Bøger af David Muncaster

David Muncaster has been the playscript reviewer for Amateur Stage magazine since 2010. Each month he reviews scripts with a view to alerting amateur theatre groups to the gems that are available for performance. His reviews have fast become one of the most popular sections in the magazine, drawing followers from as far afield as Australia and South East Asia. His honest appraisal of scripts by playwrights that are well-known to those who are just starting out, is valued by groups around the world who are choosing their next production. In this volume, all of David's reviews from 2012 / 2013 have been compiled. From The Ladykillers to Agatha Crusty And The Village Hall Murders, from full-length to one act plays, there's a wide range of playscripts covered here with something for everyone. In Volume 2 (2012 - 2013) you get reviews for 55 Days, Agatha Crusty and The Village Hall Murders, Ali Baba, All Balls and Ashes, Arms Floating Like Seaweed, Before The Party, Better Than The Real Thing, Biscuits, Bitch Boxer, Blue Sky, Blue Stockings, Boris Gudunov, Boys, Bridge, Brief Encounters, Building On Sand, Bully Boy, Cage Of Iron, Chalet Lines, Children Of The Wolf, The Chimes, The Complaint, Death In High Heels, Dirty Business, The Distressed Table, Duckability South Of Runcorn, Dusk Rings A Bell, Eating The Lino, Egusi Soup, Emily Davidson, Entertaining Angels, False Pretenses, Father's Day, Fine Bright Day Today, First Episode, Fit To Drop, Fleabag, Foxfinder, Future Shock, The Gatekeeper, Getting Dark, Girls Like That, God of Soho, Goodbye To All That, Great Expectations, Halycon Days, Happy Birthday Me, Harry Rings - Lord of The Potters, The Haunting, Herding Cats, The Heresy Of Love, Home Death, The Hound Of The Baskervilles, The House Keeper, Hundreds and Thousands, I Am Shakespeare, I'll Eat You Last, Ignorance, Intervals, Invisible, Judgement Day, Jumpers for Goalposts, Just The Ticket, Kes, Kitchen Sink, Laburnum Grove, The Ladykillers, Lagan, The Last Group, The Last of the Duchess, The Last of the Housemanns, Life and Beth, Looking for Love, Losing It, Love In A Glass Jar, The Lovers, Mad About The Boy, A Mad World My Masters, the Maddening Rain, The Martha Syndrome, Meeting Miss Ireland, Mind The Gap, Moby Dick, Mouse and His Child, Mustafa, Needle Time, Never A Cross Word, Nicholas Nickleby, The Nightingales, The Nightwatchman, Nineteen Ninety-Two, No Naughty Bits, No Romance, Parlour Song, Pastoral, Practice To Deceive, Primates, The Prince Of Denmark, Quotations on the Margin, The Railway Siding, Rattigan's Nijinsky, Recidivists, The River, Rose, Roy Brown Untitled, Saving It For Albie, Sex and God, Sex With A Stranger, Side Effects, Silent Night, Sixty Five Miles, Smack Family Robinson, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Sociable Plover, St Nicholas, Strangers Must Beware, The Strangers, Stubbs, The Swallowing Dark, Swallows and Amazons, The Table, There Is a War, Thicker Than Water, The Tobacco Tin, Top Of The Mourning, The Travelling Light, The Tree Of Knowledge, Triptych, Tuesday at Tesco's, Umlaut - Prince Of Dusseldorf, Up Pompeii, The Visitors, Voyager, Walkies, Washington Square, What Love Is, Wit's End, The Witness, The Wolves Of Willoughby Chase, The Xmas Factor, Yes - Prime Minister.

David Muncaster has been the playscript reviewer for Amateur Stage magazine since 2010. Each month he reviews scripts with a view to alerting amateur theatre groups to the gems that are available for performance. His reviews have fast become one of the most popular sections in the magazine, drawing followers from as far afield as Australia and South East Asia. His honest appraisal of scripts by playwrights that are well-known to those who are just starting out, is valued by groups around the world who are choosing their next production. In this volume, all of David's reviews from 2010 / 2011 have been compiled. From Calendar Girls to The Ex Factor, from full-length to one act plays, there's a wide range of playscripts covered here with something for everyone.

