GILES COOPER (1918 - 1966)
| Nationality: | English |
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Plays by Giles Cooper
Everything In The Garden |
| 1st Produced: | Arts Theatre Club, London | 1962 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Evans, London, 1963 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 |
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| Synopsis: | the corruption of money and the rottenness of this bigoted exurbia where conformity to its illiberal standards and its hypocritical show of respectability is all that counts. The scene is the suburban home of Jenny and Richard, beautifully played by Barbara Bel Geddes and Barry Nelson. The only thing that seems to stand in the way of their happiness is a lack of money. The action starts in an entertaining comedy of manners style. Then abruptly there enters a Mrs. Toothe in the menacing and fascinating person of Beatrice Straight who offers Jenny the opportunity to make more money than they have ever had, to buy a greenhouse and all the other luxuries that they require for their garden and their lives. Richard's realization that their newfound money is being earned by his wife's whoring comes almost simultaneously with the return of their fourteen-year-old son from school and a champagne cocktail party which they are giving to impress their country club friends. As a result, his horror, disgust and rage has to | |||||
Haddock Eyes |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1950 | ||||
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| 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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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Happy Family |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1966 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in "New English Dramatists II", Penguin, London, 1967 | ISBN/ASIN | B000HL9H10 | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
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![]() | brother and two sister's childhood chains stretched as fiancee falls for other sister | |||||
Lady Of The Camellias, The |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1963 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| 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: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | Original Playwright - Alexandre Dumas fils. Fromm adaptation by Terrence McNally of the play | |||||
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Never Get Out |
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh | 1950 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| 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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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Out Of The Crocodile |
| 1st Produced: | Oxford | 1963 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Evans, London, 1963 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | others | |||||
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Spies Are Singing, The |
| 1st Produced: | Nottingham | 1966 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Evans, London, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 |
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Unman, Wittering And Zigo |
| 1st Produced: | BBC Third | 1958 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Macmillan, London, 1971 | ISBN/ASIN | 978-0174325550 | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Radio play | - | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | 10b | |||||
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![]() | Young teacher finds predecessor has been murdered by the boys in his class | |||||

