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AFTER THE REHEARSAL

by Bergman, Ingmar

The simple setting is an old stage theatre following an afternoon rehearsal. The actors have left and the aging director, Henrik Vogler, sits alone surrounded by old props from productions of Ibsen and Strindberg. Anna Egerman, cast as Agnes in…

Cast 1 male 2 female

ALL AT SEA

by Brooks, Vanessa

When Graham and Annette, and Gus and Maria, the two winning couples of Meteor Television's popular lovers' reunion programme, Star-Crossed Sweethearts, head off for the romantic cruise they've been promised on board the Sovereign, little do they realise what adventures…

Cast 3 male 3 female

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ALL THESE WOMEN

by Bergman, Ingmar

The plot catalyst is the death of a famous musician, Felix. Filing past his bier are all the women of importance in his life and his manager Jillker. His biographer, Cornelius, places a manuscript on the body. In flashback, Cornelius…

Cast 5 male 6 female

AUTUMN SONATA

by Bergman, Ingmar

The first Bergman film to star Ingrid Bergman, playing Charlotte, a successful concert pianist. The film concerns Charlotte’s relationship with her dowdy daughter Eva, married to a parson and living in rural Norway. The film opens with a narration from…

Cast 5 male 5 female

BEST INTENTIONS, THE

by Bergman, Ingmar

The story covers the ten-year period from 1909-19 and concerns the Lutheran minister Henrik Bergman and his wife Anna Akerblom. We see Henrik as a theology student, asked to visit his ailing grandmother with whom he has fallen out. In…

Cast 9 male 7 female

CRIES AND WHISPERS

by Bergman, Ingmar

The setting is an old manor house in Central Sweden in the early 1900s. The characters are three sisters and a maid. Two of the sisters, Karin and Maria have come to visit their sick sister who is dying of…

Cast 4 male 5 female

DARK VICTORY

by Brewer, George Jr

Judith, skeptical, wealthy, loves horses and parties; her existence is bounded by her social world. She learns that she must undergo a delicate brain operation. Dr. Steele, on the point of retiring, is an idealist, who has found in human…

Cast 7 male 7 female

DAY THEY KIDNAPPED THE POPE, THE

by Bethencourt, Joao

At the end of his triumphal tour of New York, Pope Albert is kidnapped by Sam, a Brooklyn taxi driver. The play opens as Sam arrives home with his hostage and we witness each member of the family's surprised reaction…

Cast 5 male 2 female

DEBT TO SOCIETY

by Buchanan, Beitha

Set in a women's prison we find three very different characters: a golden-hearted and sharp-tongued individual, her pal, a proper madam who delights in scoring off a woman who has seen better days and finally, the humane wardress. When the…

Cast 5 female

DEVIL'S EYE, THE

by Bergman, Ingmar

The story revolves around a mythic motto invented by Bergman: “A young woman’s chastity is a stye in the eye of the Devil”. Cast in four acts there is an introduction by a speaker in formal attire, who provides Brechtian…

Cast 3 male 1 female

DISTANT VIOLENCE

by Bhim, Michael

Part of a collection of seven short plays originally commissioned by London’s Tricycle Theatre to stimulate discussion and debate on the on-going situation in Darfur entitled How Long is Never? Darfur - a response. Distant Violence pits a seasoned photojournalist…

Cast 4 male 2 female

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ENCHANTED APRIL

by Barber, Matthew

Feeling lost in the shadows of marriage and forgotten in the rush of 1920s post-war society, two London housewives pool their savings to rent a villa in Italy for a ladies-only holiday away, reluctantly recruiting a pair of difficult upper-class…

Cast 3 male 5 female

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FAITHLESS

by Bergman, Ingmar

A writer, Bergman, at his work desk, creates in his imagination the story of Marianne; a woman who is unfaithful to her husband Markus, a conductor, and their 9-year-old child Isabelle, with a theatre director David. The affair unfolds in…

