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Anna Maria Murphy

ANNA MARIA MURPHY  

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below is a list of Anna Maria Murphy's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Bacchae, The         Dancer and the Devil, The         Don John         Doubtful Island         Dr Heidegger's Experiment         Ghost Nets         Midnight's Pumpkin         Oh Mary!         Pathway to the Red Sun         Red Shoes, The         Skulduggery         Telling Tales         Tristan And Yseult         Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, A         Women Who Threw The Day Away

Bacchae, The

Synopsis:
a fun production of The Bacchae with dire warnings about the dangers of binge drinking

Notes:
Original Playwright - Euripides. Version by Carl Grose, Anna Maria Murphy, Emma Rice And Kneehigh Theatre

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Genre:
Off Beat Pantomime

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Dancer and the Devil, The

Synopsis:
A secret bar, a nightclub hidden in the forest...The story of those displaced by war, those who have had to hide, to run away from their past lives scarred by war time secrets. Bright, sparkling and full of comic mischief, Rogue Theatre brings a blend of showmanship and poetry, mixing spectacle, narrative and dance with enthralling live music and a wild spirit.

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Rogue Theatre

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Genre:
piece

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Don John

Synopsis:
inspired by the Mozart/Da Ponte Don Giovanni. The action is set in 1978. Thus Don Juan, a nomadic libertine accompanied by his friend Nobby, cuts a swathe through the female population of a small country town during the winter of discontent.
- michael billington, Guardian.

Notes:
By Emma Rice words And poems by Anna Maria Murphy

1st Produced:
Stratford-upon-Avon, Courtyard    2008

Organisations:
Kneehigh in assciation with the Royal Shakespeare Company

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Doubtful Island

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written by Anna Maria Murphy And Kneehigh Theatre

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Dr Heidegger's Experiment

Synopsis:
Dr Heidegger gives three elderly people - a retired lecherous colonel, a faded beauty and a failed businessman a sip of his elixir - they become young again - but it is only temporary

Notes:
Based on A short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne

1st Produced:
Norden Farm Centre For The Arts, Maidenhead, Berkshire    '09 Oct 2002

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Ghost Nets

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Notes:
written by Anna Maria Murphy And Kneehigh Theatre

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Midnight's Pumpkin

Synopsis:
Night is falling and preparations are well underway for a Royal Ball, but with a guest list that includes an evil step-mother, ugly sisters and Prince Charming, you are in for a night of mischievous magic all before the clock strikes 12.

Notes:
adapted by Emma Rice; words by Anna maria Murphy

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Genre:
Christmas Show

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Oh Mary!

Synopsis:
Mary Bryant was born in Fowey Cornwall, in 1765. She was arrested and found quilty of violent highway robbery having stolen a bonnet and some money. She was sentenced to hang. This sentence was then changed and "she was sent to the other side of the world to work her fingers to the bone in his magesties colonies" (words from the script by Anna Murphy ) This true story is a tale of transportation, love, escape, tragedy and redemption that spanned the world between Cornwall and Australia.

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1st Produced:
Blisland Village Hall, Cornwall    19 Sep 2009

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Genre:
one woman show

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Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Pathway to the Red Sun

Synopsis:
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Notes:
poetry And text by Anna Maria Murphy And musical director Andrew Bate.

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Rogue Theatre

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Genre:
Piece

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Red Shoes, The

Synopsis:
"One dance was not enough for our heroine, The Girl and one poem was not enough for me. As I wrote they danced their way out onto the page."
Anna Maria Murphy

Notes:
adapted by Anna Maria Murphy, Emma Rice And Kneehigh Theatre from Hans Christian Anderson

1st Produced:
STERTS, Liskeard, Cornwall    2000

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  doubling

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Skulduggery

Synopsis:
Three Rogues try to outdo each other with exaggerated tales of bravado, cunning and dubious wisdom featuring the donkey that deposits gold, the woman who lived on wind and the wild man of Portugal.

Notes:
written by Anna Maria Murphy And Kneehigh Theatre

1st Produced:
Acorn Arts Centre, Penzance, Cornwall    16 Dec 2003

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Genre:
Youth Audience

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Telling Tales

Synopsis:
Tapestry of comic and poetic tales told by mime, music and voice

Notes:
written by Anna Maria Murphy And Kneehigh Theatre

1st Produced:
Plough Arts Centre, Great Torrington, Devon    30 Nov 1996

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Genre:
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Tristan And Yseult

Synopsis:
a tale of extra marital ardour about the unloved as well. Harks back to the earliest, oral versions of an ancient Cornish story.

Notes:
written by Carl Grose, Anna Maria Murphy, Emma Rice And Kneehigh Theatre

1st Produced:
Restormel Castle, Lostwithiel, Cornwall    2003

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Genre:
Devised Piece

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  musicians 7 chorus

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Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, A

Synopsis:
The world's been sad since Tuesday, the child has a fever and is hotter than a fish on a spit. The dog chases its tail, Mother dreams of a new broom and Father gazes out to sea. The whole village is on the brink. Then the sky gets frisky, the sea rears up and, in a bolt of lightning, a very old man with enormous wings crashes to earth in a flurry of feathers. Nothing will ever be the same again!

Notes:
Script by Anna Maria Murphy. Inspired by Gabriel Garcia Marquez's story this is A startling world of ruined beauty And magic reality where everyone dreams of their five minutes of fame And riches, And the extraordinary takes flight.

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Genre:
puppet 95 min

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Women Who Threw The Day Away

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written by Anna Maria Murphy And Kneehigh Theatre

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