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  1. Two autobiographical plays
    Author: Arden, John
    Published: [2013]
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury, London ; Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    'The Bagman, or, The Impromptu of Muswell Hill' is a radio play first broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 1970. John Arden has a dream in which he meets an old woman who sells him a canvas bag, 'A pig in a poke'; he then finds himself transported to a... more

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    'The Bagman, or, The Impromptu of Muswell Hill' is a radio play first broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 1970. John Arden has a dream in which he meets an old woman who sells him a canvas bag, 'A pig in a poke'; he then finds himself transported to a dystopian land where the people are starving while the rich live in idleness and squalor. 'The True History of Squire Jonathan and His Unfortunate Treasure' was first performed by the Ambiance Lunch-Hour Theatre Club in June 1968.

     
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    Previously published in print: as The true history of Squire Jonathan and his unfortunate treasure; and, The bagman, or, The impromptu of Muswell Hill in Plays two. London, Methuen Drama, 1994
  2. Vandaleur's folly
    Author: D'Arcy, Margaretta; Arden, John
    Published: [2013]
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury, London ; Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    John Vandaleur was an estate owner in County Clare in the west of Ireland. In 1831, tired of the outrages committed by some of his tenants in the throes of a violent organisation named 'The Ribbonmen', Vandaleur established a co-operative, known as... more

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    John Vandaleur was an estate owner in County Clare in the west of Ireland. In 1831, tired of the outrages committed by some of his tenants in the throes of a violent organisation named 'The Ribbonmen', Vandaleur established a co-operative, known as the Ralahine Commune. A system of commonwealth, it established many innovations, including a co-operative-only currency-system, and even a type of pension fund. 'Vandaleur's Folly' tells the story of this commune, and its, perhaps inevitable, demise after two years. In Arden and D'Arcy's version, the external influences of colonial capitalism and its attendant military force - as well as the wagering caprices of Vandaleur himself - are more than a match for the good intentions of communal farmers in County Clare.

     
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    Previously issued in print: in Plays one. London: Methuen Drama, 2002
  3. When is a door not a door?
    Author: Arden, John
    Published: [2013]
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury, London ; Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    The working week has just begun at the factory, but already tensions are building in the offices of the Managing Director and Sally, his secretary. A strike is breaking out amongst the women in the packing department, while the senior office members... more

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    The working week has just begun at the factory, but already tensions are building in the offices of the Managing Director and Sally, his secretary. A strike is breaking out amongst the women in the packing department, while the senior office members are proving incompetent in their duties. When workmen arrive to fix the door on Sally's office, their discussion about the state of modern Britain acts a foil to the arguments breaking out between the manager, senior staff and workers. John Arden's industrial one-act play captures the promise of revolution in the workplace, upsetting class and gender hierarchies, yet questions whether anything truly is changing at all. 'When is a Door not a Door?' was first produced at the Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage in June 1958.

     
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  4. Immediate rough theatre for citizens' involvement
    Author: D'Arcy, Margaretta; Arden, John
    Published: [2013]
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury, London ; Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    'We were looking up texts for this book, and we came across a file full of fragmentary scripts (and notes for scripts)which had been a series of quickly-improvised topical plays and playlets got together in the west of Ireland and put on in houses,... more

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    'We were looking up texts for this book, and we came across a file full of fragmentary scripts (and notes for scripts)which had been a series of quickly-improvised topical plays and playlets got together in the west of Ireland and put on in houses, pubs, streets, meetings and so forth to answer immediate needs of the day.' So the authors describe this collection of scripts et cetera called 'Immediate Rough Theatre for Citizens' Involvement', which includes six short plays: 'The Devil and the Parish Pump', 'Sean O'Scrudu', 'The Hunting of the Mongrel Fox', 'No Room at the Inn', 'Mary's Name', and 'A Pinprick of History'.

