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Film Rights Ltd: complete list of authors and their plays

Here are just a few of our authors – follow the links below for more information …

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

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
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
ROMANCE.COM	(F/C)
THE NIGHT THE WAR CAME HOME	(D)	3M	3F
HAPPILY EVER AFTER	(D)	3M	2F
	(to play 11 characters)
FRIENDS	(D)	1M	3F
SIMA	(D)	2M	3F
	(to play 12 characters)
STEWART BURKE
MURDER IN NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH	(T)	4M	3F
PARTY TO MURDER (with OLIVE CHASE)		4M	4F
C
JOHN CHAPMAN
THE BRIDES OF MARCH	(F)	6M	8F
DIPLOMATIC BAGGAGE	(F)	5M	5F
DRY ROT	(F)	6M	4F
SIMPLE SPYMEN	(F)	11M	1F
NIL BY MOUTH	(C)	6M	7F
BEST BEFORE	(BC)	5M	4F
THE BALCONY SCENE
KINDLY LEAVE THE STAGE	(C)	3M	5F
JOHN CHAPMAN
OH, CLARENCE (Adapted from Blandings Castle and other Lord Emsworth stories by PG Wodehouse)	(C)	8M	3F
JOHN CHAPMAN & RAY COONEY
THERE GOES THE BRIDE	(F)	4M	4F
NOT NOW DARLING	(F)	5M	6F
MOVE OVER MRS MARKHAM	(F)	4M	5F
MY GIDDY AUNT (Comedy/Thriller)		5M	3F
JOHN CHAPMAN & IAN DAVIDSON
LATE FLOWERING	(C)	4F	1M
JOHN CHAPMAN & DAVE FREEMAN
KEY FOR TWO	(C)	3M	4F
JOHN CHAPMAN & JEREMY LLOYD
KEEPING DOWN WITH THE JONESES		5M	4F
CROOKS TOUR
DEADLIER THAN THE MALE
BUSINESS AFFAIRS
WIMBLEDON
JOHN CHAPMAN & ANTHONY MARRIOTT
ANYTHING YOU SAY
SHUT YOUR EYES AND THINK OF ENGLAND	(C)	6M	3F
JOHN CHAPMAN & MICHAEL PERTWEE
HOLIDAY SNAP
LOOK NO HANS
JOHN CHAPMAN & PETER VINCENT
IT TAKES AN ANGEL
LOVE ON ALL FLOORS
OLIVE CHASE see STEWART BURKE
PETER COKE
WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF?	(C)	4M	6F
IN CONFIDENCE	(C)	1M	1F
WINTER GLORY	(C)	2M	7F
THE TAXPAYERS' WALTZ	(C)	5M	7F
MIDSUMMER MINK	(C)	4M	7F
AUTUMN MANOEUVRES	(C)	2M	6F
BREATH OF SPRING	(C)	3M	5F
THE GENTLE GUARDSMAN
THE GENTLE PERSUADERS
THE MAN WHO WROTE IN BED
FOOL’S PARADISE
RAY COONEY
CHASE ME COMRADE	(F)	7M	3F
RUN FOR YOUR WIFE	(C)	6M	2F
TWO INTO ONE	(C)	5M	5F
OUT OF ORDER	(C)	6M	4F
IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY	(C)	7M	4F
FUNNY MONEY	(C)	6M	2F
RAY COONEY & TONY HILTON
BANG BANG BEIRUT	(F)	7M	4F
ONE FOR THE POT	(F)	6M	3F
RAY COONEY & GENE STONE
WHY NOT STAY FOR BREAKFAST?	(C)	3M	2F
RAY COONEY, ARNE SULTAN & EARL BARRETT
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
THE YELLOW ON THE BROOM		2M	3F
THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES			1F
PARKING LOT IN PITTSBURGH		2M	6F
THE WHITE BIRD PASSES		2M	6F
THE WITCHES OF POLLOK
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
A BEDFULL OF FOREIGNERS	(C)	4M	3F
KINDLY KEEP IT COVERED	(C)	4M	3F
JOHN CHAPMAN & DAVE FREEMAN
KEY FOR TWO	(C)	3M	4F
G
BILL GORDON & PETER VINCENT
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
