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Derek Benfield

DEREK BENFIELD   (1926 - 2009)

Nationality:   English    Email:   n/a   Website:   n/a

Literary Agent:  The Agency (London) Ltd  

Rix farceur, television character actor and successful English comedy playwright - British Theatre Guide. Died 10th Mar 2009

Plays by Derek Benfield

DEREK BENFIELD

Anyone For Breakfast?

1st Produced:

SchaterTeater, Antwerp

1991

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Samuel French, London, 1994

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Comedy

Parts:

Male

3

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

may be duplicate of Ziegfeld entry, doollee

Synopsis:

marital mishaps in an evening an morning of riotous misunderstandings and mistaken identities

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DEREK BENFIELD

Bedside Manners

1st Produced:

Contra-Kreis Theatre, Bonn

1986

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Samuel French, London, 1990

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Comedy

Parts:

Male

3

Female

2

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Ferris is looking after his sister's seedy hotel. Two young couples arrive. Roger has arranged an assignation with Sally, leaving his wife Helen at home, but Helen and Geoff, Sally's husband, have also made plans for a naughty weekend together - at the same hotel. The mischievous Ferris discovers their guilty secrets and tries (at some financial reward to himself) to prevent the inevitable meeting of husbands, wives and lovers in assorted compromising situations.

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DEREK BENFIELD

Beyond A Joke

1st Produced:

Shanklin Theatre, Isle of Wight

1979

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Samuel French, London, 1980

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Comedy

Parts:

Male

4

Female

4

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Six times fatalities have occurred in Jane and Andrew's country house. When daughter Sally's new young man, Geoff' arrives for the weekend he mistakenly gets the idea that the occurrences were due to something more sinister than 'accident'. When a visiting vicar passes peacefully away in the garden Andrew and Jane try to remove the body. Events are further confused by the unexpected arrival of Geoff's parents who are unaware that the body has been stowed in their car boot!

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DEREK BENFIELD

Bird In The Hand, A

1st Produced:

Amateur

1973

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Evans Bros, London, 1973

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Comedy

Parts:

Male

4

Female

6

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

When Sylvia returns only twenty-four hours after walking out, her husband Max isn't exactly overjoyed. Nor is three times divorced Harry who has set the wheels in motion to recapture the romantic successes of their youthful days of bachelorhood and it's too late to stop the young ladies arriving! Sylvia watches with much amusement as her hapless husband tries, and fails, to appreciate the delights of freedom and finally decides that the bonds of matrimony are preferable.

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DEREK BENFIELD

Caught On The Hop

1st Produced:

Gateway Theatre, Chester

1977

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Samuel French, London, 1979

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Comedy

Parts:

Male

4

Female

4

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Phil enlists his friend George's help in order to leave his wife for a girl he met on top of a bus

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DEREK BENFIELD

Champagne For Breakfast

1st Produced:

- - -

1954

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Kenyon-Deane, 1954

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Farcical Comedy

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

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DEREK BENFIELD

Don't Lose The Place

1st Produced:

Amateur

1992

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Samuel French, London, 1992

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Comedy

Parts:

Male

3

Female

2

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

three trial husbands are time tabled to see which one will suit with the inevitable torrent of confusions and mistaken identities

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DEREK BENFIELD

Down To Brass Tacks

1st Produced:

Coliseum Theatre, Oldham

1962

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Deane & Sons, London, 1964

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

North Country Comedy

Parts:

Male

4

Female

5

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

after all the panic the fish and chip shop still opens on time

Further Reference:

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DEREK BENFIELD

First Things First

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Samuel French, London, 2007

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Comedy

Parts:

Male

3

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Pete and George are old friends. In fact, such good old friends that George has been Pete's best man at both of his weddings. Pete. now happily married to Sarah, is appalled when George arrives with the news that his first wife Jessica was not killed in a climbing accident as they had thought but is alive and well and keen to resume her life with Pete! This unexpected revelation leads to a series of hilarious situations as Peter and George try to find a way out of this desperate plight without upsetting either of Pete's wives or his second wife's powerful mother.

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DEREK BENFIELD

Fish Out Of Water

1st Produced:

Bromley, Kent

1962

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Evans Bros, London, 1963

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Comedy

Parts:

Male

4

Female

5

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

All the ingredients of package holidays - late flights, double bookings, foreign food, wine-tasting and love affairs.

