Garlic Lane. Staged in London at the Rosemary Branch Theatre, Islington,January 2010.
27 pages.Paperback.£5 $10 US ISBN: 0 947718 64 8
A one-act humorous verse-play play set in West Yorkshire in the 1950s. First produced at Leeds Civic Theatre in 1972, it was revised and staged by Bingley Little Theatre in 1998. In 1999 it was awarded the Burton Prize and described by one critic as the best verse-play since Under Milk Wood. A recording of the play was made live at Bingley Little Theatre in 1998 and is available on CD at £12 and cassette at £5
A humorous full-length verse-play set over a week (a day for each Sin) in a West Yorkshire mill town, with the Seven Deadly Sins acting as Narrators introducing each day’s action. First produced at Leeds Civic Theatre in the 1970s and subsequently revised.
The Lollipop Man. A full-length play about the homeless – and much else – based on the author’s experiences as chaplain in a Night Shelter and Prison.ISBN: 1 84175 132 4. £4.50 $9 U.S.
Behind Corridors of Power.A full-length play satirising politics and current political figures. The play also looks at life from the perspective of a high-ranking politician’s wife whose husband unknown to her has a series of affairs, one with his diary secretary, whilst at Westminster. It also stresses the values of family life. ISBN: 1 84175 245 2. £4.50
Tyndale.A full length play tracing the life and martyrdom of William Tyndale, the first translator of the Bible into English. A drama about free speech and religious freedom; set at a time when modern English evolved to become the global language of Shakespeare and his fellow writers a generation later. The play also covers events which marked the beginning of the Anglican Church.
ISBN: 978 1 84175 223 5. £5.99 $12 U.S,
Bill Braithwaite’s Miracle A full-length comedy about a family of self-made rich cousins who refuse to take in the black sheep of the family returning from Australia after 30 years, a dying impoverished man, as they imagine. When they discover he’s a multi-millionaire they fall over themselves to accommodate him believing they’re going to inherit his fortune as next of kin. He agrees to take up their offers – but imposes conditions; and therein lies the comedy.
ISBN: 978 1 84175 266 2. £4.50 $10 U.S
The Secret Martyrs Against Hitler. A full-length play based on an account of the resistance against Hitler during the 1930s and 1940s inside Germany. Due out 2010.
Limbo. A one and half hour play. Six souls from very different backgrounds find themselves waiting to be assessed for their next life. “Limbo” touches on religious themes, lightened by comic touches and some commentary on contemporary events. ISBN 978 1 84175 308 9. £5.99 $12 U.S
Peter Growney – Artist
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