DANNIE ABSE (1923 - )
| Nationality: | Welsh |
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Plays by Dannie Abse
Dogs Of Pavlov, The |
| 1st Produced: | Questors Theatre, London | 1969 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Valentine Mitchell, London, 1973 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 |
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| Synopsis: | Suggested by Stanley Milgram's 'Obedience to Authority' experiment at Yale University | |||||
Dogs Of War, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | 9780853031666 | |||
| 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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Eccentric, The |
| 1st Produced: | Mountview Theatre, London | 1961 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Evans Bros, London, 1956 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | Jewish Comedy | One Act | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | should be paired with The Joker under the heading Two Jewish Comedies. Radio version called The Courting Of Essie Glass | |||||
| Synopsis: | Jewish comedy about an eccentric tobacconist resisting a take over bid by a chain store | |||||
Fire In Heaven |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1948 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Hutchinson, London, 1948 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | aka Is the House Shut and In the Cage | |||||
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Funland |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1975 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 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 | 0 |
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Gone |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1962 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Scorpion Press, 1967 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | aka Gone In January (Ensemble Theatre Co at Edinburgh Festival 1977) | |||||
| Synopsis: | About infidelity and sexual possession | |||||
Hands Around The Wall |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1950 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 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 | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
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House Of Cowards |
| 1st Produced: | Questors Theatre, London | 1960 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays of the Year 23" Elek, London, 1962 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | TragiComedy | Tragedy | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Group await the coming of a messianic figure who will appear and save them all from the lies they are living. | |||||
Joker The |
| 1st Produced: | Questors Theatre, London | 1962 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Miscellany One, Poetry Wales Press, 1981 | 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 | |||||
| Genre: | Jewish Comedy | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | should be paired with The Eccentric under the heading Two Jewish Comedies. Radio version called The Courting Of Essie Glass | |||||
| Synopsis: | Jewish comedy about a bachelor given to playing obsessional jokes even on a possible bride | |||||
Pythagoras |
| 1st Produced: | 1976 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Hutchinson, London, 1979 | ISBN | 9780091391348 | |||
| 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 | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | aka Phthagoras Smith | |||||
| Synopsis: | picture of a modern mental hospital and a transmigrated soul from the world of show business where he was formerly know as The Magician | |||||