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Stewart Howson

STEWART HOWSON  

 Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    Nelson Browne Management  

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

         Are We In Here?         Behind Yon Hill         Betty's Mirror         Blue Skies         Christmas Carol, A         Country Voices         Fast Woman         Great Expectations         Mary Barton         Ocean's Five and a Half         Old Curiosity Shop, The         On Your Bike         Quay Moments (In A Relationship)         Rallying Round         Sherlock Holmes And the Tiger Of San Pedro         Staying Here ?         Tartuffe         these Things Do Happen

Are We In Here?

Synopsis:
a "state of the nation play" examining what it means to be english (not British) at the beginning of the 21C. a village try to celebrate an occasion but the old guy who organized all the pageants has died. a village committee struggle to find people to "do what we do" apparently with little success whilst the salsa, karate, and belly dancing clubs fight them for the room in the hall. they all unite to fight a developer who would take the village green , whereupon skeletons rise from beneath it. But whose.?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
toured by NTC Touring    2000

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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Behind Yon Hill

Synopsis:
This play written deliberately to fulfil the same brief as "Country Voices" (Life on the land in the early years of the 20C) in an area of orchards, and arable farming in a vale rather than the Country Voices's hillfarms. Narrated by a pig called Pontious

Notes:
adapted for A setting in Nottinghamshire And toured by New Perspectives theatre Co

1st Produced:
Cheltenham everyman theatre    1990

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  Could be performed by larger cast

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Betty's Mirror

Synopsis:
Inspired by the mirror in the famous York Tea rooms (a WW2 wartime bar) on which bomber crews scratched their names, this combines humour, pain and passion in the evocative tale of a young bomber crew and the women with whom they share their "Nights off" and lives. . . short lives for some. the play does also look at the complex question of the dirty jobs some people get asked to do in wartime.

Notes:
Commissioned by York theatre Royal 1992, but first produced And toured by NTC Touring 1993 including A run At York theatre Royal.

1st Produced:
toured by NTC Touring    1993

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Music:
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Genre:
Play with Music

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  1 m must play piano

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Blue Skies

Synopsis:
This play, taken from oral history interviews, examines how men coming home from WW2 adapted to family life. and how their families adapted to them. Or in some cases didn't. Some stories humorous but others serious and in one case tragic

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Mansfield Arts Centre    1994

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play with Music

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Christmas Carol, A

Synopsis:
Dickens' classic story of Scrooge, the Cratchitts, Marley's Ghost and the Ghosts of Christmas

Notes:
adaptation of Dickens' classic Novel.

1st Produced:
toured by NTC Touring    1990

Organisations:
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Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  children

Further Reference:
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Country Voices

Synopsis:
Taken from the "oral history" of the last generation to work by hand horse and steam, the play takes a look at family-life on the land in the early years of the twentieth century. Non naturalistic in style ( the cast also play horses, pigs, statues and bath taps) it includes music and song.. the Guardian " the struggle for survival is not far away neither is the wit that made it bearable"

Notes:
adapted for Northumberland And toured twice by NTC Touring 1990 & 96. Shortlisted for the Northern Arts/ Northern electric Awards .ensemble piece which could be done with larger cast

1st Produced:
York Theatre Royal, UK    1988

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Genre:
Comedy Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Fast Woman

Synopsis:
the story of Helle-Nice, exotic danceuse in the theatres of 1920s Paris, turns herself into a Grand Prix Driver and mixes it with the best drivers of europe.She lives life to the full with lovers galore then In Brazil she crashed into the crowd killing many and seriously injuring herself.after World War 2 she tries to make a comback as a rally driver entering the 1949 Monte Carlo rally but the night before the start, at the Gala dinner in the Casion in Monaco, she is publicly denounced as a collaborator with the Nazis. No evidence is ever found but she never recovers and dies in the back streets of Nice in poverty and obscurity

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
HRT Theatre Co

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
one woman show

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Great Expectations

Synopsis:
Dickens classic novel, a mix of Dramatic and comic characters do their best to aid abet and hinder the young Pip's quest to better himself and seize hold of his "expectations" But who is paying for it and with what kind of coin. a mystery story a love story but one with a simple theme; that affection, loyalty and conscience are more important than the grasping pursuit of wealth and social advancement

Notes:
adaptation of Dickens' classic Novel. Again could be played by larger cast if so required

1st Produced:
Wynd Theatre, Melrose    06 May 2005

Organisations:
NTC Touring Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Mary Barton

Synopsis:
a tale of Manchester Life. a love story, a murder story a political story set in life in working class nineteenth century Manchester.

