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Paul Thain

PAUL THAIN

  
Nationality:    British
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Paul Thain was born in South Shields, UK. Inspired by his acting experience with the National Youth Theatre, he gave up life as a bus conductor, studied A-levels, and then read Drama and Theatre Arts at Birmingham University. When his first child was born he left teaching to become primary parent and playwright. His second radio play - the Biggest Sandcastle in the World - won a BBC Giles Cooper Award as one of the Best Radio Plays of 1981, and he has subsequently written many more including the Paradise Machine for which the BBC's production won the 1995 European Broadcasting Union Award for Best European Radio Drama. Other work includes four commissioned screenplays, as yet unproduced, and five stage plays. His plays have been published and performed throughout the world, particularly the UK, Germany, Italy, Russia, New Zealand, and South Africa

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

         Black Widow         Monkey Dance Honeymoon         Papa Panov's Magic Christmas         Stone Soup

Black Widow

Synopsis:
Lord Arlington is dead, poisoned by a corned beef sandwich. His daughter Emily, obsessed by Hamlet, becomes convinced that her mother Cressida and old family friend Richard Harker are responsible for Lord Arlington's death, and she sets out to exact a terrible revenge. Madness, murder, passion, ghosts and retribution are all themes of this complex and compelling Drama, set in the Edwardian era but with a very modern sensibility.

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Samuel French, London, 1996   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  7            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Monkey Dance Honeymoon

Synopsis:
Zoe and Nathan arrive at a hotel in Africa for their honeymoon. Nathan just wants sun, sea and sex. Zoe falls in with two con men.

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Play/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Papa Panov's Magic Christmas

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Samuel French, London, 1991   -

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Genre:
Christmas Play For Children

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  21 + Fxtras

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Stone Soup

Synopsis:
This contemporary re-telling of an ancient folk-story uses (mostly) humour to engage young people and help them explore what are probably the two major issues facing their generation - global hunger and climate change. these urgent themes make it of special interest to teachers, educators and youth workers . . . It begins when the wise Sophia enters a starving Village and declares she will feed everyone with her magical soup. But first Makomo must follow the Star and persuade Mr and Mrs North to give up their monopoly of the Giant Cooking Pot. they eventually agree, and soon the pot begins to boil and bubble. the hungry Villagers gather round, but when Sophia asks them to each contribute a stone to help make her soup, they think she's mad. But the children gladly oblige, and - as if by magic - the soup begins to acquire a delicious taste and smell. As the mood lightens, Sophia sings and dances, and everyone eagerly anticipates the promised feast. But when Sophia speaks of peace and justice, the fearsome General Mayhem arrives and orders Major Hazard to place the soup under military control. All seems lost, but the spirit of sharing finally prevails and the Play ends with the hope of a new beginning. the Play runs about 60 minutes

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following A generous grant from the UK's Arts Council, it was extensively revised before its professional tour to schools in the North of England And republished by Samuel French, London in 2008

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Samuel French, London, 1993   -

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Genre:
Childrens Modern fable Youth Audience

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  Large Cast

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