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Charles Way

CHARLES WAY

  (1955 - )
Nationality:    Welsh
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Charles began writing plays professionally in 1978 when he joined Leeds Playhouse TIE team. He has now written over forty plays, many of them for young people, and his work has been produced all over the world. these include Sleeping Beauty, the Search for Odysseus and A Spell of Cold Weather - which were all nominated as Best Children's Play by the Writer's Guild of Great Britain. He has recently published his 'Classic fairytales, retold for the stage' which includes CinderElla and Beauty and the Beast, which were specially commissioned by the Library Theatre Manchester. His play about the percussionist Evelyn Glennie, which was first produced at the Polka Theatre for Children, was nominated as Best Children's Show by the TMA. Other plays include the Flood, Red Red Shoes, [Unicorn Theatre] One Snowy Night [Chichester Festival Theatre] the Tinderbox [Gwent Theatre] and the Night Before Christmas. [Polka Theatre]. He was recently commissioned by the National Theatre to write Alice in the News, which children all over Britain have performed. Charles has won several awards and was last years recipient of the 'Children's award' given by the Arts Council of England for 'Red Red Shoes' [Unicorn Theatre and the Place] as best play for young people 2004. His play 'merlin and the Cave of Dreams', for Imagination Stage, was nominated for a Helen Hayes award for the 'Outstanding New Play of 2004'. Charles' plays for adults include a well-known version of Bruce Chatwin's On the Black Hill and an adaptation of Independent People by Halldor Laxness. In Wales he has had long associations with Gwent Theatre, the Sherman Theatre and Hijinx Theatre, for whom he has written' In the Bleak Midwinter, and Ill Met by Moonlight, both set on the welsh borders. Recent new plays include, Still life, about genetic science for the Plymouth Theatre Royal; the Long Way Home, for New Perspectives Theatre in collaboration with the CIAO festival, which has been performed in Croatia and the Dutiful Daughter which has been performed in ChinA. Charles has written many plays for radio, and a TV poem for BBC2, No Borders, set on the Welsh borders, where he lives and has spent most of his creative life.

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         Alice - an Adventure in Wonderland         Alice in the News         Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve         Assistant's Revenge, The         Beauty and the Beast         Bordertown         Borrowers, The         Bread and Roses         Butterfly Kiss         Chimes, The         Christening, The         Cinderella         Dead Man's Hat         Don't Just Sit there         Don't She Look Funny         Dove Maiden, The         Dutiful Daughter, The         Dying For A Living         Eye Of the Storm         Fall of the Roman Empire, The         Farm Dance         Flood, The         Frankenstein         Funny Boys         Ghosts of Scrooge, The         Golden Goose, The         Granddad's Big Adventure         Hard Times         Hitting Home         Hoboken Chicken Emergency, The         Humbug         Ill Met By Moonlight         In Living Memory         In the Bleak Midwinter         Independent People         Infinity         Inner City Limits         Iron Ring         Jack and Phil Slayers Of Giants Inc         Last Pirate, The         Long Way Home, The         Looking for Gretel (Missing)         Looking out to See         Lorna Doone         Man Who Walked Through Walls, The         Merlin And the Cave Of Dreams         Missing         Monkey And the Crocodile, The         Mrs Noah and The Flood         Night Before Christmas, The         Nivelli's War         Oh Journeyman         On the Black Hill         One Snowy Night         Pandora's Drive         Paradise Drive         Pirates! A Boy At Sea         Play Antartica         Playing from the Heart         Ragnarok         Red Red Shoes         Search for Odysseus, The         Secret Seven Save the World, The         She Scored For Wales         Sinbad - The Untold Tale         Sleeping Beauty, The         Slings And Arrows         Snow Queen, The         Somebody Loves You         Spell Of Cold Weather, A         Still Life         Stone Throwers, The         Sweeney Todd         Tinderbox, The         Under The Hawthorn Tree         Wanted! Robin Hood         Witness         Y Dilyw
Alice - an Adventure in Wonderland

Synopsis:
Carrol's playful assault on logic

Notes:
From Lewis Carroll

1st Produced:
Open Air, London     01 Aug 2000

Organisations:
New Shakespeare Company and Unicorn Theatre

1st Published:
playsforyoungaudiences   

Music:
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Alice in the News

Synopsis:
Follow Alice on a mad adventure, as she falls in to a newspaper and finds herself tangled in a conflict between the vowels, consonants and punctuation marks.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
National Theatre, London     2003

