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PIP PARRY  (1921 - )

Nationality:    British
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Plays be ordered directly from Parrilay Plays UK. Enquiries to 01908-670141 or cjlay@yahoo.co.uk. Inspired by an eccentric Primary teacher, Pip developed an early and abiding interest in things theatrical. By his 'teens he was writing sketches for a Youth Club concert-party. By the 1970s and early '80s he was resident scriptwriter to the Caversham Park Theatre, near Reading. Now he was turning out revue sketches, some of which appear in the collection of his works, Hidden Treasures. He also wrote a number of full-length offerings in a musical and pantomime style, which are not yet published. His own favourite 'creation was a version of Babes in the Wood, featuring the Marx Brothers. After retirement, he joined the Open Theatre group (based at the Open University) where he acted in several productions alongside Christina Lay, an OU Editor. In 1997 he set up the Third-Age Players (TAP) a sub-group of the Milton Keynes University of the Third Age (U3A), with Christina, also retired, as his first recruit. The new Company was charmed to observe the treasury of pieces he had already written, on which most of their first production was based. As he continued to produce comic gems, their enthusiastic support persuaded him to agree to the assembly and publication of this first volume of short pieces, Hidden Treasures. He claims that his motivation has been merely to raise a few chuckles. Nowadays (2005) about to reach the age of 84, he is unable to kick the writing habit. He is still writing, though more slowly. It helps, he says, if one is just a little bit barmy.

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

At The 'restful Haven'         Behind The Drama         Costume Lady         Don't Put Your Grandma On The Stage, Mrs Worthington         Evening Surgery         Extracts From Behind The Drama         Family Feeling         First-Night Blues         If I Won The Lottery         If Shakespeare Were Writing Today         Keep Out Of Reach Of Children         Lament Of The Odd-Job Boy         Mobile Phone         Murder In Milton Keynes Village         New Member, The         Oldest Inhabitant, The         On Midsummer Boulevard         On The Prom         Partners         Plea To The Queen, A         Pregnant Pauses         Question Of Dress, A         Quiet Afternoon In Coffee Hall         Rehearsal, The         Sleeping Beauty         Soaps         Story Of Guinevere, The         Thirteen Widow Women         Twelve Days To Christmas         Under Brickhill Wood         Understanding The Young         Waiting For The Wife         Watching The World Go By         What's My Line?         Wine-Tasters, The         Words, Words, Words