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Kelvin Segger

KELVIN SEGGER  

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

 Death of Chatterton, The         Diary of a Madman, The         Fugue         Fugue 2 : Seemingly July         Garden of Mulberries, A         Minor Detail, A         Mirror of Briciu, The         Nose, The         Overcoat, The         Skimming Stones         Still Centre, The

Death of Chatterton, The

Synopsis:
'The Death of Chatterton' by Henry Wallis hangs in the Tate Gallery and is a depiction of the suicide of the young romantic poet. It was modeled by the writer George Meredith who was at the time married to Mary Ellen.Waliis fell in love with her.They eloped to Italy.The play tells of their time in Capri, of the relationship between Wallis and an actor Tome Cleland and of how Mary encourages Wallis to reject the past and to look to the future.

Notes:
Stage adaptation of my radio play. One male role is non speaking.

1st Produced:
BBC Radio 4    22 Jan 2003

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Genre:
drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Diary of a Madman, The

Synopsis:
Adaptation of Gogols short story. Poprishchin is trapped in a helpless struggle against oppressive bureaucracies. Escape from his monotonous existence, freedom from the utter lack of hope seems impossible - but for Poprishchin there is a path

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1st Produced:
Nuffield Theatre Southampton    1999

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Genre:
Monologue Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Fugue

Synopsis:
Neil and Sean stand at the outset of love. A story of love, doubt and the fear of loss

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1st Produced:
Wolsey Theatre Ipswich    1988

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Play/Drama

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Fugue 2 : Seemingly July

Synopsis:
Jamie is leaving to return home.Scott reflects upon their Summer together, of their love and loss

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Genre:
fifteen minute short drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Garden of Mulberries, A

Synopsis:
A GP dependent upon pain killing drugs steals from his practice following a car accident in which his wife dies. He attempts to break from the drug and comes to terms with both his guilt and the reality of his wife's death

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1st Produced:
The Company of Strangers    1987

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Minor Detail, A

Synopsis:
A bombastic and obnoxious art critic is publicly denounced

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1st Produced:
Wolsey Theatre Ipswich    1990

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Mirror of Briciu, The

Synopsis:
An adolescent enters a virtual reality game where she attempts to save an ailing landscape

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1st Produced:
Wolsey Theatre TIE Company, Ipswich    1996

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Nose, The

Synopsis:
Adaptation of Gogols short story. Kovalyov, a pompous civil servant, wakes one morning to discover that his nose has disappeared. Ivan, his barber, finds the missing proboscis in a breakfast roll. A civil servant cannot exist without a nose. For a barber nose theft is punished by exile in Siberia. Both men must swiftly remedy their plight. To make matters worse the nose itself is seen walking the streets and parks of St Petersburg.

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1st Produced:
Wolsey Theatre Ipswich    1993

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Overcoat, The

Synopsis:
Akaky, an impoverished clerk reluctantly invests in a new overcoat which changes his life. Unfortunately the coat is stolen by ruffians. Receiving to help from the authorities in recovering the coat Akaky falls into a fever and dies. His ghost seeks revenge.

Notes:
Adaptation of Gogol's short story.Running time one hour and fifteen minutes

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Genre:
drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Skimming Stones

Synopsis:
A story of friendship and betrayal among three teenagers

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1st Produced:
Wolsey Theatre Ipswich    1989

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Still Centre, The

Synopsis:
A teenager moves from Tyneside to the South of England to work as a nanny but the emotional ties of home are too strong

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1st Produced:
Wolsey Theatre TIE Company, Ipswich    1989

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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