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JOAN URE SONGS

The photograph of Joan Ure below is taken from the book Five Short Plays
On the back cover are the following comments from Christopher Small who selected the plays for publication

'When Joan Ure died in 1978, at the height of her powers, the loss to Scottish writing, was immeasuarable. The loss in this case was especially poignant, since she was just beginning to receive some of the recognition long overdue to her talents.The five plays here are no more than a sample but they represent her brilliant individuality, her theatrical skill and imagination, and the themes that recur throughout'

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I recently came across the three JOAN URE songs which are playing in the background
They were recorded onto cassette tape a very long time ago

The titles are
LOVE OH LOVE
I'VE BEEN TAKEN OVER BY LIFE and
EVERYTIME NOW THAT I SEE YOUR FACE

More lyrics by JOAN URE can be found at www.joanuresongs.blogspot.com

 
An article by Jan McDonald entitled  ‘Is it not possible to have a Poem made out of Theatre?’ -An assessment of the dramas and dramaturgy of Joan Ure, can be accessed by using the link below
http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/scotlit/asls/ijost/Volume3_no1/1_mcdonald_j.htm

 

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