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JOHN FURSE (1948 - ) |
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Nationality: British Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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John was born in North Devon in 1948. It was there he first became involved with amateur drama, and writing for it. In 1967 he moved to Somerset. In 1982 he returned to amateur drama and started writing seriously. Now retired he devotes a lot of his time to his writing.
Plays by John Furse
Old Rust Bucket, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | New Playwrights' Network, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #12886 | |||
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Genre: | Farce | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
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Pocahontas (the Pantomime) | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Oakriff, 15th September 2011 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #133374 | |||
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Genre: | pantomime | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | 2 Choruses | |||||
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Synopsis: | Betrothed to the evil Japazaws when she was very young Pocahontas has become of age and is fearful she will have to marry him. She dreams of a handsome brave coming to save her. Her friend and confidant is Maw and Maw's friend the bear called Paw. Maw was abandoned in America many years before by her lover Samuel Argall. When he returns he brings with him John Smith with whom Pocahontas falls in love. They want to marry, but the matter of the betrothal has to be resolved. It appears all is lost when, with the help of Wheels, Gofar and Captain Argall, Japazaws kidnaps and bewitches Pocahontas. Samuel, in the mean time has to try desperately to avoid Maw for fear of his life. In the end Pocahontas's friends gather to save her and all ends happily-ever-after. Even Maw gets her man and the long dreamed of marriage. | |||||
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Pretty Pickle, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | West Monkton Village Hall, Taunton | 24 Oct 1996 | ||||
Company: | The Monkton Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | Oakriff, 15th August 2010 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #119330 | |||
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Genre: | Farce | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | 1 female, 3 male voices off | |||||
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Synopsis: | Two police officers from Scotland Yard end up lost at a remote country pub where the locals are acting very strangely? Could it be that the local poacher doesn't want to be caught in the act of supplying pheasant to the pub, or could it be that his grandson doesn't want anyone to know he is making cider in the cellar of the pub? All this very furtive behaviour is not missed by the young police sergeant, but is completely lost on her Chief Superintendent, even the fact that his wife is in the pub to meet another man. However this is the night that things boil over though; the fermenting cider explodes. As the poacher and his grandson try to avoid the police, and the young sergeant misinterprets her boss's wife's actions, the pub is engulfed in manic farce. | |||||
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