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Carlo Ardito   Joao Bethencourt   Hindi Brooks   Stewart Burke   John Chapman   Peter Coke   Ray Cooney  Anne Downie   Reginald Denham   Dave Freeman   Bill Gordon & Peter Vincent   Ronald Gow   John Graham   Walter Greenwood   Charlotte Hastings  Robin Hawdon   Kenneth Horne   N C Hunter   Richard Ingham   Glyn Jones   Jeremy Lloyd   Anthony Melnikoff   David Perry   Glyn Robbins   Lawrence Roman   Dodie Smith     Chris Sykes    Edward Taylor     John Tobias    Sutton Vane   Roger Weldon   Frank Williams

KEY TO TYPES OF PLAY
(C) COMEDY
(D) DRAMA
(HD) HISTORICAL DRAMA
(LD) LIGHT DRAMA
(F) FARCE
(FC) FARCICAL COMEDY
(T) THRILLER
(BC) BLACK COMEDY
(LC) LIGHT COMEDY
(Ch) CHILDREN'S

 

AUTHOR/PLAY TYPE
CHARACTERS
A
RODNEY ACKLAND
DANCE WITH NO MUSIC
JANET ALLEN
KIND COUSIN
THE CROOKED ROAD
THE HOT TIARA (T) 3M 4F
A MOMENT IN TIME
THE MAN OUTSIDE (T) 3M 3F
A MOMENT OF THE (MURDER OF A LADY)
ANTHONY ARMSTRONG
ORDERS ARE ORDERS
WHO WANTS TO GET RICH
WITHOUT WITNESS 10M 2F
SITTING ON A FENCE 7M 5F
TEN MINUTE ALIBI 5M 2F
MILE AWAY MURDER 9M 2F
B
MICHAEL BARRINGER
INQUEST
TREVOR BAXTER
EDITH GROVE
S M BEHRMAN
THE SECOND MAN (C) 2M 2F
REGINALD BERKLEY
THE LADY WITH A LAMP
JOAO BETHENCOURT
bullet THE DAY THEY KIDNAPPED THE POPE
(C) 5M 2F
BRISS IN NEW YORK      
BONIFACIO      
GARY BOLKHE
ECHOES (T) 3M 3F
DOUBLE CROSS (T) 5M 2F
C H BROOKS
EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES
HINDI BROOKS
bullet ROMANCE.COM
(F/C)
THE NIGHT THE WAR CAME HOME (D) 3M 3F
bullet HAPPILY EVER AFTER
(D) 3M 2F
(to play 11 characters)
FRIENDS (D) 1M 3F
SIMA (D) 2M 3F
(to play 12 characters)
STEWART BURKE
bullet MURDER IN NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
(T) 4M 3F
bullet PARTY TO MURDER (with OLIVE CHASE)
4M 4F
C
JOHN CHAPMAN
bullet THE BRIDES OF MARCH
(F) 6M 8F
bullet DIPLOMATIC BAGGAGE
(F) 5M 5F
bullet DRY ROT
(F) 6M 4F
bullet SIMPLE SPYMEN
(F) 11M 1F
bullet NIL BY MOUTH
(C) 6M 7F
BEST BEFORE (BC) 5M 4F
THE BALCONY SCENE
KINDLY LEAVE THE STAGE (C) 3M 5F
JOHN CHAPMAN
bullet OH, CLARENCE (Adapted from Blandings Castle and other Lord Emsworth stories by PG Wodehouse)
(C) 8M 3F
JOHN CHAPMAN & RAY COONEY
bullet THERE GOES THE BRIDE
(F) 4M 4F
bullet NOT NOW DARLING
