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Loose Ends (in First Run 2. now out of print) An innocent young man, newly arrived in the big city from Skye, meets a streetwise Glaswegian. 'Contains some of the sharpest and most perceptive writing I've come across' Guardian. Comedy. Frank Vickery Marlene is an interfering mother who has an almost unbearable influence
on her children Darren and Louise. Louise is married and now Marlene
decides it's time to get Darren hitched. On a weekend break at a
caravan park Marlene sees her opportunity: Bev, who owns the caravan,
would be the perfect match for Darren! But there is a reason for
Marlene's sometimes infuriating behaviour, she is due to have chemotherapy.
This entertaining comedy is the sequel to A Kiss on the Bottom Play.
Joe Orton When Hal robs a bank and hides the money in Mrs McLeavy, his late mother's, coffin, Fay, who is trying to marry Mr McLeavy for his money, becomes suspicious and demands a share. From then on, outrageous development follows outrageous development. Truscott the police inspector accuses Fay, rightly, of having poisoned Mrs McLeavy, but the evidence is destroyed. Finally McLeavy finds himself arrested for the robbery and Truscott shares in the proceeds. Improbable Comedy. Constance
Cox. Based on the short story by Oscar Wilde After Lord Arthur has had his palm read by Podgers who tells him
he will commit a murder, he feels duty bound to get it over with
before his marriage to Sybil. But, aided by the anarchist Winkelkopf,
his attempts prove futile. It emerges Podgers is a charlatan and
so Lord Arthur is free but on the way to the wedding rehearsal he
finds the carriage contains Winkelkopf's newest bomb. Period 1890 Drama:. Jack Richardson. 12 men, 3 women. Exterior This drama is a parable about the nobility of artistic aspirations in a world gone berserk. The locale is Renaissance Italy and the story concerns an itinerant acting troupe amid the havoc of a small local war. The director-star and one of the players are murdered and the former's daughter goes off with the victorious general, but the survivors, including the director-star's son and the disillusioned nobleman who hired the army, decide to continue the career of bringing release and inspiration to the people. And, without neglecting one facet of the charm and verve inherent in its costume background, the play combines eloquence with meaning in setting forth a thesis of timeless and compelling significance. The futility and stupidity of war are pitted against the innate, constructive good in men, and the ultimate triumph of the latter is supported in a manner which is not only an unique theatrical experience but a wise, witty and worldly lesson in human values as well. Play. Dramatised by Jill Hyem from the
novel by R. D. Blackmore Exmoor's haunting beauty dominates this irresistible blend of romance
and adventure that is R.D. Blackmore s famous novel, here superbly
adapted for the stage. Spanning thirteen years, all the characters
are present from the ruthless Doones to the peace-loving Ridds; from
the highwayman Tom Faggus to Hanging Judge Jeffreys. But the love
of John Ridd for Lorna Doone remains firmly at the heart of the play.
Period seventeenth century (in Scot-Free) -
John Clifford When a Duke from Spain embarks on a military adventure to save Venice
and his reputation, the consequences are not what he expects ...
'A truly outstanding first stage play' New Statesman. Premiered
at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, 1985. Play William Inge. 4 men, 4 women. Interior. The setting. is a modest bungalow in a small town near Kansas City,
and here lives Miss Field, a widow, and her 21-year-old son.The time
is 1933 - the depression - and they are lucky to have jobs, she as
a hospital nurse and he is a gas station attendant. The young man
is petulant and demanding and his mother is loving in a mournful
way, for she wishes the boy were the man his late father was. Into
the house moves a friend from long ago, a stranded tank-town actress.
She finds sanctuary here in return for doing the cooking and housework.
It is to be a temporary setup, just long enough for the actor she
has consorted with to find another job for them in Kansas City. The
actress and the son become involved in a brief affair and he proposes
marriage only to change his mind the following day. Heartsick, the
actress returns to the life she loathes and the son decides to strike
out on his own. Comic drama. Neil Simon New York, 1942. When Eddie Kumitz's wife dies he deposits his two teenage sons with their formidable Grandma Kumitz who runs a candy store in Yonkers. But Grandma Kumitz is not all the boys have to contend with. There is also Bella, and Louie her brother, who may have mob connections. Gradually the mood deepens and darkens, as we become aware that this is a family full of emotionally crippled people. |