Afternoon Plays V
F:\Afternoon Plays V ==================== Afternoon Play - A Second Life by Adam Beeson ******Comic drama by Adam Beeson, adapted from a short story by the 19th-century Brazilian writer Machado de Assis. Anxious to avoid all the mistakes in his life, a man appeals to Heaven to allow him to be born again with 'experience'. But in his second life this precious knowledge proves no use at all. Afternoon Play - Alice in Paris by Elizabeth Lewis ******Elizabeth Lewis' surreal comic parable about the pitfalls of romantic fantasy. Alice is frightened of the reality of marriage to a Welsh asparagus farmer and runs away from her wedding. Still wearing her white dress and veil, she books herself into a Paris hotel to pursue her romantic dreams. Afternoon Play - An Island between Heaven and Earth by by Alistair Rutherford ******In the summer of 1938 a group of unemployed shipyard workers and some trainee church ministers arrive on the remote island of Iona to restore the ruined medieval Abbey under the charismatic leadership of the Reverend George MacLeod. They are all volunteers and their problems are only just beginning. Afternoon Play - Antimacassars and Ylang Ylang Conditioner by Ian Potter ******Comedy by Ian Potter. Eighty-year-old Frank is obsessed with coffee. One day, when he thinks he has run out, a trip to the shops turns into an odyssey. Afternoon Play - August Birthdays by Frances Byrnes ******On Katherine's 39th birthday, she walks the streets where she grew up and is drawn back to an earlier and more eventful birthday. Afternoon Play - Coelacanth by Ben Moore ******Ben Moor stars in his own play about a man involved in competitive tree-climbing; who finds love, loses it, but keeps on growing. Afternoon Play - Columbus, the Bones of the Story by Robin Glendinning ******To mark the 500th anniversary of the death of Christopher Columbus, an imaginative look at this great historical figure told from the perspective of his bones, which are believed to have been moved five times after the Great Admiral's burial. Afternoon Play - From a Great Height by Dave Duggan ******Phoebe, who loves heights, has recently broken off her relationship with PHOENIX, who is more ground level. Now she's going out with a skilled mountaineer. Afternoon Play - From the Waist Up by Judith Adams ******. A modern myth about transformation and joyous liberation. Three modern women find themselves in everyday encounters with fabulous beasts. Afternoon Play - Gandhi's Goat by Matthew Coombes ******Gandhi and Chaplin meet in London's East End in 1931. But the real cultural exchange is taking place between Anil and Emily, members of their respective entourages. Afternoon Play - House Rules by Sebastian Baczkiewicz ******Burnt out gambler Spike just wants a quiet life. But when his own son comes to him a proposition for one last big stakes game, how can he refuse? Even if the game is with the devil. Afternoon Play - In Mates by Sue Teddern ******Michelle from Orpington sends audio tapes to her new pen pal, Randall - who is on Death Row. Michelle is a happy woman, with a lovely social life, and poor Randall could do with this outlet, surely. Or at least, that's how the relationship begins. Afternoon Play - Incident at Boulonvilliers by Dave Sheasby. ******It is June 1982 and the Falklands War is drawing to a close. Three WWII veterans return to Normandy on a coach trip and are forced to confront a difficult incident back in 1944 and also their own 'heroism'. Afternoon Play - Investigating Mr Thomas by Rob Gittins ******Based on a true story, Rob Gittins's play draws on archive material. When Time Magazine printed a warts-and-all article about Dylan Thomas in 1953, the poet sued them for libel. Needing to gather more evidence, the magazine hired a private detective to shadow Thomas in New York. Afternoon Play - Jimmy Murphy Makes Amends by Andrew Doyle ******Black comedy by Andrew Doyle about friendship and the fear of God. Desperate to save himself from eternal damnation, Jimmy sets out to make amends for all his wrongdoings, only to discover a truth far more terrifying than divine retribution. Afternoon Play - Just One More Day by Pat Davis ******An atmospheric, magical play about family, resentment and love in which a woman is briefly reunited with her