(F) 5M 6F
bullet MOVE OVER MRS MARKHAM
(F) 4M 5F
bullet MY GIDDY AUNT (Comedy/Thriller)
5M 3F
JOHN CHAPMAN & IAN DAVIDSON
LATE FLOWERING (C) 4F 1M
JOHN CHAPMAN & DAVE FREEMAN
bullet KEY FOR TWO
(C) 3M 4F
JOHN CHAPMAN & JEREMY LLOYD
bullet KEEPING DOWN WITH THE JONESES
5M 4F
CROOKS TOUR
bullet DEADLIER THAN THE MALE
bullet BUSINESS AFFAIRS
WIMBLEDON
JOHN CHAPMAN & ANTHONY MARRIOTT
ANYTHING YOU SAY
bullet SHUT YOUR EYES AND THINK OF ENGLAND
(C) 6M 3F
JOHN CHAPMAN & MICHAEL PERTWEE
bullet HOLIDAY SNAP
bullet LOOK NO HANS
JOHN CHAPMAN & PETER VINCENT
IT TAKES AN ANGEL
LOVE ON ALL FLOORS
OLIVE CHASE see STEWART BURKE
PETER COKE
bullet WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF?
(C) 4M 6F
IN CONFIDENCE (C) 1M 1F
bullet WINTER GLORY
(C) 2M 7F
THE TAXPAYERS' WALTZ (C) 5M 7F
bullet MIDSUMMER MINK
(C) 4M 7F
bullet AUTUMN MANOEUVRES
(C) 2M 6F
bullet BREATH OF SPRING
(C) 3M 5F
THE GENTLE GUARDSMAN
THE GENTLE PERSUADERS
THE MAN WHO WROTE IN BED
bullet FOOL’S PARADISE
RAY COONEY
bullet CHASE ME COMRADE
(F) 7M 3F
bullet RUN FOR YOUR WIFE
(C) 6M 2F
bullet TWO INTO ONE
(C) 5M 5F
bullet OUT OF ORDER
(C) 6M 4F
bullet IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY
(C) 7M 4F
bullet FUNNY MONEY
(C) 6M 2F
RAY COONEY & TONY HILTON
bullet BANG BANG BEIRUT
(F) 7M 4F
bullet ONE FOR THE POT
(F) 6M 3F
RAY COONEY & GENE STONE
bullet WHY NOT STAY FOR BREAKFAST?
(C) 3M 2F
RAY COONEY, ARNE SULTAN & EARL BARRETT
bullet WIFE BEGINS AT FORTY
(C) 4M 2F
WILLIAM CORLETT
ANOTHER ROUND (1 ACT)
RETURN TICKET (W/C) 3M 3F
NATIONAL TRUST
GATE OF EDEN
RETURN TO THE GATE
DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
THE ILLUSIONISTS
THE SCALLOP SHELL
TINKERS CURSE
WE NEVER WENT TO CHEDDAR GORGE
THE SCOURGING OF MATTHEW BARROW
D
HAMILTON DEAN & JOHN L BALDERSTONE
DRACULA (D) 6M 2F
REGINALD DENHAM: see EDWARD PERCY
JOYCE DENNYS
WOMEN AT PEACE
AT THE TURN OF THE TIDE
WILLIAM DICKIE & JOHN RAY
ONCE MORE DARLING
ANNE DOWNIE
bullet THE YELLOW ON THE BROOM 2M 3F
bullet THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES 1F
bullet PARKING LOT IN PITTSBURGH 2M 6F
bullet THE WHITE BIRD PASSES 2M 6F
bullet THE WITCHES OF POLLOK
bullet WAITING ON ONE 6M 3F
E, F
JEFFERSON FARJEON
AFTER DARK
THE HIGHWAYMAN
