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20 produkter
Me and My Friend
Häftad, 1991
216 kr
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A black comedy, the play explores the relationships between two "odd" couples thrown prematurely out of hospital care. Firstly, we see two men conduct fantasy interviews for jobs they will never get, then two women trying to "make plans" as urged to do by the hospital. They all meet when Oz throws …
Touching Tomorrow
Häftad, 2002
204 kr
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Dorcas looks after her middle-aged brother Vincent who has learning difficulties. She has brought home Gemma, a homeless girl who says she has been raped, but is Gemma telling the truth? Surprisingly, it is Vincent who provides the possible way ahead for Gemma. A powerful one-act play which boldly …
Window Cleaner
Häftad, 2007
200 kr
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Jill has served time for killing her husband who abused her. Making a new start as a window cleaner, she disturbs Daryl, who is in the process of stealing from an expensive apartment. Panicking, Daryl holds Jill captive but she gets him taking about his life of crime and the wife who left him, …
Play
Häftad, 2005
204 kr
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Women are serving community punishment orders and are growing the vegetables for soup kitchens on an allotment. Marcie is convicted of dangerous driving; Norah, a serial shoplifter, hasn't recovered from the death of her daughter thirty years ago; Belle is convicted of blackmailing her boss and …
Kind of Vesuvius
Häftad, 1994
200 kr
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A sensitive treatment of the devastating effects of unemployment, both on individuals and their families. David, Derek and Ian attempt to preserve their everyday lives, warding off depression and the feelings of rejection, anger and aggression, their efforts ranging from the touching to moments of …
Tonight...Charlie Chaplin
Häftad, 2016
223 kr
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"Even in the orphanage, I thought of myself as the greatest actor in the world. I had to feel the exuberance that comes from utter confidence in myself. Without it, you go down to defeat"
Close to Croydon
Häftad, 1996
204 kr
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Hugo, a PR consultant on his way to an important meeting, and Martha, a Museum Education Officer with a case full of liberty bodices, are trapped in an overturned railway carriage following a rail crash, waiting tensely to be rescued. A touching relationship begins to develop between them, but they …
David's Birthday
Häftad, 1985
186 kr
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Conflicting emotions of love, hate, jealousy and guilt are unleashed as the party progresses. The sisters recall their childhood and reflect on the impact David has had on their lives. As the party draws to a close, the relationships between everyone present will never be the same.|2 women, 3 men
Janna Years
Häftad, 1991
204 kr
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Ruby's boarding house is home to an odd mix of characters in this moving and well-observed play about four lonely people: Abe, the middle-aged divorcee, Chas, the Northerner forced to find work in the South, Fleur, put there by her social worker and Holly, struggling to save enough money to move …
Beata Beatrix
Häftad, 1995
200 kr
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Touring an art gallery, Beatrice notices a lone man, Jon, crying before a painting created out of remorse for a tragedy in the artist's life. Intrigued, Beatrice offers help, and it transpires that for Jon, whose wife had died of leukemia while he was with another woman, the painting tells his own …
Umjana Land
Häftad, 1995
204 kr
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Leah discovers her author husband Gordon is having an affair with Ursula. Meanwhile, Gordon remembers Umjana Land, the childhood dream world he inhabited with his sister Agnes, and determines to write. When Agnes appears, having written a Booker Prize-nominated book about Umjana Land, Gordon is …
Philip and Rowena
Häftad, 1996
204 kr
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Philip and Rowena are terminally ill. Philip seeks a divorce from his bitter wife, Lilian. Rowena longs for the unity of her family. Together they find friendship, romance, consolation and an amazing capacity for fun. In their hospice, they share an imaginary holiday in Florence. An acceptance of …
Tippers
Häftad, 1990
204 kr
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In this grim world of poverty there is little room for finer feelings. The tippers mistrust one another and each sex blames the other for the mess they are all in. The only escape from unendurable reality is football. Maybe with the birth of Annette's baby, trust and affection will be born amongst …
There's None So Blind
Häftad, 1998
204 kr
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A letter to Geoffrey, a reflexologist who is blind, informs him that his wife is having an affair with a work colleague. His trip to the leisure centre where Alice works changes both their lives as he confronts the other man. Geoffrey's friend Anton also has an illuminating experience at the …
Two Summers
Häftad, 1981
186 kr
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Stifled by army life, the Colonel's wife falls in love with the Sergeant sent to play the piano at her dinner parties. Towards the end of the play we realize that the Old Man and Old Woman on stage are the Sergeant and the Colonel's wife forty years...-2 women, 4 men
Two Fat Men
Häftad, 1999
204 kr
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Duncan and George feel far from comfortable attending a Weight Busters meeting, surrounded as they are by women. Waiting for the meeting to start, they meet an old flame of George's - who bore him a child many years earlier - and Duncan strikes up an affecting romance with a sign language teacher. …
Cecily
Häftad, 1991
186 kr
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Cecily, destined to spend her life in a wheelchair following an accident, is the centre of the universe for Sheila (her mother) and Ellen (Sheila's sister). A gripping, masterfully written play that will haunt you.|3 women
Crooked Wood
E-bok, 2015
179 kr
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Based on the television film Number 27 by Michael PalinFirst shown on the BBC, 23rd October 1988Crooked Wood is a black comedy about ruthless property developers cashing in on the property demand around the London Olympic site, who then find themselves faced with an elderly lady refusing to move …
Crooked Wood
Häftad, 2008
170 kr
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Based on the television film Number 27 by Michael PalinFirst shown on the BBC, 23rd October 1988Crooked Wood is a black comedy about ruthless property developers cashing in on the property demand around the London Olympic site, who then find themselves faced with an elderly lady refusing to move …
Plays for Today by Women
Av Gillian Plowman, Amanda Stuart-Fisher m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
244 kr
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*A wide-ranging collection of plays by women dealing with contemporary subjects such as child abuse, recession, war, poverty and the complexity of modern women's lives.*Many roles for women and girls; suitable for study for performance or as part of courses in Women's Studies or Feminist Theatre …
