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RODNEY ACKLAND (1908 - 1991) |
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Nationality: British Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Eric Glass Ltd |
Born in Westcliffe-on-Sea, Essex, 18 May 1908. Educated at Salesian College, 1915-16; Balham Grammar School, 1916-23; Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, London. Married Mab Lonsdale (daughter of the playwright Frederick Lonsdale) in 1952 (died 1972). Salesman, Swan and Edgar, London, 1924; worked in the silks department, Stagg and Mantles, London, 1925, and in the advertising department, Vacuum Oil Company, London, 1925. Founder, with Roland Gillett, Kinsmen Pictures, 1946. Died 6 December, 1991.
Plays by Rodney Ackland
Absolute Hell! | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1988 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Oberon Books, London, 1990 | ISBN/ASIN: | 9781870259194 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #144 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 10 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | revision of The Pink Room | |||||
| This fascinating evocation of Bohemian life in London in 1945 was presented at the Orange Tree, Richmond, in 1988 and is a revision of the play The Pink Room originally staged at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, in 1952. A world-weary hostess runs a drinking-club where the members gather to drink and, variously, escape, dream, seek, bitch, mock and destroy. 'This is not only an archaeologist's treasure, but is among the most convincing, moving pieces to hit London yet this year.' Independent | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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After October | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1936 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Gollancz, London, 1936 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #145 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | After October is Ackland's most autobiographical play. It shows a feckless family in the grip of poverty, with a young playwright, Clive, scenting the possibilities of escape to affluence and extravagance. But Clive's play is a failure and his beloved Frances opts for his rival Brian. A loan helps Clive until his novel will be completed and everything will be all right 'after October'. The mood lightens - only the creditors are heavy. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ballerina | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1933 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38870 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | by Rodney Ackland; music by Henry Sullivan, lyrics by Desmond Carter, adaptation of the novel by Eleanor Smith | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Before the Party | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1949 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1950 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #146 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | From W S Maugham | |||||
Synopsis: | Laura has recently returned from the Gold Coast - she tells her family that he died from malaria. She then upsets her family by telling them that she is going to marry a man they all dislike - David. Laura's sister, Kathleen has learnt the truth about the death of her husband and the family confront - but Laura tells them that he did not commit suicide - she killed him. He was an abusive drunk. Laura's family then insist that after their garden party she must tell David the truth, break the engagement and leave the family home. Laura leaves a letter for David. The family then discover that David is the son of a Lord and will inherit a fortune. They change their minds about him and try to prevent him from seeing Laura's letter. But he has already read it. He says it changes nothing - he loves Laura. Disgusted with the family they elope | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Birthday | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1934 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1935 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38871 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Blossom Time | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1942 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38872 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | music by Schubert | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Crime And Punishment | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1946 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Sampson Low and Marston, 1948 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #147 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 16 | Female | 10 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | book by Fedor Dostoevsky | |||||
Synopsis: | Originally published in 1866, Crime and Punishment tells the story of Rodion Romanivich Raskolnikov, an impoverished former student who murders an old woman to escape his wretched situation | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Cupid and Mars | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1947 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38873 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | with Robert G. Newton, adaptation of a story by Newton | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dance with No Music | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1930 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Deane, London, 1933 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38874 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dark River, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1941 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1942 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #148 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 1 boy | |||||
Notes: | (as Remembrance of Things Past, produced 1938; as The Dark River, produced 1941) | |||||
| set in the late thirties, the flamboyant characters are cocooned in a Thames backwater ignoring the turbulent events of a politically unstable Europe | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dead Secret, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1957 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1958 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #149 | |||
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Genre: | Mystery | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| When the miserly old spinster dies the question remains - was it murder? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Diary Of A Scoundrel | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1942 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Sampson Low and Marston, 1948 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #150 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Alexander Ostrovsky | |||||
| With the death of Yegor's father he and his mother are left in dire straits. He worms his way into a wealthy family and discredits the daughter of the family's fiance. It is his hope now to marry her himself and they are engaged. But Yegor has been keeping a diary of how he has sucked up to the wealthy family and his true feelings about them. The diary is discovered | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Farewell, Farewell, Eugene | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1959 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1960 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #151 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | adaptation of a work by John Van | |||||
Synopsis: | How do you say "farewell" to someone who never appears in the first place? Let the action speak for itself: the time is 1915; the place a shabbily genteel basement apartment on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Its denizens are Gert and Minnie Povis, the former quite correct and slightly formidable, the later not above sneaking a clandestine bottle of beer or reliving her brief but happy days as a member of a third-rate opera company. The sisters supplement a small income by turning out handpainted greeting cards, which Cousin Peonie merchandises through her acquaintances in the "outside world." One of these is Chuck Bailey, who is in love with Poenie but out of favor with Gert. He does move a lot of greeting cards, however, which means more money for the growing fund in the "Visit to Eugene Box." Brother Eugene, we might add, has been off in Africa for a rather long time doing nobody knows what. All this, of course, has its complications, which runs something like this: Gert manages to break up Peonie's romance; | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Foe, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Wood, E.R. (Ed.), The Sixth Windmill Book Of One-Act Plays, 1972 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #152 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Improper People | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1929 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London, 1930 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38875 | |||
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Marion-Ella | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1930 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38876 | |||
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Multitude of Sins, A, | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1951 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38877 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | with Robert G. Newton | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Old Ladies, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1935 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Ltd, London 1935 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #153 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | novel by Hugh Walpole (produced 1935; as Night in the House, produced NY 1935). | |||||
| A harsh winter in the 1920s. Lucy and May have rooms in an old house and, through fond memories, simple pleasures and buried hopes, happily help each other through their impoverished days. But, in the upstairs room, the dark, brooding presence of Agatha plots to shatter their friendship. Little by little, she begins a journey of terror as she manipulates, ridicules and undermines the careful fabric of Lucy's and May's lives. Is Lucy's son really alive? Why does May depend so much on her prized possessions? And what is the terrible secret that Agatha craves to discover? | |||||
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Other Place, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1964 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays 2" Oberon, London, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #154 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 8 characters | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Pink Room, The; or, The Escapists | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1952 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38878 | |||
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Plot Twenty-One | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1936 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38879 | |||
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Sixth Floor | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1939 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38880 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | adaptation of a play by Alfred Gheri | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Smithereens | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1985 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays 2" Oberon, London, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #155 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 12 characters | |||||
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Strange Orchestra | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1931 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1932 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #156 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 6 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | takes place in a large Chelsea flat, run as a boarding house by a slatternly Bohemian with a heart of gold. Her paying guests are young, poor and uncertain of their jobs. They squabble hysterically, make love and dance to the tune of a wind up gramophone. Then into this lively household strolls Peter, a homeless artist destined to destry happiness with his ready charm and caddish behaviour | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Too Clever by Half | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1988 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Applause | ISBN/ASIN: | 9781557830234 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #3881 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Alexander Ostrovsky | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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White Guard, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1934 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #3882 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Mikhail Bulgakov | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Yes, My Darling Daughter | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1937 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #3883 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | adaptation of work by Mark Reed | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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