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Chris Hannan

CHRIS HANNAN

  (1958 - )
Nationality:    Scottish
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Literary Agent:    Alan Brodie Representation Ltd  represented by Alan Brodie

Born in Clydebank, Scotland, the son of a shipyard worker and a teacher, Chris graduated from Oxford University with a first class honours degree at the age of twenty before going on to work with the homeless in Glasgow. Since turning to playwriting, his award-winning work has included the GOD OF SOHO (Shakespeare's Globe), the THRee MUSKeTeeRS (eTT/ Traverse/ Belgrade Theatre), Elizabeth GORDON QUINN (first produced by the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh and revived by the National Theatre of Scotland), the eVIL DOeRS (Bush Theatre, Winner of Time Out Award, Plays and Players Most Promising Playwright Award and Charrington London Fringe Best Play Award), SHINING SOULS (Traverse Theatre, edinburgh/ Old Vic Theatre, London, Winner of Scotland on Sunday Critics Award). Most recently his adaptation of STARS IN the MORNING SKY was staged at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry. Chris is currently working on a new musical for the National Theatre of Scotland and new plays for the Citizens Theatre/Liverpool Theatres and the Traverse Theatre/Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Chris' first novel MISSY was published by Chatto & Windus in 2008 and he is currently working on a second novel. His novels are represented by Jonny Geller at Curtis Brown.

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

         Baby, The         Crime and Punishment         Elizabeth Gordon Quinn         Evil Doers, The         Gamblers         God Of Soho, The         Klimkov: Life Of A Tsarist Agent         Orphan's Comedy, The         Posthuman Satire Slash Romance         Pretenders, The         Purity         Screw the Bobbin         Shining Souls         Stars In the Morning Sky         Three Musketeers And the Princess Of Spain, The

Baby, The

Synopsis:
Set in Rome 78 B.C. where professional mourners are forced to wail at the funeral of a tyrant. When the wailers protest there are reprisals and the baby of the heroine is murdered. This is a revenge-Drama on an epic scale with language to match. It is also a simple love story.

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Nick Hern Books, London, 1991   -

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Genre:
epic Drama Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  doubling

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Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment
An exciting, fresh and accessible adaptation of Dostoyevsky's masterful novel. Starving, destitute student Raskolnikov is surrounded by the harsh injustices of the world: the grime of poverty and prostitution, unscrupulous pawnbrokers chasing debts, and a sister about to marry someone she doesn't love to keep her family alive. His guilt is unbearable. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer any chance of redemption. As Raskolnikov enters a dangerous cat and mouse game with the examining magistrate, a psychological thriller unfolds that probes how far humanity might go when driven by disillusionment and whether any crime can be justified by a higher purpose.

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adapted from Crime and Punishment, Dostoyevsky's dark masterpiece

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  6-8            Female:  4-7            Other:  -

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Elizabeth Gordon Quinn

Elizabeth Gordon Quinn
a Marie-antoinette of the slums, this monstrous and magnificent heroine refuses to believe she is poor, living her life in denial. But it's 1915. a Rent Strike is raging around her and when her son deserts and returns to hide in her house her world and her sanity is threatened.

Notes:
being revived 2006 by the National theatre of Scotland And will be published by Nick Hern Books on its own (not As part of A Anthology).

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Nick Hern Books, London >>>    978-1854597335

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Genre:
Serious MeloDrama MeloDrama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol V (1985) Page 0625

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Evil Doers, The

Synopsis:
a demented family career about the streets of Glasgow pursued by a debt-collector and their alcoholic mum in a comedy that cuts like a rusty razor.

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Nick Hern Books, London, 1991   -

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Gamblers

Synopsis:
Con-men take on a con-man and strip him of his pile and his reason..

Notes:
Original Playwright - Nikolai Gogol. written by Christopher Rathbone And Chris Hannan

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  -            Other:  -

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God Of Soho, The

God Of Soho, The
a thief in heaven steals the divinity of the gods. Meanwhile down on earth some fetish items have been nicked from a reality TV star and she's facing exposure in the tabloids. Sex shops and comedy, gods and homeless people, all collide in a fierce, hectic and hilarious story about people looking for the divine. In essex.

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Part of New Works

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  6            Other:  musicians

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Klimkov: Life Of A Tsarist Agent

Synopsis:
Klimkov joins the Tsarist secret police, just as they are engulfed by the Revolution of 1905. the strange introverted hero is ill-equipped to cope.

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - acc.10180/17-19

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Orphan's Comedy, The

Synopsis:
a surreal society where contraceptives are banned, creating a black market in condoms - a market which the gambler-hero tries to rig. This is a surreal satire on capitalist markets.

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - acc.10180/24

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Posthuman Satire Slash Romance

Synopsis:
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part of the World is Too Much, theatre for Breakfast

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Pretenders, The

Synopsis:
Rivals for the throne of Norway do physical and spiritual battle in epic meloDrama.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Henrik Ibsen

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Nick Hern Books, London,    -

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Genre:
adaptation

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large cast

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Purity

Synopsis:
Short play about Beethoven before he got famous.

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - acc.10180/29

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Screw the Bobbin

Synopsis:
agit-prop play about the closure of a factory.

Notes:
written by Chris Hannan And John McGrath.

1st Produced:
Wester Hailes Community Education Centre , Edinburgh     06 Oct 1982

Organisations:
7:84 Theatre Company

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Genre:
agit Prop Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  2 musicians

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: 7:84 (Scotland) Theatre Company - acc.10893/122-3

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Shining Souls

Shining Souls
the mad heroine battles with the dead on the day of her wedding, while three men try to win her half-crazed heart. Think of the carnival atmosphere of the Day of the Dead transferred to the streets and back-courts of Glasgow.

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1st Published:
Nick Hern Books, London >>>    978-1854599216

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Genre:
Romance

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Stars In the Morning Sky

Synopsis:
the Olympic torch bearer approaches Moscow, heralding the start of the 1980 Olympics. But not everyone is allowed to celebrate. In a bid to show the world a cleaned-up version of the Soviet Union, the prostitutes and other undesirables have been swept out of the city. On one unforgettable night, there is both brutality and unexpected romance . . .as the characters discover what is precious to them . . .and cling to it for dear life.

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Original Playwright - Alexander Galin

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Genre:
adaptation

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Three Musketeers And the Princess Of Spain, The

Synopsis:
Paris is being terrorised by the evil Cardinal and a monstrous creature who suffers from serious mood-swings! the young sword-fighter D'artagnan finds himself on an epic quest to save the city - and a pregnant Princess - but he will need the help of the Three Musketeers. Rumour has it they've gone to seed, gone past their sell-by date and gone into hiding. So can he track them down in time to save the day? Based on the iconic characters created by alexandre Dumas, this hilarious, anarchic and utterly thrilling new production promises an unforgettable journey into enchanted forests, over lost streams and around ReaLLY horrible baddies, as we cheer our hero D'artagnan and heroine Constance to a victorious end. Featuring a dash of live music and a hefty dose of laughter, the Three Musketeers and the Princess of Spain is a wonderfully surreal re-imagining of these classic stories of friendship, love and identity. Oh. . .and baby-eating monsters!

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the Belgrade Theatre, English Touring Theatre & Traverse Theatre Company, edinburgh

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Genre:
Youth audiences

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  3            Other:  -

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