Stage Plays (Page 3)
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Plot Synopsis: Beyond the windows of a South Coast boarding house lies a world of violence and pain, a world where a father is passing an inheritance of drunken cruelty onto his son.
Original Production Details
Date: November 1995
Venue: Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court
Director: Jane Howell
Designer: Hayden Griffin
| Cast: | |
| Myrtle | Patricia Brake |
| Kate | Stephanie Buttle |
| Jay | Billy Carter |
| Phoebe | Anna Keaveney |
| Dave | Ian Redford |
Comments:
Joint winner of the 1994 Verity Bargate award.
The play was a co-production between The Royal Court and Soho Theatre Company.
The play featured Black Forest Gateau courtesy of Sara Lee.
Visit the review page - and see some cast photos.
Play available from Methuen. See Judy's books for details.
The Latest production of Bruises was by Lookatme Productions at Etcetera
Theatre, 265 Camden High Street September-October 2006. Director: Ishbel Nicol
Producer: James Matthews. Cast:
George Leggat (Jay), Grahame Edwards (Dave), Madeleine Lund
(Phoebe), Abby O’Leary (Kate) and Hilary Burns (Myrttle)
Plot Synopsis: Twilight in Rio. Vince has raging toothache. The dentist arrives, a beautiful woman with huge white teeth... Stealing Souls is a story of lost love and sanguine revenge.
Original Production Details
Date: April 1996
Venue: The Red Room
Director: Shabnam Shabazi
Designer: Roswitha Gerlitz
| Cast: | |
| Vince | Tom Marshall |
| Maria | Raquel Cassidy |
Comments:
A short play, part of a Red Room double bill.
Judy's first attempt at magic realism.
Received at least one very poetic review !
Play available in Judy Upton - Plays:1 from Methuen. See Judy's books for details.
Short cuts to Judy's other play pages.
Plays (Page 1) - Everlasting Rose/Ashes and Sand
Plays (Page 2) - Temple/The Shorewatchers' House
Plays (Page 3) - Bruises/Stealing Souls (this page)
Plays (Page 4) - Sunspots/People on the River
Plays (Page 5) - To Blusher with Love/Pig in the Middle
Plays (Page 6) - The Girlz/Know Your Rights
Plays (Page 7) - Confidence/The Ballad of a Thin Man
Plays (Page 8) - Sliding with Suzanne/Hotmail from Helsinki
Plays (Page 9) - Team Spirit/Grandma was a Mermaid
Plays (page 10) - Echoes and Shadows
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