MICHAEL ABBENSETTS (1938 - )
| Nationality: | British - born Guyana |
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Plays by Michael Abbensetts
Alterations |
| 1st Produced: | 1978 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in Michael Abbensetts Four Plays, Oberon, London | 2001 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: revised London, 1985 | ||||
Synopsis: About a West Indian tailor Walker Holt, who strives at all costs to be successful and in so doing sacrifices his family and his values. | ||||
El Dorado |
| 1st Produced: | 1984 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in Michael Abbensetts Four Plays, Oberon, London | 2001 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: talks about class, colour and property among mixed and monied races in Guyana in a Chekhovian family drama. | ||||
In The Mood |
| 1st Produced: | Hamstead Theatre, London | 1981 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in Michael Abbensetts Four Plays, Oberon, London | 2001 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Orrin and T.D. fought for the British in the second World War. Every year since then they have re-met on Armistice Day. This year something different occurs. An uninvited guest turns up. | ||||
Lion, The |
| 1st Produced: | Cochrane, London | 1993 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Outlaw |
| 1st Produced: | Leicester | 1983 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
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Royston's Day |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London | 1988 | ||
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| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: in Living Together, Heinemann | ||||
Synopsis: Prime Minister Thatcher forces woman into prostitution. | ||||
Samba |
| 1st Produced: | 1980 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London | 1980 | ||
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| Genre: | Comedy with music | - | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | 6 mus | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Once AIf redo Lamas was universally acclaimed as The Samba King", he led the famous Latin American dance band - The Gauchos. Rock n Roll changed things, however. Now, twenty years later, Alt redo is reduced to running a mini-cab business. He is determined to make a comeback. | ||||
Street Party, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London | 1988 | ||
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| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: in Living Together, Heinemann | ||||
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Sweet Talk |
| 1st Produced: | 1973 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London | 1974 | ||
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| Genre: | Domestic Drama | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: About a young West Indian couple living in London and the pressures from inside and outside their marriage | ||||