Cast 3 male 2 female

FANNY AND ALEXANDER

by Bergman, Ingmar

The time is 1907. The place, Uppsala. Fanny and Alexander are two pre-teen siblings, their parents, Oscar Ekdahl, head of the local resident theatre and Emilie, one of the principal actresses of the company. They live in one half of…

Cast 14 male 10 female

GREAT EXPECTATIONS (Baker)

Tim Baker’s new and wildly successful adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations received its world premiere at Theatr Clwyd in 2009. It’s a rich and theatrically vivid adaptation of Dickens’ classic, following Pip from his early encounter with an escaped…

Cast 5 male 3 female

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HEALTHY GRAVE, A

by Brett, Simon

Robert and Hilary Travers, a childless married couple in their seventies, have had careers around the world as academics, but in retirement their horizons have shrunk to a small cottage in the Cotswolds. Robert, once the life and soul of…

Cast 1 male 1 female

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HYPOTHERMIA

by Brooks, Vanessa

Oskar lives in the state hospital in Andernach, Germany. Although a patient, he helps Dr Erich by keeping the other patients in order, joking with the staff, singing opera and tending to a fine collection of plants in the conservatory.…

Cast 3 male 2 female

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LET'S PRETEND

by Brooks, Vanessa

The hotel Nova Paradise may have seen better days, but it’s still a home away from home for the long-stay British pensioners wintering in Majorca. For one couple, the victims of a plundered pension fund, Marj can’t help but to…

Cast 3 male 4 female

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LOVE ME SLENDER

by Brooks, Vanessa

"Remember girls - not slim for today. Not slim for tomorrow. But slim for life!" With these words, Siobhan, the 'Achiever of the Year' inspires her hopeful new recruits in the Slim for Life dieting club. Siobhan has lost seven…

Cast 7 female

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MORRIS, THE

by Blakeman, Helen

It’s a sunny day in Prestatyn for the End of Season Championships . . . Our Lady All Angels’ Morris Dancing Troupe are fluffing up their shakers, whitening their pumps and sizing up the competition. As defending Champions, Lily’s troupe…

Cast 6 female

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MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940, THE

by Bishop, John

The creative team responsible for a recent Broadway flop (in which three chorus girls were murdered by the mysterious 'Stage Door Slasher') assemble for a backer's audition at an isolated country mansion. The house is replete with sliding wall panels,…

Cast 5 male 5 female

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PENNY BLUE

by Brooks, Vanessa

Bob and Marion live with their rebellious daughter Pen in a cockroach-infested tower block. Dougie and Petula are old friends who years before emigrated to Australia in search of a better life. Dougie and Petula have made it big Down…

Cast 3 male 3 female

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PIECE OF CAKE, A

by Bennett, Lucy

‘Bridget Jones’ meets ‘Nigella Lawson’ in this delicious romantic comedy! When London city girl Penelope Hart is suddenly made redundant she seizes the chance to follow her life-long dream – opening a cake shop. She rents a ramshackle commercial property…

Cast 3 male 2 female

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POOR MRS PEPYS

by Brooks, Vanessa

Based on incidents contained in Samuel Pepys' famous diary, Poor Mrs. Pepys spans an eleven year period between 1658 and 1669, taking in both the Black Death and the Great Fire and creating a vibrant picture of seventeenth century London…

Cast 6 male 4 female

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QUEEN'S ENGLISH

by Brooks, Vanessa

Heard the one about the Englishman, the Scotsman and the Irishman? This biting topical comedy pokes a finger at ideas of national identity, class and Britain's role in the modern world. Set in a once-grand country manor house now converted…

Cast 3 male 2 female

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SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE

by Bergman, Ingmar

First Scene: “Innocence and Panic” The action opens with an at-home interview. The happy couple Johan and Marianne are interviewed as “the ideal couple” for a ladies magazine. At a dinner party for their friends, Peter and Katrina, the evening…

Cast 3 male 6 female

WOMAN IN WHITE, THE

by Boyce, Nicola

On a moonlit road in Hampstead, Walter Hartright is accosted by a woman dressed from head to toe in white. She asks the way to London and no sooner has Walter directed her than he is overtaken by a carriage…

Cast 9 male 5 female

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