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JEAN MCCONNELL (1928 - ) |
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Nationality: English Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Jean McConnell is a member of the Writers' Guild of G.B., a Vice-President of the Society of Women Writers and Journalists and a member of The Crime Writers Association. She writes TV, Radio, and Stage Plays, mostly comedy and crime.
Plays by Jean McConnell
Blush Pink | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Kenyon-Deane, 1968 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23106 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 6 | ||
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Cafe Brosse | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978057311542-4 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #111121 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
| George and Seraphine run a cafe in a small French town. Seraphine is fed up with the drudgery of her daily life, and feels that George doesn't appreciate her. George seeks solace with his mistress, Yvette, but she too is becoming disgruntled, living in a leaky apartment and longing for a comfortable housewife's existence. George's friend Aramis suggests that the two women should swap lives for a while, so Seraphine duly goes to live in Yvette's apartment and Yvette joins George in the running of the cafe, which is being frequented daily by a mysterious foreign couple. Unfortunately for George, Yvette is not quite the homemaker that Seraphine was, and soon he is pining for his capable and efficient wife. George's Aunt Marie turns up and mistakes Yvette for Seraphine, whom she has never met. She proceeds to stay for two weeks, criticizing Yvette's housework. Eventually Seraphine returns home and she and Yvette agree that they were both better off where they were. As Aramis points out, maybe it's George who is the real root of their problems. George agrees to go away for a while, but the question remains of who should take his place. . . | |||||
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Chord On The Triangle | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Deane's Series of Plays, Kenyon-Deane, London, 1961 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23107 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 6 | ||
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Dancers | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2001 | |||||
Company: | Just Us | |||||
| 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 | #23108 | |||
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Genre: | Short Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of "Deckchairs" | |||||
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Death Is Catching | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23109 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | by Jean Connell and Miles Tripp. Based on Kilo Forty by Miles Tripp | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Deckchairs | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2001 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1995 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23110 | |||
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Genre: | Five Short Plays One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Shoppers; Early Blight; Dancers; Late Frost; Doggies | |||||
Synopsis: | adventures on a seaside promenade | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Deckchairs 2 | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23111 | |||
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Genre: | Four Short Plays One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Day Trippers; The Guilt Card; Theatrical Digs; Short Changed | |||||
Synopsis: | four more seaside plays | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Deckchairs 3 | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23112 | |||
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Genre: | Three Short Plays One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Cupboard Love; Last Post; Cruise Missile | |||||
Synopsis: | three more seaside plays | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Deckchairs 4 | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #70153 | |||
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Genre: | Four Short Plays One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Garden Pests, Grannies, Outdoor Pleasures, Remember Me | |||||
Synopsis: | four more seaside plays | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Fear Of The Panther | ||
| 1st Produced: | Richmond, Surrey | 1964 | ||||
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 | #23113 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 5 | ||
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Hank of Hair, A | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Jasper Publishing Ltd 2006 | ISBN/ASIN: | 1-904416-73-X | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #105662 | |||
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Genre: | Play - Full Length, Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: | Brand new comedy thriller. A murder enquiry is prompted when a body turns up in a weir clutching a blonde wig. A vital clue? Can the body be identified? The trail takes the detectives to London, and Cannes, and strange surprises are uncovered as the plot unfolds. | |||||
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Haul For The Shore | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1953 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Deane's Series of Plays, Kenyon-Deane, London, 1953 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23114 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy in Three Acts Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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It's A Gift | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1964 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23115 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Look Out For The Catch | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Kenyon-Deane, 1961 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23116 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lovesome Thing, A | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1994 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23117 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Memory of Frank Danby, A | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Jasper Publishing Ltd 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1-905993-77-2 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #50942 | |||
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Genre: | Play - One Act, Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 7 | ||
