"with her ex Peter she is then forced with a difficult decision - to stay or to go. The work was received reasonably well. ""The Daily Telegraph"" said that it ""combines comedy with acrid truth in the style Willy Russell has made unmistakably his own... and hits on brilliantly the herd instinct driving both sexes onward and bedward"". ""The Guardian"" called it a ""bleakly funny and perceptive study of working class misogyny, Puritanism and waste."" The ""Financial Times"" however described it as ""firmly in the centre of the playwright's best achievements: lively, coarse, well-organised, truthful and very funny."" Stags and"
"Wolves and Sheep Wolves and Sheep () is a comedy in five acts play by Alexander Ostrovsky. The play was written in 1875. Published in the journal Otechestvennye Zapiski, №11, 1875. For the first time staged in St. Petersburg, December 8, 1875 in Alexandrinsky Theatre. December 26 the same year the premiere in Moscow, Maly Theatre. The action comedy takes place in a small provincial Russian city in the 1870s. Young, beautiful and wealthy widow Kupavina dreams of happiness and love. She has no idea what passions boil around her. Many haunted her wealth, vast forests, beautiful name. The imperious"
"Wolves and Sheep Wolves and Sheep () is a comedy in five acts play by Alexander Ostrovsky. The play was written in 1875. Published in the journal Otechestvennye Zapiski, №11, 1875. For the first time staged in St. Petersburg, December 8, 1875 in Alexandrinsky Theatre. December 26 the same year the premiere in Moscow, Maly Theatre. The action comedy takes place in a small provincial Russian city in the 1870s. Young, beautiful and wealthy widow Kupavina dreams of happiness and love. She has no idea what passions boil around her. Many haunted her wealth, vast forests, beautiful name. The imperious"
"Wirral, where Mary is the manager of Birkenhead Court, a dementia care home graded 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission in 2018. Henry Hardy Henry Robert Dugdale Hardy (born 15 March 1949) is a British author and editor. Hardy was born in London and educated at Lancing College, where his contemporaries included Christopher Hampton and Tim Rice (who made notable appearances as, respectively, Caesar in Shaw’s play ""Androcles and the Lion"" and Elvis Presley in a school rag concert). He went on to study classics, then philosophy and psychology, at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and philosophy at Wolfson College, Oxford,"
"been some way I could have lost."" He slaps himself to end the cartoon. Of Rice and Hen Of Rice and Hen is a 1953 ""Looney Tunes"" animated short starring Foghorn Leghorn, Miss Prissy, and The Barnyard Dog. The title is a play on John Steinbeck's 1937 novel ""Of Mice and Men"". Foghorn Leghorn as usual is voiced by Mel Blanc, while an uncredited Bea Benaderet voices all of the female hens. The story opens with several hens mothering their chicks in an ideal suburban fashion: taking them on walks and bragging to fellow hens about their exploits. One of"
"Cat and Mouse (Sheep) Cat and Mouse (Sheep) is a 1995 theatre play by British playwright Gregory Motton. It satirises both the left and right in British society. It was premiered at the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris and then shown briefly in Britain at the Gate Theatre.It has subsequently only been performed outside Britain. It is published by Oberon Books. In the play, Conservative, capitalist and contemporary left wing politics are merged and discredited, identified as middle-class in their nature and origin and hostile to working class interests. The play's emphasis on working class interests as being distinct from left"
"G. A. Henty George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902) was a prolific English novelist and war correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include ""The Dragon & The Raven"" (1886), ""For The Temple"" (1888), ""Under Drake's Flag"" (1883) and ""In Freedom's Cause"" (1885). G. A. Henty was born in Trumpington, near Cambridge. He was a sickly child who had to spend long periods in bed. During his frequent illnesses he became an avid reader and developed a wide range of interests which he"
"Henry Hardy Henry Robert Dugdale Hardy (born 15 March 1949) is a British author and editor. Hardy was born in London and educated at Lancing College, where his contemporaries included Christopher Hampton and Tim Rice (who made notable appearances as, respectively, Caesar in Shaw’s play ""Androcles and the Lion"" and Elvis Presley in a school rag concert). He went on to study classics, then philosophy and psychology, at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and philosophy at Wolfson College, Oxford, where he wrote a doctoral thesis on ‘Subjective Experience’, and met Wolfson’s then President, Isaiah Berlin. Hardy’s first major editorial work was"
"Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth are two plays by Tom Stoppard, written to be performed together. This was not the first time that Stoppard had made use of Shakespearian texts in his own plays or even the first time he had used ""Hamlet"" although the context is far different from that of his earlier ""Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead"". Stoppard would return to the theme of artistic dissent against the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in ""Rock 'n' Roll"". It was performed on Broadway for 28 performances and 2 previews at the 22 Steps opening October 3, 1979"
"Heidi Thomas Heidi Thomas (born 13 August 1962, Garston, Liverpool, Lancashire) is an English screenwriter and playwright. After reading English at Liverpool University, Thomas gained national attention when her play, ""Shamrocks And Crocodiles"", won the John Whiting Award in 1985. Her play ""Indigo"" was performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in their 1987/88 season. Other theatrical work includes ""Some Singing Blood"" at London's Royal Court Theatre, and an adaptation of Ibsen's ""The Lady from the Sea"", presented in London and at the National Theatre of Norway in Oslo. Her play ""The House of Special Purpose"" was staged at the Chichester"
"depicts a bigamist who murders his second wife at the devil's prompting, and the other depicts a clownish yokel who befriends the devil-dog. Written and first acted in 1621, the play was not published until 1658. It was entered into the Stationers' Register on 21 May that year; the edition that followed was issued by the bookseller Edward Blackmore. The title page of the first edition attributes the play to ""divers well-esteemed Poets; William Rowley, Thomas Dekker, John Ford, &c."" Scholars have generally ignored the ""et cetera"" and assigned the play to the three named playwrights—though a few have noted"
"production in September 1970 with Lowe and Richard Briers in the Walls and Lynn roles. The BBC broadcast a radio version of the play on Christmas Day 1983, with Freddie Jones and Ian Lavender in the leads, and Joan Hickson, Margaret Tyzack and Phoebe Nicholls in the cast. A Cuckoo in the Nest A Cuckoo in the Nest is a farce by the English playwright Ben Travers. It was first given at the Aldwych Theatre, London, the second in the series of twelve Aldwych farces presented by the actor-manager Tom Walls at the theatre between 1923 and 1933. Several of"
"the same theatre which put on a production of ""Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth"" in 2000. Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth are two plays by Tom Stoppard, written to be performed together. This was not the first time that Stoppard had made use of Shakespearian texts in his own plays or even the first time he had used ""Hamlet"" although the context is far different from that of his earlier ""Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead"". Stoppard would return to the theme of artistic dissent against the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in ""Rock 'n' Roll"". It was performed on"
"to it; this convinces her husband to support his wife and sign the petition, even though it will ruin his chances of becoming Vice Chancellor. The play's original run coincided with Bolt's ""A Man for All Seasons"" in 1960. It was more financially successful than ""Man"", although it received mixed critical reviews. Its original cast featured Michael Redgrave as Dean, daughter Vanessa, in one of her first major stage roles, as Stella, and Alan Dobie as Louis. The Tiger and the Horse The Tiger and the Horse is a three-act play by Robert Bolt, written in 1960. It takes its"
"The Tiger and the Horse The Tiger and the Horse is a three-act play by Robert Bolt, written in 1960. It takes its title from William Blake's ""The Marriage of Heaven and Hell"": ""The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction."" The play's story involves Jack Dean, a Professor of Astronomy at a prestigious English university (unnamed, but presumed to be Oxford) who is the primary candidate for the Vice Chancellor-ship after the current Vice Chancellor, Hugo Slate, retires the position. Dean has a wife, Gwendolyn, and two daughters, Stella and Mary. The plot focuses around a"
"author's works are as follows: Shakespeare: """"Sir Toby Belch"": She's a beagle, true-bred, and one that adores me: what o' that?"" ""Twelfth Night"" (c. 1600) Act II Scene III Webster: """"Mistress Tenterhook""': You are a sweet beagle"" ""Westward Ho"" (1607) Act III Scene IV:2 Dryden: ""The rest in shape a beagle's whelp throughout, With broader forehead and a sharper snout"" ""The Cock and the Fox"", and again: ""About her feet were little beagles seen"" in ""Palamon and Arcite"" both from ""Fables, Ancient and Modern"" (1700) Tickell: ""Here let me trace beneath the purpled morn, The deep-mouth'd beagle, and the sprightly"