Notes:
adaptation of the classic novel by Elizabeth Gaskell

1st Produced:
Playhouse, Alnwick    29 Sep 2000

Organisations:
Northern Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:   It is an ensemble piece an could be performed with a larger cast

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Ocean's Five and a Half

Synopsis:
Low comedy and high emotion centred around three working class lads from the North of england with suits from Oxfam and a big dream - Vegas!

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Playhouse, Alnwick    30 Aug 2007

Organisations:
Northumberland Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Old Curiosity Shop, The

Synopsis:
Radical adaptation of Dicken's classic in which the good Little Nell and evil Quilp are played by he same young female actor. again lots of physical theatre, non-naturalism and use of images. True to the inner life of the book it shows Dickens at his best, funniest and a master of the grotesque

Notes:
As well As the original Durham production there have been productions by Royal Northampton Touring 1992. Forest Forge 93 And NTC Touring 1998. For this production the script was radically re-written And has A soundscape score by Jim Kitson

1st Produced:
Durham Theatre Co    1990

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  minimum 5 cast

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On Your Bike

Synopsis:
again using much physical theatre, the cast play members of a cycling club set a quest by one of their late members to take his ashes into the hills. To succeed they must work together which is almost impossible for this disparate dysfunctional bunch. although set in cycling, it is about relationships. Or the lack of them

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
NTC Touring Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Quay Moments (In A Relationship)

Synopsis:
Set in a Flotilla sailing holiday, some crews are families, some couples, some are complete strangers. all have secrets How on earth will they all get on? Storm clouds gather - literally and they are faced with a bigger problem. What to do with the strange girl floating left floating in the middle of the sea.

Notes:
Uses the usual Stewart Howson/ NTC physical theatre non- naturalistic style in which one group of Actors play All the crews. It could however be done with A larger cast.

1st Produced:
Playhouse, Alnwick    04 Sep 2003

Organisations:
NTC Touring Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Rallying Round

Synopsis:
Rallying Round old soldier Airchie, played by Howson, cons his young carer Mo (Umar Ahmed) into giving him a lift to Monte Carlo. Its a journey that Airchie used take in his classic rally car with his old oppo Dougie, although as the journey progresses Airchie increasingly becomes confused about the route and the even the destination.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Etal Village Hall, Northumberland    06 Nov 2013

Organisations:
Northumberland Touring Theatre (NTC)

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Sherlock Holmes And the Tiger Of San Pedro

Synopsis:
Holmes tracks the Tiger of San Pedro but his dying informant cannot tell him exactly what it is. a more domestic case interrupts to Holmes annoyance but finally this case and not his quest after a trail of murders leads him to the murderous Tiger.

Notes:
an original And new stageplay based on the stories And characters of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Could be played by larger cast of 7 or 8 Adults. Plus As many Youth theatre As you like. NB Although it borrows the title, the play is not the rather un-Drama

1st Produced:
toured by NTC Touring    1992

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  teenagers

Further Reference:
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Staying Here ?

Synopsis:
Third of the Country Voices cycle it looks at life on the land in the 1990s as a young couple try and make their faltering hill farm pay by turning buildings into holiday cottages and taking in tourists. the play examines the clash between land and city dwellers and their vision of the country .It also has a Greek Chorus of sheep

Notes:
again could be performed by larger cast. Re-toured by NTC in 97

1st Produced:
toured by NTC Touring theatre    1993

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Tartuffe

Synopsis:
New adaptation of Moliere's tale of how a hypocrite takes over a famliy

Notes:
Commissioned 2002 And produced by NTC. Initially produced outside in Alnwick Castle And other outdoor venues with 7 Actors . then toured by NTC Touring theatre to indoor venues with 6 Actors

1st Produced:
outside in Alnwick Castle    2002

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  min 6 max 12

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these Things Do Happen

Synopsis:
Life on the land in the 30s and 40s. Central character and narrator is a Fordson N Type Tractor. again a great deal of physical theatre and non-naturalism whilst taking a sometimes hilarious sometimes heartbreaking look at life for ordinary people on the land at that time.

Notes:
Productions by NTC Touring, Chester Gateway, Royal Northampton Touring . And Cheltenham everyman whose production was nominated As Best Tour in the TMa/Martini Awards. NTC's 91 production An Award winner in LWT Plays on Stage Awards. Re-toured by NTC in 9

1st Produced:
York Theatre Royal, UK    1989

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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