Plays by Alan Richardson

Scottish Full Length

The Auld Alliance  Comedy/Drama  (4m 5f)  Period - 1815 
 A shipwreck, missing treasure and two romances. Intrigue and mystery, set against the background of the Napoleonic Wars.
"A colourful play with romance and drama given in good measure, but also with homely warmth and humour" - Amateur Stage

Brodie the Broadsword  Border Comedy  (4m 5f)  Period - Early 16th Century
After years of feuding, a peace treaty between Sir Archibald Brodie and his English neighbour, Sir Henry Milburn, seems a forlorn hope, but his wife, Lady Kate, is not to be thwarted. 
The author's most popular full length play with 26 productions.
"A thoroughly enjoyable play" - Scene
Winner of the 1975 SCDA. Playwriting Competition
(This play is also available in a one act version titled "Farewell Ploy")

The Comedy of the Marks  Comedy  (4m 4f)  Period - 17th Century
Take a splash of Commedia Dell'Arte, blend with wry Scottish humour and mix into a Venetian setting for a hilarious brew. Created for an Edinburgh Festival Fringe premiere. Recently celebrated its 50th performance.
"The audience is engaged throughout" - Three Weeks
"An updated version of Commedia Dell'Arte that gains in comedy from the transition... hilarious situations" - Amateur Stage
"The cast and audience clearly enjoy themselves" The Scotsman

Nicht O' The Blunt Claymore   Comedy (6m 4f)  Period - 1746
A family with Jacobite sympathies are obliged to act as hosts to a  Hanoverian rebel-hunter. Their troubles are complicated by an illicit still, a fugitive rebel and a company of redcoats, but their salvation comes from a most unexpected source.
A popular play with over 60 performances.
"It should prove popular with many societies" - Scene
Winner of the 1973 SCDA. Playwriting Competition

All Scottish Full Length Plays are published and available from
Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd.,
4-10 Darnley Street
Glasgow G41 2SD
0141 429 1234
www.scottishplays.co.uk
E-Mail : info@skipper.co.uk 

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