| Gong Donkeys Contributor(s): Cameron, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0413774945 ISBN-13: 9780413774941 Publisher: Methuen Drama OUR PRICE: $15.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2006 Annotation: School's out, and David is sent to spend the holidays with Aunt Deelie, Uncle Robert, and cousin Charlene in the rough part of town. It's a summer of stories, but when a child goes missing, accusations are thrown at David's new family, and the line between fact and fiction becomes dangerously blurred. Richard Cameron's "The Glee Club" was a West End hit in 2002 and 2004. "Gong Donkeys" opened at the Almeida Theatre in London in November 2004. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Drama | Women Authors |
| Dewey: 822.92 |
| Series: Modern Plays |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.14" W x 7.78" (0.16 lbs) 112 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A stunning new play by the award-winning writer of The Glee Club (Dramatic Dynamite - Evening Standard) School's out, and David has been sent to spend the holidays with his Aunt Deelie, Uncle Robert and cousin Charlene in the rough part of town. It's a summer of stories; In the shed, Uncle Robert prepares to impress the local history society with his revelations about Charles Dickens in Doncaster; On the allotment, Charlene acts out her favourite soaps; Even Gobbo and Wink, Charlene's non-too-bright conspirators, have rich fantasy lives brimming with the thrills and importance their real lives lack. But when a child goes missing, accusations are thrown at David's new friends, and the line between fact and fiction becomes dangerously blurred... Gong Donkeys is a hilarious, bizarre and touching story about storytelling, as told by The Catcher in The Rye, an SAS commando and Charlene from number 27.Gong Donkeys is published to tie in with the play's premiere at London's Bush Theatre in November 2004. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cameron, Richard: - Richard Cameron was born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. He taught for many years, was Director of Scunthorpe Youth Theatre from 1979 to 1988 and Head of Drama at the Thomas Sumpter School in Scunthorpe until 1991, then gave up teaching in order to write full-time. His plays include Haunted Flowers, now retitled Handle with Care (National Student Drama Festival and Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 1985) which won the 1985 Sunday Times Playwriting Award; Strugglers (Battersea Arts Centre, 1988), which won the 1988 Sunday Times Playwriting Award; The Moon's the Madonna (NSDF, Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Battersea Arts Centre, 1989) which was shortlisted for the Independent Theatre Award and won the 1989 Company Award at the NSDF and Can't Stand Up for Falling Down (Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Hampstead Theatre, London) for which he won the Sunday Times Playwriting Award for a record third time in 1990, as well as a Scotsman Fringe First and the 1990 Independent Theatre Award. Pond Life (Bush Theatre, London, 1992), Not Fade Away (Bush Theatre, 1993), The Mortal Ash (Bush Theatre), Almost Grown (National Theatre) and Seven (Birmingham Rep) were all performed in 1994. Other plays include The Glee Club (2002) and Gong Donkeys (2004). His first television play Stone Scissors Paper won the inaugural BBC Television Dennis Potter Play of the Year Award in 1995. |