Play Reading Group
List of Scripts Read and Critiqued
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TITLE and AUTHOR
Death and Taxes by April Phillips
Direct Hit by Shona M Wilson
Joan by Tom Scott
Covid Auckland Lockdown
Peter Pan - The Pantomime by Lorae Parry and Pinkie Agnew
Deckchairs by Jean McConnell
Covid Lockdown
Covid Lockdown
Covid Lockdown
The Daylight Atheist by Tom Scott
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Antigone adapted from Sophocles
by Jean Annouilh
The Father by Florian Zeller (translated by C. Hampton)
Cinders - The True Story by David tristram
Fawlty Towers by John Cleese and Connie Booth
Cloud Nine by Caryl Churchill
Ghost train by Arnold Ridley
Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (adapted by J. Osborne)
The Dignity if Risk by Joan Rosier-Jones
Peter Pan by Lorae Parry and Pinkie Agnew
Bad Jelly the Witch by Tim Bray / Badjelly by Alannah O'Sullivan
An Inspector Calls by J.B Priestley
Joking Apart by Alan Ayckbourne
Peninsula by Gary Henderson
The Pickle King by Jacob Rajan/Justin Lewis
Wednesday to Come by Renee
Cherish by Ken Duncum
A View From the Bridge by Arthur Miller
Central Otago Man by Justin Eade
Shenanigans Wake by Daryl Peebles
Dads Army by Jimmy Perry/ David Croft
Ettie Rout (extended to a duologue ) by Alan Cruise-
Johnston
Anzac Day, a poem by Gillian Cruise-Johnston
(Play and poem staged with the other WW1 plays as a
Commemoration performance.)
Black Comedy by Peter Shaffer
Afternoon at the Seaside by Agatha Christie
By the Short and Curlies by George Hetherington
Riders to the Sea by J.M. Synge
Robin Hood by Roger Hall
Hands Across the Sea by Noel Coward
A Slight Ache by Harold Pinter
The Room by Harold Pinter
This Happy Breed by Noel Coward
Cosi by Louis Nowra
Out of Order by Ray Cooney
Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose
Ringing Changes by Ted Charlton
Tribes by Nina Raine
Hay Fever by Noel Coward
Cash on Delivery by Michael Cooney
The Female of the Species by Joanna Murray- Smith
The Picture of Dorian Gray, adapted by John Osborne
When Did you Last See your Trousers? by Ray Galton/
John Antrobus
Humble Boy by Charlotte Jones
Paperless by Shona Wilson
A Man for all Seasons by Robert Bolt
Lost in Yonkers by Neil Simon
Situation Comedy by John Mortimer / Brian Cooke
The Lieutenant of Innishmore by Martin Donagh
Comic Potential by Alan Ayckbourne
Popcorn by Ben Elton
Shuriken by Vincent OSullivan
Lend me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig
Equus by Peter Shaffer
Separate Tables by Terrence Rattigan
Bedroom Farce by Alan Ayckbourn
Plays written by Whanganui playwrights were
workshopped in preparation, for those chosen, to
be staged in conjunction with the 2015 Literary Festival
or rehearsed readings
Clippings from the Morgue by Karen Wrigglesworth
Where Wild Flowers Grow by Patricia OLeary
Madame Briggs Grand Patriotic Entertainment by Kinsa
Hays
The above were all full-length plays, and required more
work It was hoped that their fine potential would one
day be realised.
