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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
"Full
of laughs galore" -
Hawick News
Winner of the 1975 SCDA. Playwriting Competition
(This play is also available in a one act version
titled "Farewell Ploy")
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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.
"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
"Bundles of laughs...
a cracking production... great fun all round...a solidly entertaining
evening" - Thom Dibdin, Edinburgh Evening News |
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
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Plays by
Alan Richardson