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Up - BEST
OVERALL PLAY : Drama Association of Wales
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| England in 1642 sees two actors fleeing
from persecution as Royalists by Cromwell's
men. As they try to meet their friend who
will help them escape, they run into two 'ladies
of the night' who recognise them as actors.
Will they hold their tongues? Can they be
bought? What revelation is one of the actors
forced to make to the other? |
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| Danny is a bright, high achiever and appears
to be on track for a successful academic career,
but he has to juggle with exam stress, dealing
with parents, keeping fit, coming to terms
with his own sexuality and getting to know
the opposite sex. His strong admiration for
Helen changes his life forever when she experiences
a profound trauma and, deeply concerned, Danny
abandons all conformity. There are two versions
: one, has extracts from Shakespeare; the
other, has no Shakespeare and uses two characters
(’Black’ & ‘White’) to symbolise the struggle
between good and evil. |
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| Brought to recent attention by the film
'The Magdalene Sisters', this play vividly
portrays the despair and inhumanity inflicted
on the 'Maggies' - those unfortunate girls
who had the misfortune to be institutionalised
in the Magdalen Laundries. Their crimes? Being
pregnant mainly. Their punishment? Separated
from their familes and long hours in the laundry.
Requires a mostly young cast. |
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| An important moment of history is highlighted
in ‘The Revolutionaries’. The
theme of the play is the fight for power around
the time of Lenin's death and takes place
in the aftermath of the 1917 Russian Revolution.
Lenin knew he was dying and was concerned
about who might be his successor. He favoured
Trotsky, but as history tells, Stalin was
very much in the way. |
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| A group of people is trying to exist on
the Earth after a non-nuclear holocaust. Their
memories and sense of humour help to sustain
them, through what is probably the end of
civilisation. 'Ragtime Band' can be used as
the start of an ecological awareness campaign,
or as reinforcement of the issues within existing
studies. It has a clear message, starkly portraying
a bleak, but not quite hopeless existence,
written in an understandable and enjoyable
way. |
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| Bobby, living in a small American town,
discovers that illegal dumping of toxic chemicals
is taking place in the local river, but nobody
in the town seems to be interested - not even
the Sheriff. In passing, he mentions it to
his doctor who agrees to help Bobby find the
culprits as the town's water supply is at
risk. This play for young adults raises topics
of the environment, collusion, teenage relationships
and trust. |
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| Merliin
(7m, 3f, 2m/f) A large cast play |
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| A most enjoyable and dramatic play with
music that traces the life of Merlin from
his birth to his death. Those who have tried
to research the life of this mystifying magician
have found that there's more than one Merlin
in the mists of legend, so this play attempts
to stitch together those tenuous threads in
order to create a character that is both mysterious,
and above all, human, with all the frailties
this entails. The delightful music includes
several numbers that allow for spectacular
dance sequences. |
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