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GEORGE BATSON (1918 - 1977) |
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Nationality: British Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Plays by George Batson |
Broom For The Bride | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1948 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2410 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 8 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Linda's mother has insisted that she marry Ernest who has a rich aunt. Her ex-fiance a reporter arrives intent on breaking up the couple. A crook and his niece pretend to be reporters. The aunt is mistaken for the new maid and put to work. So the reporter dresses up as the aunt | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dangerous Nan McGrew | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1949 | ||||
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 | #2411 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Design For Murder | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1960 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1960 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2412 | |||
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Genre: | Mystery thriller Mystery | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | aka Murder at Midnight | |||||
Synopsis: | a couple of juicy killings at the magnificent old mansion and the identity of the culprit well concealed | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Doctor Has A Daughter | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1943 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2413 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The doctor's daughter just wants everyone to be happy - but all her schemes to help end in disaster | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Every Family Has one | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1942 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573608667 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2414 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| The Reardon family. The grandmother collects Bing Crosby records, the father tinkers with his car, the mother social climbs, the daughter is a crack shot with a sling, the son believes he is the second William Shakespeare | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Gift Of Murder! | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2415 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy/Thriller Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The scene is an estate cottage in the north of England, where the famous actress, Stella Cavendish, accompanied by her attractive young niece, Mary, is recuperating from a hectic season and a bit too much high living. They are looked after by a cook-housekeeper (and local character) named Wimpi, and are soon joined by Dennis Mordaunt, Stella's producer and would-be suitor, and her fellow actress and arch rival, Flavia Dartega. And in the surprise appearance of Oliver Keane (Stella's former leading man) and his dashing young nephew Peter (who is immediately captivated by Mary), and both the plot and the romantic possibilities quicken. The arrival of the bustling Nurse Pepper rounds out the cast and begins the progression of chilling (and frequently funny) events (including murder, actual and attempted) leading on to the unexpected and ingeniously devised denouement-in which the true identity of the villain is shielded until the last possible moment. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hangman's Noose | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1947 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2416 | |||
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Genre: | Mystery | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 6 | ||
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Synopsis: | The family of Caroline Keating gather for the reading of her will. Then the murders start - the housekeeper and then the lawyer. Just when the murderer is unmasked Caroline appears - she had been entombed alive | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Her Majesty, Miss Jones | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2417 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Donn Harman | |||||
Synopsis: | This uproarious comedy concerns the complications that ensue when a popular television personality comes to a suburban town to open a new supermarket. The Robinsons and their neighbors are average citizens, but when Monica Marshall arrives in their midst the results are mirth provoking and unexpected. The cramped household is increased by Clara Jones, attractive young spinster, whom Monica sets about helping to trap the elusive Mr. Higbee. However, without the aid of her script writer, Monica gets herself and the Robinson family into many hilarious and outrageous situations. Young PFC Ken Robinson, having met Monica at the army camp, has been nursing a deep infatuation for her. This causes Helen, the girl next door, to resort to drastic strategy to regain his interest. Further fun develops when Tim Hayden, ambitious boy-reporter covering the TV star's trip for the local paper, releases the news that she and young Ken are engaged. This brings Ken's Commanding Officer quickly to the scene. He and Monica are sec | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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House On The Cliff, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1957 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1957 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573011900 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2418 | |||
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Genre: | Mystery Comedy Mystery | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | aka Solitaire Lady; from TV play by George Batson and D Harman | |||||
| body on the beach, paralysed hysteric, detective as nurse and murderous impersonator | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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I Found April | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1954 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Ltd London 1954 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2419 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 5 | ||
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Synopsis: | The romance between a brilliant pianist - Elsa Ashley and the famous novelist Val Corbett. However he wants to remain single and she is very jealous | |||||
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Its Spring Again | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1947 | ||||
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| 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 | #2420 | |||
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Magnolia Alley | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 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 | #89513 | |||
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Synopsis: | A boarding house in a Southern American town. A landlady fond of the drink, a boxer's wife, a call girl | |||||
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Miss Private Eye | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 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 | #2421 | |||
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Murder At Midnight | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French Ltd London | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573012907 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #133261 | |||
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Synopsis: | Celia Brecht is a successful author and the very possessive mother of her moody and neurotic son David, an aspiring painter. She has recently dismissed her secretary Kathy without notice, but within hours Kathy's body is found in the garden... This tale of petty jealousies and secret assignations is a nail-biting drama of human relationships. | |||||
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Murder On Arrival | ||
| 1st Produced: | Frinton | 07 Aug 1958 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1960 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2422 | |||
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Genre: | Thriller 3 act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | aka Brook Hollow | |||||
Synopsis: | Who dunnit at a cottage in Cornwall, but somebody's pinched the bullets. | |||||
Further Reference: | Wearing 59.137 | |||||
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Ramshackle Inn | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2423 | |||
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Genre: | Mystery Farce Mystery | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 6 | ||
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Synopsis: | An old maid librarian has saved her money for twenty years, in order to buy a hotel where she can meet interesting people. She purchases a strange tumble-down place near the ocean, and gets what she bargains for-plus a good deal besides. The imperturbable librarian encounters ghosts and secret trunks, she wanders through mysterious situations and thunderstorms, she meets with drama and comedy, the living and the dead, and somehow manages to emerge at the end none the worse for her extraordinary experience. | |||||
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Rehearsal For Dearh | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1949 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2424 | |||
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Genre: | Melodrama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 5 | ||
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Synopsis: | A has been actress is due to appear in a play she receives a letter stating that if she carries on with the play there will be terrible consequences. She goes on. In the scene where her character is shot the actor playing her murderer fires his gun but it is a critic watching who falls dead | |||||
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Strange Boarders | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1947 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2425 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy Mystery Mystery | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Jack Kirkland | |||||
Synopsis: | A delightful scatterbrained maiden lady runs a boarding-house. Out of her goodness, Cordelia has adopted two girls-Candy and Gloria-practically adopted a delightful sea captain, and the "Professor" -both of them, like herself, impractical. Chiefly the play revolves round the efforts of an amusing band of bank robbers to elude the police in nearby Boston and get away with $10,000 in cash, which is brought to Cordelia's home by the Misses Amity and Priscilla Haines, who take rooms as respectable school teachers. To Cordelia's home also come Smiley, a sad-faced thug, Joey, a petty gangster, and the "Deacon," a fellow with much false piety and a benign manner. The gangsters, having seized the money stolen by the "brains" of the band, attempt to hide from their leader and keep the money themselves. Boston Benny, the "brains," unexpectedly appears, and tries to get even with his partners. Up to now Cordelia, vainly trying to organize her boarding-house on systematic principles, thinks that all the nice ladies and g | |||||
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Terrible Turners, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1951 | ||||
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| 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 | #2426 | |||
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Treat Her Gently | ||
| 1st Produced: | Texas | 1941 | ||||
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 | #62947 | |||
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Two Faces Of Murder | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2427 | |||
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Genre: | Thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
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Synopsis: | The Colby family live in a crumbling mansion. The ancient matriarch, her daughter, the daughter's nephew and the young housekeeper. The nephew's widowed sister-in-law comes to stay and so does The mother's vivacious sister. Each member of the household receives a voodoo doll and then the bodies start mounting up | |||||
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