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JANET GREEN (1914 - 1993) |
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Nationality: English Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Plays by Janet Green |
Matilda Shouted Fire | ||
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| 1st Published: | Evans Bros, London, 1961 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #14459 | |||
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Genre: | Sensational Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 3 | ||
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Murder Mistaken | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1952 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1953 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #14460 | |||
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Genre: | Melodrama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 | ||
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Notes: | aka Gently Does It | |||||
Synopsis: | Murder is his business and generally speaking Edward Bare is a successful "business man." Married first to Monica, rich, doting and many years his senior, Edward waits amicably for her to die. It is not "poor Monnie's fault" that he comes one day to the mistaken conclusion that she is about to make a will in favor of her sister, and decides that, his only course is to hasten her end. But Edward has misjudged the old woman for she meant to leave him everything. As it is, he finds himself with less than he had when she was alive. Edward is not daunted: He looks around for another rich fish to net, and finds the answer to this pressing necessity in the person of Freda Jefferies, wealthy widow of a hotel proprietor. Freda, who has always seen that her head ruled her heart, marries Edward, at the same time keeping a tight hold on her purse strings. This does not suit Edward and when Charlotte Young, another rich woman, arrives on the scene, he is all set to remove the one that irks him most. Charlotte appears easier game than the tough Freda, and Edward sets about staging the scene for an exciting last situation. Which lady will receive the brunt of his murdering tactics? Packed with suspense and thrills, the machinations of the killer's mind are laid bare for the observation of the audience, and the twists are unexpected and spine-chilling. | |||||
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Murder, My Sweet Matilda | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #14461 | |||
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Genre: | Thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Formerly listed as MATILDA SHOUTED FIRE. The original play on which the extremely successful motion picture Midnight Lace was based. A spine-tingling "thriller," it is especially effective on the stage, building suspense and excitement right up to the breathtaking final minutes of the play. | |||||
Synopsis: | Lesley Paul, young wife of a prosperous London bookmaker (gambler), lives, quite literally, like a "bird in a gilded cage." Home is a posh maisonette in a small section of London, her husband is adoring and attentive, and there is money enough to satisfy her every wish. Then the shocking phone calls begin. An unearthly sing-song voice tells Lesley that she will be killed before the month is out. Not once, but again and again the strange voice mutters its ugly threats-but only to her. At first Max Paul finds it difficult to condone his wife's growing terror. She is, in his mind, still the childish "Matilda" who shouted "fire" when there was no fire at all. Gradually, as the uncanny omniscience of the killer seems to draw him nearer and nearer, the doubters are shaken in their doubts. Max, Lesley's Aunt Bee, Peggy Thompson the neighbor who lives downstairs-all who had scoffed at Lesley's fears begin to sense the gravity of her plight. The nearing presence of the unseen murderer throbs like a macabre counterpoint beneath the even tenor of their lives. How it all ends adds up to one of the most chilling and exciting climaxes ever written for the theatre. No one will guess the outcome-but no one will forget it either. | |||||
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