     
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  5. Left-handed liberty
    Author: Arden, John
    Published: [2013]
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury, London ; Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    In dramatising the creation of the Magna Carta, John Arden inhabits the minds of 13th century England with great skill and ingenuity, presenting the establishment of the founding of the charter - on which modern Britain's constitutional law stands -... more

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    In dramatising the creation of the Magna Carta, John Arden inhabits the minds of 13th century England with great skill and ingenuity, presenting the establishment of the founding of the charter - on which modern Britain's constitutional law stands - as a time of great confusion and insecurity. 'Left-Handed Liberty' was commissioned by the Corporation of the City of London to commemorate the 750th Anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta, with the first public performance given in June 1965.

     
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  6. Live like pigs
    Author: Arden, John
    Published: [2013]
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury, London ; Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    Forced to move from their tramcar on a caravan site, the Sawneys, an unruly family of travellers, unwillingly arrive at their new home on a council estate. Living next door are the Jacksons, eager to establish themselves as middle class. When... more

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    Forced to move from their tramcar on a caravan site, the Sawneys, an unruly family of travellers, unwillingly arrive at their new home on a council estate. Living next door are the Jacksons, eager to establish themselves as middle class. When busybody Mrs Jackson comes over to welcome the new arrivals to the neighbourhood, she is driven off the property with a tirade of insults. But it is the new friendships and attractions between the two families that ultimately prove more dangerous than this initial antagonism. As more travellers descend on the Sawneys' home and threats of eviction are made, the Jacksons become increasingly entangled with their new neighbours. John Arden's hilarious and moving domestic drama was first presented at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in September 1958.

     
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  7. The happy haven
    Author: Arden, John; D'Arcy, Margaretta
    Published: [2013]
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury, London ; Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    At the Happy Haven care home, Dr Copperthwaite is working on a medical miracle: the cure for old age. But between placating the ever-complaining Mr Crape, overseeing the romantic advances of Mr Golightly to the ancient Mrs Phineus, keeping the... more

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    At the Happy Haven care home, Dr Copperthwaite is working on a medical miracle: the cure for old age. But between placating the ever-complaining Mr Crape, overseeing the romantic advances of Mr Golightly to the ancient Mrs Phineus, keeping the charity cash box away from the light-fingered Mrs Letouzel and trying to find Mr Hardrader's illicitly kept dog, Dr Copperthwaite's efforts to concoct his youth elixir are constantly interrupted. A seemingly ill-timed intrusion into the lab by Mr Crape leads to the doctor's discovery of the correct formula for eternal youth. Yet when the five elderly patients find out about Dr Copperthwaite's plans for the Happy Haven community, they are not so sure that they would like their youth back. A farcical depiction of institutional life, 'The Happy Haven' was first produced at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in September 1960.

     
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  8. The little gray home in the west
    Author: D'Arcy, Margaretta; Arden, John
    Published: [2013]
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury, London ; Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    'The Little Gray Home' in the West was a reworking of a 1972 play 'The Ballygombeen Bequest', described as 'a freewheeling Brechtian parable of sickness, colonialism and capitalism in Ireland'. A play with songs, and a spoonful of cynicism, 'The... more

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    'The Little Gray Home' in the West was a reworking of a 1972 play 'The Ballygombeen Bequest', described as 'a freewheeling Brechtian parable of sickness, colonialism and capitalism in Ireland'. A play with songs, and a spoonful of cynicism, 'The Little Gray Home in the West' tells the story of a businessman named Baker-Fortescue who has come to inherit a small estate in the south of Ireland, a place where communications with the locals, and the security of fences, is forever on a knife's edge.

