{"id":279,"date":"2020-07-06T15:06:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T14:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=279"},"modified":"2024-08-19T12:41:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T11:41:15","slug":"plays","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=279","title":{"rendered":"PLAYS &#8211; Milton Keynes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<style>\n\t#sr-slider-359 .sr-image {\n\t  margin: 5px;\n\t}\n\t#sr-slider-359 .sr-image img {\n\t  display: block;\n\t  width: 100%;\n\t  height: auto;\n\t}\n\t#sr-slider-359 .sr-title {\n\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\tfont-weight: bolder;\n\t}\n\t#sr-slider-359 .sr-desc {\n\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t}\n\t#sr-slider-359 .sr-image .sr-link {\n\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t}\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<!-- HTML Script Part Start From Here-->\n\t<script>\n\tjQuery(document).ready(function() {\n\t   jQuery(\"#sr-slider-359\").owlCarousel({ \n\t\t\t\/\/ Most important owl 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#3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/sctcweb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Stantonbury Campus Theatre Company (SCTC)<\/strong><\/a> <\/span>soon after he and Dorothy moved to Milton Keynes.<\/p>\n<p>In 1988 the Milton Keynes Christian Council appointed him Promoter of the Mystery Plays, in a version written by Yorkshire poet Tony Harrison, being performed at Stantonbury, directed by Roy Nevitt and produced by Roger Kitchen of The Living Archive.<\/p>\n<p>The three play cycle was performed over two years in 1988 and 1989, and played to packed audiences. Original music was provided by the Cock and Bull Band, led by Jean-Pierre Rasle.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next decade, drama became a major part of Keith&#8217;s work, linking the religious community with the cultural life of Milton Keynes and surrounding area. He set up his own production company, Herald Theatre (HT), for a number of plays.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Timeline of plays by venue<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Stantonbury Campus Theatre<br \/>\n<\/strong>1988 <em>Educating Rita<\/em> by Willie Russell (SCTC)<br \/>\n1988-89 <em>The Mysteries<\/em> by Tony Harrison (SCTC)<br \/>\n1990 <em>Lark Rise<\/em>\u00a0by Keith Dewhurst (SCTC)<br \/>\n1991 <em>Candleford<\/em>\u00a0 by Keith Dewhurst (SCTC)<br \/>\n1995 <em>Son of Man <\/em>by Denis Potter (HT)<\/p>\n<p><strong>St. George&#8217;s Church, Wolverton<br \/>\n<\/strong>1991 <em>Murder in the Cathedral<\/em> by T.S. Eliot (HT\/SCTC)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Castle Hill URC Church, Northampton<br \/>\n<\/strong>1995 <em>All For God <\/em>by Keith Spence (HT)<br \/>\n(Tercententary play about Revd. Dr. Philip Doddridge)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christ the Cornerstone, Central Milton Keynes<br \/>\n<\/strong>1992 <em>The Mysteries<\/em>\u00a0(Canterbury version) (HT\/SCTC)<br \/>\n1993 <em>A Man for All Seasons <\/em>by Robert Bolt \u00a0(HT)<br \/>\n1994 <em>The Crucible <\/em>by Arthur Miller (HT)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Newport Pagnell URC Church<br \/>\n<\/strong>1993 <em>Mr Newton and Mr Bull<\/em> by Keith Spence (HT)<br \/>\n1996 <em>Traces of Eden<\/em> by Keith Spence (HT)<\/p>\n<p>(a play about William Cowper of Olney)<br \/>\n1997 <em>All For God<\/em> by Keith Spence (for the Newport Pagnell Arts Festival)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Great Linford Parish Church<br \/>\n<\/strong>1997 <em>Mind Out of Time<\/em> by Sheila Upjohn (HT)<br \/>\n(a play by a Norwich author on Julian of Norwich)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Olney Baptist Church<br \/>\n<\/strong>1998 \u00a0<em>Traces of Eden<\/em> by Keith Spence (HT)<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Cowper &amp; Newton Museum, Olney<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2000 <em>My Dearest Cousin<\/em> by Keith Spence (HT)<br \/>\n(for the 200th anniversary of Wm. Cowper&#8217;s death)<br \/>\n<em>Listen to the whole play with Keith Spence and Wendy Mertons (32 minutes):<\/em><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-359-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Dearest-Cousin.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Dearest-Cousin.mp3\">https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Dearest-Cousin.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>The parks and streets of Newport Pagnell<br \/>\n<\/strong>2000 <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.olioweb.me.uk\/mysteries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Mysteries for Newport Pagnell<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Newport Pagnell<br \/>\n<\/strong>2002 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/oliomedia\/?page_id=758\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Murder in the Cathedral<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/a> by T.S.Eliot (HT)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><em>There is a selection of music used in Keith&#8217;s productions <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=460\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-279","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=279"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1211,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/279\/revisions\/1211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}