Methuen Drama, 1997

Contemporary Dramatists

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 2, Roles: Total (7), Female (4), Male (3), Unassigned (0)

...Clowns is the sequel to Joyriders, reuniting its characters on the eve of the first IRA ceasefire, eight years after Maureen’s death. The Youth Training Scheme centre has become the Lagan Mill Shopping Centre, and Arthur...

Methuen Drama, 1997

Contemporary Dramatists

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Roles: Total (11), Female (4), Male (7), Unassigned (0)

...Did You Hear the One About the Irishman . . . ? is a painful love story divided by sectarianism, and punctuated by the tasteless racist jokes of an anti-Irish comedian. Allison’s family don’t want her to marry Brian...

Methuen Drama, 1997

Contemporary Dramatists

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 9, Roles: Total (5), Female (3), Male (2), Unassigned (0)

...Joyriders is the moving, tragicomic story of four teenagers taking part in a Youth Training Programme in Belfast, 1986, surrounded by the violence of The Troubles. When unemployment seems their most likely prospect, it is difficult for them...

Methuen Drama, 1997

Contemporary Dramatists

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Roles: Total (2), Female (1), Male (1), Unassigned (0)

...My Name, Shall I Tell You My Name has only two characters, a woman and her grandfather many miles apart but speaking their reminiscences together in a tender and moving duet. Accompanied by voices from Andrea’s childhood, they recount how...

Methuen Drama, 1997

Contemporary Dramatists

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Acts: 2, Roles: Total (15), Female (6), Male (9), Unassigned (0)

...A bittersweet history of three generations of women told through memories of family pride and tradition, and a granddaughter’s fear of being alone for the first time Beth's elderly mother is dying. Beth tells her family...

Methuen Drama, 1997

Contemporary Dramatists

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 8, Roles: Total (11), Female (5), Male (6), Unassigned (0)

...The Belle of Belfast City is a story of loyalty, both political and familial. At its centre is Dolly, once a music-hall star, whose ballads and memories weave through the play recalling the past. Vi, the elder of her daughters, stayed...