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DEREK PARKES |
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Nationality: British Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Plays by Derek Parkes |
Blue Murder | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1982 | ||||
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 | #26978 | |||
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Genre: | Thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 5 characters | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | An erstwhile dealer in soft porn takes on more than he bargains for when he starts to trade in blue movies on video cassettes | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Cat And Mouse | ||
| 1st Produced: | Redditch Arts Council Competition | 1967 | ||||
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 | #26979 | |||
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: | 30 min One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | 1st prize | |||||
Synopsis: | A lonely housewife is threatened by a homicidal encyclopaedia salesman | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Different Worlds | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1979 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1980 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #26980 | |||
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 | - | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | shows the different attitudes to life by three generations of the same family | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Inside Story | ||
| 1st Produced: | Amateur | 1976 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | New Playwrights' Network, 1976 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #26981 | |||
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: | 30 min One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | set in a prison | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Just A matter Of Time | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1981 | ||||
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 | #26982 | |||
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: | Tragi-comedy Tragedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 5 characters | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A man in his 70's is dying of terminal illness, his family cannot accept this. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Man In The Shadows, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Little Theatre Club | 1968 | ||||
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 | #26983 | |||
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 | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | An escaped lunatic takes refuge in a lonely house but unfortunately for him another escapee from the same institute has taken over | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Poles Apart | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1982 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | New Playwrights' Network, 1982 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #26984 | |||
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: | 40 min One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | a family reunion after twenty years and the family is still poles apart | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sea Breeze | ||
| 1st Produced: | Norwich | 1979 | ||||
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 | #26985 | |||
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 | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | a dolly bird inherits an old fashioned boarding house in a decaying seaside resort. Much to chagrin of her boyfriend she decides to try and make a go of it with very surprising results | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Snappy Families | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1982 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | New Theatre Publications (1999) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1840942323 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #26986 | |||
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: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Henry, a semi-retired children's entertainer, had a flutter on the lottery for the first time and came up trumps - on a rollover week! He decides to treat his whole family to a cruise. They originate from Deddington, a small North Country town. At first they are a little out of their element on a cruise ship, but things soon change. . . The family meet up with a gold-digging Cockney charlady, a rather camp cabin steward, and a shy radio officer, among others. This comedy generated over 350 laughs at its premiere performance. The audience thoroughly enjoyed it - and so did the cast! | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Some Enchanted Evening | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | New Theatre Publications (2003) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1840944358 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #117612 | |||
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Genre: | One Act Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Monica, a lonely widow, answers a personal ad` in her local paper. The Advertiser describes himself as 6ft, dark-haired and late 40`s. She invites him to dinner; moments before he is due an old neighbour turns up, Marge. Monica gets rid of her. The man is nothing like his self-description - balding, short, dumpy and nearly sixty. He has a nasal voice, takes snuff, has no sense of humour whatsoever and is addicted to TV soaps. Whilst Monica is in the kitchen, Marge returns. It is apparent that she has answered the same personal ad. . . | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Surprise Package | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tithe Farm Players, Rayners Lane, London | 1975 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1975 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #26987 | |||
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: | Farcical Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Duncan Greenwood | |||||
Synopsis: | a family's package holiday to Spain proves to be an even greater change from Blackpool than expected | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Threat! | ||
| 1st Produced: | Slough | 1979 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1980 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #26988 | |||
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 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | dying man blackmails embezzler only for all the tables to be turned | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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