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Henry Cecil

HENRY CECIL

  (1902 - 1976)
Nationality:    English
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Literary Agent:    Curtis Brown Group Ltd  

Henry Cecil's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of Henry Cecil's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         According To the Evidence         Alibi For A Judge         Brothers-In-Law         Settled Out Of Court         Woman Named Anne, A

According To the Evidence

Synopsis:
a perverted killer is acquitted through a miscarriage of justice and subsequently is murdered himself.

Notes:
written with Felicity Douglas And Basil Dawson

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1968   -

Music:
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Genre:
Mystery Drama Mystery

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Alibi For A Judge

Synopsis:
High Court Judge Carstairs is incompetent and a worrier. He sentences a man to ten years in prison and then doubts his own verdict

Notes:
written by Henry Cecil, Felicity Douglas And Basil Dawson

1st Produced:
Leeds     1964

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London,    -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy Mystery Mystery

Parts:
Male:  16            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Brothers-In-Law

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with Ted Willis, from Cecil's novel

1st Produced:
Wimbledon, London     1959

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1959   -

Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Settled Out Of Court

Synopsis:
Lonsdale Walsh escapes from prison where he was serving life for the murder of a business rival. He makes his way to the home of the judge who sentenced him. His daughter and a Mr I have rounded up all the witnesses from the trial and Walsh convinces the judge to listen to the evidence again.

Notes:
written with William Saroyan

1st Produced:
Strand Theatre, London     1960

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1962   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Woman Named Anne, A

Synopsis:
a woman is charged with adultery in this courtroom comedy.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Duke Of Yorks, London     1970

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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