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Jim Grover

JIM GROVER

  (1948 - )
Nationality:    British
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A writer who trained as a musician, even performing in the UK premiere of a Verdi opera. Has acted (how else can you understand how to write for actors?) directed (how else can you know how directors work?) and is also an occasional stage producer, having worked with Camden Artists and New Playwrights, Rite2Stage, EIIF and Naked Theatre companies. Working in theatres, community arts centres and major arts galleries, several plays have been licensed for use by drama students for final practical assessments one has been commissioned and adapted for a commercial radio performance.

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

         Angel Hair         Beating Time         Changes         Glass Hero         Golf War 2 - the Desert Rose         Kissinger and Tell         Oil Paint Doesn't Wash Out         Opposite Of Show Business, The         Paradise Plc         Pictures In Babcia's Head         Play To The Gallery         Provenance Helpline         When the Pie Was Opened

Angel Hair

Synopsis:
a murder in the theatre. But did the victim outlive his killer?

Notes:
an original short play

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Rite2Stage

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama/ horror

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Beating Time

Synopsis:
Otto Klemperer, successful conductor, failed composer, manic-depressive, theatre revolutionary, survivor of the 3rd Reich and multiple near-death experiences. then, after 87 years of adulation and mockery, what do you expect in an opera, a happy ending?

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Changes

Synopsis:
Genetic engineering gets out of hand.

Notes:
an original short play part of "Brief Encounters"

1st Produced:

Organisations:
CaNP

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama/ sci-fi

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Glass Hero

Synopsis:
Why did the socialist icon Victor Grayson disappear under such suspicious circumstances in 1920? How can he expect us to know when he quite clearly can't remember himself?

Notes:
Original play, informed by historic events.

1st Produced:
Dalry House, Edinburgh    2002

Organisations:
eIIF

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama/political/mystery

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Golf War 2 - the Desert Rose

Synopsis:
Just trying to play a round of golf; Is that so much to ask? Who's this Saddam chap and how'd he get here? While you're there, who's the Desert Rose, what's he up to and what threat does all this pose to national security and common sense?

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1st Produced:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Kissinger and Tell

Synopsis:
In June 1971, Henry Kissinger was apparently sent by President Nixon to the UK for Strategic Arms Limitations Talks, according to contemporary newspaper accounts. Details were reported of the official banquet given by Prime Minister Edward Heath. Nothing had been said, however, of what may have gone on outside of the dining room. Until now, that is.

Notes:
A full-length play, written by Jim Grover and Steve Gilmour. Music for the original song, "The Day Before The Day that Satire Died" by Matt Jones.

1st Produced:
Colour House Theatre, Merton Abbey Mills, London, SW19 2RD    21 Jul 2014

Organisations:
Naked Theatre

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Music:
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Genre:
Satire/ Farce

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Oil Paint Doesn't Wash Out

Synopsis:
What lives do paintings have when nobody is looking?

Notes:
an original short play

1st Produced:

Organisations:
CaNP

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy/Drama/fantasy Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Opposite Of Show Business, The

Synopsis:
In 1932 Raymond Chandler was dismissed from his oil company employment for absenteeism and recurring binge-drinking. and that's how he became a pulp-fiction writer, Hollywood screenwriter, legend. the play traces an alternative route to his writing career, merging real events with his sources of inspiration.

Notes:
Full-length play, with acknowledgements to Raymond Chandler and Christopher Marlowe.

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Organisations:
Naked Theatre

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Music:
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Genre:
Drama/fantasy biography

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  doubling possible

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Paradise Plc

Synopsis:
In trying to prevent a suicide an unbeliever accidentally summons an angel from a downsized heaven. eschatology and 21st century angst intermingle in a disrespectful comedy set in this world and the next. Guaranteed to offend.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Public Theatre, Rehearsed Script-In-Hand Reading, London    1997

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Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  2

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Pictures In Babcia's Head

Synopsis:
an exploration of real and received memories over three generations.

Notes:
an original one-act play

1st Produced:

Organisations:
CaNP

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Play To The Gallery

Synopsis:
Rembrandt, in his later years, retained his genius. But fashions came and went and his popularity fluctuated. What did not change was his extravagant lifestyle and refusal to part with any of his art collection. A painting has been commissioned but not delivered. Follow its progress from Rembrandt's studio to a modern court-room ownership dispute. Who, after all, should own art; the artist, fund managers or the world? Can it still be called art if it is locked away in a vault and never seen? Tell your answers to Rembrandt, who is about to go bankrupt?

Notes:
one-hour adaptation and re-working of Provenance Helpline, commissioned by the National Gallery as part of the Rembrandt: The Late Works exhibition.

1st Produced:
Sainsbury Wing, The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN    Oct 2014

Organisations:
The National Gallery/ Naked Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Biography/ political

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  doubling possible

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Provenance Helpline

Synopsis:
What right does one person have to possess a masterpiece? Rembrandt and Hendrickje are subjects in a painting of disputed provenance, a work commissioned but not delivered. Who owns it then and now? Is the power of art weakened by being hidden away, used as an alternative currency? accompany the painting from the time of Rembrandt's financial embarrassments to a current court-room squabble over the paperwork.

Notes:
Original play, inspired by Rembrandt's life And Art

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Rite2Stage

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Political/comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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When the Pie Was Opened

Synopsis:
What starts as a straightforward request looks likely to become the final case for real-life San Francisco detective Sam Hammett. In it he is lied to by his attractive client, loses his partner, is involved in a political assassination, accused of several other murders and begins to wonder if he might be in the wrong line of work. But could the reward for this swansong be a priceless Black Bird?

Notes:
Original drame noir, conflating Dashiell Hammett writing And real events.

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Genre:
Crime Political Biography

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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