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David Walker

DAVID WALKER

  
Nationality:    British
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         Acting Young         Airs And Graces         All the Fun Of the Fair         At the Third Stroke         Bit Of Your Own Back         Centre Stage         Doctor Mort's Free Weekend         Dream, The         Football Crazy         Friends And Neighbours         Gleam Machine         In the Pink         In the Spotlight         Inside Out         Lift Off         MacBheatha         Magical Mystery Tour         Obsession         On Top Of the World         Photo Finish         Power To See         Pressing Engagement         Quiet Night, A         Rock On         Secrets         Sleeping Partners         War Paint
Acting Young

Synopsis:
A collection of short acting pieces written for young people and ideal for use in Drama schools, ordinary schools and youth theatre groups. All pieces were originally written for children at the Pamela Bardsley School of Speech and Drama in Southport. they have been used for festival work and Drama examinations with outstanding success. they have also become a major part of Drama and theatre studies at local primary and secondary schools. Above all, the pieces give young people the opportunity to experiment with characterisation, movement and choral speaking as well as building confidence and self-esteem.

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1st Published:
New Theatre Publications(1997)   

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Genre:
Youth One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Airs And Graces

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1st Published:
in "Next Stage" Arnold, London, 1977   

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Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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All the Fun Of the Fair

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1st Published:
in "Next Stage" Arnold, London, 1977   

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Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  extras

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At the Third Stroke

Synopsis:
Simon Thornby is a worried man. His wife, Maggie, has invited her parents to come and live with them after their own house burned down in mysterious circumstances. Simon is against it all, but is powerless to prevent it. the house is too small to accommodate all four of them. Simon has hit upon the idea of a house-swap and has placed an advertisement in the local shop window. A young couple reply to the ad' and turn up on a Saturday night. Simon thinks that they have come to view the house, but he is wrong. He could have worded the advertisement a bit better.

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1st Published:
New Theatre Publications,    

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Genre:
Comedy One Act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Bit Of Your Own Back

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Contained in: Play Read" published by Hodder Arnold 1984   

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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Centre Stage

Synopsis:
CENTRE STAGE continues where ACTING YOUNG left off, providing young people with purpose-written scripts to perform at Drama Festivals, Drama Examinations and Youth and School theatre groups. they have also been successful in schools, being read, out loud, during literacy hour. the subjects covered in the scripts include topics that are relevant to young people and their emotions, as they grow towards adulthood, as well as pure fun pieces, looking at normal situations and events in a somewhat different way.

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1st Published:
New Theatre Publications,    

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Genre:
Youth One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Doctor Mort's Free Weekend

Synopsis:
Marie, Debbie, Miranda and Billy have won a competition in the magazine "Youth Today". their prize is a free weekend at Doctor Mort's Youth Hostel, promising fun, laughter and great night life. However, instead of their dreams becoming reality, their realities turn into dreams - and eventually nightmares, in the strangest Youth Hostel on the planet, run by the "slightly dead" Doctor Mort and his mysterious young companion, a one hundred and fourteen year old girl called Halloween. the four teenagers are about to be given lessons in the darker side of life. Will they learn from them?

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1st Published:
New Theatre Publications,    

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Genre:
Youth One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Dream, The

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1st Published:
in "Next Stage" Arnold, London, 1977   

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  voices

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Football Crazy

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1st Published:
in "Next Stage" Arnold, London, 1977   

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Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Friends And Neighbours

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1st Published:
in "Next Stage" Arnold, London, 1977   

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Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Gleam Machine

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1st Published:
in "Next Stage" Arnold, London, 1977   

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Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  -            Other:  -

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In the Pink

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1st Published:
in "Next Stage" Arnold, London, 1977   

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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In the Spotlight

Synopsis:
Variable casting. "In the Spotlight" is the third book of acting scripts for young people and follows the format of its predecessors, ACTING YOUNG and CENTRE STAGE. Schools and Drama Schools have found the self-contained nature of the pieces means that their pupils have a better understanding of the subjects and therefore greater empathy with them. Once again the subjects range from the serious to the absurd, but always looked at through the eyes of a young person.

