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LYNN ROBERTSON HAY
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Trained at Warwick University (Ba Hons, Theatre Studies) and Mountview Theatre School (Postgrad Diploma in acting); Writing professionally since 1992 with work for Film, TV and Theatre - including an award from the Writers' Guild of Great Britain
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Borrowers, The Five Children And It Martin Chuzzlewit Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark, The Snow Queen, The Wuthering HeightsBorrowers, The
Synopsis:
arrietty longs for freedom as she skulks in the shadows - hidden under the floorboards of the giant Human Beans. Her mother prefers safety and shudders at the thought of the world Upstairs. Forced to emigrate to a hedgerow on the other side of the world, two fields away, both discover there's something to be said for the other point of view. But is there anywhere the Borrowers can find a balance of sunshine and security?
Notes:
from novel by Mary Norton. Writers' Guild Award, Best Children's Theatre, 1995. Revived by Birmingham Stage Company And Glasgow Citizens' (exists in 2 versions, for 4 or 8+). Music by Chris Adams
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Organisations:
SNaP Theatre Co
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Genre:
Children's adaptation
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: flexible casting and doubling
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Synopsis:
The five children bumble around the golden heyday of an Edwardian summer, wasting or messing up the wish-a-day granted by the 'It' of the title - a cantankerous, hairy sand fairy with eyes on stalks, left sleeping in a quarry since pre-historic times.
Notes:
From the book by E. Nesbit. Doubling And puppetry.
1st Produced:
National Tour 1996
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Genre:
Children's adaptation
Parts:
Male: 9+ Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageMartin Chuzzlewit
Synopsis:
Selfish, stubborn Martin finds life tricky after being disinherited by his similarly egotistical grandfather. Murder and romance mix with superb comedy (and much loved characters such as Mrs Gamp and Mr Pecksniff) in what Dickens described as "immeasurably the best of my stories"
Notes:
after Dickens
1st Produced:
Royal, Northampton 1992
Organisations:
Royal Theatre, Northampton
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Music:
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Genre:
adaptation
Parts:
Male: 7 Female: 3 Other: 2b 1g doubling
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Top of PageOwl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark, The
Synopsis:
Dark is Fun, Dark is Kind, Dark is Necessessess. . . Dark is Exciting. Scared and dubious to begin with, Sam learns what's great about the dark with mum and/or dad when together they 'do' the story of Plop the baby Barn Owl, right there in the bedroom.
Notes:
(versions for schools or theatres) Revived by Royal Theatre, Northampton And Blunderbus Children's Theatre.
1st Produced:
National Tour 1996
Organisations:
SNaP Theatre Co
1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Children's adaptation
Parts:
Male: - Female: - Other: Cast of 2-3, gender as required
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Top of PageSnow Queen, The
Synopsis:
When the Snow Queen's warped and twisted mirror smashes the pieces go into all the Wide World, lodging in people's hearts and eyes - and every splinter has its own story. Which will it be today? Wandering storytellers give their physical, fun and quirky version of andersen's classic.
Notes:
Contains songs
1st Produced:
The Playhouse, Harlow, Essex 18 Oct 2000
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Music:
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Genre:
Children's adaptation
Parts:
Male: 1 Female: 2 Other: Doubling and some puppetry
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Top of PageWuthering Heights
Synopsis:
Powerful, visual version of the famous story - dreamlike and impressionistic, yet very faithful to the original. Catherine Earnshaw - Catherine Linton - Catherine Heathcliff - the story rolls around forever in the deserted farmhouse.
Notes:
Revived by Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Co.
1st Produced:
National Tour 1993
Organisations:
SNaP Theatre Co
1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
adaptation
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: doubling
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