     
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  9. The royal pardon, or, The soldier who became an actor
    Author: D'Arcy, Margaretta; Arden, John
    Published: [2013]
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury, London ; Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    After years of war, peace is to be reached between England and France, sealed by the marriage of the English prince and the French princesse. A company of actors is to be sent from England to Paris, to perform at a theatrical gala in celebration of... more

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    After years of war, peace is to be reached between England and France, sealed by the marriage of the English prince and the French princesse. A company of actors is to be sent from England to Paris, to perform at a theatrical gala in celebration of the union. Croke's band of performers is carrying with them an ex-soldier Luke, on the run from the law. Circumstances twist, turn and contrive to place the soldier on the stage, with his new found beloved, where he must ad lib a play of great ingenuity to appease royalty, and the law's claim upon him. 'The Royal Pardon' was first performed at the Bedford Arts Centre, Devon, in 1966.

     
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  10. The waters of Babylon
    Author: Arden, John
    Published: [2013]
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury, London ; Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    In 1950s London a reputable architect Krankiewicz is also Krank, the disreputable owner of a boarding house and brothel which is under local authority scrutiny. Eager to expand his business offering cramped accommodation to the multitudes, he needs... more

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    In 1950s London a reputable architect Krankiewicz is also Krank, the disreputable owner of a boarding house and brothel which is under local authority scrutiny. Eager to expand his business offering cramped accommodation to the multitudes, he needs to find a way of appeasing the Council in order to buy a second property. He turns to Butterthwaite, a former local government leader turned crook to help him with this. But Krank's livelihood is under a second threat from Paul, who is determined to settle Krank's £500 debt to him. At the same time, as Krankiewicz he is involved in the design of a new house for an MP who happens to represent the same constituency where Krank lives. Excited by the news of a Russian state visit, the MP is alert to any hint of unrest or protest that might disturb the peace. Trouble begins to brew when Paul tells Krank that he will consider his debt forgotten if Krank will allow him to build a bomb to use against the Russians in his lodging house. Disguises and deceptions are jeopardised in this complex comedy as Butterthwaite devises a money-making scheme that will lead Krank and Krankiewicz straight to the heart of local politics. 'Waters of Babylon' was first produced at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in October 1957.

     
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  11. The workhouse donkey
    Author: Arden, John
    Published: [2013]
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury, London ; Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    Arden's melodrama - id est a play with a musical accompaniment - is a sprawling, Rabelaisian comedy about local town-hall corruption that focuses on the downfall of 'the Napoleon of the North', Alderman Charlie Butterthwaite, the workhouse donkey of... more

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    Arden's melodrama - id est a play with a musical accompaniment - is a sprawling, Rabelaisian comedy about local town-hall corruption that focuses on the downfall of 'the Napoleon of the North', Alderman Charlie Butterthwaite, the workhouse donkey of the title, who has risen from extreme poverty to dominate his local Labour Party and the town. A swaggering, charismatic, manipulative scoundrel, he has a gambling addiction, which is bankrolled by the Machiavellian, but self-aware Doctor Wellington Blomax. It is this relationship which has maintained Butterthwaite's power, and which will undermine it. The play was first performed at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 1963.

     
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  12. Immediate rough theatre for citizens' involvement
    Author: D'Arcy, Margaretta; Arden, John
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury, [London]

    'We were looking up texts for this book, and we came across a file full of fragmentary scripts (and notes for scripts)which had been a series of quickly-improvised topical plays and playlets got together in the west of Ireland and put on in houses,... more

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    'We were looking up texts for this book, and we came across a file full of fragmentary scripts (and notes for scripts)which had been a series of quickly-improvised topical plays and playlets got together in the west of Ireland and put on in houses, pubs, streets, meetings and so forth to answer immediate needs of the day.' So the authors describe this collection of scripts etc. called 'Immediate Rough Theatre for Citizens' Involvement', which includes six short plays: 'The Devil and the Parish Pump', 'Sean O'Scrudu', 'The Hunting of the Mongrel Fox', 'No Room at the Inn', 'Mary's Name', and 'A Pinprick of History'

     
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    Previously issued in print: in Plays one. London: Methuen Drama, 2002
  13. Left-handed liberty
    Author: Arden, John
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury, [London]

