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James Roose-Evans

JAMES ROOSE-EVANS

  (1927 - )
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    Sheil Land Associates Ltd  

James Roose-Evans (born 11 November 1927) is a British theatre director, scriptwriter, priest and writer on experimental theatre, gesture, ritual and meditation. In 1959 he founded the Hampstead Theatre Club, in London; and in 1974 the Bleddfa Centre for creativity and spirituality, in Powys. He is best known for directing the West End play, 84 Charing Cross Road. - wiki

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below is a list of James Roose-Evans's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         84 Charing Cross Road         Between the Tides         Cider With Rosie         Little Clay Cart, The         Re: Joyce!

84 Charing Cross Road

Synopsis:
Dramatisation of the letters between struggling young writer in New York and an antiquarian bookseller in London.

Notes:
from book by Helen Hanff

1st Produced:
Melbourne    1981

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1983   -

Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Between the Tides

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Ben van Eysselsteijn. Translated from the Dutch by Gerardine Franken And Adapted for the English Stage by James Roose-Evans

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Cider With Rosie

Synopsis:
growing up in the idyllic English countryside between the two world wars

Notes:
book by Laurie Lee

1st Produced:
Melbourne    1982

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1994   -

Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  Large Cast

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Little Clay Cart, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
attributed to King Sudraka, translated by Revilo Pendleton Oliver

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Plays of the Year 29" Elek, London,    -

Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

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Re: Joyce!

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with Maureen Lipman

1st Produced:
Fortune, London    1988

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
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