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RONALD MILLAR (1919 - 1998) |
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Nationality: British Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Eric Glass Ltd |
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Plays by Ronald Millar |
Abelard And Heloise | ||
| 1st Produced: | Northcott, Exeter | 1970 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1970 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24120 | |||
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Genre: | Tragedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 9 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | based on Peter Abelard by Helen Waddell | |||||
Synopsis: | The famous love story of Abelard, the renowned teacher who fell in love with Heloise, a girl half his age, had a child by her, married her, was cruelly punished and was eventually received into the Church, is told in flashback. Throughout looms the presence of the Church, the monasteries and convents of twelfth-century France, with the monks and nuns who watch and silently comment on the action. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Affair, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Strand Theatre, London | 1961 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Scribner, New York, 1962 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24121 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 17 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | from novel by C P Snow | |||||
Synopsis: | based on suspicion and intrigue in a Cambridge college where a PhD student is accused of fraud | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Bachelor Borne | ||
| 1st Produced: | 12 Nov 1956 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1958 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #72495 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | under the title "The Bride and the Bachelor" produced at the Duchess, London on Dec 19th 1956 | |||||
Synopsis: | Eve of wedding cold feet lead to who is my father problems | |||||
Further Reference: | Wearing 56.280 | |||||
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Bride And The Bachelor, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Duchess, London | 19 Dec 1956 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1958 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24122 | |||
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Genre: | Farcical Comedy Play/Drama 3 act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | new title for Bachelor Borne | |||||
Synopsis: | Eve of wedding cold feet lead to who is my father problems | |||||
Further Reference: | Wearing 56.280 | |||||
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Bride Comes Back, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Vaudeville Theatre, London | 25 Nov 1960 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1961 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573010552 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24123 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| sequel to The Bride and the Bachelor, the magic bowl is needed again this time with the help of a psychiatrist | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Case In Question, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1975 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1975 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24124 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 14 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | from novel In Their Wisdom by CP Snow | |||||
Synopsis: | a contested will results in conflict and illumination of present day standards and attitudes | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Champagne For Delilah | ||
| 1st Produced: | New Theatre, London | 09 Jun 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 | #24125 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Coat Of Varnish, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Royal Haymarket, London | 01 Apr 1982 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1983 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24126 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | from novel by CP Snow | |||||
Synopsis: | A policeman's dilemma in how to convict a man he knows to be guilty of murder. | |||||
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Frieda | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1946 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | English Theatre Guild, London, 1947 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24127 | |||
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Genre: | Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Just as World War Two is ending Frieda helps Robert escape from a prisoner of war camp. They make it to the border. To help Frieda get away Robert marries her so that she will get a British passport. War over Robert takes Frieda to his family home. Robert's mother is very anti-German and makes her views plain | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Masters, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Golders Green Hippodrome, London | 14 May 1963 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Macmillan, London, 1964 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24128 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 18 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | from novel by C P Snow | |||||
Synopsis: | The Master of a Cambridge college is dying. There are two contenders to replace him. One will carry on with the college traditions and aims. The other will steer it into a more scientific and technological path. The canvassing starts and things begin to get bitter as the contest goes on. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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More The Merrier, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bristol Hippodrome | 1959 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1960 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24129 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Stella's divorce has just been finalised. Her daughter is coming over from Paris and Stella is worried about how Dinah will take it. But she accepts it. Stella plans to marry Henry an oil millionaire. On Dinah's birthday both her father - Roger and Henry turn up with expensive presents for her. Stella and Roger realise that they are still in love and plan to run away to Gretna Green. Realising the family will be loosing the oil millions Dinah tells Henry about the plan in the hopes of thwarting it. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Murder From Memory | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ambassadors Theatre, 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 | #24130 | |||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A train gets stuck in a snow drift and the six passengers take refuge in a nearby house. As the train guard is leaving to join them he discovers a seventh passenger - murdered. At the house they discover that there had been a murder there twenty years previously. One of the passengers is from the Royal Psychical Society and he suggests a seance to find out just what happened all those years ago | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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New Men, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Brighton | 1962 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Macmillan, London, 1964 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24131 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | from novel by C P Snow | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Number 10 | ||
| 1st Produced: | Glasgow | 1967 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London, 1967 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24132 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 15 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | from novel by William Clark | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Odd Girl Out | ||
| 1st Produced: | Harlow, Essex | 1973 | ||||
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 | #24133 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | from Novel by Elizabeth Jane Howard | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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On The Level | ||
| 1st Produced: | Saville Theatre, London | 19 Apr 1966 | ||||
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: | Original cast recording: CBS (70021) 1966 | doollee no | #24134 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Ron Grainer; lyrics and book by Ronald Millar | |||||
| Kathie the school secretary falls for one of the students Joe. She steals the GCE exam papers he is going to sit so that he can pass by cheating. But Joe passes the papers on to his friends. When it is discovered Kathie and Joe go on the run. They are caught and imprisoned. In prison Kathie has a baby | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Once More With Music | ||
| 1st Produced: | Guildford, Surrey | 1976 | ||||
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 | #24135 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Other Side, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1946 | ||||
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 | #24136 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | from novel by Storm Jameson | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Parents' Day | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1972 | ||||
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 | #24137 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | from novel by Edward Candy | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Peg | ||
| 1st Produced: | Phoenix Theatre, London | 12 Apr 1984 | ||||
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: | Original cast recording: TER (1024) 1984 | doollee no | #70075 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by David Heneker; Lyrics by David Heneker; lyrics by John Taylor; book by Ronald Millar; book by Robin Miller | |||||
| Cordelia Countess Chiddinbourne has been unable to pay her staff since the death of her husband. Then a rich American relation dies and she has hopes of a huge inheritance. However, the money all goes to Peg a member of the family who works in a Manhattan shoe shop. Peg is brought to England for the Countess to turn into a lady - for which she is paid £1,000 a year which eases her money worries | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Robert And Elizabeth | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lyric Theatre, London | 20 Oct 1964 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1967 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: EMI (89059) 1964 | doollee no | #24138 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Rudolf Besier (The Barretts Of Wimpole Street); Music by Ron Grainer | |||||
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They Don't Grow On Trees | ||
| 1st Produced: | Manchester | 1968 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1969 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24139 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 11 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | An entertaining comedy about the trials and tribulations of finding the perfect cleaning lady. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ticklish Business, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Brighton: Theatre Royal | 07 Apr 1958 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1959 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24140 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | aka The Big Tickle (Duke of York, London, 23 May 1958) | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | Wearing 58.20 | |||||
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Waiting For Gillian | ||
| 1st Produced: | St James's, London | 21 Apr 1954 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1955 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573014697 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #24141 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation 3 act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | from novel A Way Through the Wood by Nigel Balchin | |||||
| James and Jill Bule's cleaning lady has just lost her husband in a hit and run accident. James a newly appointed J.P. suspects local playboy William Bule is responsible. Before he can have Bule arrested Jill confesses that she was driving the car and that she has been having an affair. James decides that the scandal of a J. P.'s wife going to prison will be too much. He decides to do nothing about the matter as long as Jill stops seeing Bule. But she does not. James orders her out of their home. After living for a time with Bule she decides that it was a mistake - confesses her guilt and is sent to prison. | |||||
Further Reference: | Wearing 54.107 | |||||
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Zero Hour | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1944 | ||||
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 | #24142 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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