On the evening of Memorial Day 2010, four women who have lost their husbands in various American wars meet for supper at the New England costal home of Martha Lockwood a poet in her 80s. Sarah 68, Mary 45 and Audre a young woman of colour in her early 20's, face up to some unpalatable facts that might change their live forever. For further information pleas contact bedfords.books@aol.com  Or the author directly at wayneadrew@btinternet.com…

Though very dissimilar, the poets Robert Bridges and Gerard Manley Hopkins were friends for over a quarter of a century. One became Poet Laureate while the other died in obscurity. Yet, in the years that followed, things were to change in ways neither man would ever expect.

Wayne Adrian Drew’s poignant new 3 person play examines their relationship and differing attitudes towards poetry, faith – then  finally, to love itself.

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VALEDICTION - casting will soon be underway for the first London table read of a new play by award winning author Wayne Adrian Drew.

The play moves between a country parsonage in 1795 and a London residence in 1880. 



A true story, based on new research, it counterpoints two relationships on which social constraints impact with tragic results. 



The following actors are required for this first reading that may…

Uneasy Dreamers, award winning author Wayne Adrian Drew’s new play, is a literary fantasy based on the complex lives, thoughts and beliefs of four real, ground-breaking, but very troubled, artists.  

It’s St. John’s Eve, June 23rd 1920, a time of fireworks and folk customs, when young people jump through the fames of the traditional bonfires to gain both the acceptance of their peers and in the hope of securing future relationships…

Wayne Adrian Drew’s new “play for voices” portrays the human face of New England author Howard Phillips Lovecraft, from birth to death. Via a kaleidoscope of dramatised scenes, period music, and extracts from his work, we are presented with a compelling portrait
of this supremely talented master of macabre fiction ‘warts and all’ that does not shy away from…

Wayne Adrian Drew's new play is at the first stage of development. This new “metaphysical comedy” looks at how, in different ages, people have tried to understand what is arguably life’s greatest mystery. The poets Dante & Milton struggle, in their centuries, to justify the ways of God to man while, in the 21st Century, in a shabby S. E. London flat, a young writer has his own very ambitious agenda too. One that is going to bring him a great deal of trouble. Rich in comedy,…

Susan Seddon, George Ambrose and Mel Sessions in Edith & Jessie.

The Maddermarket Theatre in Norwich has just finished a highly acclaimed sell-out run of Adrian Drew's new play "Edith…

JOIN PRODUCERS AND FILM AND THEATRE FOLK AT A CELBRITY REHEARSED READING OF A CONTROVERSIAL NEW PLAY.

At 7pm on Sunday October 18^th, Adrian Drew’s controversial new play “You Bring Me Joy” will receive a premiere rehearsed reading at Greenwich Theatre in London given by…