Plays – Hopecorner

Gas & Candles

A comedy set in the late 1970s, when a pair of pensioners draw attention to their plight by staging a mock siege. (2m, 1f., first produced at the Leicester Haymarket, and subsequently at the Cheltenham Everyman, Theatre Royal Stratford East and many other theatres in Britain and abroad.) “Its theme digs into the imagination and stays there long after the play is over” (Daily Telegraph). “Comedy explodes from the smallest incident” (Guardian). Published by Dramatic Publishing Company, Chicago (to whom applications should be made for amateur production rights in North America).

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The Tragedy of Lady Macbeth (with introductory essay)

One-hour play, exploring one of Shakespeare’s most maligned characters. (A minimum of 4m, 2f, first produced at the Jermyn Street Theatre, London, together with Lear’s Fool.) “Rewriting Shakespeare requires a fair amount of courage, not to mention talent – both of which David Henry Wilson appears to possess in considerable amounts” (West End Extra).

The Tragedy of Lady Macbeth (46 downloads )

Lear’s Fool

One-hour play, exploring one of Shakespeare’s most enigmatic characters. (4m, 1f, first produced together with The Tragedy of Lady Macbeth at the Jermyn Street Theatre, London.) “Rewriting Shakespeare requires a fair amount of courage, not to mention talent – both of which David Henry Wilson appears to possess in considerable amounts” (West End Extra).

Lear's Fool (47 downloads )

Lear's Fool (Female Fool) (42 downloads )

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Iago, The Villain of Venice

A full-length sequel to Othello and Shylock’s Revenge (Shakespearian-sized cast.)

Iago, The Villain of Venice (44 downloads )

Shylock’s Revenge

A full-length sequel to The Merchant of Venice (Shakespearian–sized cast, first produced at Hamburg University; staged reading at New End Theatre, London; private reading by Royal Shakespeare Company). With introductory essay.

Shylock’s Revenge (51 downloads )

How To Avoid A Tragedy

A 30-minute, happy-ending romp through Shakespeare’s four great tragedies. (3m, 1f, winner of the Hydrae Prize 2003 and first produced at the Tabard Theatre, London.) “Very witty, light and entertaining” (Royal Shakespeare Company).

How To Avoid A Tragedy (47 downloads )

Monster Man

A 75-minute, large-cast play with music, for primary schoolchildren. The insects stop fighting one another when their common enemy Man appears on the scene. (Many school productions.)

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Maxitweet the Cocoa

A 75-minute large-cast play with music, for primary schoolchildren. Mr and Mrs Tweet find that their lives are changed for ever when their nest is taken over by the biggest baby bird you’ve ever seen. (Many school productions.)

Maxitweet the Cocoa (4 downloads )

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All The World’s A Stage

A 30-minute play in which a large cast of children are left to choose their own parts, with chaotic consequences.

The children assemble on the stage and are given neither script nor plot. The parts chosen include a nurse, a shop assistant, a mother, a policeman, a politician and a rich man. The Producer’s instructions are explained but fighting breaks out. The Producer’s son tries to persuade everyone to play a better part. He is killed but returns to give his advice.

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The Make-Up Artist

A 30-minute play in which a young, ambitious actor is gradually transformed into an old has-been. (1m, 1f, first produced at the Studiobühne, Universität Konstanz, subsequently produced in UK and USA). Published by Dramatic Publishing Company, Chicago.

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