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Murray Watts

MURRAY WATTS  

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

 Admissions         African Snow         Catwalk         Dick Turpin         Fatherland, The         First Light         Gentleman's Agreement, A         Happiness         Kiss, The         Mr Darwin's Tree         Walked Out

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Synopsis:
child is missing. A young black woman is found wandering naked in the streets, crying out that the world is in danger. What should the psychiatrist and social worker do with her?

Notes:
It is now being developed As part of the King's Head's Without Decor season, based on the 1970s season of the same name At the Royal Court Theatre, in which we present A brand new play by An emerging playwright.

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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African Snow

Synopsis:
Commissioned by the evangelical Christian anti-slavery group, the Church Mission Society, to mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Slave Trade Act. African Snow is the meeting of two men, cast from opposite sides into the hell of the slave trade - Olaudah Equiano, stolen from his home in West Afiica, and John Newton, the converted slave-trader who later gave the world its most famous hymn, Amazing Grace. Bringing them face to face, however, is perhaps beyond the scope of human reason. Afiican Snow takes us to the heart of the human condition to the place where two men are compelled to confront one another. Can victim and abuser ever be reconciled?

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Organisations:
Riding Lights Theatre Company

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  1            Other:  extras, doubling

Further Reference:
Theatre Record Vol XXVII (2007) Page 0413

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Catwalk

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in "Playing With Fire" Marc Europe, 1987   -

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Dick Turpin

Synopsis:
From butcher s boy to dandy highwayman, Dick Turpin always wanted you to call him a legend... and the moment he threw himself from the gallows, his legend became immortal. Ever since his last drop at York s Knavesmire, Dick Turpin has been riding through the moonlit world of our mythology  glamorous, chivalrous, a big hit with the ladies. But... We rip the mask off one of York s most notorious adopted sons... Dick Turpin is break-neck, eye-popping piece of music theatre .. devised by Riding Lights Theatre Company from original material by Murray Watts

Notes:
Music Fiona Timothy

1st Produced:
Friargate Theatre, York    17 May 2001

Organisations:
Riding Lights Theatre Company

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Fatherland, The

Synopsis:
Set in Soweto in 1980, focuses on the Mabhena family, forced to reappraise their lives and political positions when they hear their father - for the last seven years a prisoner on Robben Island - is to be released. it only gradually becomes apparent that, instead of a sick, ageing man, they will be bringing home a corpse.,br />Paul Taylor, Independent

Notes:
winner of London Weekend Television's Plays on Stage competition 1987

1st Produced:
Riverside 1, London >>>    20 Jan 1989

Organisations:
Bush Theatre

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Theatre Record Vol IX (1989) Page 0057

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First Light

Synopsis:
Tom is a teacher whose wife has died. He is overwhelmed by grief and his characteristic faith and hope are spiralling into despair. There is a knock on the door at 3am and Merry, a pupil at his boarding school, walks into his apartment. Merry is in deep crisis herself but, under the rules, Tom is not allowed to spend time with her alone or comfort her. Laughter, rage, anguish and illumination are the result of an encounter which scandalises the school authorities and takes Tom and Merry to the edge. . .

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1st Produced:
The Playhouse at Hawke and Hunter Green Room, Edinburgh Fringe    Aug 2011

Organisations:
Wayfarer Productions Ltd

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Genre:
drama 90 min

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Gentleman's Agreement, A

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in "Playing With Fire" Marc Europe, 1987   -

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Genre:
Farce

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Happiness

Synopsis:
Laurie and Shelley are celebrating their wedding anniversary in the crumbling Scottish tower house where Laurie is creating an artists retreat. But Laurie makes an arrangement which has deeply disturbing consequences. A searing tale of love, laughter, mystery and self-destruction

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1st Produced:
The Playhouse at Hawke and Hunter Green Room, Edinburgh Fringe    Aug 2011

Organisations:
Wayferer Productions

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Genre:
drama 90 min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Kiss, The

Synopsis:
The Kiss is a mysterious encounter between a man and a woman on a park bench. . ..Are they perfect strangers or have they known each other deeply, intimately for many years? Have they been lovers, siblings, father and daughter or husband and wife? When did they kiss so long ago and why can't they quite remember? Humorous, surreal, disquieting. The Kiss redefines the world of the park bench.

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Organisations:
a Play, a Pie and a Pint

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Genre:
short play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Mr Darwin's Tree

Synopsis:
Charles Darwins extraordinary life from the Beagle voyage to the world-shattering publication of the Origin of Species, a quest through humour, chronic illness, hesitation and brilliant discovery in this mesmerising solo performance

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1st Produced:
Westminster Abbey, London    2011

Organisations:
Wayfarer Productions Ltd

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Genre:
drama 75 min

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Walked Out

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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