Plays Four

Tony Stowers is an author, playwright, actor and teacher who was born in North East England in 1963 and now lives in North West France. This collection, four of four volumes, features five of his later plays. "The Dishwasher" (2005) is an experimental monologue where a lowly dishwasher shows us why we should never take anything or anyone for granted. "Confessions of a rock n roll star" (2007) is a one-man show in which a middle-aged man, living in borderline poverty, puts on his denim jeans, plays some classic rock tracks and is yet again transported to the world of his dreams. "Gauguin's Ghost Story" (2009) is the spirit of the legendary French artist Paul Gauguin reappraising his life, redeeming himself from negative press and doing it all through the mouth of a man from North East England. "Tommy Greaves" (2014) is an alternative take of a parallel world built around the "fat lad a few inches taller than Billy" as the blink-and-you'll-miss-him character in Lee Hall's "Billy Elliot." Older than Billy, he is able to tell his own, more mature story of some of the grittier realities of what it meant to be young during the time of the Miner's Strike, seeking salvation by auditioning for drama school in London. "Two Gendarmes" (2015) is an English take on contemporary racism in modern France, of old pitted against new, of temptation, corruption and complacency and asks questions about the destiny of tomorrow's Europe. Each play comes with notes and original publicity, where possible.