Organisations:
Dundee Rep Creative Learning Youth Theatre

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Music:
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Genre:
short play TYA

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Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve

Synopsis:
Growing up in Wales in the 1930s. Dannie and Keith are best mates. Their families are poor. The thirties end with bombs raining down on Cardiff

Notes:
Based on the book "Ash On A Young Man's Sleeve" by Dannie Abse

1st Produced:
Sherman Theatre     1991

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Assistant's Revenge, The

Synopsis:
Private Eye Sam Sullivan gets a telephone call in the middle of the night from a woman who claims someone is trying to kill her

Notes:
Written by Ursula Burns, Paul Bosco McEneaney, and Charles Way

1st Produced:
Cahoots, Belfast, Northern Ireland     09 Mar 2018

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Genre:
Thriller

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Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast
celebrate the fickle world of the fairytale as fortunes fail, dreams are dashed and love is tested to the limits. Faced with a bitter choice, can one man leave his beloved daughter at the hands of a beast? In order to save her father, Belle must cross the threshold into a grown up world. Can she find the courage to enter the beast's castle? This energetic and fast moving production brings real spark to a classic folktale. While storms rage and wolves howl a single rose will change the fate of one family.

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the Classic Fairytales retold for the stage: "Cinderella", "Beauty and the Beast" and "Sleeping Beauty" (Aurora Metro Press, 2002)   

Music:
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Genre:
Musical Play Musical

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Bordertown

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
The Town Of Monmouth     1987

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Borrowers, The

Synopsis:
Pod, Homily and their teenage daughter Arrietty go on a perilous journey. Under pressure they argue, fight, worry and make up - family life!

Notes:
based on the books by Mary Norton

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Genre:
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Bread and Roses

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Gwent Theatre     1983

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Butterfly Kiss

Synopsis:
the writer has created a mysterious but revealing piece of theatre that reflects the hopes and fears of the rising generation. Charles Way explains: Our dreams are often wildly fantastical, but they are nearly all composed of elements derived from our own experience. It was this thought that lead me to wonder about the dreams of teenagers. What might they reveal about the concerns of the dreamers? Consequently a number of dream' workshops with the youth theatre provided the material for the play.

Notes:
the experimental production is written by international Award-winning playwright Charles Way, And explores the nightly dreams of young people.

1st Produced:
Borough Theatre, Abergavenny     02 Feb 2012

Organisations:
Gwent Young People's Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Chimes, The

Synopsis:
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Christening, The

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Cinderella

Cinderella
The play is set in Germany at the time when a young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was trying to become a court composer. His music is key to this adaptation of the famous tale, and his composer's baton is not after all dissimilar to a magic wand. Thus the healing power of art and love is explored in this timeless romance. Indeed time itself, as in music, is key to the emotional sequence of events as the young Cinderella tries to overcome grief and find a new life, in rapidly changing times.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Theatr Brycheiniog (Brecon Theatre), Brecon, Powys     05 Jan 2001

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
the Classic Fairytales retold for the stage: "Cinderella", "Beauty and the Beast" and "Sleeping Beauty" (Aurora Metro Press, 2002)   

Music:
-

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Genre:
TYA

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Dead Man's Hat

Dead Man's Hat
A psychological western

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Orchard Theatre / Sw England Tour     1991

Organisations:
Orchard Theatre Company

1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Plays" published by Seren Books   

Music:
-

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Don't Just Sit there

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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Don't She Look Funny

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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Dove Maiden, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Hijinx Theatre     1996

Organisations:
Hijinx Theatre

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Dutiful Daughter, The

Dutiful Daughter, The
A group of troublesome actors arrive in a modern city. they tell the story of Ke Xin, princess of the Isle of Joy, who is always obedient until the day the sea brings to her island home a strange sailor, a raving fool without a memory, a man who will challenge everything she believes in.