"and Jim, a daughter, Amy and three grandchildren. Sullivan wrote (and in two cases sang) the theme tunes for ""Only Fools and Horses"", ""Just Good Friends"", ""Dear John"" and ""The Green Green Grass"". John Sullivan (writer) John Richard Thomas Sullivan OBE (23 December 1946 – 22 April 2011) was an English television scriptwriter responsible for several British sitcoms, including ""Only Fools and Horses"", ""Citizen Smith"" and ""Just Good Friends"". John Sullivan was born at 35 Zennor Road, Balham, London, on 23 December 1946. His Irish-born father was John Patrick Sullivan, (17 March 1908-September 1993), a plumber, and his mother was"
"her with the Technicolor Writing Award in recognition of her contribution to the industry. A production of the musical ""Gigi"" was newly adapted by Thomas and ran at the Kennedy Center in January 2015, and then on Broadway, closing in June 2015. Thomas is married to actor Stephen McGann, who plays Dr Turner on ""Call the Midwife"", with whom she has a son, Dominic. Heidi Thomas Heidi Thomas (born 13 August 1962, Garston, Liverpool, Lancashire) is an English screenwriter and playwright. After reading English at Liverpool University, Thomas gained national attention when her play, ""Shamrocks And Crocodiles"", won the John"
"John Thomas Haines John Thomas Haines (c.1799–1843) was a British actor and dramatist. Born about 1799, from 1823 for two decades he supplied the smaller London theatres with melodramas of the ""blood-and-thunder"" type, with general success. His sea-plays were vehicles for T. P. Cooke, and ""My Poll and my Partner Joe"", a nautical drama in three acts, produced at the Surrey Theatre on 7 September 1835, was notably profitable. Haines occasionally acted in his own pieces. He died at Stockwell on 18 May 1843, aged 44, at the time stage-manager of the English Opera House. Among Haines's plays were: Haines"
"including Sam Alexander, Kim Wall, Jo Herbert, Hugh Skinner and Isaac Stanmore. Wild Oats (play) Wild Oats is a play by the Irish writer John O'Keeffe, premiered at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in 1791. O'Keefe's eyesight deteriorate so the play would have been dictated to his daughter Adelaide O'Keeffe. The naval captain Sir George Thunder and his valet and bosun John Dory arrive at an unknown country house on their hunt for deserters. They soon discover that it is the home of Thunder's niece Amaranth, who has been left a legacy on the condition that she live as a"
"John Sullivan (writer) John Richard Thomas Sullivan OBE (23 December 1946 – 22 April 2011) was an English television scriptwriter responsible for several British sitcoms, including ""Only Fools and Horses"", ""Citizen Smith"" and ""Just Good Friends"". John Sullivan was born at 35 Zennor Road, Balham, London, on 23 December 1946. His Irish-born father was John Patrick Sullivan, (17 March 1908-September 1993), a plumber, and his mother was Hilda Clara May, née Parker (23 December 1907–December 1992), a cleaner. From working-class South London, Sullivan worked in a variety of low-paid jobs for 15 years before getting his first break writing the"
"Henry Pettitt Henry Alfred Pettitt (7 April 1848 – 24 December 1893), was a British actor and dramatist. With Augustus Harris, he wrote the play ""Burmah"", produced on Broadway in 1896. With G. R. Sims, he created a substantial body of very successful works, including ""In the Ranks"" (1883, 457 performances at the Adelphi Theatre) and ""The Harbour Lights"" (1885, 513 performances at the Adelphi). Their Gaiety Theatre musical burlesques included ""Faust up to date"" (1888), which remained a hit for several years and coined a new meaning for the phrase ""up-to-date"", meaning ""abreast"" of the latest styles and facts."
"Mike Packer Mike Packer (born Lusaka, Zambia) is an English Dramatist, actor and poet. He has written several critically acclaimed plays, among them ""Cardboys"", ""A Carpet, a Pony and a Monkey"", ""tHe dYsFUnCKshOnalZ!"", and ""Inheritance"". His plays have been performed at major new writing institutions in the UK, including London’s Bush Theatre, Newcastle Live, and Soho. Internationally, his work has been performed in Russia, Australia, Hungary, and Germany. His debut play ""To Live Like a King"" was a runner-up for the Allied Domecq New Playwrights Award. tHe dYsFUnCKshOnalZ! opened to rave reviews at London's Bush Theatre, in 2007. Since when"
"A Cuckoo in the Nest A Cuckoo in the Nest is a farce by the English playwright Ben Travers. It was first given at the Aldwych Theatre, London, the second in the series of twelve Aldwych farces presented by the actor-manager Tom Walls at the theatre between 1923 and 1933. Several of the cast formed the regular core cast for the later Aldwych farces. The plot concerns two friends, a man and a woman, who are each married to other people. While travelling together, they are obliged by circumstances to share a hotel bedroom. Everyone else assumes the worst, but"
"Only Fools and Horses Only Fools and Horses is a British sitcom created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas specials aired until the end of the show in 2003. Episodes are regularly repeated on UKTV comedy channel Gold and occasionally repeated on Yesterday and BBC One. Set in Peckham in south-east London, it stars David Jason as ambitious market trader Derek ""Del Boy"" Trotter, Nicholas Lyndhurst as his younger brother Rodney Trotter, and Lennard Pearce as their elderly Grandad. After Pearce's"