    In dramatising the creation of the Magna Carta, John Arden inhabits the minds of 13th century England with great skill and ingenuity, presenting the establishment of the founding of the charter - on which modern Britain's constitutional law stands -... more

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    In dramatising the creation of the Magna Carta, John Arden inhabits the minds of 13th century England with great skill and ingenuity, presenting the establishment of the founding of the charter - on which modern Britain's constitutional law stands - as a time of great confusion and insecurity. 'Left-Handed Liberty' was commissioned by the Corporation of the City of London to commemorate the 750th Anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta, with the first public performance given in June 1965

     
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    Previously published in print: in Plays two. London, Methuen Drama, 1994
  14. The waters of Babylon
    Author: Arden, John
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury, [London]

    In 1950s London a reputable architect Krankiewicz is also Krank, the disreputable owner of a boarding house and brothel which is under local authority scrutiny. Eager to expand his business offering cramped accommodation to the multitudes, he needs... more

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    In 1950s London a reputable architect Krankiewicz is also Krank, the disreputable owner of a boarding house and brothel which is under local authority scrutiny. Eager to expand his business offering cramped accommodation to the multitudes, he needs to find a way of appeasing the Council in order to buy a second property. He turns to Butterthwaite, a former local government leader turned crook to help him with this. But Krank's livelihood is under a second threat from Paul, who is determined to settle Krank's £500 debt to him. At the same time, as Krankiewicz he is involved in the design of a new house for an MP who happens to represent the same constituency where Krank lives. Excited by the news of a Russian state visit, the MP is alert to any hint of unrest or protest that might disturb the peace. Trouble begins to brew when Paul tells Krank that he will consider his debt forgotten if Krank will allow him to build a bomb to use against the Russians in his lodging house. Disguises and deceptions are jeopardised in this complex comedy as Butterthwaite devises a money-making scheme that will lead Krank and Krankiewicz straight to the heart of local politics. 'Waters of Babylon' was first produced at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in October 1957

     
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  15. The workhouse donkey
    Author: Arden, John
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury, [London]

    Arden's melodrama - i.e. a play with a musical accompaniment - is a sprawling, Rabelaisian comedy about local town-hall corruption that focuses on the downfall of 'the Napoleon of the North', Alderman Charlie Butterthwaite, the workhouse donkey of... more

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    Arden's melodrama - i.e. a play with a musical accompaniment - is a sprawling, Rabelaisian comedy about local town-hall corruption that focuses on the downfall of 'the Napoleon of the North', Alderman Charlie Butterthwaite, the workhouse donkey of the title, who has risen from extreme poverty to dominate his local Labour Party and the town. A swaggering, charismatic, manipulative scoundrel, he has a gambling addiction, which is bankrolled by the Machiavellian, but self-aware Doctor Wellington Blomax. It is this relationship which has maintained Butterthwaite's power, and which will undermine it. The play was first performed at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 1963

     
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  16. Two autobiographical plays
    Author: Arden, John
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury, [London]

    'The Bagman, or, The Impromptu of Muswell Hill' is a radio play first broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 1970. John Arden has a dream in which he meets an old woman who sells him a canvas bag, 'A pig in a poke'; he then finds himself transported to a... more

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    'The Bagman, or, The Impromptu of Muswell Hill' is a radio play first broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 1970. John Arden has a dream in which he meets an old woman who sells him a canvas bag, 'A pig in a poke'; he then finds himself transported to a dystopian land where the people are starving while the rich live in idleness and squalor. 'The True History of Squire Jonathan and His Unfortunate Treasure' was first performed by the Ambiance Lunch-Hour Theatre Club in June 1968 The true history of Squire Jonathan and his unfortunate treasure. -- The Bagman, or, The impromptu of Muswell Hill

     
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    Previously published in print: as The true history of Squire Jonathan and his unfortunate treasure; and, The bagman, or, The impromptu of Muswell Hill in Plays two. London, Methuen Drama, 1994
  17. Vandaleur's folly
    Author: D'Arcy, Margaretta; Arden, John
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury, [London]