One Act Play - 2m 3f A meeting room, a flip chart, an enthusiastic facilitator, and four employees who are determined to give her a hard time. This is the background to Mission Impossible, a hilarious look at the corporate nonsense that anyone who has ever attended a team bonding session will know only too well. Ice Breakers and silly games do little to bond this team as the beleaguered facilitator gets tough to ensure that she gets the outcome she desires. Mission Impossible won the Congleton One Act Play Festival 2009. This is an extended version of the original play and is a little bit longer, a little bit ruder and quite a bit sillier.

Call Girls is set in a call centre providing IT assistance to an unspecified company. Three of the women get on well together and 'have a laugh` but for the last six months their happy little group has been spoiled by the presence of Laura, an arrogant and aloof troublemaker whose predilection for short skirts and low cut tops probably has more to do with her getting the job than any particular work skills. Thankfully this is Laura`s last week and the others decide not to let her go without letting her know exactly what they think of her. Surprisingly it is Mary, normally the quietist member of the group, who really lets rip but this uncharacteristic outburst could be the biggest mistake of her life. 1m 4f

Frank's mind plays tricks on him as horrors from his past torment him. Len has nothing but memories. Brian doesn't know what he's got. He probably shouldn't even be there but he has nowhere else to go. A few days in an NHS ward give us a glimpse into the lives of a diverse set of people. You see all sorts in here Any colour, any class, any religion Disease doesn't discriminate You get the world and its arse come through that door Type: Drama Length: Full Cast: 6m 6f

This play is presented as though it is an instructional video that the audience are watching being filmed. Maddy will present a variety of methods for disposing of an unwanted husband, aided by Jim, her real life husband, and her faithful employees. But is she really trying to get rid of her husband? Is the video just a ruse to lull him into a false sense of security? The parallels with their real life relationship give Jim plenty to worry about but, as the play reaches its its climax, we realise that nothing is what it seems. Criss-cross indeed! Type: Comedy Length: Full length Cast: 3f, 2m

Kate has received a parcel through the post from her ex-boyfriend. Her sister, Jenny thinks it is sweet, sending her a nice little parting gift. But Dan isn't sweet according to Kate. He's a freak a weirdo. And whatever is in that box is somehow related to the last thing that he wrote on Kate's Facebook page - "I gave you my heart" Type: Drama Length: One Act Cast: 2f

Josephine Tey was a pseudonym used by Elizabeth MacKintosh (25 July 1896 - 13 February 1952), a Scottish author. Her novel The Daughter of Time was a detective work investigating the role of Richard III of England in the death of the Princes in the Tower, and named as the greatest crime novel of all time by the Crime Writers' Association.This adaptation for the stage stays true to the original story and can be performed with a simple set and small cast.

Aristophanes is acknowledged as the greatest of the Greek comic writers and is the only one whose works has survived in complete form. He was born in Athens and had his first comedy produced when he was so young that his name was withheld on account of his youth. He is credited with over forty plays, eleven of which survive, along with the names and fragments of some twenty-six others. He died in 388 BC."The Frogs" was produced the year after the death of Euripides and laments the decay of Greek tragedy. It is an excellent example of his style, mingling wit and poetry with rowdy humour and a keen sense for satire. Through his hostility to Euripides and his attacks on Socrates, he makes it clear that he prefers tradition over innovation, whether that be in politics, religion, or art. This new adaptation is faithful to the story whilst using language understood by a modern audience.

The Mikado is one of Gilbert and Sullivan's most celebrated comic operas and is as popular today as it was when it first opened in 1885. By setting the opera in Japan, W. S. Gilbert was able to satirise British politics and institutions freely but everyone understood who was the true target for the humour. In my updated version I have set the action in a hospital and have a few gentle little digs at bureaucracy but maintain the utmost respect for the dedicated individuals who work in the NHS. It would be sacrilege to alter any of the lyrics so the songs remain unchanged except for "Little List" which is usually updated to include current references. Whilst it may be a little unusual for a hospital to have a Lord High Executioner on the staff, not to mention a Wandering Locum Minstrel, we still get a happy ending and that is all that really matters.

New adaptation of the classic play by Henrick Ibsen written in 1881.