One Act Plays| AFTER LIFE | | It is the first morning of Rodney’s retirement. Whilst he recalls a strange dream suggesting his own fascination with the RAF and WW2, his wife Monica, an assured, managing woman, announces plans, no ... | | Author: HOPKINS, Ned | Cast (at least 2): 1m, 1f | One-Act. |   |  Details |
| | EARNEST ENDEAVOURS | | Ever wondered what became of Wilde’s optimistic lovers Cecily, Algy, Gwendolen and Jack? EARNEST ENDEAVOURS moves their story on to the years 1914-1919, showing the women coping with marital meltdown ... | | Author: HOPKINS, Ned | Cast (at least 9): (5 f 4 m; 1 set ) | Full-Length. | | Details |
| | PULL | | Mel and Sam strike up a friendship at a literature summer school.
Mel is still coming to terms with the tragic death of her husband, Ross, and the end of their marriage, which, though volatile, pro ... | | Author: HOPKINS, Ned | Cast (at least 4): 3M, 1F | Full-Length. | | Details |
| | SENIOR MOMENTS | | SENIOR MOMENTS
A collection of four one-character plays (or ‘talking heads’) designed for performance either separately or collectively. The plays have been developed for actors who include ages 60 ... | | Author: HOPKINS, Ned | Cast (at least 4): Maggy - 60 plus
Ted - 89
Elsie - 80
Franklyn - late 50s/early 60s | Full-Length. | | Details |
| | THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY | | Based on Henry James' novel and set in the 1870s, THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY tells the story of an attractive, intelligent young woman from New England who, after inheriting a fortune, is snared into an u ... | | Author: HOPKINS, Ned | Cast (at least 8): 4 m; 4 f - seven of the eight actors to narrate the story and play assorted roles.
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Ned Hopkins
Ned Hopkins began his working life with the BBC before training as a Drama teacher and working free-lance as a writer.
Produced work in recent years includes: an adaptation of Henry James' THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY* - successfully premiered in April 2003 at Bromley Little Theatre - and AFTER LIFE, presented as part of the Sevenoaks Summer Festival in June 2008.
In 2009, two of Ned’s one-character plays from his suite SENIOR MOMENTS, (MAGGY and FRANKLYN), were presented by Hal Dyer’s Green Room Company, and a third (TED) by Theatre 62, at the Wickham Theatre Centre.
A contemporary four-hander PULL was also well-received by Shenagh Govan’s N E London Equity Script-reading Group at Stratford East.
Ned's latest work EARNEST ENDEAVOURS, is a period piece about women coping with crises: the women in question being Cecily and Gwendolen from Wilde’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’, the crises caused by marital breakdown and the social upheavals of WW1.
As a director, Ned’s cv includes over forty productions of classical and contemporary theatre from 'The Cherry Orchard'* and 'Oleanna'* to 'Guys & Dolls'*. As an actor, he most recently played Chekhov in Carol Rocomara's two-hander 'I Take Your Hand in Mine'* for Bromley Little Theatre and ‘Dr Rank’ in 'A Doll’s House'* for Theatre 62.
He also regularly contributes to Sardines* theatre magazine where his work includes interviews with: Sir Ian McKellen, Ray Cooney and Sam Walters. He occasionally adjudicates and lectures on the theatre.
(*As Raymond Langford Jones.)
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