Notes:
inspired by the peripatetic Adventures of Pericles, Shakepeare's refugee Prince of Tyre.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Chinese Crackers

1st Published:
Aurora Metro Press, 2005   

Music:
-

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Genre:
TYA

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Dying For A Living

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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Organisations:
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Music:
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Eye Of the Storm

Eye Of the Storm
Eye of the Storm is a retelling of Shakespeare's the Tempest, which tells the story from Miranda's point of view, as she struggles to grow up, on a magic island controlled by her Father Prospero. When two other young people arrive on the island, Trinculo (a laddish sailor) and Stephano (who is really Stephanie but has dressed as a boy and run away from home) the underlying tensions and conflicts between daughter and Father are accelerated in an amusing and Dramatic way. Will Miranda escape the island? Will she find out the truth about her long lost Mother?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Snap Theatre, Uk     1992

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in Plays for Young People by Charles Way, Aurora Metro Press, (2001, reprinted 2005)   

Music:
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Genre:
TYA

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Fall of the Roman Empire, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Hijinx Theatre     1987

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
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Music:
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Farm Dance

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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Flood, The

Flood, The
Rain keeps on falling. Martha believes it is the end of the world. Her husband Gerald thinks she is sick and should see a doctor. He goes to work. The rain gets worse. Martha uses all the money they have to buy a yellow boat. She orders her children to pack their clothes and pack food and get in the boat. The husband arrives home at the last moment and joins them on the boat. The water gets higher and. Eventually they come across an island - it is a paradise. The children begin to build a new life and culture

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Unicorn Childrens Theatre     1987

Organisations:
theatr Iolo

1st Published:
Collins Educational, 1992   

Music:
-

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TYA

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Frankenstein

Synopsis:
If I cannot inspire love, then I will cause fear

Notes:
Based on the novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley

1st Produced:
Orchard Theatre     1991

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

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Funny Boys

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Gwent Theatre     1984

Organisations:
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Ghosts of Scrooge, The

Synopsis:
Based, of course, on A Christmas Carol, this text uses the famous story to argue with Dickens about the plausibility of a man like Scrooge becoming nice' overnight. Here it is the will of Bob Cratchit and wife plus some politically motivated ghosts that engineer the turnabout in Scrooge's character. None of the famous scenes are lost however and the adaptation stays true to Dickens beginning, middle and cathartic end.

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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  7            Other:  -

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Golden Goose, The

Golden Goose, The
Once upon a time there was a boy called Dummling and everyone believed he was stupid just because of his name. He lived in a poor cottage in the woods with his mother and brother. One day he meets an old man in the woods and shares his humble supper with him. the man is in fact the King of the fairies and a direct descendant of Oberon. He and his Queen, Titania, need to get a worthy and humane king on the throne of the blighted land in which they live, a king who will save the forest in which the fairies live from destruction. the Fairy King gives Dummling good luck in the form of a magical golden goose. When he takes it home his mother and brother try to take it from him but once they touch the goose they find they cannot let go and what's more they find that they cannot stop running. Run they must and run they do all the way to the palace where, as it chances, there resides the very mirror of their own family, but posh. the King Conrad has two daughters, Dajona who won't laugh and Birgit who won't stop. the King has sent out a proclamation that whoever makes his daughter laugh can have her hand in marriage, and thus be in line for the throne. When Dajona sees the Golden Goose and the people stuck to it, running for all they are worth she burst out laughing. the King is thrilled until he discovers that the boy who made her laugh is called Dummling and is a peasant. He sends Dummling on two ridiculous quests but Dummling, with the help of the fairy kingdom, succeeds in fulfilling both and thus becomes King thus completing a bloodless revolution and saving the Fairy Kingdom.

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Contained in: "Classic Fairy Tales Two" published by Aurora Metro   

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Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  13 characters doubled

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Granddad's Big Adventure

Synopsis:
A delightful play about a very brave young girl, Tracy, who is in hospital over Christmas awaiting a major operation. She is scared about going under the aneasthetic, and worried about missing Christmas. Fortunately she has her Grandad in hospital with her at the same time to keep her company. When they meet a strange lady in A+E who claims to be the wife of Father Christmas  who has refused to do Christmas this year  the adventure begins.

Notes:
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playsforyoungaudiences   

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Genre:
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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  doubling

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Hard Times

Hard Times
the prosperity of Coketown, dominated by hardline educationalist Thomas Gradgrind and the overbearing businessman Josiah Bounderby, is built on the cotton mills where thousands of men and women slave away. Gradgrind's doctrine, which banishes imagination and trumpets only the importance of facts and material progress, damages his children Louisa and Tom, leading to scandal and disaster. Hard Times will be a promenade production, with the audience being taken through the mill as the performance progresses, and will be performed in the atmosphEric setting of Murrays' Mills, a restored Victorian mill in Ancoats, the old industrial quarter of Manchester.