One Acts which were staged:
The Dug-out by Scott Taylor- Moore
The Lost Generation by Cass Alexander
Ettie Rout by Alan Cruise-Johnston
Seasons Greetings by Alan Ayckbourne
The Madness of King George by Alan Bennett
That Scottish Play by Simon Denver
Last Respects by Colin Calvert
The Hollow by Agatha Christie
The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Privates on Parade by Peter Nichols
See How They Run by Philip King
Racing Demon by David Hare
Long Days Journey into Night by Eugene ONeill
A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen
Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley
The 39 Steps - adapted by Patrick Barlow (after
John Buchan)
Calendar Girls by Tim Firth
The Amorous Ambassador by Michael Parker
A Chorus of Approval by Alan Ayckbourn
A Christmas Carol - adapted by Mark Rayner (after
Charles Dickens)
Funny Money by Ray Cooney
Star Bright by Vivien Fiske Wake
Post-War Drama – excerps from:
Look Back in Anger, Waiting for Godot, The Quare
Fellow, Live Like Pigs, The Entertainer, A Man For
All Seasons
Flagons and Foxtrots by Alison Quigan / Ross
Gumbley
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Tom, Dick and Harry by Ray & Michael Cooney
Passion Play by Peter Nichols
Awatea by Bruce Mason
Amy’s View by David Hare
Tartuffe by Moliere, translated by David Nicholson
The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie
Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling
Cloud Street - novel by Tim Winton, adapted by Nick Enright & Justin Monjo
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll by Ray Lawler
Lovelock’s Dream Run by David Geary
Cherish by Ken Duncum
Meet the Churchills by Paul Baker
Ladies for Hire by Alison Quigan
History Boys by Alan Bennett
When Sun and Moon Collide by Briar Grace-Smith
Shakespeare and Company by Ron Riddell
The Weir by Connor MacPherson
Proof by David Auburn
Roots by Arnold Wesker
Vagabonds by Lorae Parry
Cash on Delivery by Michael Cooney
Sons by Victor Roger
Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward
Beyond a Joke by Derek Benefield
Dinner with Friends by David Margulies
Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon
Improbable Fiction by Alan Ayckbourn
The Stars go Down by Joan Rosier- Jones (Workshop 2)
Summer Wonderland by Matthew Ryan
The Facemaker by Stuart Hoar
Unoriginal Sin by David Tristram
The Stars Go Down by Joan Rosier-Jones – in progress (Workshop 1)
Objection Overruled by Carolyn Burns
November 09 The Pickle King by Jacob Rajan and Justin Lewis
Jack Winter’s Dream by James K. Baxter (2 One Acts)
A Chorus of Disapproval by Alan Ayckbourn
Foh Sarn by Linda Chanwai – Earle
Royal Hunt of the Sun by Peter Shaffer
Abigail’s Party by Mike Leigh
Eugenia by Lorae Parry
Woomberang by Sue Townsend
Hands Across the Sea by Noel Coward (2 One Acts)
Under Milkwood by Dylan Thomas
Bye Bye Brevoort by Eudora Welty
The Cuban Swimmer by Milcha Sanchez-Scott
Naomi in the Living Room by Christopher Durant
Our Town by Thornton Wilder
Stepping Out by Richard Harris
Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen
Hysteria by Terry Johnson
(Repertory 25th Reunion)
Wednesday to Come by Renee
The Winslow Boy by Terrance Rattigan
Purapurawhetu by Briar Grace-Smith
Face to Face by David Williamson
Honour by Joanna Murray
The Pageturner by Trish Summers – play in progress (Workshop 2)
Strictly Murder by Brian Clemens – play being considered by Nancy Harvey
The Room 2 One Act plays by Harold Pinter
The Pageturner, a work in progress by Trish Summers (Workshop 1)
The Lover by Harold Pinter
A Slight Ache
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
The Farndale Avenue Estate Townswomen’s Guild, production of
“Macbeth” by David McGillvray and Walter Zerlin
The Seagull by Anton Chekov
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard
Five Go Balmy in Palmy by Alison Quigan and Ross Gumbley
Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen (adapted by Christopher Hampton)
Setting the Table by Renee
The Last Panto in Little Grimley / The Fat Lady Sings in Little Grimley by David
Tristram
The Pohutukawa Tree by Bruce Mason
Confusions – 5 short plays by Alan Ayckbourn
Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekov
Sketchfest public performance
The Bach by Steven Sinclair
Sketchfest Part 2 by Les Gregory
Homeland by Gary Henderson – a play being considered by Nancy Harvey
Sketchfest Part1 by Les Gregory
Farndale Avenue Estate Townswomen’s Guild......”A Murder Mystery” by David
Gillivery and Walter Zerlin
The Big O.E. by Alison Quigan and Ross Gumbley
The Hangman by Joe Mustaphia
Joyful and Triumphant by Robert Lord
Rose
Last Tango in Little Grimley by David Tristram/ The Music Lovers
A play by Les Gregory
84 Charing Cross Road by James Roose-Evans