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Joan MacAlpine

JOAN MACALPINE

  (? - 2014)
Nationality:    English
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Joan MacAlpine died May 2014, in Dorking. Career at Thorndike Theatre Leatherhead: The Thorndike continued to branch out during the 1970s and 1980s. Under the creative direction of Joan Macalpine, the Thorndike Young Stagers performed new musicals based on local themes. The Young People's Theatre Section took productions into schools and ran summer workshops and festivals; while the Casson Company staged plays by new playwrights in the Casson Rooms.

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

         Beset By Women         Christopher Columbus         David Copperfield         Liberty Beat         Thief In Time, A         Tom Jones

Beset By Women

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from Tom Jones by Henry Fielding, Aka the exploits Of Tom Jones

1st Produced:
Nottingham    1966

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  14            Female:  9            Other:  extras

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Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus
A thrilling play concerning itself with Columbus's early days - the perils and excitement of a great discovery and a sense of what might go wrong if the discovery is not handled with care and imagination. The times, dates and places Columbus visited are historical facts and his comments on them come from his reports on the voyage.

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book and lyrics by Joan Macalpine. Music by Peter Durrent

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1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd (31 Dec 1994)   978-0573051029

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Genre:
Musical Play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  18 m or f

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David Copperfield

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from novel by Charles Dickens

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Genre:
adaptation

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Male:  11            Female:  7            Other:  doubling possible

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Liberty Beat

Liberty Beat
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Notes:
book and lyrics by Joan Macalpine. Music by Peter Durrent

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1980   978-0573080517

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  40 teenagers

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Thief In Time, A

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Tom Jones

Tom Jones
Tom Jones is rich, ripe and rowdy. Tom, Squire Allworthy's adopted son, falls victim to the charms of one rustic wench after another, until at last the Squire grows tired of the trouble he causes and sends him off to cause it elsewhere. Then Tom becomes entangled with three women at once: Jenny Waters, a lady of warm heart and generous virtue, Mrs Fitzpatrick, a society lady seeking diversion from her oafish husband, and Sophia Western, whom Tom truly loves.

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from novel by Henry Fielding

1st Produced:
Leatherhead Theatre, Leatherhead    1965

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1st Published:
Evans Bros, London, 1966   978-0573114397

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  14            Female:  9            Other:  -

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