DENNIS CANNAN (1919 - )
| Nationality: | British |
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Plays by Dennis Cannan
Captain Carvallo |
| 1st Produced: | St James's, London | 1950 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Rupert Hart-Davis | 1951 | ||
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| Genre: | Traditional Comedy | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Colombe |
| 1st Produced: | New, London | 1951 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Translation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh | ||||
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Dear Daddy |
| 1st Produced: | Oxford | 1976 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1976 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 |
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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 | ||||
Ghosts |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1967 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
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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Synopsis: deals with the futile struggle to escape outdated ideals.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. | ||||
Iks, Les |
| 1st Produced: | Paris | 1975 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing Company, Chicago | 1984 | ||
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Notes: written with Colin Higgins, book Colin Turnbull | ||||
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Max |
| 1st Produced: | 1949 | |||
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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 or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Misery Me |
| 1st Produced: | Duchess, London | 1955 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1956 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: pseud Denis Pullein-Thompson | ||||
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One At Night |
| 1st Produced: | 1971 | |||
| Company: | English Stage Company | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 5 |
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Peoples'Palace |
| 1st Produced: | 1949 | |||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
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Power And The Glory, The |
| 1st Produced: | Phoenix, London | 1956 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | 1959 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 23 | Female | 8 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
Notes: written with Pierre Bost, from novel by Graham Greene | ||||
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US |
| 1st Produced: | 1966 | |||
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| 1st Published: | Calder & Boyers, London | 1968 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| 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 | ||||
Who's Your Father? |
| 1st Produced: | Cambridge | 1958 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1959 | ||
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You and Your Wife |
| 1st Produced: | 1955 | |||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1956 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: pseud Denis Pullein-Thompson | ||||
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