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`Taylor captures those delicious moments when we catch morsels of other people's conversation and can't help but be momentarily drawn in ... Like the best comedy sketches ... Taylors plays are acutely observed, exquisitely crafted tragicomedies, rooted in bitter or absurd truths ... They take all of one minute to read, but will make you think for a great deal longer'
--Sunday Telegraph
--Sunday Telegraph
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'Like the best playwrights, [Taylor's]characters have independent and spontaneous lives of their own contained within a carefully constructed dramatic architecture. Within his little worlds we see glimpses of the oddness, the quiet desperation, and the occasional tenderness of the lives of others. The plays are an original form: dramatic haikus' Richard Eyre 'Taylor's plays are acutely observed, exquisitely crafted tragicomedies, rooted in bitter or absurd truths. Through their tiny aperture they provide a detailed picture that sparks an all-important jolt of recognition which is, by turns, comical, satisfying and highly discomforting. They take all of one minute to read, but will make you think for a great deal longer' Sunday Telegraph 'One Million Tiny Plays About Britain reads like a digest of the nation's soaps, with a little bit of Alan Bennett and The Vicar of Dibley thrown in' Times Literary Supplement
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This was always the best part of the Guardian magazine and I have to say the collection of these Tiny Plays does not disappoint. They are funny and true and little bursts of charm which I have been dipping in and out of since I bought a copy. This is going to be my default gift of 2009.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Actually 95 short (and in one case , just one sentence in length) little playlets set in various places around the UK and usually consisting of conversation between just 2 people.
The dialogue has the feel of conversations overheard in public places or in peoples' homes. The tone varies from mildly amusing to funny to sadder humour in the vein of Alan Bennett.
Overall I enjoyed the book, it's great for dipping into when you only have a few minutes to spare.
The dialogue has the feel of conversations overheard in public places or in peoples' homes. The tone varies from mildly amusing to funny to sadder humour in the vein of Alan Bennett.
Overall I enjoyed the book, it's great for dipping into when you only have a few minutes to spare.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Like others, I first came across these tiny plays in the Guardian some years ago, well described in the introduction to the collecton as: 'dramatic haiku'. I thought then what an interesting challenge it might be for students of theatre and performance to try staging them.
With the author's permission I have just finished working with a number of the plays, over a seven week process of rehearsal and performance with 29 final year students at Aberystwyth University's Theatre Film and TV Department. Just I had imagined they were challenging and really fascinating texts to explore, and my students had a great time interpreting the ones we chose, developing the back-stories for the characters; writing other scenes of their own inspired by Taylor's wonderfully succint and witty style and weaving the fragments into a whole performance entitled:'Overheard'.
The audience response was warm and positive. Many told us how touched they were by the plays and like us, felt them to be incredibly 'tender' and poignant, whilst at the same time causing huge smiles and laughter. We have leaned much from these 'tiny plays' and I heartily recommend this collection to anyone who appreciates that edge between the comic and the tragic from which most of our lives are constituted.
With the author's permission I have just finished working with a number of the plays, over a seven week process of rehearsal and performance with 29 final year students at Aberystwyth University's Theatre Film and TV Department. Just I had imagined they were challenging and really fascinating texts to explore, and my students had a great time interpreting the ones we chose, developing the back-stories for the characters; writing other scenes of their own inspired by Taylor's wonderfully succint and witty style and weaving the fragments into a whole performance entitled:'Overheard'.
The audience response was warm and positive. Many told us how touched they were by the plays and like us, felt them to be incredibly 'tender' and poignant, whilst at the same time causing huge smiles and laughter. We have leaned much from these 'tiny plays' and I heartily recommend this collection to anyone who appreciates that edge between the comic and the tragic from which most of our lives are constituted.
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Great for actors
Bought this as part of my training with Acting Coach Scotland, we had to choose a few of the scenes to work on during the term. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Catevans
Excllent play for Youth Theatre
Our Youth Theatre company recently performed extracts from the play as their yearly show. It worked very well and enabled all of the participants to play several characters. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Miss_S_Chickpea
A very helpful teaching tool
As a drama teacher I have found this book to be a fantastic tool for exploring text, character and entering into wider debates with students about theatre generally and notions of... Read more
Published 8 months ago by S Dixon
What a brilliant slice of British life.
I bought this set of brilliant short plays after seeing a production of it at The Citizens Theatre in Glasgow. Read more
Published 9 months ago by DPirie
Small is beautiful
By turns laugh-out-loud funny and heartbreakingly poignant, Craig Taylor's collection of dramatic miniatures is an object lesson in how to tell stories without ever wasting a word. Read more
Published 21 months ago by sandystranger
Tiny but perfectly formed
More accurately a series of short conversations - the clue was in the word 'million' - I hadn't realised that I had read the majority of them in the Guardian supplement, but I'm... Read more
Published on 5 Aug 2009 by Crofters Joan
a simply amzing book, you must buy it
one of the many things i enjoyed about it is the realism as i could connect to a few of these many 95 plays, some are heartbrakeing some are hillarious but all are amazing, I... Read more
Published on 9 July 2009 by Mr. A. S. Bald
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