EDUARDO DE FILIPPO: translated by CARLO ARDITO
GRAND MAGIC 10M 10F
LOCAL AUTHORITY 12M 5F
FILUMENA MARTURANO 6M 7F
DAVE FREEMAN
bullet A BEDFULL OF FOREIGNERS
(C) 4M 3F
bullet KINDLY KEEP IT COVERED
(C) 4M 3F
JOHN CHAPMAN & DAVE FREEMAN
bullet KEY FOR TWO
(C) 3M 4F
G
BILL GORDON & PETER VINCENT
bullet LOVE AND DEATH IN WHITECHAPEL
RONALD GOW
MA'S BIT O'BRASS (C) 8M 5F
MY LADY WEARS A WHITE COCKADE (C) 2M 2F
GALLOWS GLORIOUS (D) 18M 5F
bullet BOSTON STORY (costume; based on novel by Henry James)
(C) 3M 3F
MR RHODES (D) 5M 3F
THE OLD JEST (from the novel by Jennifer Johnson) 4M 4F
THE EDWARDIANS
THE FRIENDSHIP OF MRS ECKLEY
RONALD GOW & WALTER GREENWOOD
LOVE ON THE DOLE (D) 7M 7F
JOHN GRAHAM
bullet THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN
(C) 5M 4F
bullet GOING EAST
(F) 5M 5F
bullet A SLIP OF THE DISC
(C) 4M 3F
bullet HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
(C) 3M 4F
WHEN THE CAT’S AWAY (C) 4M 3F
bullet JOHN BROWN’S BODY
(C) 5M 3F
bullet THAT DIFFICULT AGE
(C) 3M 3F
PETER PAUL AND PAULA (F) 3M 3F
JOHN GRAHAM & EDWARD TAYLOR
bullet PARDON ME PRIME MINISTER
(F) 4M 5F
WALTER GREENWOOD
SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE CROWN (C) 9M 4F
bullet THE CURE FOR LOVE
(D) 5M 6F
WALTER GREENWOOD & RONALD GOW
LOVE ON THE DOLE (D) 7M 7F
H
CHARLOTTE HASTINGS
DOLPHINS RAMPANT
THE ENQUIRY
UNCERTAIN JOY
bullet BONAVENTURE
(T) 4M 4F
THE CAPTIVES
ROBIN HAWDON
bullet THE MATING GAME
bullet PEOPLE - MUSICAL
bullet BIRTHDAY SUITE
bullet THE OLD DEVILS
bullet REVENGE
bullet DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER
bullet DON'T ROCK THE BOAT
bullet PERFECT WEDDING
bullet GOD AND STEPHEN HAWKING
bullet SHADY BUSINESS
bullet WAR
bullet A NIGHT IN PROVENCE
3M 3F
SHEILA HAWKINS
THREE MEN AND A GIRL
KENNETH HORNE
bullet TWO DOZEN RED ROSES (adapted from Italian by Aldo de Benedetti)
(C) 3M 2F
bullet AND THIS WAS ODD
(C) 3M 7F
bullet A PUBLIC MISCHIEF
(C) 4M 4F
THE DEVIL WAS SICK (C) 4M 4F
THE GOOD YOUNG MAN 4M 4F
SLEEPING PARTNERSHIP 4M 3F
TRIAL AND ERROR
LOVE IN A MIST 3M 3F
FOOLS RUSH IN 3M 5F
WOLF'S CLOTHING
A LADY MISLED (C) 3M 4F
RICHARD HUGGETT
WEEKEND WITH WILLIE
N C HUNTER
bullet A PICTURE OF AUTUMN
(C) 6M 4F
A DAY BY THE SEA (C) 6M 4F
bullet WATERS OF THE MOON
(LD) 4M 6F
ADAMS APPLE (LD) 8M 3F
