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Peter Ransley

PETER RANSLEY  (1931 - )

 Nationality:    English
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Literary Agent:    The Agency (London) Ltd  


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

 Disabled         Ellen         Nothing Special         Runaway         Thompson Report, The

Disabled

Synopsis:
Disabled ventriloquist on border of two social service areas calls up filthy parrot to drive out never-ending stream of welfare workers

Notes:
aka Dear Mr. Welfare

1st Produced:
Manchester    1969

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Plays and Players", London, June, 1971   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Ellen

Synopsis:
Menage a trois, almost true story of mad woman tramp who turns out to be almost sane. Almost romantic , even the sperm sample is obtained to Romeo and Juliet overture.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Manchester    1970

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Plays and Players", London, April, 1971   -

Music:
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Nothing Special

Synopsis:
Scenes from the lives of four Western-Zen monks.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
London    1981

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Runaway

Synopsis:
Yorkshire family's reaction when father discovers he has industrial cancer

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Thompson Report, The

Synopsis:
A very English committee meets to dot I's and cross T's on report investigating allegations of mental torture on prisoners in Northern Ireland

Notes:
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1st Produced:
London    1972

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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