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Playhouse, Oxford

1967

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in "Plays of the Year 38" Elek Books, London

1968

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Comedy

4

4

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Notes: aka A Matter of Gravity

Synopsis: Grande Dame Mrs Basil has an Estate Agent - Charlie (with bright dyed yellow hair) making a offer for her house and grounds so that his company can demolish it and build smaller houses on the property. She dismisses him as her grandson, Niggie is arriving. Niggie is concerned that his grandmother's new housekeeper/cook is not only an alcoholic but an ex-inmate of an institution. Niggie has invited some guests for the weekend in the hopes that they will be stimulationg company for Mrs Basil. There is Shatov a communist much given to speaking at rallies but has a stutter when upset or excited. She is accompanied by Elizabeth a mixed race young woman from Trinidad who has only recently arrived in England - but her view of the Country has been gotten from novels of the Brontes and Jane Austen. The other guests are Herbert an older man with his teenage boyfriend Tom. Tom is a "reformed" drug addictand is in to self harm. The housekeeper/cook, Du Bois (Jacky) reconises Shatov but Shatov denies this even though Du Bois addresses her by her first name - which was not known to the others. Niggie is entranced with Elizabeth. Du Bois realises that Tom is still taking drugs and finds a hypodermicneedle in his pocket she takes him into the kitchen to sort him out. Later she returns with a knife and says that she has murdered Tom and gets Herbert to telephone the asylum and get them to take her back. Having done this Tom walks in - having only cut himself - but he has overheard Herbert talking about their relationship and realises that things are over between them he gets money from Herbert and leaves. Niggie and Elizabeth plan to marry And Du Bois is taken away. Eight years later Mrs Basil has been unable to keep up the house and it is now in a bad state. Herbert is staying with her together with his new boyfriend, Charlie - the Estate Agent. Tom is dead having cut his own throat. Niggie and Elizabeth are back from the West Indies where they live for the first time since leaving eight years ago. They now have two children. Mrs Basil has also invited Sholtov down for the weekend and Du Bois has returned also. Elizabeth has always loved the house so Mrs Basil gives it to her and books herself and Du Bois into the executive wing of the asylum. Herbert leaves with Charlie - Mrs Basil doesn't think Charlie is good enough for Herbert. Du Bois tries again to get Mrs Basil to call her Jacky - Mrs Basil says she will be buggered if she would.

Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York

1955

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Random House, New York

1956

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Play/Drama

2

7

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Synopsis: Life without a room to oneself is a barbarity

Royale Theatre, New York

1964

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Samuel French, NY

1964

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Comedy

5

3

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Synopsis: Faithful servant watches over old retired actress as she confronts new crises after family conflict

New York

1952

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Play/Drama

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Notes: aka Little Idiot

Synopsis:

Phoenix Theatre, London

1960

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Little, Boston, Massachusetts

1970

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Play/Drama

7

2

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Notes: -

Synopsis: Romanian prince tries to recover his mothers art collection from millionaire whose daughter is in love with prince's brother.

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1943

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(French's Acting Edition No. 415). SF

1944

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1946

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ramatist Play Service, NY

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Play/Drama

7

4

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Synopsis: Velvet Brown is a little girl with a big dream. Day and night she talks of horses; the sleek beautiful animals who have the courage and stamina to win in England's famous Grand National. Someday she too will enter this most grueling and difficult of races. Velvet's family has little patience with her dreams of glory; except for her mother, who swam the English Channel when she was younger, and knows that one must stretch one's abilities to capture the wildest hopes; and Mi Taylor, whose love of horses matches Velvet's own. Mi recognizes in Velvet the same spirit which had given her mother the will to succeed. There is a lottery about to be held, the prize being "The Piebald," and undisciplined and seemingly useless horse. Mi buys Velvet a ticket and she wins! After that the story is one of making a dream come true, as they train the horse and enter it in the Grand National. And they almost win, but what really matters is what they learn, about life, and people, and the things that really matter when momentary

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1951

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