"George Alexander Stevens George Alexander Stevens (1710 – 6 September 1780) was an English actor, playwright, poet, and songwriter. He was born in the parish of St. Andrews, in Holborn, a neighbourhood of London. After spending many years as a travelling actor, he performed for the theatre in Covent Garden (now the Royal Opera House). Stevens was most famous in his lifetime for his ""Lecture on Heads"", a satirical ""lecture"" on heads and fashion, which parodied the popularity of physiognomy. The lecture was first performed in 1764, and became an immediate success; he went on to perform it on tour"
"John Antrobus John Antrobus (born 2 July 1933) is an English playwright and script writer. He has written extensively for stage, screen, TV and radio, including the epic World War II play, ""Crete and Sergeant Pepper"" at the Royal Court. He authored the children's book series ""Ronnie"", which includes ""Help! I am a Prisoner in a Toothpaste Factory"". John Antrobus was born in Aldershot, Hampshire. His father was a regimental sergeant-major in the Royal Horse Artillery, and the family was stationed at the School of Artillery in Larkhill, on the edge of Salisbury Plain. Antrobus attended the Royal Military Academy"
"Henry Medwall Henry Medwall (8 September 1462 – c.1501/2?) was the first known English vernacular dramatist. ""Fulgens and Lucrece"" (c.1497), whose heroine must choose between two suitors, is the earliest known secular English play. The other play of Medwall is titled ""Nature"". He stayed at the court of Cardinal Morton, Chancellor in the time of Henry VII. Born in 1462, he was educated at Eton College from 1475, at age 13, and was admitted to King's College, Cambridge in 1480. He left King's in 1483. Under Henry VII he acted as a notary, and acquired a civil law degree. With"
"Company directed by Antrobus and starring Clive Greenwood in Howerd's role. Although largely retired, Antrobus still writes and is involved in fringe productions and talent scouting. He lives in Monaco. John Antrobus married the former Margaret McCormick. John Antrobus John Antrobus (born 2 July 1933) is an English playwright and script writer. He has written extensively for stage, screen, TV and radio, including the epic World War II play, ""Crete and Sergeant Pepper"" at the Royal Court. He authored the children's book series ""Ronnie"", which includes ""Help! I am a Prisoner in a Toothpaste Factory"". John Antrobus was born in"
"Stanley Houghton William Stanley Houghton (22 February 1881 – 11 December 1913) was an English playwright. He was a prominent member, together with Allan Monkhouse and Harold Brighouse, of a group known as the Manchester School of dramatists. His best known play is ""Hindle Wakes"" which was written in 1910 and performed in 1912. William Stanley Houghton was born at 1 Amy Villas, Doveston Road, Ashton-upon-Mersey, Sale, Cheshire, the only son of John Hartley Houghton, a cotton merchant in Manchester, and Lucy Mary (née Darbyshire). In 1896, the family moved to 2 Athol Road, Alexandra Park, Manchester, some two miles"
"Richard Brinsley Sheridan Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (30 October 17517 July 1816) was an Irish satirist, a playwright, poet, and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. He is known for his plays such as ""The Rivals"", ""The School for Scandal"", ""The Duenna"", and ""A Trip to Scarborough"". He was also a Whig MP for 32 years in the British House of Commons for Stafford (1780–1806), Westminster (1806–1807), and Ilchester (1807–1812). He is buried at Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. His plays remain a central part of the canon and are regularly performed worldwide. RB Sheridan was born"
"London stage. He also adapted the Harold Brighouse play 'Hobson's Choice' for the screen in 1954. He died in Norwich on 19 February 1964. Wynyard Browne Wynyard Barry Browne (6 October 1911 – 19 February 1964) was an English dramiatist and playwright. He was born in London in 1911, and educated at Marlborough and Christ's College, Cambridge. His plays include 'The Holly and the Ivy', which was first produced at the Duchess Theatre in London in 1950 and was later made into a film, for which he wrote the screenplay. His first play was 'Dark Summer' and other works include"
"are set locally in Northern England, but represent universal aspects of human nature. Other writers who had an influence on him were George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde and St John Hankin. A collection of material relating to Houghton, including unpublished plays and photographs, is held in the University of Salford. Stanley Houghton William Stanley Houghton (22 February 1881 – 11 December 1913) was an English playwright. He was a prominent member, together with Allan Monkhouse and Harold Brighouse, of a group known as the Manchester School of dramatists. His best known play is ""Hindle Wakes"" which was written in 1910"