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Scripts collected: November 2004 - July 2005

Playscript Numbers 1-80

   

Playscript Number: 1
Title:
Spoken in Darkness
Author: Frances Gray
Place of First Performance: Studio, Liverpool Playhouse
Date of First Performance: Apr-97
Date of Deposit: 21-Oct-04

Playscript Number: 2
Title:
Bite or Suck
Author: David Ian Rabey
Place of First Performance: Theatr v Castell, Aberystwyth
Date of First Performance: 21-Sep-97
Date of Deposit: 25-Oct-04

Playscript Number: 3
Title: Crash
Author: adapted from JG Ballard by David Ian Rabey
Place of First Performance: Theatr v Castell, Aberystwyth
Date of First Performance: 12-Dec-01
Date of Deposit: 25-Oct-04

Playscript Number: 4
Title: Loverfuries
Author: David Ian Rabey
Place of First Performance: Emily Davies Studio, Aberystwyth
Date of First Performance: 28-Apr-04
Date of Deposit: 25-Oct-04

Playscript Number: 5
Title: Blooded
Author: Isabel Wright
Place of First Performance: Boilerhouse
Date of First Performance: 2001
Date of Deposit: 31Oct O4

Playscript Number: 6
Title: Tongues
Author: Isabel Wright
Place of First Performance: Lookout Theatre Co
Date of First Performance: 2001
Date of Deposit: 31-Oct-04

Playscript Number: 7
Title: Mr Placebo
Author: Isabel Wright
Place of First Performance: Traverse Theatre Edinburgh
Date of First Performance: 07-Feb-03
Date of Deposit: 31-Oct-04

Playscript Number: 8
Title: Fifteen Seconds
Author: François Archambault, trans Isabel Wright
Place of First Performance: Traverse Theatre Edinburgh
Date of First Performance: 14-Mar-03
Date of Deposit: 31-Oct-04

Playscript Number: 9
Title: The Kicking District
Author: Christine Roberts
Place of First Performance: Courtyard Theatre
Date of First Performance: 2004
Date of Deposit: 15-Nov-04

Playscript Number: 10
Title: Christine Roberts
Author: Exeter and Devon Arts Centre
Place of First Performance: Exeter and Devon Arts Centre
Date of First Performance: 21-Sep-96
Date of Deposit: 15-Nov-04

Playscript Number: 11
Title: Shading the Crime
Author: Christine Roberts & Roberta Mock
Place of First Performance: Newgate Theatre, Exeter
Date of First Performance: 12-Jan-98
Date of Deposit: 15-Nov-04

Playscript Number: 12
Title: The Maternal Cloister
Author: Christine Roberts
Place of First Performance: University of Plymouth
Date of First Performance: May-02
Date of Deposit: 15-Nov-04

Playscript Number: 13
Title: Beth the Bin Lady
Author: Ade Morris
Place of First Performance: Watermill Theatre, Berkshire
Date of First Performance:
Date of Deposit: 29-Nov-04

Playscript Number: 14
Title: Flying
Author: Ade Morris
Place of First Performance: Watermill Theatre, Berkshire
Date of First Performance:
Date of Deposit: 29-Nov-04

Playscript Number: 15
Title: How To Be A Monster
Author: Ade Morris
Place of First Performance: Watermill Theatre, Berkshire
Date of First Performance:
Date of Deposit: 29-Nov-04

Playscript Number: 16
Title: Green Man
Author: Ade Morris
Place of First Performance: Watermill Theatre, Berkshire
Date of First Performance:
Date of Deposit: 29-Nov-04

Playscript Number: 17
Title: The Salmon's Tale
Author: Ade Morris
Place of First Performance:Watermill Theatre, Berkshire
Date of First Performance:
Date of Deposit: 29-Nov-04

Playscript Number: 18
Title: The Comedian
Author: Ade Morris
Place of First Performance: Watermill Theatre, Berkshire
Date of First Performance:
Date of Deposit: 29-Nov-04

Playscript Number: 19
Title: You Make Me Happy (When Skies are Gray)
Author: Ade Morris
Place of First Performance: Watermill Theatre, Berkshire
Date of First Performance:
Date of Deposit: 29-Nov-04

Playscript Number: 20
Title: The Universal Language (of the animals)
Author: Blaized Carney
Place of First Performance: Etcetera Theatre, Camden
Date of First Performance: 22-Nov-04
Date of Deposit: 29-Nov-04