late mother. Afternoon Play - Kepler's Mum's A Witch by Stephen Sharkey ******17th-century German astronomer Johannes Kepler is appalled when his loud and annoying mother is accused of witchcraft. He has to defend her while trying not to get so wound up that he kills her himself. Afternoon Play - Landscape & The Examination by Harold Pinter ****** Afternoon Play - Last Call by Mike Walker ****** Afternoon Play - Last Days of Desire ******By Torben Betts. It's the future. ENGLAND has become an over-populated, greedy, amoral culture ruled by free-marketeers and awash with terrorists. Here women die for their adultery. So what of the writer in such a world? Afternoon Play - Left at Marrakech by Richard Stevens ******In 1943, a B-17 takes off from Florida on its way to active service in England, embarking on a flight via Puerto Rico, Dakar and Marrakech. Joining the American crew are two British hitchhikers, who need a lift home. One of them, an attractive WAAF, seems to be a good omen - she looks like the painted figure on their fuselage. But each leg of the journey is beset with increasing difficulty and danger. Is someone on board not what they seem to be? Afternoon Play - Lemon Meringue Pie by Rachel Trezise. ******Rachel Trezise's play is set in a Welsh valley. Katie Davies is 16 and in love, or possibly lust. Her mother would have a fit if she found out the identity of her suitor, but Mrs Davies has a secret all of her own. Afternoon Play - Leo Adrift by Richard Crane ****** Afternoon Play - Leona Cash by Mark Griffiths ******Leona Cash is a 25-year-old music journalist cum investigator, who enters the underworld of classical music when she discovers the dead body of a teenage cellist. Afternoon Play - Letters to an Icon by Will Self, Bonnie Greer & Ali Smith ******dramatic encounters with icons, in a series of short plays about Dorian Gray, Shakespeare's Dark Lady and Dusty Springfield.... Afternoon Play - Letters to Miss Lucy by William Ingram ******Dai, a retired miner, writes to Miss Lucy to protest at her snooty behaviour...a superb play by this experienced writer Afternoon Play - Lewis Carroll's Adventures in Russia ****** Lewis Carroll visits RUSSIA in 1867 with his friend Henry Parry Liddon. As their diaries reveal, their experiences are entirely different. Afternoon Play - Life is a Dream by Shelagh Stephenson *******Sam Lazarus is a billionaire with a conscience. When he happened to invent a special style of drinks carton 10 years earlier he had no idea he would end up rich as Croesus with two monstrous children and Patricia - an anorexic, botox junkie wife, who won't SLEEP with him. So, when one day he wakens to find himself in parallel reality, in which he is married to his childhood sweetheart and Hilary Clinton is President, he thinks he has died and gone to heaven. But can he prevent himself regressing to his former life and misery? Or has he at last found a way through the membrane? Afternoon Play - Life of Penguins by Katie Hims ****** Merle is a penguin keeper at the zoo. When her sister Beth goes missing, she discovers that she has been abducted by aliens, not for the first time. Afternoon Play - Life Savings by Sarah Wooley. ******Wealthy entrepreneur Des Dixon prepares to celebrate Christmas with his ex- and current wives, when he suffers a heart attack and loses much of his fortune as his Bank of Scotland shares plummet. Both events prompt him to rethink his legacy, which involves disinheriting his two grown-up children from his first marriage. Afternoon Play - Lifestyles of the Trapped and Cabbaged by Roy Boulter ******The story of two holidaying accountants who manage to get locked inside a Shanghai warehouse for days. Never have the social lives of the Cheshire set seemed so important. Afternoon Play - Limits of Dominion by Arnold Bennett ******The second of five stories by the Potteries novelist Arnold Bennett. A young engineer is offered the chance to make his fortune, but his father stands in the way / The second of five stories by the Potteries novelist Arnold Bennett. A young engineer is offered the chance to make his fortune, but his father stands in the way. Afternoon Play - Lindbergh's Diary of a Kidnapping Afternoon Play - Look Across the Eyes and Lovely Evening by Peter Gill ******The look across the eyes & Lovely evening - A double bill of short plays by Peter Gill, portraying a family in post-war Cardiff. Afternoon Play - Look Sharp by Cath Staincliffe ******A genealogist finds herself in danger when she uncovers a shocking family history. Afternoon Play - Looking For Dad by Michael Butt ******Charlie's attempts at reconciliation with his estranged father are threatened by his wife's fierce but unexplained hostility to a man whom she has only ever met once in her life. Afternoon Play - Marmalade For Comrade Philby by Christopher William Hill ******When mediocre novelist Patrick Bradyn discovers that his French translator has reworked his latest spy novel as autobiography, he finds himself with a profound moral conundrum. Afternoon Play - The Last Days Of Grace by Nick Warburton ******Easter Monday 1908 sees snow on the ground as WG Grace contemplates another day in his long cricketing career. Arriving at the Oval, the ageing icon cannot bear to sit in the clubhouse to meet the usual people. Instead, he trudges out into the cold to face a different type of questioning. Afternoon Play - The Ballad of Pickard Boots by Suzy Klein ******A heady love story by renowned Cornish poet and playwright Annamaria Murphy. Jamaican street musician Pickard Boots is given shelter by Molly Pinks. He is wanted for murder. She is wanted by nobody. Afternoon Play - The Final Whistle by Paul Coslett (1 hour) ******A die-hard fan laments the demise of his local football club, Runcorn FC. Afternoon Play - The Glass Man by Martin Sorrell ******A powerful drama documentary about a young man who believes his body is turning to glass. When student Tim learns suddenly that he is adopted, his life seems to fall apart - and he develops what was once known as the Glass Delusion, a state of profound anxiety now associated with severe depression. His journey into despair, and his family's attempts to help him, are woven through with interviews and music. Afternoon Play - The Ladykillers 1.2 by William Rose Afternoon Play - The Ladykillers 2.2 ****** Afternoon Play - The Laughter of Stafford Girls' High by Carol Ann Duffy *******Carol Ann Duffy's amazing and erotic poem tells a story of love and an attack of hysterical laughter which brings a girls' public school to its knees. Read by an all-star cast including Joanna Lumley, Siobhan Redmond, Emily Woof and Alexandra Gilbreath. Afternoon Play - The Night Horse by Catrin Clarke ******By Catrin Clarke, set on the outskirts of Cardiff. Tensions grow as a mother and daughter wait for a soldier to come back from Afghanistan. Afternoon Play - The Night They Tried To Kidnap The PM by Martin Jameson ******Martin Jameson's fictionalised account of the incident in 1964 when a group of students attempted to kidnap the then-Prime Minister, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, in Scotland. Afternoon Play - Looks Like Rain by Jimmy Chinn ******The first of two linked plays by Jimmie Chinn. Joyce and Stan attend their mother's funeral, then return to the family home. As they sort through belongings, bitter grievances surface. And what about their missing brother? Is he really family and should he be allowed to share any inheritance? Afternoon Play - Looks Like Rain Again by Jimmy Chinn ******The second of two linked plays by Jimmie Chinn. Following their mother's funeral, Joyce and Stan have been at her house uncovering long-held resentment. They are shattered when Charlie, their long-lost brother, suddenly arrives on the doorstep. Afternoon Play - Normal and Nat by Debbie Oates ******Nat's life spirals out of control after she describes hearing voices in her head, until a sympathetic teacher helps to unlock the obsessive musical way in which Nat thinks. Afternoon Play - Life Trainer By Sophie McCook. ******Kelly is staring down the barrel of her thirtieth birthday. Life is making her panic. If only she could do it all again, she'd make the right choices, especially in love. When Kelly meets Faith, a personal Life Trainer, Faith offers her the opportunity to redo the bits she got wrong the first time around. Given the chance - would you? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Total 0 folder(s); 50 file(s) Total files size: 521 MB; 520611 KB; 533105405 Bytes ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^