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RAHILA GUPTA
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below is a list of Rahila Gupta's plays - click on a Play Title for more information
Dirty Mattress, The Don't Wake Me: The ballad Of Nihal Armstrong Falling Genes R' UsDirty Mattress, The
Synopsis:
The play is based on the true life-story of Zoora Shah, an abused woman who killed her lover/pimp and was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 1992. abandoned by her husband, she did everything she could to protect her young children and provide a roof over their heads. But poverty, illiteracy, sexual enslavement and the double standards of a closed Muslim community in Bradford, fuelled by religion and drugs, drive her to the edge.
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1st Produced:
Watermans Arts Centre (rehearsed reading) 2001
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Genre:
full length Play/Drama
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Male: 4 Female: 3 Other: -
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Synopsis:
dealing with her struggle to gain recognition and a good education for her bright, intelligent son who was born with cerebral palsy.
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Nihal Theatre Company
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Genre:
short rhyming ballad
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Male: - Female: 1 Other: -
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Synopsis:
a young friendless woman commits suicide on webcam as all her 'virtual' friends watch helplessly
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1st Produced:
ICa, London 2002
Organisations:
Y-Touring Theatre Company and Cyber Salon
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Genre:
Short Play One act
Parts:
Male: 1 Female: 2 Other: extras
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Top of PageGenes R' Us
Synopsis:
It is a world in which teenagers have no control over their lives and the adults are a pretty unsavoury lot. While teenagers are anxiously wondering who they are and what they would like to become, the grown-ups are busy zapping their wrinkles or rolling joints. Sounds familiar?
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1st Produced:
Y-Touring Theatre Company 2004
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1st Published:
e-published on the National Theatre Website by Oberon Books, 2006 -
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Genre:
Play for teenagers, 70 min
Parts:
Male: 8 Female: 10 Other: -
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