Faber & Faber, 1999

Faber Drama

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Roles: Total (16), Female (8), Male (8), Unassigned (0)

...A tense truce holds between the Capulets and the Montagues after the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Benvolio, Romeo's best friend, is in love with Rosaline, Juliet's cousin; but Rosaline is bent on revenge. After...

Faber & Faber, 1995

Faber Drama

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Acts: 2, Roles: Total (7), Female (2), Male (5), Unassigned (0)

...Ellen and Rose have arrived from Scotland and set up their tent on a Devonshire cliff top. Down on the beach Rob, David, Charlie, Cot and John are enjoying a surfing break. A touching and humorous piece with seven excellent...

Faber and Faber, 2005

Faber Drama

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Acts: 1, Roles: Total (8), Female (6), Male (2), Unassigned (0)

...Life gives you presents. You have to know to recognise the presents life gives you. They don’t come twice. In a small town on the east coast of Scotland, three generations are profoundly affected by the death...

Faber & Faber, 1995

Faber Drama

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Acts: 2, Roles: Total (8), Female (4), Male (4), Unassigned (0)

...The play is set on a seaside promenade and intermingles the lives of several sets of people found there. A grandmother still clings on to her daughter, a young photographer, who is trying to come to terms with the death of her...

Faber & Faber, 1995

Faber Drama

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 5, Roles: Total (4), Female (3), Male (1), Unassigned (0)

...When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout was Sharman MacDonald’s first play. Set in 1950s Scotland, it charts the sexual misadventures and misconceptions of Fiona, growing up with her repressive mother and best friend Vari....

Faber & Faber, 1995

Faber Drama

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

...Glasgow, 1943. A city of falling bombs, dark corners and whispered secrets. In the blitzed blacked-out streets, a naval officer walks into Isla’s life and sweeps her off her feet. But by 1944, Isla is fighting a war...