DENNIS CANNAN   (1919 - )


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Plays by Dennis Cannan

DENNIS CANNAN
Captain Carvallo
1st Produced:
St James's, London
1950
Company:
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1st Published:
Rupert Hart-Davis, 1951
ISBN
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Genre:
Traditional Comedy
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Parts:
Male
5
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Captain Carvallo and his batman are billeted in a farmhouse in occupied territory. The batman and the serving maid are attracted to each other. The Captain tries to seduce the farmer's wife Smilja. A member of the resistance turns up and the Captain mistakes him for Smilja's husband Caspar. When Caspar shows up he realises that something is going on and puts them on trial. They persuade him to put them on parole. The resistance orders them to killed the Captain and his batman.
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DENNIS CANNAN
Colombe
1st Produced:
New, London
1951
Company:
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1st Published:
-
ISBN
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Genre:
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Translation
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh
Synopsis:
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DENNIS CANNAN
Dear Daddy
1st Produced:
Oxford
1976
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1976
ISBN
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
4
Female
4
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
with his book dealing business in trouble man calls meeting of family trust to help, but bitter recriminations and an alcoholic ex wife ensue
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DENNIS CANNAN
Ghosts
1st Produced:
London
1967
Company:
1st Published:
-
ISBN
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Genre:
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Adaptation
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Henrik Ibsen
Synopsis:
deals with the futile struggle to escape outdated ideals. A mother tries to shield her son from the moral and sexual lapses of his late father.
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DENNIS CANNAN
Iks, Les
1st Produced:
Paris
1975
Company:
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1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing Company, Chicago, 1984
ISBN
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Genre:
-
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
written with Colin Higgins, book Colin Turnbull
Synopsis:
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DENNIS CANNAN
Max
1st Produced:
1949
Company:
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1st Published:
-
ISBN
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Genre:
-
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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DENNIS CANNAN
Misery Me
1st Produced:
Duchess, London
1955
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1956
ISBN
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
pseud Denis Pullein-Thompson
Synopsis:
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DENNIS CANNAN
One At Night
1st Produced:
1971
Company:
English Stage Company
1st Published:
-
ISBN
-
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
6
Female
5
Parts Other:
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Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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DENNIS CANNAN
Peoples'Palace
1st Produced:
1949
Company:
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1st Published:
-
ISBN
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Genre:
-
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
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DENNIS CANNAN
Power And The Glory, The
1st Produced:
Phoenix, London
1956
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1959
ISBN
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Genre:
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Adaptation
Parts:
Male
23
Female
8
Parts Other:
extras
Notes:
written with Pierre Bost, from novel by Graham Greene
Synopsis:
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DENNIS CANNAN
US
1st Produced:
1966
Company:
1st Published:
Calder & Boyers, London, 1968
ISBN
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
Large Cast
Notes:
Music by Richard Peastee; lyrics by Adrian Mitchell; original text by Denis Cannan (aka Tell Me Lies; adaptors of documentary material: Michael Kustow and Michael Scott; directed by Peter Brook. Majot contribution from Charles Wood. Developed with works
Synopsis:
America and Vietnam, anti war protest
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DENNIS CANNAN
Who's Your Father?
1st Produced:
Cambridge
1958
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1959
ISBN
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Genre:
-
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
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DENNIS CANNAN
You and Your Wife
1st Produced:
1955
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1956
ISBN
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
pseud Denis Pullein-Thompson
Synopsis:
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