Sheila Goff Radio Plays
25.08.93 Thirty Years is Pearl
06.12.94 *Stay Stum, 55m
02.07.96 Sad, 30m
20.01.98 Will you love me tomorrow? 30m
28.07.98 *Dogs, 45m
05.01.00 *A catapult and a lady's spin, 45m
28.11.00 *House, 45m
13.12.00 *The Bridge at Cookham, 45m
24.12.01 *Grace and the Angel, 45m
24.06.03 The seventh daughter, 15m
10.01.04 The Cocktail Party effect (with Liz Webb), 20m
07.06.04 Repeat After Me, 15m
16.08.04 *They are a married couple, 45m
20.12.04 *Long Time Dead, 45m
30.05.05 Soft and Gooey
14.12.07 The Doppler Effect, 45m
NOTES
THIRTY YEARS IS PEARL.....1993
A maritime comedy set on board the cruise ship Azure Dolphin. With James
Grout, James Greene and Sheila Reid.
STAY STUM....1994
Comedy with Peter Sallis, R4.
SAD.....1996
Twenty-five years ago, Kay exchanged country singing stardom for a company
car. Now she is visited by the all-too-familiar Jay - the original
rhinestone cowgirl. With Sheila Hancock, Alice Arnold and Sean Baker.
Directed by David Hunter.
WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW?.....1998
A chance meeting between Carol and old boyfriend George conjures up their
Walthamstow past. With Siobhan Stamp, Gerard McDermott and Sarah Rice.
Director David Hunter.
DOGS....1998
45m. A black comedy of revenge set in Dog's
Bodies Kennels and Pet Emporium, Pinner.
With Tina Gray, Shirley Dixon, Frances Jeater and
Geoffrey Whitehead. Director David Hunter.
A CATAPULT AND A LADY'S SPIN....2000
Forty year old James lives with his mother and twice
a week he dances at the Lizard Lounge...
With Roger Walker, Elizabeth Bell and Sandra Voe.
Director: David Hunter.
HOUSE, 2000
Emma buys a doll's house very like the house in
which she grew up. The model is made by a local
craftsman. This is a creepy, atmospheric play.
With Jasmine Hyde, Julia Ford and David Thorpe. Directed by David Hunter.
THE BRIDGE AT COOKHAM....2000
3 short plays: (1) ICE CREAM, (2) SWANS and (3) SUNBURN. Three couples
from three different generations spar in three simultaneous plays all set
in the vicinity of the bridge over the Thames at Cookham. With Helen
Ayres, Thomas Arnold, Jasmine Hyde, Kenny Blyth, Claire Corbett and Alex
Trinder. Directed by David Hunter.
GRACE & THE ANGEL....2001
A rather disgruntled angel lands in Grace's back
garden.With Marlene
Sidaway and Rudolph Walker. Directed by David Hunter.
THE SEVENTH DAUGHTER.....2003
A rejected wife misuses an old wives' tale about how to determine the sex
of a baby, for her own selfish ends. Stars Adjoa Andoh, Chris Langham and
Helen Longworth. (from the Woman's Hour drama series: “Don't Step On The
Cracks”.)
THE SEVENTH DAUGHTER.....2003
A wily rejected wife misuses an old wives tale about how to determine
the sex of a baby, for her own selfish ends. Stars Adjoa Andoh, Chris
Langham, and Helen Longworth. (Woman's Hour drama; series title
"Don't Step On The Cracks")
THE COCKTAIL PARTY EFFECT.....2004
The Cocktail Party Effect is psychoacoustic phenomenon by which our brains
decide which of the many sounds reaching them to register and which to
disregard. In this experimental play from Radio 3's 'Between The Ears'
series, PhD student Jennifer Rigby is trying to explain this phenomenon at
a university cocktail party, when she starts to experience the effect
first hand.
REPEAT AFTER ME....2004
Maureen, a bored ex-pat in Spain, fills her time conversing with the voice
of a "Teach Yourself Spanish" tape. The light-hearted chats turn more
sinister as Maureen discovers how the men in her life have been behaving.
With Barbara Windsor, Jacey Salles and Bruno Lastra. Produced by Liz Webb.
(from the Woman's Hour drama series: “A Whole New Me”.)
THEY ARE A MARRIED COUPLE....2004
Interesting play starring Chris Langham and Brigit Forsyth. A
long-married couple go out every Thursday to a fish restaurant; they are
the only guests. The woman had one affair, fifty years ago, whilst
her husband was away; she had a miscarriage, and they have never
once spoken of it. The play covers difficult issues - the couple's
ignorance and embarassment (and worst of all, silence) about sex, their indifferent
love life, and their inability to talk things through. Now it's too
late. The play - an excellent, thought- provoking listen - was
directed by Polly Thomas.
A related play about Kinsey is on the Steve Coombs page.
LONG TIME DEAD....2004
Despite a minor hitch in the proceedings, careful Kath carries
on with her planned girlie weekend in Paris with Bossy Beatrice. Now she
feels free to live a little and really let her hair down. Directed by
David Hunter. With Marion Bailey, Linda Marlowe, Tony Selby, Stephen Hogan,
Emily Wachter.
SOFT AND GOOEY.....2005
When a student carries out a test measuring the power of suggestion
on her blindfolded ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend, she decides
to play some rather nasty games. With Emily Joyce, Carl Prekopp, and
Helen Longworth. Director Liz Webb. (Woman's Hour drama; series title
"Ears Wide Open")
THE DOPPLER EFFECT....2007
"Playwright Sheila Goff and six actors create an up-to-the-minute Christmas story". (RT)
- with Laura Molyneux, Alex Lanipekun, Joannah Tincey, Sam
Pamphilon, Anna Bengo and Lloyd Thomas. Director David Hunter.
Greg Linden & Nigel Deacon / Diversity website
Asterisked plays known to exist in VRPCC collections
