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Michael Law

MICHAEL LAW  

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

 As Time Goes By         Guest For The Sabbath, A         Have-You-Any-Idea-What-Time-It-Is!         Just Us         Nurses' Tale         Sci-Fi Man, The         Wench Is Dead

As Time Goes By

Synopsis:
With the threat of a general Election, the end of New Labour is recognised by those in power: notably the devious Lord Waugh. He devises a trumped-up issue (the "gallant struggle of the Faroe Islanders for independence from Denmark") to allow the military to take command of the country. War however ends in a fiasco for the British. Together with this are interwoven the militant feminism of General Sir Grenville Haltemprice`s sexually overpowering wife and the attempts by "the lovely avril Delight" to sing "as Time Goes By". . . attempts which are constantly interrupted by news flashes, though she triumphs in the end.

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New Theatre Publications (2004)   978-1840944488

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Genre:
Full Length Comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Guest For The Sabbath, A

Synopsis:
This is a play that explores the dimension of time and allows it to play tricks with both the protagonists of the play and the audience alike. Martin and Rebecca are married but separated. Martin and Sue, his current girlfriend, arrive at the country cottage which was once his escape with Rebecca. Rebecca makes her appearance - but only to Martin's eyes and confronts him with a few home truths about their relationship and the harsh and cruel realities of life in general. 'a Guest for the Sabbath' was awarded second place in the 1995 DaW Playwriting Competition.

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Genre:
Play One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Have-You-Any-Idea-What-Time-It-Is!

Synopsis:
This "tragi-comedy" is partly about barrenness: for what holds Caroline and Chris together except their pets, that all die, and their flowers, that all wither? Partly, too, it is about the rule-based view and the freer, more imaginative view. Chris is the games player - Caroline, his more fanciful partner, whose excursions into a world of her own devising bring about a near-collapse of their relationship in the aftermath to a disastrous New Year's Eve party. and does Caroline leave Chris at the end to go off with her soul-mate Georgie? We are never to know. . . Though we may suppose she has second thoughts as the new year dawns.

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New Theatre Publications (1998)   978-1840941425

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Genre:
Drama One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Just Us

Synopsis:
*Writing award Winner* "Deafening Silence" was a winner at the Liverpool Everyman WriteNow! 2000 Competition. These three short plays raise issues which challenge the ideals of young people in today's world. all strive to bring about thoughtful messages and aim to make younger generations, and older ones, aware of the problems that face our society. 'Deafening Silence' approaches the issue of paralysis, exploring the views of those who can speak out, and those who can't. 'Old Habits. Die Hard' deals with smoking and its side effects, and 'Beep' is an emotional account of a father and daughter who face separation through horrific circumstances; euthanasia.

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New Theatre Publications (1997)   978-1840940749

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Genre:
Drama One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Nurses' Tale

Synopsis:
a blend of myth and reality, this play relates how King Tereus raped his wife's sister, the Princess Philomela, and cut out her tongue so she could not tell what he had done - and how his wife, Princess Procne, killed their only son in revenge and served him up as a meal for Tereus. But the tale is told through the mouths of the Bard and the two Nurses to the unfortunate Princesses - the Nurses who have been blinded and penned up between cliff and cliff as punishment for their part in the tragedy. Or is this really the Nether World they are in? and can they ever be brought to recognise their guilt?

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New Theatre Publications (1997)   978-1840940725

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Genre:
Drama One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Sci-Fi Man, The

Synopsis:
That`s the trouble with what they call 'creative writing,' (as Luke the Sci-fi writer says), "sometimes your creations catch up with you. . ." and his do catch up with him - fatally, entangling him in his own imaginings and leaving him ultimately marooned on the uninhabited moon of an unidentified planet somewhere in Theta Orionis on Christmas Eve 2180 (or 1980 in the 'real' world where his wife and step-daughter exist). He is a man driven to the end of his tether: mourning the death of his first wife and deploring his second, trying to hold onto the reality of his very existence, while his marriage is being threatened by his wife`s utterly earth-bound lover and his own inability to remain sane and deal effectively with his life.

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New Theatre Publications (2004)   978-1840944792

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Genre:
Full Length Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Wench Is Dead

Synopsis:
*Writing award Winner* "Deafening Silence" was a winner at the Liverpool Everyman WriteNow! 2000 Competition. These three short plays raise issues which challenge the ideals of young people in today's world. all strive to bring about thoughtful messages and aim to make younger generations, and older ones, aware of the problems that face our society. 'Deafening Silence' approaches the issue of paralysis, exploring the views of those who can speak out, and those who can't. 'Old Habits. Die Hard' deals with smoking and its side effects, and 'Beep' is an emotional account of a father and daughter who face separation through horrific circumstances; euthanasia.

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1st Published:
New Theatre Publications (1997)   978-1840940732

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Genre:
Drama One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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