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Graham Padden

GRAHAM PADDEN

  (1948 - )
Nationality:    British
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Graham Padden is an actor and director. He has worked extensively in British regional Theatre, television and radio, and recorded 50 audio books.

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

         Deeds Not Words         In Living Memory         Wrong End of the World, The
Deeds Not Words

Synopsis:
the play recreates the turbulent history of Stephen Fox, a Farley child, Civil War soldier, Royalist exile, Restoration Paymaster General, and patron of Chelsea Hospital. It was performed in the church he had built in Farley, designed by Christopher Wren.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
All Saints' Church, Farley, Wiltshire     1989

Organisations:
Farley Community Play

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Community Play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large cast

Further Reference:
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In Living Memory

Synopsis:
A picture of life in 1930s Northampton, from oral reminiscences

Notes:
Adapted for the BBC As A Radio feature, 1990. Currently developing A youth theatre version

1st Produced:
Northamptonshire Tour     1990

Organisations:
Lifeblood Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Reminiscence theatre Historical

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Wrong End of the World, The

Synopsis:
the story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, early trade union pioneers, and their families. Following rural unrest in the 1830s, the men of Tolpuddle form a union branch. Six men are arrested and transported to Australia, leaving their families destitute. Pardoned after extensive personal and political campaigning, the families resettle in Essex, and in the face of continued victimisation, emigrate to Canada. It is a story of the triumph of the human spirit over oppression.

Notes:
This is A large-scale epic play with traditional music. In the professional production we had the cast As Above plus An ensemble of 35. there Are Actually 53 speaking roles, 42M, 5F (who do A lot of singing).

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Salisbury Playhouse

1st Published:
Playwright, 2004   

Music:
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Genre:
Drama documentary with traditional music. Documentary

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  3            Other:  6c

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