Notes:
adapted from Charles Dickens's Hard Times

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Organisations:
Manchester's Library Theatre

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Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  7            Other:  extras

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Hitting Home

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Dukes Playhouse, Lancaster    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Hoboken Chicken Emergency, The

Synopsis:
Thanksgiving draws near and Arthur is sent by his family to get a turkey - but they have all been sold. Professor Mazzocci sells him Henrietta a chicken that he has been experimenting on - a chicken that is now a huge 266 pounds. After causing havoc in Arthur's parent's apartment she is thrown out. Wandering around the townspeople get frightened at the sight of a giant chicken wandering the streets

Notes:
Music by Chad Henry; lyrics And book by Charles Way. Based on the book by Daniel Pinkwater

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-     1988

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Childrens musical

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Humbug

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Ill Met By Moonlight

Synopsis:
Four hundred years after Shakespeare first wrote Midsummer Night's Dream, a descendent of Puck still roams the countryside causing madness and mayhem, maliciously meddling in the affairs of humans. Ill Met By Moonlight is a haunting and tender love story set on the cusp of two centuries in the dark and mystical borders of Wales and England. Told by a band of itinerant players, this tender, funny and poignant play follows the tale of two lovers whose unlikely romance is thwarted at every turn by the mischievous fairy.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-     1994

Organisations:
Hijinx Theatre

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-   

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-

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romantic drama

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In Living Memory

Synopsis:
A play about change, loss and renewal as experienced by succeeding generations in a Welsh mining community and tells the story of a family whose lives span the greater part of the twentieth century. Using a whole range of creative art forms this project generated opportunities for young people to reflect on the past, address the present and imagine what the future might hold for the youth of today.
- http://www.theatr-cymru.co.uk/plays/author_playlist.asp?author=Charles Way

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-

1st Produced:
Gwent Theatre     1983

Organisations:
Gwent Theatre Company

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-   

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-

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In the Bleak Midwinter

In the Bleak Midwinter
A warmly human, funny, and spellbinding play that features a very different slant on the ideas of The Millennium. In the Black Mountains of Wales, not far from Bethlehem, the dreaming shepherd Zac and his long suffering wife Miriam journey to register their community charge. Along the way they meet a certain Mary and Joseph!

Notes:
Based on the Medieval Mystery Play: "The Second Shepherds' Play"

1st Produced:
Eastwood, Theatre, Eastwood School, Nottinghamshire     23 Mar 1990

Organisations:
Eastern Angles

1st Published:
Exeter University Press
in Three Plays, Seren, 1995   

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-

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Independent People

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-

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-

1st Produced:
New Perspectives Theatre     2000

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-

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Infinity

Synopsis:
Eloise's aunt Helen is one of the astronauts going on the first mission to Mars. They have kept in touch via Skype and video links. After two and a half years the aunt is returning but something goes wrong with the spacecraft

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playsforyoungaudiences   

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-

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Inner City Limits

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Iron Ring

Synopsis:
the Iron Ring is a thrilling Indian epic of daring adventure and deep humanity. Take an incredible journey with King Tamar and his sidekicks - a brave and beautiful milkmaid, a cowardly eagle, and a wily monkey - as they try to win back his kingdom. Rooted in the mythology of ancient India, the story follows the travels of young Tamar who loses a game of chance with a mysterious stranger and finds himself on a voyage full of comedy, challenge, and adventure

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Minneapolis Ctc     2008

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-

1st Published:
playsforyoungaudiences.org, 2010   

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-

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Jack and Phil Slayers Of Giants Inc

Synopsis:
Jack the most popular boy at High School. His mother is about to be foreclosed. Jack asks his nerdy next door neighbour to help him pawn his grandfather's gold watch. Instead of money the pawnbroker gives them some beans. When planted an enormous beanstalk grows. They climb to the top and find a giant is living there. They escape with a magic harp and a goose that lays golden eggs. Jack becomes a television sensation but he leaves Phil out of his account of things. Phil is not best pleased

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playsforyoungaudiences   

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-

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Comedy

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Last Pirate, The

Synopsis:
Martin and Mary Jones are twins who cannot bear to be separated. But one fateful day their lives are turned upside down and opened out by the arrival of Captain Jayne, a notorious female Pirate who claims that their father has a hoard of Spanish gold that belongs to her. When this treasure cannot be found she kidnaps Martin and journeys back to the West Indies. Mary Jones has sworn to her brother to find and rescue him: to this end she dresses as a boy and Joins an English warship under the command of Captain James Warren, pirate hunter and hater. An enthralling and humorous chase involving colourful but deadly pirates and doughty British sailors ensues until they all meet in battle on the treacherous sands of Fortune Isle.

