JOHN WHITING (1917 - 1963)
| Nationality: | English |
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Plays by John Whiting
Conditions Of Agreement, The |
| 1st Produced: | Bristol | 1965 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in "The Collected Plays 1", Heinemann, London, 1969 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
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| Notes: | staged posthumously | |||||
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Devils, The |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1961 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London, 1961 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 17 | Female | 6 |
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| Notes: | from The Devils of Loudon by Aldous Huxley | |||||
| Synopsis: | Period 1623-34, nuns accuse vicar of sorcery interweaving personal dilemmas with the political necessities of the time | |||||
Gates Of Summer, The |
| 1st Produced: | Oxford | 1956 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Madame de . . . and Traveller Without Luggage |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1959 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | French, London & in "The London Magazine", London, May, 1959 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh | |||||
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Marching Song |
| 1st Produced: | Cardiff | 1954 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Heinemann Educational Books, 1954 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | After seven years as a prisoner of war General Rupert Foster has been released. He returns to his country. The newly elected Chancellor is looking for a scapegoat to blame the failure of the war on | |||||
No More A-Roving |
| 1st Produced: | Richmond, Surrey | 1987 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London, 1975 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | staged posthumously | |||||
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No Why |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1964 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1961 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | part of "Expeditions One" | |||||
| Synopsis: | Young Jacob has been banished to his attic room whilst the rest of his family celebrate his grandfather's birthday. One by one they come to berate him and accuse him of doing disgusting things. When he is left alone he hangs himself | |||||
Nomads, The |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1965 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in "The Collected Plays 2", Heinemann, London, 1969 | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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| Notes: | staged posthumously | |||||
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Paul Southman |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1965 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | broadcast 1946 | |||||
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Penny For a Song, A |
| 1st Produced: | Wimbledon, London | 1951 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "The Plays of John Whiting", Heinemann, London, 1957 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
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Sacrifice To the Wind |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1955 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in "Plays for Radio and Television", Longman, London, 1959 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | Original Playwright - Andre Obey; televised 1954 | |||||
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Saint's Day |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1951 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays of the Year, vol. 6", Elek, London, 1952 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
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Traveller Without Luggage |
| 1st Produced: | Arts Theatre Club, London | 1959 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Methuen Drama, London >>> , 1959 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh | |||||
| Synopsis: | a man who has lost his memory faces problems with presumed relatives | |||||