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NIGEL DENNIS (1912 - 1989) |
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Nationality: English Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: A M Heath & Company |
Nigel Forbes Dennis (January 16, 1912July 19, 1989) was an English writer, critic, playwright and magazine editor.
Plays by Nigel Dennis
August For The People | ||
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh | 1961 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1962 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #9368 | |||
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Genre: | Farcical Tragedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 16 | Female | 9 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Stately home owner Sir Augustus Thwaites launches a scathing attack on democracy at a dinner held by the Open Homes Association. Worried that his attack will effect visitor numbers - the busy season is almost upon them - other stately home owners and some of Sir Augustus' staff try to get him to retract. He does not. But the unexpected result of all this is a boost in visitor numbers. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Cards Of Identity | ||
| 1st Produced: | 26 Jun 1956 | |||||
Company: | English Stage Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Two Plays and a Preface", Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1958 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #9369 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 18 | Female | 4 | ||
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Notes: | from own novel | |||||
Synopsis: | Three fraudsters take over a country house and set themselves up as self improvers using mumbo-jumbo and hypnotism | |||||
Further Reference: | Wearing 56.133 | |||||
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Making Of Moo, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 25 Jun 1957 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Two Plays and a Preface", Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1958 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #9370 | |||
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Genre: | black comedy (history of religion) 3 acts | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A comparison between African Tribal beliefs and Western Religion | |||||
Further Reference: | Wearing 57.146 | |||||
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