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Samuel French, London

1983

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Notes: sequel to Breath of Spring & Midsummer Mink

Synopsis: This sequel to Breath of Spring and Midsummer Mink sees Dame Beatrice - and her lodgers Nan, Hattie and the Brigadier-embarking on a series of 'operations' to acquire funds to purchase a flat. Their complicated but well-planned manoeuvres succeed so well that by the end of this gentle comedy they are well on their way to obtaining a second flat, proving, as Bea says, that in their case age certainly isn't limiting!

Cambridge Theatre, London

1958

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Samuel French, London

1959

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Synopsis: Dame Beatrice houses a collection of middle-aged 'guests', plus Lily her maid. To repay Dame Beatrice for giving her a job despite her criminal past, Lily presents her with a mink stole filched from the next flat. The Brigadier deploys his 'troops' to return the fur. The whole campaign is so invigorating that they decide to retain this excitement in their lives by pinching furs and giving the proceeds to charities.

Canterbury

1965

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Samuel French, London

1960

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Farce

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Synopsis: Although surrounded by valuable antiques, JANE and CATHERINE live in debt, for the late husband of both ladies, BASIL HAYLING left house and property to them, stipulating that they were both to live there but could not sell any of it. BASIL'S sister has just left a spray of emeralds in her will. If they prove valuable, all their debts can be paid. Unfortunately, JANE giddily accepts deposits on the emeralds from too many people and can only hold them at bay by inventing a third owner for them - a SENHORA CONCHITA ELVAS - whom she then impersonates. As debts and troubles increase, she even accepts a deposit on CATHERINE'S son, rashly promising his hand in marriage to glamorous and enamoured FIONA RENSHAW. They all spend some merry moments solving this almost inextricable tangle.

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Samuel French, London

1961

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Samuel French, London

1964

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Folkestone

1968

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Samuel French, London

1965

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Synopsis: BRIGADIER RAYNE: distinguished, elderly. TED: a policeman, gullible, young. MIKE: Irish, a silver-tongued rougue; 20s. CHRIS: ferrety, crooked; middle-aged. ALICE, LADY MILLER: elegant; middle-aged. NANETTE PARRY: gaunt, enthusiastic; middle-aged. ELIZABETH HATFIELD: bird-like; indeterminate age. DAME BEATRICE APPLEBY: vital, mercurial; late middle-age. LILY THOMPSON: cheery, practical, cockney; 20s. MADAME CHAMBERT: smart, brusque; 40. DETECTIVE INSPECTOR (MISS) WILSON: pleasant, brisk; 30. The amiable aristocratic crooks of BREATH OF SPRING are at it again. BRIGADIER RAYNE deploys his charity campaigns with military expertise but little monetary success until NAN is passed a mink coat by a crook on the run. This inspires BRIGADIER RAYNE and his cohorts to become modern Robin Hoods, and soon they are running a meticulously organised receiving system for stolen furs, giving all their profits to charity. Gradually, operations become more and more dangerous. Finally, with the house full of furs, hidden in musical-instrument cases 'borrowed' from the Albert Hall, and a police inspector making enquiries, they decide to retire - temporarily.

Liverpool

1962

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New Theatre Guild

1970

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Samuel French, London

1978

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Synopsis: ISABEL MERRYWEATHER divorced but happy, runs an antique shop with her Rear-Admiral father. Some of her customers are, to put it mildly, eccentric. When one of them leaves a baby temporarily in the shop, ISABEL'S strong maternal instincts are aroused. Assisted by her most eccentric visitor of all, a lady who is opening her own antique shop nearby, she sets about an unconventional adoption plan. The unexpected results are astonishingly successful, and the ensuing flood of babies leads to frenetic complications and eventually, to a highly original, if questionable, plan of operation, affecting not least the Rear-Admiral

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Samuel French, London

1988

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Synopsis: In WINTER GLORY, we meet once again the redoubtable quartet of DAME BEATRICE and her lodgers - NAN, HATTIE and the BRIGADIER - who featured in PETER COKE'S earlier comedies BREATH OF SPRING, MIDSUMMER MINK and AUTUMN MANOEUVRES. This, however, will be positively their last appearance, as due to an unfortunate slip-up in their schemes to put a pathetic pet out of its misery and to help an ageing actress fade away at a peak of happiness, they despatch themselves heavenwards as well!