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LINDA LANDERS
Nationality: Britishemail: Click here to contact Website: Click here
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Grew up in Elstree/Borehamwood, Herts. Studied Fine art Painting at Central School of art in London (Central St. Martin's) as well as a foundation course at Watford School of art. Notable tutors include Brian Eno, Peter Schmidt, Cecil Collins, Bill Turnbull. Noted as a printmaker and wood engraver. Essayist and poet, her work has been published in the Blake Journal, performed as part of poetry on the buses and Brixton Arts Festival, Torriano meeting house among others. Studied Physical Theatre and Mime with Desmond Jones 2005- 6. Dance training at Laban Dance Centre 2004-6. Turned to writing plays in 2005. Writer, Producer, Director, and stage designer.. Creator of short films; 2007 'The Longing' short film, premiered at Saatchi and Saatchi poetry film festival, screened also at the Portobello film festival 2007.
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below is a list of Linda Landers's plays - click on a Play Title for more information
Mamenshka Messenger, The Outside The Cradle What's Left BehindMamenshka
Synopsis:
a middle aged man tells the story of how his life as a young man at the top of his career is ruined when a nervous breakdown manifests as sexual obsession. after being arrested under suspicion for crimes he has not committed he finds himself locked up, straight jacketed and threatened with deportation to the Ukraine, a country he doesn't know. In the end his empire falls as rumours fly and the press and his former colleagues turn their backs on him, and he tells the story of how it all happened, and of his obsession with an exotic woman whom he has never met.
Notes:
This play can be produced As A one man show or with minimal or full cast.
1st Produced:
Lion & Unicorn 2008
Organisations:
Muse Productions
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Genre:
Tragicomedy
Parts:
Male: 1 Female: 1 Other: doubling, extras
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Synopsis:
a man and a woman recall the day they met in a square after the woman's dog Jasper brings her newspaper over to Marcus on the other side of the square. They have already met once at a dinner party but were not able to exchange details and thought they would never meet again. In this play they are making tea in the kitchen and recalling that day.
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This 15 minute play was written As A competition entry for the Soho Theatre Company in 1998. The play had to be based on A specific postcard showing A woman running Across A square with A dog behind her.
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Genre:
Short drama One act
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Male: 1 Female: 1 Other: -
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Top of PageOutside The Cradle
Synopsis:
The story follows the paths of two disillusioned youths growing up in England spanning a period from the 1970's to the 1980's, with flashbacks to the 1960's. Peter, a young man just out of borstal meets a girl, Emily who has come from an abusive family background; He has been setting fires for kicks to vent his anger at the brutal life he has experienced and she has discovered the world of creative dance as a way out. They live parallel lives. Between the two they try to find a way through the tangle of raw emotions. However, the damage they've both experienced goes deep and they almost fail in their attempt to find love and acceptance. They are saved only by the mysterious workings of fate, in the form of a helper whose invisible presence they are unaware of, and despite the odds being stacked against the couple they somehow attain the goal they've been hoping for, and rise above the temptation to perpetuate their own destruction. This is a brutal and realistic play yet poetic and insightful.
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Noted by the staff At Etcetera Theatre As Highlight of the Year in An interview with 'First Act'
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Organisations:
Muse productions (formerly Cradlesong Theatre Company)
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Genre:
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male: 6 Female: 2 Other: group of inmates at the borstal (inmate 1 & 2 and lad), Borstal Officer
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Synopsis:
James married Isy when his business was at rock bottom and she convinced him that she had assets that would see him through. . .however, she had nothing substantial to offer him save her enormous bottom and her exaggerated sense of importance. Realising he had made a big mistake by marrying Isy he spends his time rebuilding his career and 'staying late at the office' with his lover. However, Isy is no fool and knows full well that he is seeing someone else and decides to play along, enjoying his discomfort all the more the longer it goes on.
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Reviewed by Camden new Journal.
1st Produced:
Devonshire arms Theatre London 2007
Organisations:
Fleshpot Theatre Company
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Genre:
Comedy
Parts:
Male: 4 Female: 4 Other: extras
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