A PICTURE OF AUTUMN (LD) 6M 4F
A TOUCH OF THE SUN (LD) 7M 3F
THE EXCURSION (LD) 5M 5F
THE TULIP TREE (LD) 6M 3F
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM RANDOM
I
RICHARD INGHAM
bullet SNAKES ALIVE
(C) 3M 2F
bullet SKI WHIZZ
(F) 3M 3F
GLYN JONES
bullet RED IN THE MORNING
(BC) 4M 4F
bullet THRILLER OF THE YEAR
(T) 5F
BAY RUM
EARLY ONE MORNING
bullet THE 88
18M 1F
HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR WAGNER?
bullet BEAUTIFUL FOREVER
5F
bullet WOMEN AROUND
2M 5F
bullet ROSEMARY
2M 3F
bullet GENERATIONS
4F
bullet THIRD DRAWER FROM THE TOP
4M 3F
bullet HEAR THE HYENA LAUGH
4M 3F
bullet ARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY?
J, K
JEREMY KINGSTON
SIGNS OF THE TIMES (C)
NO CONCERN OF MINE
PUTTING ON THE AGONY
SIGNS OF THE TIMES
THE BIG ROOM (from the novel by SID CHAPLIN)
L
CARLA LANE & JOHN CHAPMAN
bullet THE LIVER BIRDS
(C) 5M 4F
JEREMY LLOYD & JOHN CHAPMAN
bullet BUSINESS AFFAIRS
M
CECIL MADDEN
INVESTIGATION (T) 3M 3F
LOOPHOLE
ANTHONY MELNIKOFF
bullet STEINBERG'S DAY OF ATONEMENT
4M 2F
bullet CHILD OF THE FOREST
3M 5F
bullet LITTLE SQUARES
3M 4F
bullet ALLPORT’S REVENGE
2M 2F
STEPHANIE MILLER
DEAD END (T) 2M
DEAR EDNA
COLIN MORRIS
RELUCTANT HEROES (F) 8M 3F
C K MUNRO
STORM
AT MRS BEAM'S (LD) 4M 7F
COCKS AND HENS
THE MOUNTAIN
THE RUMOUR (LD)
N, O
CHARLES NOLTE
DO NOT PASS GO
P, Q
JAMES PARISH
DISTINGUISHED GATHERING (T) 11M 3F
MESSAGE FOR MARGARET
CHEAPSIDE
RAY PARRY
A NEST OF SCORPIONS
S A PAVOR
HALF-WAY UP A TREE
EDWARD PERCY
THE SHOP AT SLY CORNER (T) 6M 4F
SUSPECT (T) 4M 4F
THE WIDOW OF HEARDINGAS 1 ACT
WHITE BLACKMAIL 1 ACT
THREE CORDS FOR A WIDOW
THE LOVES OF PEGEEN 1 ACT
THE LAKE OF DARKNESS 1 ACT (NB: 1 pig) 2M 2F
THE DUKE OF LIMPARI 1 ACT 3M
DOCTOR BRENT'S HOUSEHOLD 3M 5F
THE WINTRY BOUGH 13M 5F
EDWARD PERCY with LILIAN DENHAM
THE CLOUDED HOURS
FLOWERS FOR A LADY
EDWARD PERCY with LILIAN PERCY
A STRANGER IN THE TEA
THE MAN WITH EXPENSIVE TASTES
EDWARD PERCY & REGINALD DENHAM
bullet LADIES IN RETIREMENT
(T) 1M 6F
DAVID PERRY
bullet AS GOOD AS NEW
(BC) 2M 2F
LUIGI PIRANDELLO: translated by EDWARD STORER
HENRY IV
RIGHT YOU ARE
EACH IN HIS OWN WAY
THE PLEASURE OF HONESTY
NAKED
JACK POPPLEWELL
DARLING
NOT BEFORE THE CHILDREN
R
GLYN ROBBINS (adaptations)

