DEREK BENFIELD   


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Plays by Derek Benfield

DEREK BENFIELD
Anyone For Breakfast?
1st Produced:
SchaterTeater, Antwerp
1991
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1994
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
3
Parts Other:
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Notes:
may be duplicate of Ziegfeld entry, doollee
Synopsis:
marital mishaps in an evening an morning of riotous misunderstandings and mistaken identities
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DEREK BENFIELD
Bedside Manners
1st Produced:
Contra-Kreis Theatre, Bonn
1986
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1990
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Ferris is looking after his sister's seedy hotel. Two young couples arrive. Roger has arranged an assignation with Sally, leaving his wife Helen at home, but Helen and Geoff, Sally's husband, have also made plans for a naughty weekend together - at the same hotel. The mischievous Ferris discovers their guilty secrets and tries (at some financial reward to himself) to prevent the inevitable meeting of husbands, wives and lovers in assorted compromising situations.
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DEREK BENFIELD
Beyond A Joke
1st Produced:
Shanklin Theatre, Isle of Wight
1979
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1980
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
4
Female
4
Parts Other:
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Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Six times fatalities have occurred in Jane and Andrew's country house. When daughter Sally's new young man, Geoff' arrives for the weekend he mistakenly gets the idea that the occurrences were due to something more sinister than 'accident'. When a visiting vicar passes peacefully away in the garden Andrew and Jane try to remove the body. Events are further confused by the unexpected arrival of Geoff's parents who are unaware that the body has been stowed in their car boot!
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DEREK BENFIELD
Bird In The Hand, A
1st Produced:
Amateur
1973
Company:
-
1st Published:
Evans Bros, London
1973
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
4
Female
6
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
When Sylvia returns only twenty-four hours after walking out, her husband Max isn't exactly overjoyed. Nor is three times divorced Harry who has set the wheels in motion to recapture the romantic successes of their youthful days of bachelorhood and it's too late to stop the young ladies arriving! Sylvia watches with much amusement as her hapless husband tries, and fails, to appreciate the delights of freedom and finally decides that the bonds of matrimony are preferable.
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DEREK BENFIELD
Caught On The Hop
1st Produced:
Gateway Theatre, Chester
1977
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1979
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
4
Female
4
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Phil enlists his friend George's help in order to leave his wife for a girl he met on top of a bus
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DEREK BENFIELD
Champagne For Breakfast
1st Produced:
-
1954
Company:
-
1st Published:
Kenyon-Deane
1954
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Genre:
Farcical Comedy
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Parts:
Male
-
Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
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DEREK BENFIELD
Don't Lose The Place
1st Produced:
Amateur
1992
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1992
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
three trial husbands are time tabled to see which one will suit with the inevitable torrent of confusions and mistaken identities
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DEREK BENFIELD
Down To Brass Tacks
1st Produced:
Coliseum Theatre, Oldham
1962
Company:
-
1st Published:
Deane & Sons, London
1964
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Genre:
North Country Comedy
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Parts:
Male
4
Female
5
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
after all the panic the fish and chip shop still opens on time
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DEREK BENFIELD
First Things First
1st Produced:
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-
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London
2007
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
3
Parts Other:
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Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Pete and George are old friends. In fact, such good old friends that George has been Pete's best man at both of his weddings. Pete. now happily married to Sarah, is appalled when George arrives with the news that his first wife Jessica was not killed in a climbing accident as they had thought but is alive and well and keen to resume her life with Pete! This unexpected revelation leads to a series of hilarious situations as Peter and George try to find a way out of this desperate plight without upsetting either of Pete's wives or his second wife's powerful mother.
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DEREK BENFIELD
Fish Out Of Water
1st Produced:
Bromley, Kent
1962
Company:
-
1st Published:
Evans Bros, London
1963
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
4
Female
5
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
All the ingredients of package holidays - late flights, double bookings, foreign food, wine-tasting and love affairs.