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1st Published:
New Theatre Publications(1998)   

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Genre:
Youth One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Inside Out

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1st Published:
in "Next Stage" Arnold, London, 1977   

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Lift Off

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1st Published:
in "Next Stage" Arnold, London, 1977   

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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MacBheatha

Synopsis:
A vision of a dystopian, superstitious, tribal Scotland. The Macbeth couple rise to power by brutal bloody means leading to their inevitable downfall holed up in their bunker. Suitable for non-Gaelic speakers. A powerful new one-hour adaptation, translated into richly atmospheric Gaelic. A two-person format throws fierce emphasis onto the blighted and deteriorating relationship between Macbheatha and his wife. Superb, passionate and driven performances, sexually charged and blazing with ambition.' **** (Scotsman). www.madeinscotlandshowcase.com

Notes:
By William Shakespeare translated in Gaelic by Ian MacDonald with David Walker and Catriona Lexy Campbell.

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Organisations:
White Stag Theatre Company & David Walker

1st Published:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Magical Mystery Tour

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1st Published:
in "Next Stage" Arnold, London, 1977   

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Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Obsession

Synopsis:
Jacqui Stephens has arrived at the office of Mr. John Houghton for an audition. Mr Houghton is running late and has left Jacqui a note to that effect. Shortly after her arrival she is joined by her flamboyant and rather outrageous classmate, Simon Gray. He has also come for an audition. Or has he? Alone together in the room, Simon lets his true feelings for Jacqui become known. What follows is a dangerous outpouring of blind obsession, with fatal consequences.

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1st Published:
New Theatre Publications,    

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Genre:
Youth One Act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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On Top Of the World

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1st Published:
in "Next Stage" Arnold, London, 1977   

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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Photo Finish

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1st Published:
in "Next Stage" Arnold, London, 1977   

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Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Power To See

Synopsis:
Set in the wilderness, the play depicts the final conflict between good and evil, between God and Satan. Satan challenges God to keep his part of an ancient bargain. If evil should ever triumph over good, God had promised to grant Satan the ultimate power of heaven - the power to see. Satan demands that power and God cannot go back on his word. However the power to see is not what Satan imagines it to be. It is something far more basic and, to Satan, destructive.

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1st Published:
New Theatre Publications,    

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Genre:
Drama One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Pressing Engagement

Synopsis:
Elizabeth has spent the weekend visiting her elderly mother. During her absence, Richard has thrown a party that began on the Friday evening and ended in the small hours of Monday morning. When he awakes, seriously hungover and minus his memory, his friend Terry and his brother Henry have some alarming information for him. What did Richard do at the party and how can he get out of the hole he has dug for himself? And who the hell is Mrs. Henshaw?

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1st Published:
New Theatre Publications,    

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Genre:
Comedy One Act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Quiet Night, A

Synopsis:
A Farmer and his wife are stuck indoors on a very rainy night, trying miserably to pass the evening together. Suddenly, their dull evening is disturbed when two animal rights activists burst in. To draw attention to the Institute for the Release of Animals they have freed 38 budgies from the local pet store and are awaiting the arrival of the police and media to cover this sensational news story! Unfortunately, they made a major, and ultimately fatal, mistake as the police arrive in large numbers and they are all heavily armed!

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1st Published:
http://www.cressrelles.co.uk   

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Genre:
Dark Comedy One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Rock On

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1st Published:
in "Next Stage" Arnold, London, 1977   

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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Secrets

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1st Published:
Contained in: Play Read" published by Hodder Arnold 1984   

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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Sleeping Partners

Synopsis:
Michael Rhodes and Don Henderson were once business partners in the financial services industry. Two years ago Michael walked out after discovering that Don was using the knowledge Michael had given him, to make a killing on the expanding Eastern markets, using clients money invested in his own name. For two years Michael has been obsessed with exacting revenge on his former partner. During these years there has been no contact between Michael and Don. Louise Rhodes has invited the Henderson family for a meal. Is it to try to heal the rift? Or is it to humiliate her husband? And what is the revenge that Michael has plotted?

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1st Published:
New Theatre Publications,    

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Genre:
Drama One Act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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War Paint

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1st Published:
Contained in: Play Read" published by Hodder Arnold 1984   

Music:
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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  -

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