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Sally Wilden

SALLY WILDEN  

 Nationality:    British
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Sally Wilden has written plays for theatre, radio television and film. Her first play, Expansion, was staged at the Wolsey Theatre in 1990. She toured Codes of Practice in East Anglia, playing at The Mercury Studio Theatre, Colchester, The Little Theatre, Sherringham and The Studio, New Wolsey Theatre. Her award-winning play The Wall, was broadcasted by the BBC in 1994 and her stage play Sea Change was short-listed by Channel 4. The UK Film Council granted a script development award for her full length feature film Someone Awake Somewhere.

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

 Codes of Practice         Expansion         Five Miles Deep         Resident Fox, The         Trojan Whores         Wall, The

Codes of Practice

Synopsis:
A young woman visits her doctor and describes a mysterious set of symptoms. Baffled, the doctor investigates and comes to some very strange conclusions. A wry look at medical practices and how communication can break down between patient and doctor.

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Expansion

Synopsis:
In the Commedia dell'Arte tradition, the play offers comment on the expansionist legacy of the Thatcher era. Two brothers, owners of a butchers' shop, have desires on their neighbour's property. One way and another all characters get more than they bargained for.

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Comedy

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Five Miles Deep

Synopsis:
A young man lies in hospital unable to communicate with his girl friend and his best friend. He can hear their conversation but cannot speak. The three find themselves in a tangled web of misunderstandings, secret desires and desperate rivalry.

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One of three radio plays short listed by First Look Independent Productions 2004

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radio play Play/Drama

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Resident Fox, The

Synopsis:
Two communities live on an estate in fear and distrust of one another. There is a sense of a modern borderland .with a deep suspicion of the unknown. An incident is misinterpreted resulting in hostile and violent action with tragic consequences for one of the young people.

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Trojan Whores

Synopsis:
Feminist re-telling of Greek myths, giving voice to the women that Homer, Aeschylus et al talked right over.
Jonathan Gibbs, Time Out London

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by Dawn Rose, Peppy Barlow And Sally Wilden

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Courtyard, London    2008

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Woven Theatre Company

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Wall, The

Synopsis:
A man's ambition to transform his garden into a paradise is quietly but persistently mocked by his neighbour. Goaded by his neighbour's unwelcome interference, he is driven to adopt bizarre ways to avoid him. In the end, his vision of paradise turns out to be a wilderness.

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radio play Play/Drama

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