Playscript Number: 21
Title: Crazy Gary 's Mobile Disco
Author: Crazy Gary 's Mobile Disco
Place of First Performance: Chapter Arts Centre
Date of First Performance: 08-Feb-01
Date of Deposit: 07-Dec-04

Playscript Number: 22
Title: Crave
Author: Sarah Kane
Place of First Performance: Traverse Theatre Edinburgh
Date of First Performance: 13-Aug-98
Date of Deposit: 07-Dec-04

Playscript Number: 23
Title: Tiny Dynamite
Author: Abi Morgan
Place of First Performance: Traverse Theatre Edinburgh
Date of First Performance: 03-Aug-01
Date of Deposit: 07-Dec-04

Playscript Number: 24
Title: The Christmas Cuckoo Clock
Author: Peter Doran
Place of First Performance: Torch Theatre, Milford Haven
Date of First Performance: 25-Nov-03
Date of Deposit: 07-Dec-04

Playscript Number: 25
Title: Danny and the Donkey Man
Author: Peter Doran
Place of First Performance: Torch Theatre, Milford Haven
Date of First Performance: 26-Nov-02
Date of Deposit: 07-Dec-04

Playscript Number: 26
Title: Santa's Missing Trousers
Author: Peter Doran
Place of First Performance: Torch Theatre, Milford Haven
Date of First Performance: 30-Nov-01
Date of Deposit: 07-Dec-04

Playscript Number: 27
Title: An Experienced Woman Gives Advice
Author: Ian Heggie
Place of First Performance: Manchester Royal Exchange
Date of First Performance: 23-Nov-95
Date of Deposit: 10-Dec-04

Playscript Number: 28
Title: Great Expectations
Author: Manchester Royal Exchange
Place of First Performance: Manchester Royal Exchange
Date of First Performance: 30-Oct-84
Date of Deposit: 10-Dec-04

Playscript Number: 29
Title: Hell Fire Corner
Author: D.M. Thomas
Place of First Performance: Hall for Cornwall
Date of First Performance: 29-Apr-04
Date of Deposit: 10-Dec-04

Playscript Number: 30
Title: The Story of M
Author: SuAndi
Place of First Performance: unknown
Date of First Performance:
Date of Deposit: 21-Dec-04

Playscript Number: 31
Title: Anatomische Von Der Schartze
Author: Roney Fraser-Munroe
Place of First Performance: unknown
Date of First Performance:
Date of Deposit: 21-Dec-04

Playscript Number: 32
Title: Lilac
Author: Mem Morrison
Place of First Performance: unknown
Date of First Performance:
Date of Deposit: 21-Dec-04

Playscript Number: 33
Title: Brother 2 Brother
Author: Michael McMillan
Place of First Performance: unknown
Date of First Performance:
Date of Deposit: 21-Dec-04

Playscript Number: 34
Title: Beyond Belief: Scenes from the Shipman Inquiry
Author: Dennis Woolf
Place of First Performance: Manchester Library Theatre
Date of First Performance: 22-Oct-04
Date of Deposit: 22-Dec-04

Playscript Number: 35
Title: Merlin and the Cave of Dreams
Author: Charles Way
Place of First Performance: Manchester Library Theatre
Date of First Performance: 27-Nov-04
Date of Deposit: 22-Dec-04

Playscript Number: 36
Title: Dick Whittington
Author: Derek Griffiths
Place of First Performance: Manchester Royal Exchange
Date of First Performance: 27-Dec-77
Date of Deposit: 19-Jan-05

Playscript Number: 37
Title: Leaping Ginger
Author: Trevor Peacock
Place of First Performance: Manchester Royal Exchange
Date of First Performance: 28-Jun-77
Date of Deposit: 19-Jan-05

Playscript Number: 38
Title: The Prince of Homburg
Author: Heinrich von Kleist trans Jonathan Griffin
Place of First Performance: Manchester Royal Exchange
Date of First Performance: 16-Sep-76
Date of Deposit: 19-Jan-05

Playscript Number: 39
Title: The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Author: Adapted by Ronald Harwood
Place of First Performance: Manchester Royal Exchange
Date of First Performance:
Date of Deposit: 25-Jan-05

Playscript Number: 40
Title: A Family
Author: Ronald Harwood
Place of First Performance: Manchester Royal Exchange
Date of First Performance:
Date of Deposit: 25-Jan-05