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-

1st Produced:
The Coliseum, Aberdare     16 Feb 2007

Organisations:
Spectacle Theatre

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-   

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-

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Long Way Home, The

Synopsis:
A heart-warming story for the whole family about friendship through adversity. An old woman decides to walk home to the seaside village of her birth - a journey through dark woods, fertile plains and over snow-capped mountains. She soon meets a wild young boy in the forest whose only means of communication is to bark like a dog and the two become unlikely travelling companions. the Long Way Home is a traditional folk tale from the heart of old Europe, brought into the modern age through storytelling, music and magic.

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New Perspectives Theatre Company

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playsforyoungaudiences   

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-

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Looking for Gretel (Missing)

Synopsis:
Missing is a gripping story of a brother desperately searching for his missing sister in a sinister world of deceit and unknown peril. It is a modern day fairytale about two poor children surviving desperate circumstances through a rich mix of imaginative power, loyalty, love and sheer cunning.

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-

1st Produced:
Consol Theatre + Theatr Iolo     2008

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-

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-   

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-

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Looking out to See

Synopsis:
A group of teenagers leave from their youth centre in Cardiff on a mini-bus and head for the boat to take them to Skomer Island. Looking Out to Sea is a poetic exploration of teenage dreams, fears and aspirations, which takes us to the edge of the cliff and back again.

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1st Produced:
Sherman Theatre     1994

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-

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-   

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-

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Lorna Doone

Synopsis:
Star crossed lovers, fueding families and a royal plot

Notes:
Based on the book: "Lorna Doone" by R D Blackmore

1st Produced:
Orchard Theatre     1982

Organisations:
-

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-   

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-

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adaptation

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Man Who Walked Through Walls, The

Synopsis:
With jazz echoing around the streets of Montmartre, forties Paris prepares for the impending German occupation. In this tense atmosphere, a humble civil servant breaks free from his lonely workaday routine on discovering he possesses the magical power to walk through walls. Overnight he becomes the sensation of Paris as the Lone Wolf diamond thief. Though idolised and pursed by celebrity-struck women, his main satisfaction springs from humiliating his overbearing boss. Even when caught, prison walls do not a prison make.
http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/31107/the-man-who-walked-through-walls

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adapted from A Marcel Ayme short story.

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theatr Powys

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-   

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-

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Merlin And the Cave Of Dreams

Merlin And the Cave Of Dreams
The King is dead and the green Kingdom is in turmoil as it seeks a new heir. Only the wizard Merlin knows the future lies in the hands of the young boy Arthur, a boy brought up by a loving couple (Sir Ector and Gwyneth) whom he believes to be his birth parents. On his fourteenth birthday however, Arthur learns that he is in fact the heir to the throne. Confused and angry, he runs into the woods and finds Merlin's Cave of Dreams'. It is here that his past and future are revealed in glorious visions and adventures that will change his life forever. Merlin and the Cave of Dreams looks specifically at the challenges the young have searching for identity and purpose in life. It uses themes of adoption and parenting to shed light on a journey experienced by all of us  growing up. In the cave of dreams Arthur meets arrange of mythic beings who help him on his journey: Rhitta the giant and the enormously ugly Washer at the ford. He travels to Avalon to talk to his deceased mother (Igraine) and then onward to confront his birth father, Uther Pendragon.

Notes:
Manchester Library Theatre, 27 Nov 2004

1st Produced:
Imagination Stage, Usa 2004     2004

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-

1st Published:
Aurora Metro Press, 2005   

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-

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Pantomime

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Missing

Missing
A brother desperately searches for his missing sister in a sinister world of deceit and unknown peril. Missing is a modern-day fairytale about two poor children surviving desperate circumstances through a rich mix of imaginative power, loyalty, love and sheer cunning.

Notes:
theatr Iolo commissioned this new play from Welsh playwright Charles Way in cooperation with theater Consol in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

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theatr Iolo

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modern day firytale

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Monkey And the Crocodile, The

Synopsis:
A poor village in India that is waiting for rain so that their crops can grow. Their very rich landlord is the only one who can help them but power and greed have taken him over

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-

1st Produced:
Theatre Centre     1980

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-

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-   

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-

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Mrs Noah and The Flood

Synopsis:
Sitting at home, Martha dreams of a great flood that destroys the world. Outside her house the rain comes, showers become downpours, puddles become lakes. She realises her dream was premonition and leads her husband, her twelve year old daughter and her six year old son to the safety of a boat. Stranded at sea for forty days and forty nights, the family finally finds land - a deserted island. Here they begin again, creating their own way of life, their own society. But then other survivors of the flood appear and the family must decide whether to defend their new life or share it with others.

