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73 produkter
Collector
Häftad, 2006
223 kr
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Ever since he first saw her, Frederick Clegg has been obsessed with Miranda Grey. The repressed, introverted butterfly collector admires the beautiful, privileged art student from afar until he wins the Lottery and buys a remote country house, planning to bring her there as his "guest". Having …
Totally Over You
Häftad, 2004
200 kr
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The four boyfriends, with the help of the members of their school's drama class, set up a witty scenario designed to fool the girls into thinking that they should never have called off their relationships - because one day soon the lads will be the world-famous boyband Awesome. The current …
Play
Häftad, 2006
223 kr
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This is the story of Penelope Keeling and her family and the passion and heartbreak that have held them together for three generations. The location of the play moves between time and place beginning with Penelope's return to her Cotswold home from hospital in the present day. The story continues …
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Av Henrik Ibsen
Häftad, 2005
223 kr
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Specially commissioned to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Southwark Playhouse, Samuel Adamson's new version of A Doll's House brings zest to this classic play. Thus, the story of Nora, the delicate and over-protected wife of Torvald Helmer, who bravely walks away from her confined marriage in a …
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Av Mark Herman
Häftad, 2005
223 kr
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Adapted for the stage by Paul Allen from Mark Herman's film, Brassed Off was first seen at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre and subsequently at the Olivier at the National Theatre, London. Grimley Colliery is set to close as the accountants say there's more money in it shut than open, even after …
Three Sisters
Häftad, 2004
223 kr
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Three Sisters, set in a rural backwater of Russia at the end of the nineteenth century, is a play about dreams, hope, work and love. The sisters of the title dream of returning to Moscow, where their lives, they are certain, will be happier; in the meantime, the eldest and youngest, Olga and Irina, …
Cherry Orchard
Häftad, 2005
223 kr
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Spring 1903. Russia, And the cherry orchard is up for sale. Lyuboy Ranevskaya ran away to Paris five years ago after her only son drowned. Coming back to her beloved childhood home, she's faced with a mound of debts and an impossible decision - lose the family estate or carve up the land for summer …
Murder Weekend
Häftad, 2005
223 kr
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Livia, a romantic short story writer, and her husband Stan, arrive at a country hotel for a "Murder Mystery" weekend. They are joined by Patsy and her husband Ashley, and Vi and Dorothy. Each receives an anonymous "Murder Mystery" game envelope. Someone has left extra notes for Patsy and Stan …
Seven Stages of an Affair
Häftad, 2003
200 kr
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This sophisticated, witty take on an extra-marital affair was joint runner-up in the National Drama Festival Association's George Taylor Memorial Award. Caroline is married to dependable Robert, has two children and works in an employment agency. When attractive Tony Brunetti comes for an …
Two Wits to Woo
Av John Kelly
Häftad, 2020
204 kr
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It is 1934. Winsome Manor is in financial difficulties and, with a heavy heart, the widowed Lady Winsome needs to fire long-standing servants Joe the gardener and James the chauffeur. However, unbeknown to Lady Winsome, James has been using the estate's Rolls Royce for a taxi business and Joe has …
Eliza's House
Häftad, 2004
204 kr
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Eliza Metcalf's one dream was to be a violinist, but her family's poverty robbed her of the chance; when her son was old enough to learn she transferred her ambition to him. But the boy didn't want to be different from his peers, didn't want to be seen as a snob...Eliza's House opens with the son …
Bill and Bob
Av H. Connolly
Häftad, 2004
204 kr
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Bill and Bob are forklift drivers whose joky badinage disguises turbulence in their home lives. Bill and his wife Jane are mourning the cot death of their baby daughter, Jane turning more and more to alcohol to find release. Bob's wife Mo is becoming restless as, their children having left home, …
Open Secrets
Av Katy Darby
Häftad, 2004
204 kr
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Tobias, struggling to pay tuition fees as he finishes his doctorate in moral philosophy, works as a chef in an unpopular tapas bar. His girlfriend, Casey, is a waitress and T-shirt entrepreneur manque who needs capital to realize her dreams. Monday is the deadest night of the week, but their luck …
Music for Amelia
Av Derek Rhodes
Häftad, 2004
204 kr
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Max, an MP, comes to discuss a radio programme, which will trace his life through his favourite music. The show's presenter, Amelia Cruikshank, is unavailable so Hector deputizes - but he is not what he purports to be. His questioning reveals shocking details of a story from the past and their …