Playscript Number: 41
Title: Leaping Ginger
Author: Trevor Peacock
Place of First Performance: Manchester Royal Exchange
Date of First Performance:
Date of Deposit: 25-Jan-05

Playscript Number: 42
Title: A Minute Too Late
Author: Théâtre de Complicité
Place of First Performance: ICA , London
Date of First Performance:
Date of Deposit: 25-Jan-05

Playscript Number: 43
Title: My Army (Part One)
Author: Tim Barlow
Place of First Performance: Almeida Theatre, London
Date of First Performance:
Date of Deposit: 25-Jan-05

Playscript Number: 44
Title: My Army (Part Two)
Author: Tim Barlow
Place of First Performance: Almeida Theatre, London
Date of First Performance:
Date of Deposit: 25-Jan-05

Playscript Number: 45
Title: Anything for A Quiet Life
Author: Théâtre de Complicité
Place of First Performance: Eden Court Theatre , Inverness
Date of First Performance: Jan-88
Date of Deposit: 25-Jan-05

Playscript Number: 46
Title: The Vertical Line
Author: Théâtre de Complicité and John Berger
Place of First Performance: Aldwych Tube Station
Date of First Performance: Feb-99
Date of Deposit: 25-Jan-05

Playscript Number: 47
Title: Strange Poetry
Author: Théâtre de Complicité
Place of First Performance: Walt Disney Hall
Date of First Performance: Jun-05
Date of Deposit: 25-Jan-05

Playscript Number: 48
Title: The Three Musketeers
Author: Derek Griffiths & Braham Murray
Place of First Performance: Manchester Royal Exchange
Date of First Performance:
Date of Deposit: 01-Feb-05

Playscript Number: 49
Title: The Golden Country
Author: Shusaku Endo, trans by Francis Mathy
Place of First Performance: Manchester Royal Exchange
Date of First Performance:
Date of Deposit: 01-Feb-05

Playscript Number: 50
Title: Sisters
Author: David Storey
Place of First Performance: Manchester Royal Exchange
Date of First Performance:
Date of Deposit: 01-Feb-05

Playscript Number: 51
Title: Meanwhile, Backstage in the Old Front Room
Author: Donald Howarth
Place of First Performance: West Yorkshire Playhouse
Date of First Performance: 1975
Date of Deposit: 01-Feb-05

Playscript Number: 52
Title: Safe In Our Hands
Author: Andy De La Tour
Place of First Performance: West Yorkshire Playhouse
Date of First Performance: 1990
Date of Deposit: 01-Feb-05

Playscript Number: 53
Title: The Wedding Feast
Author: Arnold Wesker
Place of First Performance: West Yorkshire Playhouse
Date of First Performance: 1977
Date of Deposit: 01-Feb-05

Playscript Number: 54
Title: Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Author: Steve Martin
Place of First Performance: West Yorkshire Playhouse
Date of First Performance: 1998
Date of Deposit: 01-Feb-05

Playscript Number: 55
Title: Knight in Four Acts
Author: John Harrison
Place of First Performance: West Yorkshire Playhouse
Date of First Performance: 1973
Date of Deposit: 01-Feb-05

Playscript Number: 56
Title: And Was Jerusalem Builded Here
Author: Barry Collins
Place of First Performance: West Yorkshire Playhouse
Date of First Performance: 1972
Date of Deposit: 01-Feb-05

Playscript Number: 57
Title: Pratt of the Argus
Author: Michael Birch, from a novel by David Nobbs
Place of First Performance: West Yorkshire Playhouse
Date of First Performance: 1991
Date of Deposit: 01-Feb-05

Playscript Number: 58
Title: Exquisite Sister
Author: adapted from the diaries of Dorothy Wordsworth
Place of First Performance: West Yorkshire Playhouse
Date of First Performance: 1996
Date of Deposit: 01-Feb-05

Playscript Number: 59
Title: The Gulf Between Us
Author: Trevor Griffiths
Place of First Performance: West Yorkshire Playhouse
Date of First Performance: 1992
Date of Deposit: 01-Feb-05

Playscript Number: 60
Title: Pop Goes the Nightingale
Author: John Harrison
Place of First Performance: West Yorkshire Playhouse
Date of First Performance: 1977
Date of Deposit: 01-Feb-05

Playscript Number: 61
Title: Crackers
Author: Alan Bleasdale
Place of First Performance: West Yorkshire Playhouse
Date of First Performance: 1978
Date of Deposit: 01-Feb-05

