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CATHERINE MCDONALD
Nationality: English
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London-based writer Catherine McDonald writes plays, musical theatre and short stories. After completing David Edgar's Playwriting Master's Degree at Birmingham University, Catherine was commissioned by The Bronte Society to write an adaptation of Jane Eyre and is currently adapting a musical version Wuthering Heights. In 2011 she was short-listed for the BBC Writer's Academy for her play The Kittens in the Bag. This was followed in 2012 by London's Theatre 503 programming her play What Sam Told Me as part of their Rapid Write Rewind night, celebrating the best of their Rapid Response evenings over the past few years. Catherine received critical acclaim for her musical adaptation of Peter Pan Never Land at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which went on to be performed outdoors in Kensington Gardens, and was then featured on ITV1's Fortune, winning 15,000 pounds to donate to St. Ormond St Children's Hospital.
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Jane Eyre and the Secrets of Thornfield Manor Little Princess, A Never Land Once Upon A Winter What Sam Told Me Wuthering HeightsJane Eyre and the Secrets of Thornfield Manor
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In 1846 John Courtney wrote a stage version of Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre". He turned it into a raunchy comedy and added "comic" servants. Charlotte Bronte hated it. Catherine McDonald has turned it into a one acter
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Colour House Theatre, Merton
2009
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Comedy
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Top of PageLittle Princess, A
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Victorian London. When Sarah's father dies she looses all her money and position in Society. She is forced to return to the boarding school where she was once a pupil as a teacher
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Music by Adam Morris; lyrics and book by Catherine McDonald. Based on the novel "A Little Princess" by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Childrens musical
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Male: 9 Female: 15 Other: extras
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Top of PageNever Land
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Written by Catherine McDonald And Erica Reed. Based on "Peter Pan" by J M Barrie
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Abbey Fest '08
2008
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Through the Window Theatre
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Musical
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Top of PageOnce Upon A Winter
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World War II rages. In London, the mysterious and charming Mae arrives home in the blackout to find herself accused of spying for Nazi Germany. Following the death of Mae's brother, his diary has revealed to the authorities a dreadful and secret past. In flashbacks, the young Mae, her brother, and their friend find a wounded Nazi pilot who has parachuted to safety in a forest in rural Norfolk. They imprison and interrogate him, but find him fascinating and bewitching. Tonight, with her life on the line, Mae must reveal all her secrets before the bombs have finished falling.
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Eldridge Plays and Musicals
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Play/Drama
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Male: 6 Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageWhat Sam Told Me
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Part of "Rapid Write:Slaves"
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Theatre 503, London
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Short play
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Top of PageWuthering Heights
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Wuthering Heights is a thrilling new British musical re-telling Emily Bronte's story about the obsessive but doomed love between Cathy and Heathcliff, set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors.
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Based on Emily Bronte's classic novel. With book, music and lyrics by Catherine McDonald, featuring musical arrangements and additional music by Adam Morris
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[concert performance] Iris Theatre, St Paul's Church, London WC2E 9ED
25 Feb 2016
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Genre:
musical adaptation
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