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Phil Mansell: Words & Pictures- Smash and Grab – the Video!
- Ridiculous Robbers and Strange Sacks – How I Created My New Children’s Book
- NEWS RELEASE: Phil’s New Book Features Jávea’s Best-Known Bookshop
- My New Children’s Book Is Published – 35 Years After I First Wrote It!
- Press Release: An Evening of Pocket-Sized Plays
- New video about my ‘Working Class Heroes’ paintings
- Press Release: ‘Bats’ Is A Hat-Trick For Playwright Phil
- Another Production of ‘Look Out – He’s Got A Gun!’
- ‘Bats’ confirmed as Jávea Players’ Summer Show
- Pirates, Knees and Chips: New Children’s Books Added
Author Archives: philmansell
Writing about Top Secret Shenanigans
Surveillance, incompetence, blame and knife-throwing are just some of the themes running through my latest play to be published by Silver Moon. ‘A Clandestine Operation’ is set in a room where two men and their supervisor are keeping an eye … Continue reading
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A fool’s errand…or a deadly trap?
I’ve just sent off another play to my publisher Silvermoon. ‘The Seventh Suitcase’ is a play I’ve been working on for some time. At last, I’m happy with it – and hope to direct it in the Studio at the … Continue reading
Creating Characters Using Scrivener
As I’ve just had three stage plays made available on Amazon I thought it was time to share how I write plays – and indeed most things, including this blog. Quite simply, I use Scrivener. It’s the writing tool I … Continue reading
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A Hat Trick on Amazon!
Over the moon (to quote Micky the ex-gangster in one of my plays) to see three of my plays now available on Amazon. I’m really pleased with the way my publisher Silvermoon have handled this – and hope to send … Continue reading
My Play on Amazon!
Words can’t describe how I felt when my publisher emailed me to say that my play ‘According to Claudia’ was now on Amazon. I went online and, sure enough, there it was. It’s an amazing feeling. Now begins the job … Continue reading
‘Claudia’ Goes from Strength to Strength!
I’ve been so busy lately that I haven’t had a chance to update this blog so I’m desperately trying to catch up now. The good news is that not only did my play ‘According to Claudia’ have a successful run … Continue reading
‘Claudia’ comes to life!
So, we had the first rehearsal for my play ‘According to Claudia’ – good fun it was too. I couldn’t ask for a better cast. Angaharad Jones (Claudia), Karen Davies (Belle), Eloise Rossiter (Lucy), Paul Howells (Micky) Bob Brown (David). … Continue reading
First Rehearsal for ‘Claudia’ Draws near!
As the first rehearsal for ‘According to Claudia’ looms ever closer I thought it would be fun to post the ‘alternative’ photo of the cast’s first meeting. Nice to see that Karen is exhausted before we start and that Eloise … Continue reading
Write On!
It’s less than a week before rehearsals start for my play ‘According to Claudia’ – and I can hardly wait. At the moment, it looks like I’ll be assistant director to my wife Caroline – which probably means I’ll be … Continue reading
Phil Mansell: Words & Pictures 