The Winslow Boy, by Terence Rattigan
The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan is based on an actual incident in the Edwardian era, which took place at the Royal Naval College, Osbourne.
Set against the strict codes of conduct and manners of the age, The Winslow Boy is based on a father's fight to clear his son's name after the boy is expelled from Osborne Naval College for stealing a postal order.
The Killing of Sister George, by Frank Marcus
The Killing of Sister George is a 1964 play by Frank Marcus that served as the basis for a 1968 film directed by Robert Aldrich. Sister George is a beloved character in the popular radio series Applehurst. She is portrayed by June Buckridge, who in real life is gin-guzzling, cigar-chomping, and slightly sadistic, the antithesis of the sweet character she plays. When June discovers her character is scheduled to be killed, she becomes increasingly impossible to work and live with.
The Beeple – Alan Cullen
When John Willy Entwistle (from Oswaldtwistle) decides to make a sideboard for his mother from a Do-It-Yourself Kit, he is surprised to find that he’s made a full sized working space ship! Recovering from the shock, he decides to make a journey into space (as you do). He eventually lands on an unknown planet in the middle of the gardens of the “glorious city state of Hex” and becomes embroiled in the adventure of a lifetime, involving, as it does, Love, Romance, Courage, Danger, Treachery, Goodies and Baddies, and a quest to rescue (against absolutely overwhelming odds) a beautiful princess who is being held against her will!
Equally Divided, by Ronald Harwood
Shortly after the funeral of her mother, to whom she has sacrificed her life to nurse the bedridden old woman, Edith, severe, embittered and unmarried, now has her sister Renata staying with her. Renata is glamorous, well off, selfish and several times married.
When the contents of their mother’s will are made known, childhood rivalries re-emerge. Solicitor, Charles Mowbray is bewitched by Renata and pays her much attention but Edith finds support from the flamboyant antiques dealer Fabian Hill whom, unknown to her sister, has been engaged to ‘cast an eye’ over their mother’s valuable pieces.
The Chalk Garden, by Enid Bagnold
Raised in a manor house beside the sea, where the flowers struggle to grow, sixteen-year-old Laurel runs wild. As her eccentric grandmother tends to the garden, Laurel's need for love forces her into a world of fantasy. But things begin to change with the sudden appointment of a governess who brings a mysterious new presence to an already dysfunctional household.
Come Blow Your Horn – Neil Simon
Chronologically speaking, ''Come Blow Your Horn'' is the fourth play in the Neil Simon semiautobiographical cycle that later carried him from Brighton Beach to Biloxi to Broadway. After ''Broadway Bound,'' the Neil Simon stand-in left home and moved to his worldly brother's bachelor apartment in Manhattan, where he received on-the-job training as a ladies' man.