Further Reference:

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DEREK BENFIELD

Fly In The Ointment, A

1st Produced:

Amateur

1996

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Samuel French, London, 1996

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Farce

Parts:

Male

3

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Government ministers, ex mistresses, virtuous wife, devious pizza delivery boy, frustrated policewoman, oh what a farce

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DEREK BENFIELD

Flying Feathers

1st Produced:

K;eine Komodie Theatre, Vienna

1987

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Samuel French, London, 1987

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Farce

Parts:

Male

6

Female

4

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Chief Constable arrive at country house of his late brother to find it has been turned into a brothel

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DEREK BENFIELD

Funny Business

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Samuel French, London, 2005

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

n/a

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

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DEREK BENFIELD

In at the Deep End

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Samuel French, London, 2005

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

n/a

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

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DEREK BENFIELD

In For The Kill

1st Produced:

Amateur

1981

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Samuel French, London, 1981

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Thriller

Parts:

Male

3

Female

2

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Suspicion follows a car accident before the surprise denouement

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DEREK BENFIELD

Look Who's Talking

1st Produced:

Wyvern Theatre, Swindon

1983

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Samuel French, London, 1984

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Comedy

Parts:

Male

2

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

unexpected guests cause couple to weave an elaborate web of lies and half truths to hide their own possible infidelities

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DEREK BENFIELD

Murder For The Asking

1st Produced:

Bexhill-on-Sea

1966

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Evans Bros, London, 1967

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

4

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

man is offered a job to murder another, he ruses but man is murdered anyway

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DEREK BENFIELD

Off The Hook

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Evans Bros, London, 1970

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Farce

Parts:

Male

5

Female

5

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

about a romp in a country house with certain dubious characters intent on finding a hidden hoard of money.

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DEREK BENFIELD

Out Of Thin Air

1st Produced:

Playhouse, Salisbury

1960

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Kenyon-Deane, 1961

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Comedy

Parts:

Male

4

Female

4

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

the contract is finally signed despite the pretty girl

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DEREK BENFIELD

Over My Dead Body

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Samuel French, London >>>, 2005

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

full legth Comedy

Parts:

Male

2

Female

4

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Following his wife's recent death Gerald hopes to spend the rest of his days alone with his memories. But he reckons without his late wife's forward planning, which results in a series of unexpected events occurring that Gerald had not anticipated. With the help of his daughter and son-in-law, Gerald strives to maintain his independence and keep unexpected visitors at bay. But the recalling of memories revives events from the past that are both funny and sad

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DEREK BENFIELD

Panic Stations

1st Produced:

Amateur

1975

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Evans Bros, London, 1975

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Farcical Comedy

Parts:

Male

4

Female

5

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

a local handyman and an attractive girl seem to have moved into a country cottage enhancing the owners aptitude for social and anti social blunders

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DEREK BENFIELD

Party, The

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Evans Bros, London, 1964

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Light Play 1 Act

Parts:

Male

2

Female

2

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Further Reference:

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DEREK BENFIELD

Post Horn Gallop

1st Produced:

Leas Pavilion, Folkestone

1964

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Evans Bros, London, 1965

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Farce

Parts:

Male

6

Female

5

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

sequel to Wild Goose Chase as Lord Elwood stands ready to repel attacks by the butcher's boy, the postman and other desperate characters

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DEREK BENFIELD

Running Riot

1st Produced:

New Theatre, Hull

1957

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Evans Bros, London, 1958

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Farce

Parts:

Male

5

Female

4

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Man mistaken for British champion runner at the Olympic games, after various adventures he obviously wins the race

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DEREK BENFIELD

Second Time Around

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Published,

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#2825

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Genre:

Comedy

Parts:

Male

1

Female

1

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Further Reference:

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DEREK BENFIELD

Third Party Risk

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

in "New Plays Quarterly No.66" Evans Brothers, London, 1964

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#2826

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Genre:

Serious Play 1 Act

Parts:

Male

2

Female

2

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Further Reference:

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DEREK BENFIELD

Toe In The Water

1st Produced:

Contr-Kreis Theatre, Bonn

1989

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Samuel French, London, 1991

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

doollee no

#2827

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Genre:

Comedy

Parts:

Male

3

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Misunderstandings, cunning lies and amorous attempts go wrong at the health farm

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DEREK BENFIELD

Touch And Go

1st Produced:

Wyvern Theatre, Swindon

1982

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Samuel French, London, 1984

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#2828

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Genre:

Domestic Farce

Parts:

Male

2

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

A well sustained running joke, is Brian jogging or with his mistress?, as George continues his own dalliance.

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DEREK BENFIELD

Two And Two Together

1st Produced:

Contr-Kreis Theatre, Bonn

1997

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Samuel French, London, 1999

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#2829

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Genre:

Comedy

Parts:

Male

4

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

the two couples are forced into a riotous whirlwind of lies and misunderstandings as they try to conceal their guilty secrets

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DEREK BENFIELD

Up And Running

1st Produced:

Frinton summer Theatre, Frinton

1994

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Samuel French, London, 1995

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Comedy

Parts:

Male

3

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

man attempts to convince his wife he is not having an affair and tries to save his business

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DEREK BENFIELD

Way The Wind Blows, The

1st Produced:

- - -

1954

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Deane's Series of Plays, Kenyon-Deane, London, 1954

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

-

Female

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Parts other:

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Notes:

-

Synopsis:

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DEREK BENFIELD

Wild Goose Chase

1st Produced:

New Theatre, Hull

1954

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Evans Bros, London, 1955

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Farce

Parts:

Male

5

Female

6

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Further Reference:

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DEREK BENFIELD

Young In Heart, The

1st Produced:

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1953

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:

-

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Genre:

Comedy

Parts:

Male

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Female

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Parts other:

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Notes:

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Synopsis:

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