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DEREK BENFIELD
Fly In The Ointment, A
1st Produced:
Amateur
1996
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1996
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Genre:
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Farce
Parts:
Male
3
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Government ministers, ex mistresses, virtuous wife, devious pizza delivery boy, frustrated policewoman, oh what a farce
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DEREK BENFIELD
Flying Feathers
1st Produced:
K;eine Komodie Theatre, Vienna
1987
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1987
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Genre:
-
Farce
Parts:
Male
6
Female
4
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Chief Constable arrive at country house of his late brother to find it has been turned into a brothel
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DEREK BENFIELD
Funny Business
1st Produced:
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-
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London
2005
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
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-
Female
-
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
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DEREK BENFIELD
In at the Deep End
1st Produced:
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-
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London
2005
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
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-
Female
-
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
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DEREK BENFIELD
In For The Kill
1st Produced:
Amateur
1981
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1981
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Genre:
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Thriller
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Suspicion follows a car accident before the surprise denouement
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DEREK BENFIELD
Look Who's Talking
1st Produced:
Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
1983
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1984
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
unexpected guests cause couple to weave an elaborate web of lies and half truths to hide their own possible infidelities
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DEREK BENFIELD
Murder For The Asking
1st Produced:
Bexhill-on-Sea
1966
Company:
-
1st Published:
Evans Bros, London
1967
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
4
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
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Synopsis:
man is offered a job to murder another, he ruses but man is murdered anyway
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DEREK BENFIELD
Off The Hook
1st Produced:
-
-
Company:
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1st Published:
Evans Bros, London
1970
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Genre:
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Farce
Parts:
Male
5
Female
5
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
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Synopsis:
about a romp in a country house with certain dubious characters intent on finding a hidden hoard of money.
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DEREK BENFIELD
Out Of Thin Air
1st Produced:
Playhouse, Salisbury
1960
Company:
-
1st Published:
Kenyon-Deane
1961
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
4
Female
4
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
the contract is finally signed despite the pretty girl
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DEREK BENFIELD
Over My Dead Body
1st Produced:
-
-
Company:
-
1st Published:
2005
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Genre:
full legth
Comedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
4
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Following his wifes recent death Gerald hopes to spend the rest of his days alone with his memories. But he reckons without his late wifes forward planning, which results in a series of unexpected events occurring that Gerald had not anticipated. With the help of his daughter and son-in-law, Gerald strives to maintain his independence and keep unexpected visitors at bay. But the recalling of memories revives events from the past that are both funny and sad
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DEREK BENFIELD
Panic Stations
1st Produced:
Amateur
1975
Company:
-
1st Published:
Evans Bros, London
1975
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Genre:
Farcical Comedy
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Parts:
Male
4
Female
5
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
a local handyman and an attractive girl seem to have moved into a country cottage enhancing the owners aptitude for social and anti social blunders
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DEREK BENFIELD
Party, The
1st Produced:
-
-
Company:
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1st Published:
Evans Bros, London
1964
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Genre:
Light Play 1 Act
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Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
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Synopsis:
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DEREK BENFIELD
Post Horn Gallop
1st Produced:
Leas Pavilion, Folkestone
1964
Company:
-
1st Published:
Evans Bros, London
1965
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Genre:
-
Farce
Parts:
Male
6
Female
5
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
sequel to Wild Goose Chase as Lord Elwood stands ready to repel attacks by the butcher's boy, the postman and other desperate characters
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DEREK BENFIELD
Running Riot
1st Produced:
New Theatre, Hull
1957
Company:
-
1st Published:
Evans Bros, London
1958
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Genre:
-
Farce
Parts:
Male
5
Female
4
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Man mistaken for British champion runner at the Olympic games, after various adventures he obviously wins the race
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DEREK BENFIELD
Second Time Around
1st Produced:
-
-
Company:
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1st Published:
Published
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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DEREK BENFIELD
Third Party Risk
1st Produced:
-
-
Company:
-
1st Published:
in "New Plays Quarterly No.66" Evans Brothers, London
1964
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Genre:
Serious Play 1 Act
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Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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DEREK BENFIELD
Toe In The Water
1st Produced:
Contr-Kreis Theatre, Bonn
1989
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1991
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Misunderstandings, cunning lies and amorous attempts go wrong at the health farm
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DEREK BENFIELD
Touch And Go
1st Produced:
Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
1982
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1984
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Genre:
Domestic Farce
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Parts:
Male
2
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
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Synopsis:
A well sustained running joke, is Brian jogging or with his mistress?, as George continues his own dalliance.
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DEREK BENFIELD
Two And Two Together
1st Produced:
Contr-Kreis Theatre, Bonn
1997
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1999
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
4
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
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Synopsis:
the two couples are forced into a riotous whirlwind of lies and misunderstandings as they try to conceal their guilty secrets
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DEREK BENFIELD
Up And Running
1st Produced:
Frinton summer Theatre, Frinton
1994
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1995
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