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-

1st Produced:
Derby: Guildhall Theatre     02 Apr 2002

Organisations:
Action Transport Theatre Company

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-   

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-

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Night Before Christmas, The

Synopsis:
Jimmy is living with his grandparents, and they are all dealing with the loss of Jimmy's Father (and their son) while Jimmy's mother has gone to fight in the war for her husband. Nights are cold, there is little to eat, and they constantly have to run to the shelter to avoid air raid bombings. It seems a distant memory when anyone could really celebrate Christmas. When Jimmy rescues a woman from the rubble, his whole world is turned upside down, again. the rescued woman insists that she is the wife of Father Christmas, and that Jimmy must help her rescue him from the dubious Frost. Jimmy defeats Frost with his forgiveness and warmth, and with his friends, manages to save Christmas.

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-

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Plays for Young Audiences, 2010   

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-

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90 min Play/Drama

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Nivelli's War

Nivelli's War
about a six year old German Evacuee and his journey home at the end of WW2.

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-

1st Produced:
The Market Place Theatre, Armagh, Northern Ireland    

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-

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-

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Oh Journeyman

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-

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-

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-

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On the Black Hill

Synopsis:
Set on the Welsh border, the work spans most of the last century and centres on the lives of identical twins. For 42 years, Lewis and Benjamin Jones slept side by side, in their parent's bed, at their farm which was known as the Vision. So begins the winning story of twinship, love and belonging which won both the Whitbread Book and the James Tait Black awards

Notes:
adapted from the novel by Bruce Chatwin

1st Produced:
Made In Wales Stage Company     1985

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-

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-   

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-

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One Snowy Night

Synopsis:
One Snowy Night is a journey play set in an isolated part of Iceland at the beginning of the last century. Winter still has its grip on the land when Nonni's mother declares that she must travel to a safer place to have her new baby. Bjartur, Nonni's father, insists that Nonni is old enough to stay at home and look after the sheep, especially his favourite Gullbra. Nonni is angry and upset  and finds no comfort in the fact that Bjartur leaves his favourite sheepdog Titla behind as company. Boy and dog are both displeased. After his parents leave there is a great storm and Gullbra the sheep runs off into the snowy wastes. Nonni is frightened of letting his father down and sets off after the sheep. Titla the dog follows and an amazing event occurs  suddenly boy and dog can understand each other perfectly, but who is speaking dog' language and who is speaking man' language?. 'their journey in search of Gullbra leads them into an amazing landscape, both real and metaphorical. On the great glacier they meet the ice troll, and at the tip of the volcano they meet the fire troll. Both are mortal enemies  but both need each other to create the land. Will Nonni escape their great conflict? Will he ever find Gullbra? Will he find his way home and if he does what will his parents say  and what will his new sister or brother be like?

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-

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-

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Plays for Young Audiences, 2014   

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-

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Pandora's Drive

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-

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-

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-    

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-

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in Three Plays, Seren, 1995   

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-

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Paradise Drive

Paradise Drive
Paradise Drive's political and cultural context is clearly redolent of the 1980s. Spanning the entire decade, the play focuses on a series of difficult and painful family occasions, which bring to the surface dark and hitherto unacknowledged emotions.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Hijinx Theatre     1988

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Plays" published by Seren Books   

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-

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Pirates! A Boy At Sea

Pirates! A Boy At Sea
Family life isn't perfect for our hero Jim, who is dealing with his parent's divorce. Jim takes comfort in his nautical artifacts, like his model ships and treasure chests. But Jim's imaginary world collides with reality when a real pirate from 1718 appears in his bedroom. Kidnapped by Captain Freely, the fearless female pirate who is at war with the naval Captain McGovern, Jim is transported back in time to solve the mystery of the disappearing treasure. In his adventures, Jim learns more about himself and leads the way to a peaceful reconciliation between the two captains.

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Play Antartica

Synopsis:
Penguins, puppets and paper - Play Antarctica is a theatrical and musical journey.

