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Patrick Prior

PATRICK PRIOR

  
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Patrick Prior is an Associate Writer at Theatre Royal Stratford East. His first play, Fattty, was performed at Theatre Royal Stratford East in 1988. Since then he has gone on to write three political farces for the Theatre, Revolting Peasants (also produced by 7:84 Scotland) Blackboard Bungle and Cut and Trust. Patrick is also a battle-scarred veteran of no fewer than seven Theatre Royal Stratford East pantomimes, Robin Hood, Mother Goose, Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Hansel and Gretel, Dick Whittington and Red Riding Hood 2. His other Theatre Royal Stratford East shows are the Late Shift (with the Flying Pickets) the Lodger, the COHSE Show, the Drowned Princess and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, then Like My Dreams, Two Women and the Graft. Other stage work includes Dracula (the Brunton Theatre), A Child of the Jago (Festival Hall), Baywatch Cymru (the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff), the Turn of the Screw (New Wolsey, Ipswich), Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper (the Edinburgh Festival, Wimbledon Theatre, the Space and on tour), On Our Way to Lisbon (the Glasgow Citizens, the King's Theatre, Glasgow, the Arches, Dundee Rep, Wimbledon, Adam Smith Theatre, the Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas and on tour), the Man Who Left the Titanic (Yvonne Arnaud), the Haunters (Yvonne Arnaud, Wimbledon, Adam Smith Theatre, Ellen Terry Theatre and on tour), Dracula the Panto (Yvonne Arnaud, the Space and on tour), Jekyll and Hyde (Yvonne Arnaud), the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band Changed My Life Forever! (Yvonne Arnaud, Adam Smith Theatre, the Brunton, Georgian Theatre and on tour). Patrick has also co-produced the last seven shows with the Isosceles Theatre Company. TV and Radio credits include: the Hardest Wee Man in the World and the Dizzy (BBC Radio Four), the Video Man (ChAnnel Four) Ha Ha Ha Bonk (Initial TV). Patrick has also written Could This Be Thistle's Year? A book about Glasgow, novels Mina and Bloodlust:Vampire on the Titanic, the Mostly Ghostly Theatre, a Big Book' commissioned by the Theatre Royal Stratford East's Education Department for the London Festival of Literature and is now used as a teaching aid in East End schools. His other prose work includes articles and poetry for Arts magazines.

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         20,000 Leagues Under the Sea         Baywatch Cymru         Blackboard Bungle, The         Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band Changed My Life Forever, The!         Child of the Jago, A         COHSE Show, The         Cut and Trust         Dangerous Lady         Dick Whittington         Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde         Dracula         Dracula the Panto         Drowned Princess, The         Fatty         Feed the Bears         Graft, The         Hansel and Gretel         Haunters, The         Jack And the Beanstalk         Jekyll and Hyde         Late Shift, The         Lodger, The         Man Who Left the Titanic, The         Mother Goose         On Our Way To Lisbon         Red Riding Hood         Red Riding Hood 2         Revolting Peasants         Robin Hood the Panto         Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde, The         then Like My Dreams         Turn of the Screw, The         Two Women         Yours Truly Jack the Ripper
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

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From story by Jules Verne

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Baywatch Cymru

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Farce set in Cardiff Bay

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Blackboard Bungle, The

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Farce about the education system

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Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band Changed My Life Forever, The!

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Bob and Eric turn up to audition for a one hit wonder tribute show.

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Child of the Jago, A

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based on novel by Arthur Morrison

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Festival Hall     1997

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COHSE Show, The

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Cut and Trust

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Farce about the Health Service

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Dangerous Lady

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Following the fortunes of a London Irish gangland family, Dangerous Lady spans three decades from the 1950s to the 1980s. For seventeen-year-old Maura, life in London's underworld is just part of being a Ryan. At first she doesn't approve of her brother Michael's escalating criminal ambitions but after a devastating love affair destroys all hopes of a normal life, Maura decides to join the family business - and is ready to make her mark. No one thinks a young woman can take on the hard men of London's gangland, but it's a mistake to underestimate Maura Ryan. . .

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Join us in celebrating the 20th anniversary of Dangerous Lady, bestselling author Martina Cole's explosive first novel, with a gripping new stage adaptation by Patrick Prior.

