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Ben Musgrave

BEN MUSGRAVE

  (1981 - )
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    United Agents  

Ben Musgrave grew up in Britain, Bangladesh and IndiA. He teaches creative writing at Westminster University, and is a fellow of the Macdowell Colony, New Hampshire. He was a member of the Forum of Young European Playwrights (Wiesbaden, Germany 2008. Ben is currently under commission to Only Connect Theatre. His plays include, BOARS AND DRAGONFILES (2010, the Miniaturists / Arcola Theatre), EXAMS ARE GETTING EASIER (2010, Young REP Birmingham Repertory Theatre), PANCRAS BOYS CLUB (2009, Only Connect Theatre, London), BREATHING COUNTRY (2008 Y Touring / National Tour, Shortlisted for the Theatre Centre Brian Way Award), GLOBAL WARMING (2008, Y Touring), LATER (2008, Paines Plough, Trafalgar Studios London), the MELANCHOLY HUSSAR (2003, Etcetera Theatre, London), LOVE BETWEEN TWO SHELVES (2003, ADC Theatre, Cambridge), A TALE OF TWO CITIES (2001, London / Paris).

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         Boars And Dragonflies         Breathing Country         Exams Are Getting Easier         Global Warming         His Teeth         Later         Love Between Two Shelves         Melancholy Hussar, The         Pancras Boys Club         Pretend You Have Big Buildings         Tale Of Two Cities, A
Boars And Dragonflies

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Part of Miniaturists 24 - Bringing you more of the best short plays by some of the most exciting playwrights in the UK today. Music Composed Matthew Print

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the Miniaturists

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Genre:
short play

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Breathing Country

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Shortlisted for the theatre Centre Brian Way Award

1st Produced:
Y Touring / National Tour     2008

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Exams Are Getting Easier

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If someone could listen, properly - what would you say? Fallon' s yard - a once thriving industrial works but now a derelict wasteland. the place where the young monsters go. A place where things happen - mad stuff you wouldn't believe. . .A young woman lies in a coma after a brutal attack. A group of outraged vigilantes take to the streets. the police need answers and there's one place they think they'll find them. But Stephen, King of Fallon's yard, has gone missing. . .We may think we know why, but we don't know why. This sane and over excited, yobbish and polite new play by Ben Musgrave, Winner of the 2006 Bruntwood Playwriting Competition, tackles issues of education, identity, belonging ang self-esteem and in doing so, challenges perceptions of the ASBO generation.

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the play has been commissioned for And developed with members of the Young REP.

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the Young REP youth Theatre

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  10            Other:  with a further two characters who can be either gender and a large chorus

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Global Warming

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performed by school

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Y Touring     2008

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His Teeth

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Inspired by the true stories of Ralph Ojotu. Eric Adegeye has always kept moving, and relies on no man. In Lagos he runs smuggling missions in his dirty yellow bus. His restlessness drives him to England, where he is ensnared in a depraved world of forced labour and bad loyalties. When he falls in love with Sarah, can they both break free from the underworld? And then can he stand still long enough to find out who he really is? Only Connect is a creative Arts company and crime prevention charity for prisoners, ex-offenders and at-risk youth. the play is performed by ex-offenders, with convictions ranging from firearms to drugs offences, and at-risk youth.
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1st Produced:
Only Connect Theatre, 32 Cubitt Street, Wc1X 0Lr     14 Oct 2011

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Only Connect

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Genre:
piece

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XXXI (2011) Page 1141

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Later

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Paines Plough

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Love Between Two Shelves

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Melancholy Hussar, The

Synopsis:
When Phyllis, a trapped lonely Wessex girl, crosses paths with Matthaus, a German soldier exiled in a strange country, they entwine in a powerful and painful relationship that cuts across language. In this tale of hope, fate, and isolation, is escape ever possible?

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Based on A short story by Thomas Hardy

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Alabaster Productions

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Pancras Boys Club

Synopsis:
Today is fight day. Lenny trains fighters. Samson can't lose, but Andrew can't win. Ray puts his hopes and dreams in a bottle, but Michael is not what he seems. And Kevin shouldn't trust him either. Switchy is after Elias. Dwayne and Leon have their brother's back's. Mark has the power, but the Prime Minister of Jamaica has toothache. . .A play about boxing, identity, and pepper sauce.

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written by Paula B Stanic, Ben Musgrave And David Watson.

1st Produced:
Only Connect Theatre     2009

Organisations:
Only Connect

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Genre:
Comedy/ Drama

Parts:
Male:  12            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Pretend You Have Big Buildings

Synopsis:
the prize-winning debut play from Ben Musgrave, a tender and funny play about growing up in Romford in the shadow of Canary Wharf. 1995. Big buildings are rising in London's Docklands. But marooned miles to the east, half-in and half-out of the city, Romford has not been invited to the party. Confused about its identity, the inhabitants of the 'only town in London with its own ring road' are trying to cope. the relationships they forge have painful implications, in this poetic and passionate play that explores growing up, identity and loss.

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winner of the Bruntwood Playwrighting Competion, 2006

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Manchester International festival

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  recorded voices

Further Reference:
http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XXVII (2007) Page 0836

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Tale Of Two Cities, A

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London/Paris     2001

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