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Richard
of Bordeaux. Drama.
Gordon Daviot This is a sympathetic study of Richard
11, laying special stress on Richard's desire to foster the
arts and crafts, and to promote the cause of peace, both in
Ireland and France. How the young and gradually spoilt and
embittered, as well as favourite-ridden King was impeded by
the inveterate prejudices of his uncles, especially
Gloucester, is shown vividly in the course of twelve scenes,
ending with the penultimate stage of Richard II's life.
Period 1385-97 Riddance Linda McLean Is murder ever justified? Even in defence
of a child? And if you're never caught, are you always in
hiding? And though you may feel safe, is it inevitable that
there will be a day of Riddance? This chilling
emotional thriller about two men and a woman bound together
by the secrets of surviving a childhood in a Glasgow
tenement was premiered by Paines Plough at the Traverse
Theatre, Edinburgh, after previews at the Chelsea Centre,
London. Linda McLean's play is suffused with wit, suspense
and truth, a sober reminder that we can never escape the
sins of our past. Her earlier one-act, One Good
Beating, was part of Family, a trilogy of plays
staged by the Traverse Theatre Company in Spring 1999.
Published alongside the premiere production, this "Instant
Playscript" is intended to reflect the immediacy of the play
on stage. It is printed directly from the author's own disk
prepared only a few days before opening night. The aim is to
give audiences at the theatre and readers all over the world
instant access to the best of current new writing as it hits
the stage Ring
Round the Moon. Play.
Jean Anouilh. Adapted by Christopher Fry Christopher Fry calls this play 'A
Charade with Music'. The same actor plays the twins Hugo and
Frederic. Hugo, fascinating and heartless, sets the charade
in motion. He has invited Isabelle, a ballet dancer, to the
ball that evening, intending that she should make diffident
Frederic love her and leave the beautiful Diana. The
would-be puppet master is overruled by his aunt, who
arranges for the four young people to be happy. The
Ring Sisters. Comedy.
Charles Laurence Silva Ring is a world-famous singer with
a severe hangup about her age so when an interviewer reveals
it she resorts to increasingly desperate measures to prove
him wrong. Aided by her housekeeper she pretends to be her
own sister Iris, who is tough. Lola Wales, an old singer, is
brought in to be her aunt and Fred, a petty forger, is
persuaded to attempt to destroy her files at the Family
Record Centre. But Silva wins through and emerges stronger
than ever. The
Rise and Fall of Little
Voice. Play. Jim
Cartwright Little Voice (LV) lives alone with her
mother Mari whose sole purpose is to find another man.
Mari's imposing presence drives the shy LV into spending her
time in her bedroom listening to her late, beloved father's
records. When small-time impresario Ray Say hears LV's
faultless impersonation of famous singers, he recognises the
gold in her voice and determines to exploit it, but the
whirlwind rush for success breaks LV Later, however, she
learns to sing in her own voice ... A
Rise in the Market.
Comedy. Edward Taylor Sir Clive Partridge hopes to be president of European Community, but he needs the support of puritanical elder statesman Jacques Berri. So it's bad news for Partridge when Berri calls on a day that he is trapped in a luxurious Paris flat where he is beset by glamorous young women he can't account for, plus an angry wife and an exploding boiler. Wild mishaps and comic confusion abound right up to the hilarious climax in this sharp satire. The
Rivals. Comedy. R.
Brinsley Sheridan Captain Absolute, heir to a tidy fortune,
has disguised himself as penniless Ensign Beverley, all
because his lady-love, Lydia Languish, is determined to
marry a man who despises wealth and who will marry her
despite the fact that the disapproval of her tough old aunt,
Mrs Malaprop, will cost Miss Languish her immense fortune.
Another pair of lovers, Julia and Falkland, have their own
peculiar difficulties ... The
Rivals - Richard
Brinsley Sheridan Lydia Languish, a young woman from a good
family, holds on to an impossible romantic ideal of love,
and resolves only to marry a pauper. Thus the hero, Jack
Absolute, pretends to be a poor soldier in order to win her
hand. Meanwhile, Jack's father is attempting to procure the
match through the proper channel of Lydia's guardian, and
Jack becomes a rival to himself, before he is finally
challenged to duels by rival suitors in both his identities
... First performed in 1775.
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