the five o'clock shadow) is only too pleased to desert her post as guardian of the celebrities in the get me out of here camp, to try and save our heroes, but her powers have been drastically diminished since the invasion of the Shape-Shifters. She eventually succeeds, but not before a battle of wills with Slither, Shape-Shifter of the Month, and some horrid cannibalistic capers inside the gingerbread bungalow. Suggestions have been made throughout for the inclusion of songs, dances, audience participation and an interval.
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New Theatre Publications (2010) 978-1840947793
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Top of PageHotel Alhambra
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Miguel has a hotel, but no guests, yet just as trade improves, his disillusioned wife leaves him. Help suddenly appears, but Steve has much more in mind than catering to the guests. D.I. Babcock of the International Drugs Squad, catches up with Steve, but not before Miguel, and his hotel, face ruin. Fortunately, the timely return of his wife, and an unexpected windfall, leave Miguel on a blissful high.
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One act Comedy
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Top of PageIndian Summer
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Marie's decision to become a clairvoyant meets with spectacular success, until one of her utterances causes public outrage and personal tragedy. a drama with a twist in the tale, and opportunity for showcasing stage management skills.
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New Theatre Publications (2010) 978-1840947892
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One act Play/Drama
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Top of PageKick Back
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Fronting as a book club, Kick Back is a failing vigilante group. Its only remaining members are Margaret, who lost her husband to crime, and Miriam, who favours public birchings, starting with benefit scroungers. Then Dave shows up with his troubled conscience, followed by Vicki, who wants to join a genuine book club, and Thomas, pursuing Vicki. The evening turns into a long, terrifying night for Thomas when Margaret suspects him of causing her husband's death. Kick Back is a topical drama containing dark humour and some strong language. action throughout takes place in a room over a pub, and with doubling as suggested, the cast of 3m and 5f can be reduced to 2m and 3f.
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New Theatre Publications (2009) 978-1840947236
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Top of PageNothing Old, Nothing New
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Valerie is dead, but still haunts her house, now lived in by her son and his wife, Zoe, the cause of Valerie's fury and her enforced sit-in. Her new-age grandson, Rob, arrives from his own sit-in to find Zoe making grand plans for his sister Miranda's wedding, although the family has yet to meet her fiance, alistair. There's a shock for Zoe and a serious setback to her wedding plans when Miranda, alistair and his father arrive for the weekend. With the unexpected arrival of Maddy, alistair's psychic mother, and some scandalous revelations, the wedding plans are blown apart and the weekend ruined, although thanks to Maddy, Valerie gains a happy release, and a Winnebago tour beckons..
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Full Length Farce
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Top of PageOne Too Many
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Set in 1987, the play centres on Thorwood, a typical English coal-mining village, and the slow drift apart of Les and Rita Varley, suddenly accelerated by conflicts over their daughter's sex life and their son's criminal activities. as Rita struggles to cope with her daughter's unwanted pregnancy and her son's plans to relocate to London, she is floored by news that Les is trapped in an underground roof fall at Thorwood. Not knowing whether he is alive or dead, she, the family, the neighbours, and the whole village, can only wait.
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New Theatre Publications (2009) 978-1840947267
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Top of PageParish Politics
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The Civil War may be over, but personal battles are still being fought in this English village of 1663. Severe punishments and ever-harsher laws breed fear, greed and superstition. Meanwhile, vengeance marks time. Then a child is born& a period drama of five scenes, alternating between a room and a street, Parish Politics was a winner of Weston arts Festival, Wordplay Competition 2006, and performed on May 4th and 5th, 2007, by The Wayfarers Drama Group at The Theatre in The Hut, Weston-super-Mare.
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New Theatre Publications (2007) 978-1840946246
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Top of PageThis End Of The Game
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Tuesday always finds Steve and Ian at the pensioners' day Centre, enjoying the cheapest lunch in town, but their enthusiasm is not shared by Laura and Pat, old school friends of Steve, who recently met up with him after fifty years. although life could be better for all of them, they have learnt to appreciate its best things. Laura is particularly appreciative of Ian's handyman skills and his youthful physique, but their offspring look set to wreck her romantic hopes. This End Of The Game was a finalist in Weston arts Festival, Wordplay Competition 2007, and was given a rehearsed public reading on 6th October 2007, by the Blakehay actors Company at The Blakehay, Weston-super-Mare.
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One act Comedy
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Top of PageVile Island
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Mean Madam and downtrodden Dummy live alone on Vile Island, until The Wish Screen, one of Madam's inventions, shows them The Land across The Sea, where Meo makes three impossible wishes, exactly what is needed to whisk him to Vile Island. Meo thinks he's dreaming until things turn nasty, when Madam tries to gain possession of Kag and Tud, his special friends. She agrees to a contest, cheats from the start, and almost wins them, but Dummy springs to her new friend's defence. Then there are two sailors, unfortunate enough to be shipwrecked on Vile Island. Twice. Five scenes, alternating between a beach and a castle. all seven characters may be played by either sex.
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New Theatre Publications (2008) 978-1840946406
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Full Length Comedy/Drama
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