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WILLIAM STANTON
Nationality: British
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As a playwright and dramaturg William is interested in what connects our cultures past with the contemporary public, political and private. For BBC Radio 4 he has written plays about colonialism and espionage, education and the environment, the legend of Orpheus and an Azorean story he was told while working in Brazil. For stage William has written about the destruction of a Devon village by the sea (an award winner at Kings Cross New Writing Awards), satires about the privatisation of the Post Office, the Department of Work and Pensions, universities and the NHS. Before The Old Room he wrote Exposure, a play about a war photographer suffering from PTSD and his current play is about a family corroded by a secret from its past. Williams work has been performed at Theatre 503, The Courtyard Theatre Hoxton, the Canal Café Theatre, The Bike Shed Theatre Exeter. - See more at: https://www.parktheatre.co.uk/whats-on/the-old-room--rehearsed-reading/creatives#sthash.2vk8ITCq.dpuf
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Exposure Foul Tide Glory Old Room, The PowerExposure
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about a war photographer suffering from PTSD and his current play is about a family corroded by a secret from its past. - See more at: https://www.parktheatre.co.uk/whats-on/the-old-room--rehearsed-reading/creatives#sthash.2vk8ITCq.dpuf
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Top of PageFoul Tide
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Foul Tide is loosely based on events that took place in a small fishing community in South Devon between 1897 and 1917. In the shadow of the First World War, the play brings into sharp focus the harsh realities for a traditional community caught up in the preparations for war.
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Top of PageGlory
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Glory began as a satire about privatisation, then it became real. PostEx used to be part of the Post Office, now it s run for profit. Dot s cafe is in what was once the manufacturing heart of a city, a place where people come for home cooking and company. Some work for PostEx, some try to find their lost post and some try to find out why PostEx is buying up the neighbourhood. Will Denis stay long enough to have a relationship with Dot? Will PostEx be allowed to build a new shopping centre? Will Benet find another job?
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Top of PageOld Room, The
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Two people meet by chance in a city bar. Shes there to meet a friend who works for 4-C, a political lobbying organisation. Hes working on 4-Cs computer security and is there to meet someone who doesnt turn up. They seem attracted to each other, but how open can people be in a society where privacy theft, betrayal and coercion are everyday reality, sanctioned by government? The Old Room theft of privacy, betrayal of secrets, undermining resistance. And thats only in public. - See more at: https://www.parktheatre.co.uk/whats-on/the-old-room--rehearsed-reading/about#sthash.QZ9kvDnH.dpuf
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Top of PagePower
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a savage farce about whats happening now, or about whats already happened, in everyones lives. The central character, Gavin Dredge, goes to the offices of Intelligent Wellbeing Solutions to find out why his mothers vital medication has been stopped and more importantly who took the life changing decision. Not only cant the managers and staff find his file, they think hes an anarchist or worse, a fraudster.
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