Notes:
Charles Way - dramaturg

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-

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-   

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-

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Playing from the Heart

Playing from the Heart
the story of Evelyn Glennie

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-

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-

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in Plays for Young People by Charles Way, Aurora Metro Press, (2001, reprinted 2005)   

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-

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Ragnarok

Synopsis:
In ancient mythology, the extraordinary battle of Ragnarok marked the doom of the Norse gods. In this surreal and supernatural world where order meets chaos awe-inspiring giants are licked from blocks of ice, the legendary Thor wields his enormous hammer and Freya the promiscuous fertility goddess flirts with death. Staged at the stunning Hush House venue at Bentwaters airbase, Eastern Angles will create a funny and fast-paced interpretation of Ragnarok. Ingenious set design, an ethereal soundscape and beautiful puppetry will transport audiences back to the time of Icelandic spirits and monsters.

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-

1st Produced:
Hush House, Bentwaters Parks, Woodbridge, Ip12 2Tw     12 Sep 2014

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-

1st Published:
playsforyoungaudiences   

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-

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adaptation

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Red Red Shoes

Red Red Shoes
The play tells the story of Franvera who lives in a country so very near so very far away' who on her birthday is given a pair of red dancing shoes. When her country collapses into war and ethnic cleansing, the shoes become both her link with her old life and also a symbol of the trauma she suffers.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Robin Howard Theatre, The Place     2001

Organisations:
Unicorn Theatre with the Place Theatre

1st Published:
in Plays for Young People by Charles Way, Aurora Metro Press, (2001, reprinted 2005)   

Music:
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Search for Odysseus, The

Search for Odysseus, The
An angry young man searches for his Father even to the edge of the World

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Made In Wales Stage Company 1993     1993

Organisations:
Made in Wales

1st Published:
Playscript (Longman School Drama) (Longman, 2007)   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Youth play

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  doubling

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Secret Seven Save the World, The

Synopsis:
An original play by Charles Way based on the books by Enid Blyton Peter, one of the original Secret Seven is now a grandad and retired. His days of saving the world are over and he's enjoying a well-earned retirement on his idyllic farm. All's well when the grandkids come with their friends to stay for the school holidays. That is until the arrival of Eva Ball and her mysterious assistant Clive. Why does Eva want to buy Peter's farm? And why will she go to any lengths to obtain it? When Peter becomes the victim of a dastardly kidnapping, the kids decide to form a brand new Secret Seven. Will they foil Eva Ball's plans for world domination? Only time will tell - but time's the one thing they don't have. . . Join us for this exciting Christmas adventure for the young and young at heart. And remember - don't have nightmares. . .

Notes:
From Enid Blyton

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She Scored For Wales

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1st Produced:
Gwent Theatre     1981

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1st Published:
-   

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Sinbad - The Untold Tale

Sinbad - The Untold Tale
The story begins in a busy Baghdad, a city full of life, colour and danger. Sinbad the porter, a young man who survives on his wits and not much else, is given a box to carry to the house of the famous Sinbad the sailor, who is now an old man. On arrival the porter meets Ittifaq, Sinbad's quarrelsome daughter and their differences soon become apparent. Just as the porter is about to leave, the house is visited by the ancient Sorceress Jan Shah. Jan Shah places a deadly cloud over the city that threatens to kill all its inhabitants. The antidote is in a flower, in a cave deep beneath the sea and Jan Shah challenges the old sailor Sinbad to go one last adventure and save the city he loves. Sinbad the sailor knows he cannot do this and thus the task falls to the two youngsters. Their journey is daring and hazardous and involves a magic boat, a silent but deadly genie and, most dangerous of all, a confrontation with Jan Shah who wants nothing less than the blood of Ittifaq in order to be come young again  and perhaps live forever.

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Classic Fairy Tales Two" published by Aurora Metro   

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Sleeping Beauty, The

Sleeping Beauty, The
his retelling of the well known story takes place in a mythical Celtic world. Modron and Branwen are pagan forces, wise women of the woods with supernatural powers and they happen to be sisters. Like any sisters they quarrel and make up, quarrel and make up but one day the quarrel over a baby girl left in the woods, and their quarrel cannot be made up. Branwen wants to give the child to the local King and Queen who are desperate to have a child, Modron wants to keep the child for herself. The rivalry of the sisters starts a chain of events that contains all the well known ingredients of the story  the spindle in the tower and the sleep of one hundred years. Add to this mix, a half man half dragon called Gryff, a hapless prince and a deadly spider-king and what transpires is a refreshing new version of the tale.

