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ROGER HOWARD
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Auction Of Virtues, The
Beswerk Joe Brown Jnr, The
Bewitched Foxes Rehearsing their Roles
Bread, Meat And Higher Learning
Break In Berlin, A
Brothers
Carrying On X From A To Z, The
Celts
Charter Of the World, The
Christ-Bringer's Comedy, The
Coal Heights
Contact
Dis
Drum Of the Strict Master, The
Episodes From the Fighting In the East
Feast During Famine, A
Fin's Doubts
Great Tide, The
Joseph Arch
Klong 1, Klong 2, And the Partisan
Korotov's Ego-theatre
Love Suicides At Havering, The
Meaning Of the Statue, The
Memorial Of the Future: A Rag
Notes For A New History
Partisans
Play Of Margery Kempe, The
Queen
Report From the City Of Reds In the Year 1970
Sappa
Season
Seven Stages On the Road To Exile
Siege, The
Simon Murdering His Deformed Wife With A Hammer
Slaughter Night
Society Of Poets, The: A Grotesquery
Tragedy Of Mao In the Lin Piao Period, The
Travelling Players Of the Dawn
Travels Of Yi Yuk-Sa To the Caves At Yenan, The
White Sea
Women's Army
Writing On Stone
Auction Of Virtues, The
Synopsis:
Two authorities, Rare & medium, auction the virtues of two partisans, Mob & Shout, who turn the tables on them
Notes:
in Point 101
1st Produced:
London 1972
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1st Published:
in "Yorick" No 9, University of York, 1977 -
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Beswerk Joe Brown Jnr, The
Synopsis:
the training and duties of a well-behaved imperialist who shoots the audience and then himself
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Interlude
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Bewitched Foxes Rehearsing their Roles
Synopsis:
Foxes dress in human clothes, Highness, Sir and Officer forming a line, while Fellow crawls and Vic slashing her face provokes them to maul and eat fellow
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1st Produced:
London 1968
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Masks
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Bread, Meat And Higher Learning
Synopsis:
Interludes between life and death from the history of the Reformation.
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Interlude
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Break In Berlin, A
Synopsis:
May Day 1945, two Soviet soldiers meet two German bourgeois's in the ruins. One of the women survives.
Notes:
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1st Produced:
Colchester 1979
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1st Published:
Theatre action Press, Colchester, 1981 -
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Genre:
Naturalistic Drama of dialectical reverse
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Brothers
Synopsis:
Three brother, auk, ace and Bill, do not leave by spaceship but first crown Birch, a black woman, then whip her.
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Genre:
Sci Fi
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Carrying On X From A To Z, The
Synopsis:
Literal and figurative decisions on the road to revolution made by character X.
Notes:
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1st Produced:
Papua New Guinea 1971
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1st Published:
in "New Short Plays 1", Methuen, London, 1968 -
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One act
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Male: - Female: - Other: variable cast 7 characters
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Celts
Synopsis:
Iuli and Kyrill agitate in three cells among workers on a fen dyke at a steelworks and during a carnival.
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Charter Of the World, The
Synopsis:
Bert, Tom and the Listner ask for whom they should plough and fight and masked soldiers save them by killing them; the 3 then ask the question in ways which will allow them to survive.
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Christ-Bringer's Comedy, The
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1st Produced:
Colchester 1992
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Coal Heights
Synopsis:
Life of an english mining family 1927 - 1967
Notes:
win play with Windows' Village
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Four Scenes
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Contact
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1st Produced:
Nottingham 1985
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1st Published:
in "Britannia and Other Plays", Theatre action Press, Colchester, 1990 -
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Dis
Synopsis:
Two young boys rule their parents in a role reversal.
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1st Produced:
York 1971
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1st Published:
in "New Short Plays 1", Methuen, London, 1968 -
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One act
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Male: 1 Female: 1 Other: 2b 1g
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Drum Of the Strict Master, The
Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Colchester 1976
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1st Published:
in "Slaughter Nights and Other Plays", Calder and Boyars, London, 1971 -
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Episodes From the Fighting In the East
Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Edinburgh 1978
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1st Published:
in "Slaughter Nights and Other Plays", Calder and Boyars, London, 1971 -
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Feast During Famine, A
Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with edgar, Wandor, Wilson
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London 1977
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Fin's Doubts
Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
London 1969
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1st Published:
Privately Printed, -
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Great Tide, The
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1st Produced:
Colchester 1976
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Joseph Arch
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1st Produced:
London 1978
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Klong 1, Klong 2, And the Partisan
Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Colchester 1976
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Korotov's Ego-theatre
Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Edinburgh 1978
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1st Published:
in "Slaughter Nights and Other Plays", Calder and Boyars, London, 1971 -
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Love Suicides At Havering, The
Synopsis:
Couple commit suicide exposing the hollowness of human relationships as other couple leave for the revolution.
Notes:
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1st Produced:
London 1969
Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "New Short Plays 1", Methuen, London, 1968 -
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Genre:
Tragedy
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Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: -
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Meaning Of the Statue, The
Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
London 1971
Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Slaughter Nights and Other Plays", Calder and Boyars, London, 1971 -
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Memorial Of the Future: A Rag
Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Norwich 1979
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1st Published:
Theatre action Press, Colchester, 1979 -
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Notes For A New History
Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Colchester 1976
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Partisans
Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Colchester 1983
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actual Size, London, 1983 -
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Play Of Margery Kempe, The
Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
York 1978
Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "the Tragedy of Mao in the Lin Piao Period and Other Plays", Theatre action Press, Colchester, 1989 -
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Queen
Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
alsager, Cheshire 1979
Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "the Tragedy of Mao in the Lin Piao Period and Other Plays", Theatre action Press, Colchester, 1989 -
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Report From the City Of Reds In the Year 1970
Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Cambridge 1978
Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Slaughter Nights and Other Plays", Calder and Boyars, London, 1971 -
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Sappa
Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Stefan Schutz
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Genre:
Translation
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Season
Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
London 1969
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Seven Stages On the Road To Exile
Synopsis:
exiles from war and the old order cannot escape from the realisation of their total irrelevance.
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1st Produced:
Carlisle 1970
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1st Published:
in "New Short Plays 1", Methuen, London, 1968 -
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One act
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Male: 3 Female: - Other: extras
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Siege, The
Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Colchester 1981
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1st Published:
Theatre action Press, Colchester, 1981 -
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Simon Murdering His Deformed Wife With A Hammer
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1st Produced:
London 1969
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Slaughter Night
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(Playscript 59) Calder Boyar, 1971 -
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Society Of Poets, The: A Grotesquery
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1st Produced:
Norwich 1979
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1st Published:
Theatre action Press, Colchester, 1979 -
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Tragedy Of Mao In the Lin Piao Period, The
Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
London 1976
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1st Published:
in "the Tragedy of Mao in the Lin Piao Period and Other Plays", Theatre action Press, Colchester, 1989 -
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Travelling Players Of the Dawn
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1st Produced:
York 1977
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Travels Of Yi Yuk-Sa To the Caves At Yenan, The
Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Colchester 1976
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1st Published:
in "Slaughter Nights and Other Plays", Calder and Boyars, London, 1971 -
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White Sea
Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Colchester 1982
Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "the Tragedy of Mao in the Lin Piao Period and Other Plays", Theatre action Press, Colchester, 1989 -
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Women's Army
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1st Produced:
Nottingham 1978
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Writing On Stone
Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
London 1971
Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Slaughter Nights and Other Plays", Calder and Boyars, London, 1971 -
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