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ARTHUR WATKYN (1907 - 1965) |
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Nationality: British Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Plays by Arthur Watkyn |
Amber For Anna | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Royal, Bath | 1963 | ||||
Company: | Matthew Somerville Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1965 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36309 | |||
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Genre: | Mystery | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Andrew and Carol Marsh have been to the theatre with a group of friends. One of their number pours scorn on the format thriller they have been to see - as if there could be a murder and the suspect is amongst a small and diverse group of people. Upstairs the au pair lies with a dagger in her heart | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Doctor Morelle | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1950 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36310 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | written with Ernest Dudley | |||||
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For Better, For Worse | ||
| 1st Produced: | Little Theatre, Bristol | 1954 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36311 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Anne and Tony want to get married but her father says that first he must get a job and a flat for them to live in. Tony does find a job but accommodation is harder. Eventually he finds a tiny flat he knows Anne's parents will not approve of such a tiny shabby place - but he feels it is a start. | |||||
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Geese Are Getting Fat, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1961 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36312 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Clive has decided that Christmas is all humbug these days. He is opting out and not taking part. His rich uncle from Australia is coming to stay for the festive season and when he arrives he demands a full Dickensian Christmas | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Home Front, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Northampton | 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 | #36313 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Maltese Cross, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Ltd, London 1939 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36314 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
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Not In the Book | ||
| 1st Produced: | Hippodrome Theatre, Bristol | 1958 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays Of The Year Vol.17", Elek, London, 1958 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36315 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Pedro arrives from South America with plans to blackmail Andrew Bennett about his murky past. Andrew has been given the script of a murder mystery and he sees a way out from his predicament. He puts poison in Pedro's coffee and he dies. The police investigate and things look bad for Andrew. Then it turns out that Pedro was blackmailing someone else as well and this other person had poisoned him - Pedro had not drunk any of his coffee | |||||
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Out Of Bounds | ||
| 1st Produced: | Oxford | 1962 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1963 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36316 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A British spy has been killed in a plane crash. He was due to meet someone who was to hand of negatives of secret documents. British Intelligence has discovered that Lancelot Dodd a meek and unassuming headmaster of a boys school is the exact double of the dead spy | |||||
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Wanted-Mr Stuart | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36317 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
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