     C S LEWIS

bullet THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER
(Ch)
bullet THE MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW
(Ch)
THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE (Ch)
THE HORSE AND HIS BOY (Ch)

     A A MILNE

WINNIE THE POOH (Ch)

     RL STEVENSON

TREASURE ISLAND (Ch)

     JR TOLKIEN

THE HOBBIT (Ch)
LAWRENCE ROMAN
UNDER THE YUM-YUM TREE (C)
P.S. I LOVE YOU (C)
ALONE TOGETHER (C)
bullet GRAPES AND RAISINS aka MOVING MOUNTAINS
(C)
TO TELL THE TRUTH (C)
COULDA, WOULDA, SHOULDA (C)
CRYSTAL, CRYSTAL CHANDELIER (C)
BUYING OUT (D)
EATON or ON TRIAL: THOMAS JEFFERSON (HD)
CLOWNS OF THE CENTURY (BC)
ANDREW ROSENTHAL
A SENSE OF GUILT 5M 3F
HORSES IN MIDSTREAM 2M 4F
THIRD PERSON 3M 3F
THE ABSENT FRIENDS 5M 5F
MICHAEL RICHMOND
WILD WILD WOMEN
S
LEONARD SAMSON
MEET ME ON THE FENCE
THE PUFFBALL
THE WAITING GAME
COURT CASE
THE BIG NOISE
ALAN SEYMOUR
THE SHATTERING (BC) 6M 3F
THE ONE DAY OF THE YEAR 1 ACT
ROBERT SHERWOOD
QUEENS HUSBAND
DODIE SMITH
bullet DEAR OCTOPUS
(C) 5M 12F
AUTUMN CROCUS (C) 4M 8F
I CAPTURE THE CASTLE (LC)
SERVICE
TOUCH WOOD
CALL IT A DAY
BONNET OVER THE WINDMILL
LOVERS AND FRIENDS (LC) 2M 4F
LETTER FROM PARIS
THESE PEOPLE: THOSE BOOKS
AMATEUR MEANS LOVER
THE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIANS (CH)
ESMERALDA AND THE CLOTH (LC) 4M 6F
THAT WHICH HATH BEEN (LD) 3M 1F
GENE STONE
SMALL ADVENTURE (C) 2M 3F
THE EXEC CLUB (C) 4M 2F
THE POMEROY PLAN (CD) 2M 2F
WHY NOT STAY FOR BREAKFAST (C) 3M 2F
JUST ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY (C) 3M 3F
WHO WANTS TO GET RICH? (C) 1M 2F
JUST ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY (C) 3M 3F
LOWERED EXPECTATIONS (C) 3M 3F
THE WEEKEND SOLUTION (C) 2M 2F
COFFEE SHOP (3 one act plays for 5 actors) (C) 5M
EDWARD STORER:
see LUIGI PIRANDELLO
WARREN CHETHAM STRODE
THE STEPMOTHER
ROBERT STOREY
TOUCH IT LIGHT (C) 8M
DAN SUTHERLAND
THE WOMAN I LOVE (C) 6M 2F
       
CHRIS SYKES
bullet PLAYING AWAY
  2M 1F
T
EDWARD TAYLOR
bullet BAD DAY AT THE OFFICE
3 M 3F
A RISE IN THE MARKET (F) 4M 3F
bullet MURDER BY MISADVENTURE
(BC) 3M 1F
bullet NO DINNER FOR SINNERS
2M 4F
EDWARD TAYLOR & JOHN GRAHAM
bullet PARDON ME, PRIME MINISTER
(F) 4M 5F
JOHN TOBIAS
bullet MY HUSBAND'S WILD DESIRES ALMOST DROVE ME MAD
 
(C) 3M 3F
U, V
SUTTON VANE
bullet OUTWARD BOUND (play and film by Warner Bros 1930)
(LD) 6M 3F
OVERTURE
FALLING LEAVES
REGATTA
MARGUERITA VEILLER
THE TRIAL OF MARY DUGAN
W, X, Y, Z
ROGER WELDON
THE CRY OF WOLF (T) 4M 3F
FOLLOW THE LEADER (FC) 5M 3F
MY MOTHER WAS AN ACTRESS (C) 5M 4F
ROOM FOR THREE (FC) 4M 3F
SAID THE SPIDER 5M 4F
THE LITTLE ROOM 5M 4F
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Adaptation for stage of the Dickens classic 4M 5F
FRANK WILLIAMS
bullet ALIBI FOR MURDER
(T) 6M 2F
bullet TWO CHILDREN ON A SEE-SAW
(D) 2M 2F
bullet THE PLAYING FIELDS
(D) 4M
bullet THE BOATING LAKE
(D) 4M 4F
bullet MASK FOR MURDER
(T) 3M 2F
bullet MURDER BY APPOINTMENT
(T) 4M 2F
bullet MURDER WEEKEND
(T) 5M 3F
JOHN WILLIAMS
THE CAT AND THE CANARY
WOODROW WYATT
HIGH PROFILES (C) 4M 4F

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