The Minor Plays for the Stage

A Walk on the Water

Written in 1960.  Adapted for television and broadcast on British ITV in November, 1963.  Extensively rewritten (in German) for the stage as Old Riley geht über'n Ozean (Old Riley Walked the Water) at the Thalia Theatre, Hamburg in August, 1964.  Revised in 1968 as Enter a Free Man.

Unpublished

The Gamblers

Written in 1960 as a one-act play.  First performed, in a two-act version, at the University of Bristol, UK, in June, 1965.

Unpublished

Higg and Cogg

First performed at the University of Bristol, UK, in June, 1965 as a curtain raiser for The Gamblers.

Unpublished

Enter a Free Man

Two-act stage play.  Revision of his first play A Walk on the Water, 1960.  First performed at the St. Martin's Theatre, London, (dir. Frith Banbury) on March 28, 1968.  First US production at the Olney Theatre, Olney MD, on August 4, 1970.  First New York production at St. Clement's Church, on December 17, 1974

1. Enter a Free Man
   • Faber and Faber, 1968 [ISBN: 057108706X] 85pp
   • Faber and Faber [pb], 1968 [ISBN: 0571087949] 85pp
   • Grove Press [pb], 1972 [ISBN: 0394177797] 85pp
   • Samuel French [pb], 1973 [ISBN: 0573608636] 83pp

Albert's Bridge

Adaptation of his 1967 radio play.  First performed on stage by the Oxford Theatre Group (dir. Henry Murry) at St. Mary's Hall, Edinburgh on August 29, 1969 (with If You're Glad I'll Be Frank.)  First London stage production at the King's Head Theatre (dir. Christopher Selbie) in 1976.  Expanded with A. C. H. Smith and performed on the Fringe of the Edinburgh Festival in 1978.  New York City premiere (with If You're Glad I'll Be Frank) was at the Intar Two Theatre (dir. Dennis Crowley) in November, 1987.

For publications of the radio play go to Albert's Bridge.

If You're Glad I'll Be Frank

Adaptation of his 1966 radio play.  First performed on stage by the Oxford Theatre Group (dir. Henry Murry) at St. Mary's Hall, Edinburgh on August 29, 1969 (with Albert's Bridge.)  First London stage performance at the Young Vic (dir. Jeremy James Taylor) on November 23, 1976 (with The Real Inspector Hound).  New York City premiere (with Albert's Bridge) was at the Intar Two Theatre (dir. Dennis Crowley) in November, 1987.

For publications of the radio play go to If You're Glad I'll Be Frank.

1. If You're Glad I'll Be Frank
   • Samuel French [pb], 1978 (revised for the stage) [ISBN: 0573622442] 34pp

Dogg's Our Pet

One-act stage play.  First performed at the Almost Free Theatre, London (dir. Ed Berman) on December 7, 1971; later combined with The (15 Minute) Dogg's Troupe Hamlet to form Dogg's Hamlet, 1979.

1. Ten of the Best: British Short Plays. ed. Ed Berman
   • Inter-Action, 1979

The (15 Minute) Dogg's Troup Hamlet

One-act stage play.  Written in 1972.  First performed on the terraces of the National Theatre, London, on August 24, 1976.  This play was combined with Dogg's Our Pet to become Dogg's Hamlet, 1979.

1. The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
   • Samuel French [pb], 1976 [ISBN: 0573025061] 16pp
2. Ten of the Best: British Short Plays. ed. Ed Berman
   • Inter-Action, 1979

• Inter-Action [LP], 1977 [limited pressing; also contains New-Found-Land and the scripts of both plays]

"M" is for Moon Among Other Things

Adaptation of the 1964 radio play.  First performed on stage in Orange Tree, Richmond UK on August 4, 1977 (as one of three lunchtime short plays.) 

For publications of the radio play go to "M" is for Moon Among Other Things.