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Synopsis: | In the Personnel Office of a large Industrial Chemical Organisation are Margaret, intelligent, hard-headed and Olive, efficient, warm-hearted. Frank Danby, a man who worked in the Defence Research Department, has committed suicide and amongst his belongings is discovered a very personal letter. The man's wife and daughter are arriving to collect his things. Should the potentially upsetting letter be held back from them? Olive feels kindness should prevail. Margaret would follow rules. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Millie's Tale | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #46800 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Westway Rest Home, under the ownership of Mrs Elms, has provided a caring, happy environment for its residents but is struggling to stay open in the face of new regulations. When Millie, an elderly helper, dies Mrs Elms applies to the authorities for funeral expenses but is refused. Eddie, a careworker at the home and friend to Millie, is enraged and alerts a local journalist, Lisa, who smells a good story. Millie's story is further pushed into the limelight when her lottery ticket is found to have won a million. Immediately two money-grabbing relatives appear in the shape of Belle and her husband Herbie from New Jersey who abandoned Millie forty years ago when she had an illegitimate daughter. In her determined quest to find Millie's long-lost daughter, Lisa uncovers a heartbreaking story which culminates in Millie being vindicated. | |||||
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Money's No Object | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Deane's Series of Plays, Kenyon-Deane, London, 1961 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23118 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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One Man Banned | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Deane's Series of Plays, Kenyon-Deane, London, 1957 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42075 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Overnight Treatment, The | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Jasper Publishing Ltd 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1-905993-81-9 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #105663 | |||
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Genre: | Play - Full Length, Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Avril Banstead has been the editor of Feminine Magazine for many years. She now covets and is in the running for a new glossier publication. Taking advantage of the popularity of make-overs, she arranges for three of her readers to be given a reincarnation for one of the television programmes. This is to take place at Avril's home and the three 'volunteers' - a teenager, a dowdy housewife and a graceless granny . . . | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Paved With Gold | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #50532 | |||
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Genre: | Youth play, 90 min Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 10 | ||
Parts other: | doubling possible, crowd | |||||
Notes: | adapted by Jean McConnell and Gerald Kelsey from Henry Mayhew's "London labour and the London Poor" | |||||
Synopsis: | The courage, humour and pride of the street people of the Victorian slums blazes theough as they reveal their fortunes and misfortunes to the "Gentleman" (Henry Mayhew). This unseen and unheard interviewer draws from them the facts of their way of life, sometimes hilarious, sometimes tragic and always in their own genuine language. The action flows continuously as the people pass through the yard singly, in pairs or in groups. Their rich and contrasting characters present a fascinating and authentic picture of the 1860's; in Mayhew's own words: "A cyclopaedia of the industry, the want and the vice of thegreat metropolis." | |||||
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Pick Of The Season, The | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Kenyon-Deane, 1956 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23119 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Red Cloak | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Deane's Series of Plays, Kenyon-Deane, London, 1955 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42076 | |||
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Genre: | Play in 1 Act for Women One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | around the French revolution | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ripe for Conversion | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Jasper Publishing Ltd 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1-905993-80-2 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #50941 | |||
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Genre: | Play - One Act, Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | A strong four-hander. It is the 1970s and the Brits have started buying up old French farmhouses for holiday homes. But Alan has his own private reasons for bringing his young wife Elizabeth to view a remote and derelict property. He is a tense and troubled man with memories of this area in wartime when he fought as a Commando. His behavior becomes strange and frightening. Elizabeth's compassion and anxiety for him are shared by their friend Donald who is also deeply and intimately concerned for Elizabeth. As she explores the derelict wine barn. Elizabeth discovers a terrible relic of bygone days. And when they are disturbed by an old French woman, with her own bitter past, the story takes on a new dimension. As more secrets and lies are uncovered, events lead to a horrific climax and its tragic conclusion. | |||||
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Shoppers | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Deckchairs: Five Short Plays" French, London, 1995 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23120 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of "Deckchairs" | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Short Changed | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Deckchairs: Five Short Plays" French, London, 1995 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23121 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of "Deckchairs" | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Theatrical Digs | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2001 | |||||
Company: | Just Us | |||||
| 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 | #23122 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of "Deckchairs" | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Wine In A Venetian Goblet | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Kenyon-Deane, 1968 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23123 | |||
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Genre: | Drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | around the Borgias | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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