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LYNN BRITTNEY |
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Nationality: British Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Lynn Brittney has been writing plays for nearly twenty years and her earlier works were published by Samuel French. She has recently set up a playwright's co-operative under the imprint "Playstage" , which has published 13 new plays in 2009 and plans to publish a further 15 in 2010.
Plays by Lynn Brittney
Christmas Carol, A | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playstage, 2009 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #102803 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 14 | ||
Parts other: | male doubling | |||||
Notes: | Adapted from Dickens | |||||
Synopsis: | The famous story of Ebenezer Scrooge, the man who hated Christmas, and indeed, all of humanity, is well known. This adaptation sticks faithfully to the original short story and is particularly enhanced by the use of projected images (available from the publishers) to represent the various visions shown to Scrooge by the Spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future. | |||||
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Different Way To Die | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1993 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #4716 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | about a female survivor of concentration camps on her return to Israel, five years after the Second World war | |||||
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Failed Investments | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1995 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #4717 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 4 | ||
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Have A Nice Day | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1994 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #4718 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | voices | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | about the sheer supficiality of daytime television and its vaccuous viewers | |||||
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Last Wife, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1994 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #4719 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | HenryVIII on his deathbed haunted by the ghosts of his murderous marital actions | |||||
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Old Actors Never Die they simply lose the plot | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playstage, 2009 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #102802 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 6 | ||
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Synopsis: | The Mount House for Retired Theatricals is an unusual place - more like a country house hotel than a home for the elderly. Residents are positively encouraged to carry on working. When Walter Neville arrives (small part veteran of 212 films) arrives, he is overjoyed to find some of his best friends in residence. All is well until the serial womanizer ex-husband of three of the residents goes missing - apparently from Russian gangsters. The ladies decide that "He who pays the bills" must be rescued. What follows is a truly daft journey into the world of eccentric luvvies. | |||||
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Pickwick Papers | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #4720 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Properly Processed | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1994 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #4721 | |||
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Genre: | Satire | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | The deceased main character causes considerable impact in a high powered unsympathetic planning office. | |||||
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Wine & Wisdom 1: A Two Berth Life | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playstage, 2009 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #102804 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Den and Gloria and their grown-up children are taking their annual Caravan Club holiday, as they have done for nearly 30 years. The problem is that Den is terminally ill and has a very short time to live. However, he is surrounded by the warmth and humour of his family and gradually they persuade him to use his famous encyclopaedic general knowledge to win the Star Prize of the Quiz evening. A deeply moving play, it is, nonetheless, heartwarming with an upbeat conclusion. | |||||
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Wine & Wisdom 2: The Luvvies | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playstage, 2009 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #102805 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | One male offstage voice | |||||
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Synopsis: | The Horbridge Amateur Dramatic Society Guild has organized a quiz night all about the "Movies", which annoys Eileen for a start. "Why can't he say "the Cinema?" Debbie has arrived with allergy problems; Roger's menopausal wife has taken to her bed, so the team is one short; Mike is in a bad mood and the Dalbridge Strollers are being rowdy. To cap it all, Shirley has put a swear box on each table to raise money for the church. This humorous play contains moderate swearing. | |||||
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Wine & Wisdom 3: Nostalgia | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playstage, 2009 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #102806 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | It is New year's Eve at Roy and jean's house. Celebrating with thwem are Roy's close friends, Maurice and Eve, and Eve's wayward brother, David. Jean has decided that they will all play a board game called "Nostalgia" and the questions are all about the 1960s. Maurice, Roy and Eve, being some ten years older that Jean and David have mixed feelings about the period in question. While playing the game, simmering resentments surface about the fecklessness of those who were teenagers during the Swinging Sixties. | |||||
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Wine & Wisdom 4: Mixed Doubles | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playstage, 2009 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #102807 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 8 | ||
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Synopsis: | The Tennis Club is hosting a Quiz Night and George, who has made a career out of running quiz nights since he retired, is the quizmaster. Everything is organized. George's long-suffering wife, Heather, has prepared all the answer sheets and flip chart and Marjorie, the club's social secretary has prepared mountains of food. The only problem is that she sent the newsletter out too late and only a handful of members turn up! A hilarious comedy of suburban habits. | |||||
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Wine & Wisdom 5: Motivation | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playstage, 2009 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #102808 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Doris has organized the bank's quiz night for the last ten years and she is most annoyed that her boss has decided it should now be done by a committee - particularly when it comprises of the ambitious and high-powered Melanie, the lazy and unreliable Patrick and dim teenager Ethan. But then Doris is unhappy with a lot of other things in her working life as well. However, all is not what it seems. Is this a genuine meeting to organize a quiz night or is it some fiendishly clever motivational exercise, designed to weed out the dead wood? | |||||
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Wine & Wisdom 6: Ask The Family | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playstage, 2009 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #102809 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Colin was made redundant and, because of his age, he is virtually unemployable. So he whiles away his time feeding his obsession with tv and radio quiz programmes. He ignores his son Jason, who is home from university, which makes no difference, as Jason lives in a world of his own. The weather outside is atrocious and when wife and mother, Margaret, comes home from work she is disappointed to find that her yoga class has been cancelled due to flooding. Then there is a power cut and the family is faced with talking to each other - something they have obviously not done for a long time. The consequences are dramatic. | |||||
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