Play
Häftad, 2005
204 kr
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Recently widowed, Anna is visited by her three middle-aged children who have decided that the family house must be sold and Anna move either to a residential home or sheltered housing. In fact, anywhere so long as it's not with any of them. However, their veneer of filial concern doesn't fool Anna …
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Av Katy Darby
Häftad, 2005
204 kr
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Dirk, a former American movie star turned US Senator, is held hostage at gunpoint by English journalist Jay in a seedy hotel room somewhere in England. Is she an obsessive fan, an activist with a grudge, or something more sinister? Gradually Jay reveals her purpose and offers Dirk a deal which will …
Play
Häftad, 2005
204 kr
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This is Charles Dickens the social reformer linking cameo child scenes from Great Expectations, Nicholas Nickleby, Bleak House and David Copperfield. One actor plays the adult Dickens and the main child part in each scene while the other 6 actors play a selection of roles, both adult and child, and …
Play
Häftad, 2017
204 kr
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When Millie, an elderly helper at Westway Rest Home, dies seemingly impoverished, the authorities refuse to pay funeral expenses. Eddie, Millie's friend, is enraged and alerts a journalist, Lisa. Millie is pushed into the limelight when she's found to have won a million pounds. Immediately two …
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Av Diana Raffle
Häftad, 2006
204 kr
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Lacking in self-esteem? Overwhelmed by the issues facing you? Then enrol in Camp Confidence. That's what Maria (terrified of birds), Blanche (agoraphobic), Donna (single mum on probation) and Cherry (an obsessive cleaner) have done. Led by the skilled but harassed Julia and her uncertain assistant …
Ghosts of Bedlam
Häftad, 2006
200 kr
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Royston Chatsworth is commissioned to film a sanitized documentary contrasting old-style mental health care with the improvement 1990s care-in-the-community has brought. Showing him around the derelict ward of a former mental hospital is nurse-turned-caretaker, Janet. Determined to show the reality …
Clearing the Colours
Häftad, 2006
204 kr
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Dora is a seaside landlady with special healing skills. Her friend, George is a small time personal manager. Danny, one of his clients, is a brilliant young snooker player with a big future ahead of him. But, Danny has a lot of pain in his past, which, George believes threatens his career, and so, …
Luck of the Draw
Häftad, 2007
204 kr
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It is the long-awaited annual Christmas prize draw for the Shelf Union Social Club. In a locked committee room, with everything in place for a fair draw, the Chairman, the Treasurer and the Organizer await the beleaguered Mr Pessel, a non-committee guest witness, to pick a winning ticket. A witty, …
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, …
My Brilliant Divorce
Häftad, 2003
223 kr
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In this brilliantly observed one-woman play, middle-aged Angela attempts to find a new life when husband Max leaves for a younger woman. Using a wonderful mixture of comedy and pathos, she recounts her journey back to happiness.1 woman
Hannah and Hanna
Häftad, 2005
204 kr
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It is 1999. Hannah is sixteen. She loves karaoke and her bloke Bullfrog; she hates her home town of Margate and the Kosovan asylum-seekers who have come to live there. Hanna is also sixteen. She loves karaoke, loves Margate - and is one of the asylum-seekers. Slowly and unexpectedly, the two become …
One Last Card Trick
Häftad, 2007
223 kr
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In a West End synagogue, three septuagenarians, Sophie, Hetty and Magda meet every Tuesday to play the card game Kaluki. Loretta, a youthful forty-seven year-old, keeps the score. But all this is about to change when their synagogue is to be sold to a strip club owner. These intrepid ladies decide …
Knowing Constance Spry
Av Mary Rensten
Häftad, 2004
204 kr
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Joyce has the thankless task of organizing the teas for the Floral Art Club. Thankless, because Mrs Cowper-Jones can only criticize others' efforts. And, true to form, Mrs Cowper-Jones arrives in full fault-finding flow, complete with large floral arrangement and the hapless Beryl in tow. But today …
Henna Night
Häftad, 2004
204 kr
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Judith leaves her ex-boyfriend a desperate message on his answerphone saying that she is not coping with their break-up, that she has brought some razor blades and some henna in order to either slash her wrists or dye her hair and she might be pregnant. However, it is his new partner, Ros, who …
To Have and to Hold
Häftad, 2004
204 kr
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Shocked at her father's sudden death, Susan has rushed home from London where she is rehearsing a new play. As she and her mother, Margaret, return from arranging the funeral they are immediately at loggerheads - as ever. Even the arrival of kindly Aunt Lilian, Margaret's younger sister, can't melt …
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 …