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thriller adaptation

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Dick Whittington

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Pantomime about a boy and his cat who set off to London to make their fortune - usually with Dick's Brother (Idle Jack) and mother - there they usually meet Baron Fitzwarren and sail away to seek treasure. In some versions King Rat goes with them to steal the treasure, in others they reach a land infested with rats where they haven't heard of cats and Dick does a deal, returning home rich he becomes Lord Mayor of London. Based extremely loosely on a real person (Richard Whittington, 1350 to 1423), there is a statue of the cat outside the Whittington Hospital in North London where Dick is supposed to have heard the bells say "Turn again Whittington, Lord Mayor of London" as he trudged away from the city. First recorded panto on this theme was in 1814.

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book and lyrics by Patrick Prior, music by Robert Hyman

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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

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Dracula

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From Bram Stoker

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Brunton, Musselburgh     1997

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Dracula the Panto

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Genre:
Off-Beat Pantomime

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Drowned Princess, The

Synopsis:
about the sinking of the Princess Alice

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Community Play

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Fatty

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the Fatty Aruckle scandal of the 1920s

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Feed the Bears

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National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Acc.10577/70

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Graft, The

Synopsis:
After years of hard graft, Nick and Tammy Leary have got it made. When an intruder breaks into their house, Nick and Tammy's lives are turned upside down when Nick kills the young man. In this gripping Dramatic thriller nothing is quite as it appears as the intruder's Father embarks on a quest to discover why his son had broken into such a highly protected Essex property.

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by Martina Cole, Adapted by Patrick Prior

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Hansel and Gretel

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Haunters, The

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Wimbledon Theatre     2003

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Victorian Thriller

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Jack And the Beanstalk

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written with Anthony Ingle

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Jekyll and Hyde

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Late Shift, The

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with the Flying Pickets

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Lodger, The

Synopsis:
Psychological thriller centres on a house surrounded by fear.

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From Mrs Belloc Lowndes

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Man Who Left the Titanic, The

Synopsis:
the Chairman of the White Star Line is forced to face the consequences of the tragedy

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Yvonne Arnaud Theatre     25 Feb 2010

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Mother Goose

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written with Dave Brown

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On Our Way To Lisbon

Synopsis:
Tells the story of how Glasgow Celtic became 1st British team to win the European Cup

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Hackney Empire Bullion , London     2002

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Isosceles

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Red Riding Hood

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Music & Lyrics Anthony Ingle

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Red Riding Hood 2

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Revolting Peasants

Synopsis:
the Fatty Aruckle scandal of the 1920s

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part of Glasgow mayfest

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Glasgow: Kings Theatre     14 May 1990

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7:84 Theatre Company

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Farce

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National Library of Scotland ref: 7:84 Theatre Company Scotland - Acc.12911/26
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Robin Hood the Panto

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Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde, The

Synopsis:
As Jekyll and Hyde adaptations go, Patrick Prior's 70-minute two-hander is short, to the point and rewritten in brisk everyday language that sometimes sounds rough-and-ready. the company's regular acting team of Pat Abemethy (as Jekyll and Hyde) and Dave Marsden (as everyone else) ham it up in fine style on a simple Victorian desk-and-chair set, always preferring emphasis to subtlety. the result is a good, vivid, popular version of a great story, told with notable passion - as if, after 25 years of talking as though our "selfish genes" justified all our bad behaviour, we were finally making a serious effort to remoralise our inner lives and to take responsibility for restraining our more brutal impulses, whether they come "naturally" or not.
- Joyce McMillan, Scotsman

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then Like My Dreams

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Youth Youth Audience

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Turn of the Screw, The

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Adaptation of Henry James novel

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New Wolsey Theatre     2004

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Two Women

Synopsis:
Martina Cole is one of the UK's most popular novelists, selling over 8 million copies and topping the Sunday Times bestseller list. Her books are renowned for their gritty and realistic portrayal of East London's underworld. Now, for the first time ever, one of her best-selling novels is brought to the stage. Two Women is an explosive thriller of betrayal, heartbreak, justice and redemption. When Susan marries the charming Barry Dalston she thinks she has escaped her past. Although she is determined to make it work there's only so much a woman can take and Susan would do anything to protect her children. .

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based on the novel by Martina Cole

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Yours Truly Jack the Ripper

Synopsis:
Fact-based Drama about the Ripper case

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Edinburgh Festival    

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Isosceles Theatre Company

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