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KEITH WATERHOUSE (1929 - 2009) |
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Nationality: British Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: The Agency (London) Ltd |
British journalist, playwright and novelist, frequent collaborator with Willis Hall; died 4 Sep 2009
- British Theatre Guide
Plays by Keith Waterhouse
All Things Bright and Beautiful | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bristol | 1962 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Michael Joseph, London, 1963 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36247 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Willis Hall | |||||
| An exuberant and racy comedy which is yet a sad commentary on twentieth-century bureaucracy. The Hesseltines are living in property well overdue for demolition and are looking forward to being rehoused in more beautiful and salubrious surroundings. The crisis comes when they find that, far from a house with a little bit of garden, they are to live in a warrenous block of flats. . . | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Billy Liar | ||
| 1st Produced: | Cambridge Theatre, London | 1960 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Michael Joseph, London, 1960 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36248 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Willis Hall, from novel by Waterhouse | |||||
Synopsis: | Less than dedicated to his job as undertaker's clerk bored with his North Country family background, Billy Fisher takes refuge in his own invented world. For Billy, an energetic imagination makes life tolerable but well-nigh intolerable for all around him. He lies his way into and out of every situation producing any explanation and making any promise that will extricate him from his present predicament, and thereby creating ever more tortuous entanglements for the immediate future. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Bookends | ||
| 1st Produced: | Apollo, London | 1990 | ||||
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 | #36249 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | from "The Marsh Marlowe Letters" by Craig Brown | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Budgie | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1988 | ||||
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 | #36250 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Willis Hall, music by Mort Shu,am, lyrics by Don Black | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Card, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bristol | 1973 | ||||
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: | ocr5 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: First Night (OCR5) 1973 | doollee no | #36251 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Written by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall; music by Tony Hatch; lyrics by Jackie Trent. Based on the novel "The Card" by Arnold Bennett | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Celebration: The Wedding and The Funeral | ||
| 1st Produced: | Nottingham | 1961 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Joseph, London, 1961 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36252 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Willis Hall | |||||
Synopsis: | a family make preparation for wedding then six months later a funeral of their uncle who provides the link | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Children's Day | ||
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh | 1969 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1975 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36253 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Willis Hall | |||||
Synopsis: | This play concerns a party which is heard but not seen, and the effect those jollifications have on the lives of two couples; Robin and Emma, and Peter and Polly | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Come Laughing Home | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Evans Bros, London, 1966 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36254 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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England, Our England | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1962 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Evans Bros, London, 1963 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36255 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Willis Hall, music by Dudley Moore | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Filumena | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1977 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London, 1978 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36256 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Eduardo de Filippo; Written in collaboration with Willis Hall | |||||
Synopsis: | after 25 years marriage Filumena is to be thrown over for a younger woman, pretence of death cures all | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Final At Furnell | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | One Act Play, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #49340 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Willis Hall | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Good Grief | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1998 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36257 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | from own novel | |||||
Synopsis: | A sensitive, wryly humorous study of a middle-aged widow, coming to terms with bereavement, who finds the courage to break with the past. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Help Stamp Out Marriage! | ||
| 1st Produced: | Booth Theatre, New York | 1966 | ||||
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 | #36258 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Play written by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall. Original Broadway | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell | ||
| 1st Produced: | Brighton | 1989 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1991 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36259 | |||
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Genre: | Black Comedy Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Based on the Life and Writings of Jeffrey Bernard | |||||
Further Reference: | Theatre Record Volume XXXI (2011) Issue 06 Page 322 | |||||
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Joey, Joey | ||
| 1st Produced: | Manchester | 1966 | ||||
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 | #36260 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Willis Hall, music Ron Moody | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Last Page, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | unproduced | - - - | ||||
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 | #107214 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | final unproduced play celebrating the craft of journalism | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lost Empires | ||
| 1st Produced: | Darlington, County Durham | 1985 | ||||
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 | #36261 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Willis Hall, music Denis King, novel J.B. Priestley | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mr and Mrs Nobody | ||
| 1st Produced: | Garrick, London | 1986 | ||||
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 | #36262 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | from The Diary Of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Our Song | ||
| 1st Produced: | Apollo, London | 1992 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1993 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36263 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | from own novel, with Willis Hall | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Saturday, Sunday, Monday | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1973 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London, 1974 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36264 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Eduardo de Filippo; Written in collaboration with Willis Hall | |||||
Synopsis: | a monumental Italian family row breaks out on Saturday night, to be finally and touchingly resolved on the Monday | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Say Who You Are | ||
| 1st Produced: | Guildford, Surrey | 1965 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Evans, London, 1966 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36265 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Willis Hall, aka Help Stamp Out Marriage | |||||
Synopsis: | unmarried lover at friends flat, a telephone booth, yet another foreign film all conspire in resultant embroilments | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sponge Room, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Nottingham | 1962 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Evans, London, 1963 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36266 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Willis Hall | |||||
Synopsis: | about three dreamers who will never have the courage to carry out their dream - for the dreams themselves are a substitute for courage | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Squat Betty | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1962 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Evans, London, 1963 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36267 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Willis Hall | |||||
Synopsis: | parody of the Theatre of the Absurd, who should leave whom and who should commit suicide - nobody their lives are inextricably entangled | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Steafel Variations | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 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 | #36268 | |||
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Genre: | Songs and sketches | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Peter Tinniswood and Dick Vosburgh | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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They Called the Bastard Stephen | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bristol | 1964 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Evans, London, 1965 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36269 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Willis Hall, aka Come Laughing Home | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Whoops-a-Daisy | ||
| 1st Produced: | Nottingham | 1968 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1978 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36270 | |||
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Genre: | Domestic Drama Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Willis Hall | |||||
Synopsis: | new neighbours turn out to be brash and aggressive intruders who radically disturb placid families life | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Who's Who | ||
| 1st Produced: | Coventry | 1971 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1974 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36271 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Willis Hall | |||||
Synopsis: | first confusion as couple try to cover up clandestine weekend, second complete role reversal | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Worzel Gummidge | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1980 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1984 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36272 | |||
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Genre: | Childrens Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | 1b 1g | |||||
Notes: | written with Willis Hall, music Denis King, stories Barbara Euphan Todd | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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