FRED CARMICHAEL
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Plays by Fred Carmichael
All The Better To Kill You With |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | 1968 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Mystery | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: Husband, afraid of losing wife to former admirer, plans murder. | ||||
Any Number Can Die |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1965 | ||
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| Genre: | Comedy Mystery | Mystery | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 5 |
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Synopsis: take off on the mystery plays of the Twenties complete with sliding panels, robed figures, wills being read at midnight etc | ||||
Best Laid Plans, The |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Farce | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 |
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Synopsis: a spy dies in the Caribbean and everyone tries to steal plans then his twin brother shows up, who is really dead / | ||||
Coming Apart |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1994 | ||
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| Genre: | Romantic Comedy | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: marriage in trouble for couple in love but too stubborn to admit it | ||||
Done To Death |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | 1971 | ||
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| Genre: | Mystery Comedy | Mystery | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 7 |
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Synopsis: Five detective writers use their own styles to solve a series of murders | ||||
Don't Mention My Name |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1993 | ||
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| Genre: | Comedy mystery | Mystery | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 |
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Synopsis: what would you do if you suffered temporary amnesia and stumbled into a bed and breakfast off season only to find you were expected for the weekend? | ||||
Don't Step on My Footprint |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1978 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Farce | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 |
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Synopsis: farcical view of TV soap opera through the eyes of its author and cast | ||||
Double In Diamonds |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | - | ||
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Dream World |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 |
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Synopsis: satire about a pair of ageing stars faced with being separately blackmailed | ||||
Exit The Body |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | 1962 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Farce | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 |
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Synopsis: a closet which opens into a living room and library so that the bodies disappear with wild abandon | ||||
Exit Who? |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1982 | ||
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| Genre: | Mystery farce | Mystery | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 |
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Synopsis: sequel to Exit the Body, spies and missing microdots are the key until the CIA arrive | ||||
Frankenstein 1930 |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1996 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 6 |
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Notes: from novel by Mary Shelley | ||||
Synopsis: amplifies the suspenseful horror and adds greater depth of character and motivation as well as a new and different love story | ||||
Guess Who's Coming to Lunch? (, Or, Just Desserts) |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1990 | ||
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Hey, Naked Lady |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
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Synopsis: four people sharing a Greenwich village apartment with post hippie culture causing problems for the older man | ||||
Home Free |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1990 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 |
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Synopsis: woman is mistress to two men each having their own half of the month, until they both turn up on the same day | ||||
Hot Property |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1988 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 |
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Synopsis: laughter, mistaken identities all conspire with a 'sting' | ||||
I Bet Your Life |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1995 | ||
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Inside Lester |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 5 |
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Synopsis: creator of TV private eye gets a chance to play the real thing | ||||
Land Of Promise |
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| 1st Published: | Bakers Plays, New York | 1969 | ||
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| Genre: | Historical Play | - | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: Two New England brothers decide on different courses of action during 1816 - "The year without a summer" | ||||
Last of the Class |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1976 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: two old enemies reunite after forty years to settle an estate which turns out to be a pornographic business in New York | ||||
Luxury Cruise |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | 1960 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 6 |
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Synopsis: interwoven acts telling the story of a different couple on a world cruise | ||||
Meet My Husbands |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 5 |
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Synopsis: looks at media and advertising with a hotel balcony between suites becoming a comic causeway with the sausage campaign handling in the balance | ||||
Mixed Doubles |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 |
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Notes: Love Means Never Having To say You're Forty, Leonard | ||||
Synopsis: interwoven one acts playfully showing the ageless problem of love | ||||
More Than Meets The Eye |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 6 |
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Synopsis: man writes children's story under pen name Grandma Letty. He is voted 'Grandmother of the Year, and has to produce a granny quickly | ||||
Murder is A Game |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1992 | ||
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| Genre: | Mystery Comedy | Mystery | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Murder On The Rerun |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | - | ||
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| Genre: | Comedy mystery | Mystery | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 5 |
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Synopsis: a ghost tries to find out who murdered her | ||||
Night Is My Enemy, The |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | 1956 | ||
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| Genre: | Mystery Play | Mystery | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 |
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Synopsis: set in 1900 in a large house on the British coast the story revolves around a blind girl and her change from a girl into a woman | ||||
Out Of Sight& Out Of Murder |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1983 | ||
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| Genre: | Mystery Comedy | Mystery | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 5 |
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Synopsis: Peter has come to a lonely old house to finish a thriller play when the characters manifest themselves and take over the situation | ||||
Pack Of Rascals, A |
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| 1st Published: | Bakers Plays, New York | 1969 | ||
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| Genre: | Historical Drama | - | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: Shays' rebellion is the culmination of American colonial people's distrust of lawyers | ||||
Pen Is Deadlier, The |
| 1st Produced: | Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex | 1966 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | 1960 | ||
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| Genre: | Mystery Play | |||