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JOHN ATKINS |
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Nationality: British Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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After obtaining Honours degree in. history at Bristol, John Atkins worked for Mass Observation and on Tribune as Literary Editor before he accepted positions as teacher of English as a foreign language in Sudan and Libya. He later served as docent in English Literature at Lodz University in Poland. Mr. Atkins has authored a score of books, mainly studies in modern literature. His subjects include Hemingway, Orwell, Greene, and Priestley as well as a work on British spy fiction. Six of his plays have been produced and his was the winning entry in the Brentwood Arts Festiva1 One Act Play Competition in 1980
Plays by John Atkins
Baby Gambit | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1976 | ||||
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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 | #1255 | |||
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Belphoebe | ||
| 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 | #97752 | |||
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Genre: | fantasy Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | cast large, doubling intended | |||||
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Synopsis: | Belphoebe is a modern cult figure, adored but disdainful of popular attention. Her star is on the wane when she is rescued by a man she has constantly humiliated. The action is interplanetary and comments on contemporary issues such as unemployment, football vandalism and third-party politics. | |||||
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Connoisseur, The | ||
| 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 | #97753 | |||
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Genre: | traditional Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Based on a story by the 18th century writer Jean Francois Marinontel, the connoisseur is the center of a group of loathsome aesthetes and collectors. He hopes to marry his niece and ward to one of them but she outwits him. | |||||
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DIY Man, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Brentwood Arts Festival | 1978 | ||||
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 | #1256 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
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Synopsis: | Joe is useless with his hands but has the healing touch. He persuades his crippled mother in law to walk, but is rebuked by family for doing something so dangerous. | |||||
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Eric, or Little By Little | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1980 | ||||
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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 | #1257 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Lucky Sulla | ||
| 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 | #97754 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | traditional Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | A play about the Roman dictator set in 81-79 B.C. Rivalry between Sulla and Pompey with Sulla's Greek slave secretary, Sullipor, playing a leading part. | |||||
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Margaret Catchpole | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1980 | ||||
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 | #1258 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Based on a true story of a young heroine who defied the law to help her lover at the turn of the Eighteeiith century, the scenes are recounted in modern style through flashback, narration and commentary with the middle section in ballad form. | |||||
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Undream Room, The | ||
| 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 | #97755 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | A woman approaching middle age returns to the town where she was brought up. | |||||
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Warsaw | ||
| 1st Produced: | NYMF | - - - | ||||
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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 | #114852 | |||
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Genre: | full length Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 14 | Female | 9 | ||
Parts other: | 3 children | |||||
Notes: | Book by John Atkins, lyrics by John Atkins and William Wade, music by William Wade. In development. | |||||
Synopsis: | Roman, a young Jewish man, is engaged to Ana, a Roman Catholic in Warsaw. Against the backdrop of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Roman tries to save his family and reunite with Ana. | |||||
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Why They Went to Clacton | ||
| 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 | #97756 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | A modern play about a pretentious young painter who discovers his true self with the help of the girl who cleans his flat and, with her, goes off to join orginary people at Clacton--any popular, racy resort can be substituted. | |||||
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