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
THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN	(C)	5M	4F
GOING EAST	(F)	5M	5F
A SLIP OF THE DISC	(C)	4M	3F
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY	(C)	3M	4F
WHEN THE CAT’S AWAY	(C)	4M	3F
JOHN BROWN’S BODY	(C)	5M	3F
THAT DIFFICULT AGE	(C)	3M	3F
PETER PAUL AND PAULA	(F)	3M	3F
JOHN GRAHAM & EDWARD TAYLOR
PARDON ME PRIME MINISTER	(F)	4M	5F
WALTER GREENWOOD
SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE CROWN	(C)	9M	4F
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
BONAVENTURE	(T)	4M	4F
THE CAPTIVES
ROBIN HAWDON
THE MATING GAME
PEOPLE - MUSICAL
BIRTHDAY SUITE
THE OLD DEVILS
REVENGE
DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER
DON'T ROCK THE BOAT
PERFECT WEDDING
GOD AND STEPHEN HAWKING
SHADY BUSINESS
WAR
A NIGHT IN PROVENCE		3M	3F
SHEILA HAWKINS
THREE MEN AND A GIRL
KENNETH HORNE
TWO DOZEN RED ROSES (adapted from Italian by Aldo de Benedetti)	(C)	3M	2F
AND THIS WAS ODD	(C)	3M	7F
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
A PICTURE OF AUTUMN	(C)	6M	4F
A DAY BY THE SEA	(C)	6M	4F
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
SNAKES ALIVE	(C)	3M	2F
SKI WHIZZ	(F)	3M	3F
GLYN JONES
RED IN THE MORNING	(BC)	4M	4F
THRILLER OF THE YEAR	(T)		5F
BAY RUM
EARLY ONE MORNING
THE 88		18M	1F
HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR WAGNER?
BEAUTIFUL FOREVER			5F
WOMEN AROUND		2M	5F
ROSEMARY		2M	3F
GENERATIONS			4F
THIRD DRAWER FROM THE TOP		4M	3F
HEAR THE HYENA LAUGH		4M	3F
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
THE LIVER BIRDS	(C)	5M	4F
JEREMY LLOYD & JOHN CHAPMAN
BUSINESS AFFAIRS
M
CECIL MADDEN
INVESTIGATION	(T)	3M	3F
LOOPHOLE
ANTHONY MELNIKOFF
STEINBERG'S DAY OF ATONEMENT		4M	2F
CHILD OF THE FOREST		3M	5F
LITTLE SQUARES		3M	4F
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
LADIES IN RETIREMENT	(T)	1M	6F
DAVID PERRY
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
THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER	(Ch)
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)
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
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
PLAYING AWAY		2M	1F
T
EDWARD TAYLOR
BAD DAY AT THE OFFICE		3 M	3F
A RISE IN THE MARKET	(F)	4M	3F
MURDER BY MISADVENTURE	(BC)	3M	1F
NO DINNER FOR SINNERS		2M	4F
EDWARD TAYLOR & JOHN GRAHAM
PARDON ME, PRIME MINISTER	(F)	4M	5F
JOHN TOBIAS
MY HUSBAND'S WILD DESIRES ALMOST DROVE ME MAD	(C)	3M	3F
U, V
SUTTON VANE
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
ALIBI FOR MURDER	(T)	6M	2F
TWO CHILDREN ON A SEE-SAW	(D)	2M	2F
THE PLAYING FIELDS	(D)	4M
THE BOATING LAKE	(D)	4M	4F
MASK FOR MURDER	(T)	3M	2F
MURDER BY APPOINTMENT	(T)	4M	2F
MURDER WEEKEND	(T)	5M	3F
JOHN WILLIAMS
THE CAT AND THE CANARY
WOODROW WYATT
HIGH PROFILES	(C)	4M	4F

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