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Bader And Doolittle
Synopsis:
a two hander about an imagined meeting between two World War II RaF Pilots, Bader from Britain and Doolittle from America.
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1st Produced:
RaF Hendon 2005
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Commissioned by JaBOD
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Genre:
Play/Drama
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Male: 2  Female: -  Other: -
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Grock
Synopsis:
This two hander play is about the life of Grock the clown whose dark humour influenced Trevor Griffiths play The Comedians. This play is about the vicious tug of war that takes place in comedy partnerships.
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The Chichester Production was presented under the pseudonym Louisa Beckford
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Play/Drama
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Male: 2  Female: -  Other: -
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I Capture The Castle
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Based on the novel by Dodie Smith, Book & Lyrics by Teresa Howard, Music by Steven Edis
1st Produced:
Concert Reading at The Royal academy of Music 2010
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Genre:
Musical Theatre
Parts:
Male: 5  Female: 4  Other: -
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Jo's Story
Synopsis:
a soldier's monologue about Northern Ireland
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1st Produced:
Street Theatre, London 1979
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Genre:
Monologue Play/Drama
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Male: -  Female: -  Other: -
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Music On The Metro
Synopsis:
Set in Leningrad before Perestroika. The play tells the story of a young pop star - Lotte Landau - who lands up in Leningrad after running out on her boyfriend and her band in England. She has gone to Russia to escape the world but ends up getting caught up with an underground pop band. She risks more than getting caught by the KGB with this band of outlaws.
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Genre:
Play with Music
Parts:
Male: 5  Female: 5  Other: -
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Possessed
Synopsis:
Possessed is a musical Play based on the love affair between Jane Burden (wife of William Morris) and the Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Further information can be found at the website: www.possessedamusical.com
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Book & Lyrics by Teresa Howard, Music by Steven Edis
1st Produced:
Oxford Playhouse 2008
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Genre:
Musical Play
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Male: 3  Female: 5  Other: -
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Stonefist
Synopsis:
a sack is washed up on a beach - inside it is a man. He becomes the saviour and the destroyer of a strange society on the brink of decay, but must play out is part in order to get back home.
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1st Produced:
Soho Poly Theatre 1983(?)
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Genre:
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male: 4  Female: 4  Other: -
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Tower Of Follies
Synopsis:
a play based on the life of the 18th Century eccentric William Beckford. after being hounded out of respectable society for his love affair with a young boy, Beckford builds his own world around him and shuts himself up inside the walls of the abbey he has created to protect it.
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Genre:
Play/Drama
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Male: 11  Female: 3  Other: -
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