Playscript Number: 62
Title: Do A Dance for Daddy
Author: Gilly Fraser
Place of First Performance: Soho Poly Theatre
Date of First Performance: 1976
Date of Deposit: 03-Feb-05

Playscript Number: 63
Title: Domestic Affair
Author: Gilly Fraser
Place of First Performance: Riverside Studios
Date of First Performance: 1979
Date of Deposit: 03-Feb-05

Playscript Number: 64
Title: Blame It on the Boogie
Author: Gilly Fraser
Place of First Performance: Royal Court Theatre Upstairs
Date of First Performance: 1977
Date of Deposit: 03-Feb-05

Playscript Number: 65
Title: Somewhere Else
Author: Gilly Fraser
Place of First Performance: The Brewery Theatre, Kendal
Date of First Performance: 1984
Date of Deposit: 03-Feb-05

Playscript Number: 66
Title: Elephant In A Rhubarb Tree
Author: Marion Baraitser
Place of First Performance: Etcetera Theatre, Camden
Date of First Performance: 1994
Date of Deposit: 01-Feb-05

Playscript Number: 67
Title: Mr Bennett and Miss Smith
Author: Marion Baraitser
Place of First Performance: The Old Red Lion Theatre, London
Date of First Performance: 1989
Date of Deposit: 01-Feb-05

Playscript Number: 68
Title: Affairs of the Written Word
Author: Brian Hayward
Place of First Performance: Kilmardinny Theatre, Glasgow
Date of First Performance: 1995
Date of Deposit: 02-Feb-05

Playscript Number: 69
Title: The Glasgow Girls
Author: Brian Hayward
Place of First Performance: Kilmardinny Theatre, Glasgow
Date of First Performance: 1994
Date of Deposit: 02-Feb-05

Playscript Number: 70
Title: Sambo
Author: Philip Martin
Place of First Performance: The Dukes Theatre, Lancaster
Date of First Performance: Mar-77
Date of Deposit: 27-Jan-05

Playscript Number: 71
Title: Rose Between Two Thorns
Author: devised by Gary Lucas, Jane Maud, Lesley Nightingale
Place of First Performance: The Dukes Theatre, Lancaster
Date of First Performance: Feb-80
Date of Deposit: 27-Jan-05

Playscript Number: 72
Title: The Wind in the Willows
Author: Chris Hawes
Place of First Performance: The Dukes Theatre, Lancaster
Date of First Performance: Jun-89
Date of Deposit: 27-Jan-05

Playscript Number: 73
Title: Tales of King Arthur
Author: John Chambers
Place of First Performance: The Dukes Theatre, Lancaster
Date of First Performance: Jun-90
Date of Deposit: 27-Jan-05

Playscript Number: 74
Title: Treasure Island
Author: adapted by Peter Granger-Taylor
Place of First Performance: The Dukes Theatre, Lancaster
Date of First Performance: Jul-91
Date of Deposit: 27-Jan-05

Playscript Number: 75
Title: Great Expectations
Author: adapted by Peter Granger-Taylor
Place of First Performance: The Dukes Theatre, Lancaster
Date of First Performance: Sep-93
Date of Deposit: 27-Jan-05

Playscript Number: 76
Title: Kipling's Jungle Book Stories
Author: freely adapted by John Chambers
Place of First Performance: The Dukes Theatre, Lancaster
Date of First Performance: Jul-95
Date of Deposit: 27-Jan-05

Playscript Number: 77
Title: The Three Musketeers
Author: freely adapted by John Chambers
Place of First Performance: The Dukes Theatre, Lancaster
Date of First Performance: Jul-96
Date of Deposit: 27-Jan-05

Playscript Number: 78
Title: Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland
Author: adapted by Liz Ashcroft, Lesley Chenery, Ian Forrest, James Mackie
Place of First Performance: The Dukes Theatre, Lancaster
Date of First Performance: Jul-97
Date of Deposit: 27-Jan-05

Playscript Number: 79
Title: Beauty and the Beast
Author: Trevor Lloyd
Place of First Performance: The Dukes Theatre, Lancaster
Date of First Performance: Dec-97
Date of Deposit: 27-Jan-05

Playscript Number: 80
Title: Cyrano de Bergerac
Author: Trevor Lloyd
Place of First Performance: The Dukes Theatre, Lancaster
Date of First Performance: Jun-98
Date of Deposit: 27-Jan-05