Notes:
Music by Chad Henry; lyrics and book by Charles Way

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
the Classic Fairytales retold for the stage: "Cinderella", "Beauty and the Beast" and "Sleeping Beauty" (Aurora Metro Press, 2002)   

Music:
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Slings And Arrows

Synopsis:
Gwent theatre commissioned this Charles Way play to introduce youngsters to some aspects of the Shakespeare play in language they can easily understand. Two strolling players on their way to perform at Elsinore Castle. they rehearse, showing how adept they are at dumb show, meloDramatic miming that always pleases the groundlings. the haunted Hamlet intercepts the duo, giving them his version of a play in their repertoire that he hopes will catch the conscience of his uncle King Claudius, thus revealing him to be a royal regicide. It does, of course, although we do not progress to the fatal consequences.
- http://www.theatre-wales.co.uk

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1st Produced:
Touring Welsh Schools     21 Jun 2010

Organisations:
Gwent Theatre

1st Published:
playsforyoungaudiences   

Music:
-

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Youth audience

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Snow Queen, The

Synopsis:
the Sherman's Christmas offering is a smorgasbord of everything you could ask for in a family Christmas show: characters that light up the stage; a wonder-world of magic and invention and a spectacular set that carries you off, whatever your age.
- Allison vale, British theatre Guide

Notes:
By Hans Christian Anderson, Adapted by Charles Way

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Plays for Young Audiences, 2009   

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-

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Christmas Show

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Somebody Loves You

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
New Perspectives Theatre     1995

Organisations:
-

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Genre:
musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Spell Of Cold Weather, A

Spell Of Cold Weather, A
Deep in the frozen heart of winter the worlds most miserable farmers have forgotten Christmas. But the snow has brought the magic of a mishevious fairy trickster. the animals talk, theres toothpaste in the slippers and a cockerel in the bedroom. Not what little Holly, on a visit from the city, was expecting and certainly not what she needs. Amidst the cold and chaos can she warm up this icy couple? Will friendship and laughter defrost in time to welcome the new year?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Sherman Theatre/ Theatre Centre     1995

Organisations:
Gwent Theatre Company

1st Published:
Aurora Metro Press, 2003   

Music:
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TYA 60 min

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Still Life

Synopsis:
This play explores the link between DNA and longevity and the ethics of genetic research and how science is challenging not only our moral universe but what it is that makes us human.

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Parthian, 2005   

Music:
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Stone Throwers, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Spectacle Theatre     1989

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

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Sweeney Todd

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Orchard Theatre     1993

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

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Tinderbox, The

Tinderbox, The
Jonas, a handsome young soldier discovers treasure beyond his wildest dreams when he finds a tinderbox which gives him power beyond other mortals. the Tinderbox is an epic journey tale, from rags to riches, though war, political intrigue, the depths of despair to the heights of love and passion. It is a classic everyman tale inspired by the Hans Andersen story but not a copy of it. This version of the tale reflects Andersen's own life as he searched for fame and fortune. Jonas' adventures explore friendship, betrayal and the importance of staying true to ones values. Exciting and touching, the story includes a fantastical range of characters- a witch, a king, a beautiful opera singer and a dog with eyes as big as saucers.

Notes:
adapted from Hans Christian Andersen

1st Produced:
Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea     07 Nov 2002

Organisations:
Gwent Theatre Company

1st Published:
Contained in: "Classic Fairy Tales Two" published by Aurora Metro   

Music:
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TYA

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Male:  7            Female:  2            Other:  15 characters doubled

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Under The Hawthorn Tree

Synopsis:
Irish Potato Famine. A starving family. The father leaves to find work. Then the mother leaves to find him. She leaves behind her three children. The starving children know that the workhouse awaits them and decide to try and find their great aunts who they have heard of and never met

Notes:
Based on the book "Under The Hawthorn Tree" by Marita Conlon-McKenna

1st Produced:
Cahoots, Belfast, Northern Ireland     2018

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Adaptation

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Wanted! Robin Hood

Synopsis:
Wanted! Robin Hood brings the well-loved, legendary characters of Robin and his Merry Men to life in a magical, fun-filled adventure story with music. With brave heroes, daredevil kidnappings, a cruel Sheriff of Nottingham and a very feisty Marian, it promises to be a thrilling show for everyone aged six and above.

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Library Theatre Company

1st Published:
playsforyoungaudiences   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Christmas adaptation

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Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  with doubling

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Witness

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Dukes Playhouse Lancaster     1985

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Y Dilyw

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
-     1993

Organisations:
Gwent Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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