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Robert Rae

ROBERT RAE  

 Nationality:    Scottish
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below is a list of Robert Rae's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Babylon Burning         DARE         Jimmy C         Kaguyahime, The Moon Princess         Of Nettles And Roses         Portadown Blues

Babylon Burning

Synopsis:
attempts a panoramic history of the Iraq war to date.
Joyce McMillan, Scotsman

Notes:
devised by Robert Rae And co-written with Ghazi Hussein, Grace Barnes, Andrew Dallmeyer And Dick Barbor. Based on musical Oh What A Lovely War

1st Produced:
Edinburgh, Theatre Workshop    2006

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Community Piece

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DARE

Synopsis:
Disabled Anarchists' Revolutionary Enclave - is a confrontational piece of theatre designed to unsettle, challenge and change perceptions of people with disabilities, attacking condescension and giving a voice to those no longer willing to stay silent.

Notes:
written by Robert Rae, Nabil Shaban, Jim McSharry, Daryl Beeton, John Hollywood

1st Produced:
Th Workshop, Edinburgh    1997

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Play/Drama

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Jimmy C

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1st Produced:
Th Workshop, Edinburgh    1998

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Kaguyahime, The Moon Princess

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1st Produced:
Theatre Workshop, Edinburgh    2001

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Devised Piece

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Of Nettles And Roses

Synopsis:
Rebecca lives with her step-mother and two step-sisters. She is a drudge and has wait on the others. The step-mother decides to get rid of her and sends her to the river for water thinking the water sprites will kill her. But the sprites are good and give Rebecca the gift of having roses grow wherever she walks.

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1st Produced:
Th'tre W'kshop, E'burgh    1996

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Portadown Blues

Synopsis:
The real life stories of Robert Hamill, a young Catholic man kicked to death by a Loyalist mob in Portadown in 1987 - watched by four RUC men from their Land-Rover 20 yards away - and Rosemary Nelson, his family's solicitor, who was murdered in a car bomb in 1989.
Sue Wilson, Independent

Notes:
directed by Robert Rae And devised by the company

1st Produced:
Theatre Workshop, E'boro    2000

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Genre:
Devised Piece

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