    John Vandaleur was an estate owner in County Clare in the west of Ireland. In 1831, tired of the outrages committed by some of his tenants in the throes of a violent organisation named 'The Ribbonmen', Vandaleur established a co-operative, known as... more

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    John Vandaleur was an estate owner in County Clare in the west of Ireland. In 1831, tired of the outrages committed by some of his tenants in the throes of a violent organisation named 'The Ribbonmen', Vandaleur established a co-operative, known as the Ralahine Commune. A system of commonwealth, it established many innovations, including a co-operative-only currency-system, and even a type of pension fund. 'Vandaleur's Folly' tells the story of this commune, and its, perhaps inevitable, demise after two years. In Arden and D'Arcy's version, the external influences of colonial capitalism and its attendant military force - as well as the wagering caprices of Vandaleur himself - are more than a match for the good intentions of communal farmers in County Clare

     
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  18. When is a door not a door?
    Author: Arden, John
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury, [London]

    The working week has just begun at the factory, but already tensions are building in the offices of the Managing Director and Sally, his secretary. A strike is breaking out amongst the women in the packing department, while the senior office members... more

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    The working week has just begun at the factory, but already tensions are building in the offices of the Managing Director and Sally, his secretary. A strike is breaking out amongst the women in the packing department, while the senior office members are proving incompetent in their duties. When workmen arrive to fix the door on Sally's office, their discussion about the state of modern Britain acts a foil to the arguments breaking out between the manager, senior staff and workers. John Arden's industrial one-act play captures the promise of revolution in the workplace, upsetting class and gender hierarchies, yet questions whether anything truly is changing at all. 'When is a Door not a Door?' was first produced at the Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage in June 1958

     
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  19. Armstrong's last goodnight
    Author: Arden, John
    Published: 2013
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    First performed in Glasgow in 1964, Arden's three act historical drama is in Scots dialect, with some verse and songs. Although a study of 16th century political intrigue on the Scottish border, it sheds new light on the experience of conscript... more

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    First performed in Glasgow in 1964, Arden's three act historical drama is in Scots dialect, with some verse and songs. Although a study of 16th century political intrigue on the Scottish border, it sheds new light on the experience of conscript soldiers at the tail end of colonialism in the 1960s, being partly inspired by contemporary events in the Congo

     
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  20. Ars longa vita brevis
    Author: D'Arcy, Margaretta; Arden, John
    Published: 2013
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    A satirical play, 'Ars Longa Vita Brevis' draws comparisons between education and military conquest, suggesting that the result of both is the suppression of individual expression, and, ultimately, the death of the individual, as seen in the life of... more

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    A satirical play, 'Ars Longa Vita Brevis' draws comparisons between education and military conquest, suggesting that the result of both is the suppression of individual expression, and, ultimately, the death of the individual, as seen in the life of the martially-minded art master Mr Miltiades. The free rein the authors give to the possibility for production is in marked contrast to the damning, and ultimately damned, techniques of the protagonist of the piece

     
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  21. Live like pigs
    Author: Arden, John
    Published: 2013
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    Forced to move from their tramcar on a caravan site, the Sawneys, an unruly family of travellers, unwillingly arrive at their new home on a council estate. Living next door are the Jacksons, eager to establish themselves as middle class. When... more

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    Forced to move from their tramcar on a caravan site, the Sawneys, an unruly family of travellers, unwillingly arrive at their new home on a council estate. Living next door are the Jacksons, eager to establish themselves as middle class. When busybody Mrs Jackson comes over to welcome the new arrivals to the neighbourhood, she is driven off the property with a tirade of insults. But it is the new friendships and attractions between the two families that ultimately prove more dangerous than this initial antagonism. As more travellers descend on the Sawneys' home and threats of eviction are made, the Jacksons become increasingly entangled with their new neighbours. John Arden's hilarious and moving domestic drama was first presented at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in September 1958

     
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  22. The business of good government
    Author: D'Arcy, Margaretta; Arden, John
    Published: 2013
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    'The Business of Good Government' was written for and first performed in 1960 in the village of Brent Knoll, Somerset. Telling the traditional story of the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, it focuses less on the divine and miraculous, and more on the... more

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    'The Business of Good Government' was written for and first performed in 1960 in the village of Brent Knoll, Somerset. Telling the traditional story of the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, it focuses less on the divine and miraculous, and more on the geopolitical forces at play in Herod's kingdom. Under threat of Roman invasion from the west and Persian invasion from the East, Herod is disconcerted to receive a party of Persian delegates, wise men, whom he fears are spies for his neighbour. Realising the threat that might come from a child born which might match and ancient prophecy, he issues an edict to slaughter all males aged under two-years-old. In spite of this heinous crime, the play presents a not altogether unsympathetic portrait of that infamous king, in whom echoes of calculated government policy in modern times can perhaps be seen

     
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  23. The happy haven
    Author: Arden, John; D'Arcy, Margaretta
    Published: 2013
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    At the Happy Haven care home, Dr Copperthwaite is working on a medical miracle: the cure for old age. But between placating the ever-complaining Mr Crape, overseeing the romantic advances of Mr Golightly to the ancient Mrs Phineus, keeping the... more

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    At the Happy Haven care home, Dr Copperthwaite is working on a medical miracle: the cure for old age. But between placating the ever-complaining Mr Crape, overseeing the romantic advances of Mr Golightly to the ancient Mrs Phineus, keeping the charity cash box away from the light-fingered Mrs Letouzel and trying to find Mr Hardrader's illicitly kept dog, Dr Copperthwaite's efforts to concoct his youth elixir are constantly interrupted. A seemingly ill-timed intrusion into the lab by Mr Crape leads to the doctor's discovery of the correct formula for eternal youth. Yet when the five elderly patients find out about Dr Copperthwaite's plans for the Happy Haven community, they are not so sure that they would like their youth back. A farcical depiction of institutional life, 'The Happy Haven' was first produced at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in September 1960

     
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  24. The little gray home in the west
    Author: D'Arcy, Margaretta; Arden, John
    Published: 2013
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    'The Little Gray Home' in the West was a reworking of a 1972 play 'The Ballygombeen Bequest', described as 'a freewheeling Brechtian parable of sickness, colonialism and capitalism in Ireland'. A play with songs, and a spoonful of cynicism, 'The... more

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    'The Little Gray Home' in the West was a reworking of a 1972 play 'The Ballygombeen Bequest', described as 'a freewheeling Brechtian parable of sickness, colonialism and capitalism in Ireland'. A play with songs, and a spoonful of cynicism, 'The Little Gray Home in the West' tells the story of a businessman named Baker-Fortescue who has come to inherit a small estate in the south of Ireland, a place where communications with the locals, and the security of fences, is forever on a knife's edge

     
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  25. The royal pardon, or, The soldier who became an actor
    Author: D'Arcy, Margaretta; Arden, John
    Published: 2013
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    After years of war, peace is to be reached between England and France, sealed by the marriage of the English prince and the French princesse. A company of actors is to be sent from England to Paris, to perform at a theatrical gala in celebration of... more

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    After years of war, peace is to be reached between England and France, sealed by the marriage of the English prince and the French princesse. A company of actors is to be sent from England to Paris, to perform at a theatrical gala in celebration of the union. Croke's band of performers is carrying with them an ex-soldier Luke, on the run from the law. Circumstances twist, turn and contrive to place the soldier on the stage, with his new found beloved, where he must ad lib a play of great ingenuity to appease royalty, and the law's claim upon him. 'The Royal Pardon' was first performed at the Bedford Arts Centre, Devon, in 1966

     
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