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DAVID CROFT (1922 - 2011) |
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Nationality: English Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Roger Hancock |
David Croft - Guardian Obituary >>>
Plays by David Croft
Allo 'Allo | ||
| 1st Produced: | London Palladium | 2000 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 2000 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #8307 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 14 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd | |||||
Synopsis: | Based on the hugely popular TV comedy series, the stage version of 'Allo 'Allo follows the adventures of Rene, the hapless cafe owner in war-tom occupied France, as he and his wife, Edith, struggle to keep for themselves a priceless portrait stolen by the Nazis and kept in a sausage in their cellar. Rene is hiding two British airmen and is endeavouring, with the help of the Resistance, to repatriate them. However, communications with London through a wireless disguised as a cockatoo add to the many embarrasments he endures in the company of his patrons. Matters come to a head with the news that the Fuhrer is to visit the town and the cafe becomes filled with tricksters intending to impersonate Hitler before the event. Rene will need all the wit he can muster to save his cafe and his life. . . ! | |||||
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Ann Veronica | ||
| 1st Produced: | Cambridge Theatre, London | 1969 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | cbs-70052 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: CBS (70052) 1969 | doollee no | #63054 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Written by Ronald Gow and Frank Wells; music by Cyril Ornadel; lyrics by David Croft. Based on the book by H G Wells | |||||
| 1909. Ann Veronica Stanley is one of a rare breed - a female student. She is studying biology. Her father disapproves. Her friends Hetty and Connie are suffragettes and their group leader is the militant Miss Miniver. At the church picnic Hubert declares his love - but Ann Veronica is more interested in businessman Mr Ramage. Her father insists that she give up college - so she runs away. But she has no money to support herself whilst she carries on her college course. Mr Ramage lends her money. At college Ann Veronica realises that she is in love with her tutor Mr Capes. She is shocked to discover that he is married but separated from his wife. Mr Ramage takes her to a disreputable restaurant that has private rooms. He wants payment for his loan. Ann Veronica escapes. Disillusioned with men she goes to Miss Miniver and says that she wants to strike a blow for women. She takes part in an outrage in Downing Street and is arrested. Hubert offers to bail her out but she refuses. After the tribulations of being in prison she returns home. Her father tells she must give up her college course and that she should marry Hubert. She returns to college to collect her microscope and books. Mr Capes is packing for a holiday in Switzerland. She tells him that she loves him. They go off to Switzerland together | |||||
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Are You Being Served | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #8308 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Jeremy Lloyd | |||||
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Babes In The Wood | ||
| 1st Produced: | London Palladium, London | 21 Dec 1965 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | scx-6009 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Columbia (SCX-6009) 1965 | doollee no | #125090 | |||
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Genre: | Pantomime | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music and lyrics by The Shadows; book by David Croft | |||||
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Dad's Army | ||
| 1st Produced: | Shaftesbury Theatre, London | 01 Oct 1975 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | k-56186 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Warner Brothers (K-56186) 1975 | doollee no | #125091 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music and lyrics various period songs; book by David Croft; Jimmy Perry. Based on the television series "Dad's Army" | |||||
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Dad's Army Marches On | ||
| 1st Produced: | 03 Mar 2010 | |||||
Company: | Calibre Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #125092 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | cast of 15 | |||||
Notes: | By Jimmy Perry & David Croft | |||||
Synopsis: | Here's a really stupid idea. Take Britain's most enduring sit-com, Dad's Army, and put it on stage&Well, it turns out it's not such a stupid idea. From the moment that our favourite characters from the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard make their entrances we can breathe a sigh of relief and trust that we are in safe hands. The show has pulled together four of the television episodes. Mum's Army sees Captain Mainwaring, a terrifically accurate portrayal by Timothy Kightley, fall head over heels in love. There is genuine pathos here. In Branded Maitland Chandler plays Private Godfrey (beautifully) and finds himself ostracised from the platoon once they find out that he was a conscientious objector in The Great War. Keep Young and Beautiful contains one of my favourite scenes so I was a little worried that the stage show would find it hard to pull off. I need not have fretted; they pulled off the make-up well, with big laughs. Finally, The 2½ Feathers contains the most ambitious staging of the evening as it plunders a flashback to the Battle of Omdurman in 1898. Funny and sad and much more theatrical in its approach, this for me was the high spot of the show. Producer Ed O'Driscoll deserves high praise in assembling a cast that works so well. | |||||
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Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes Stage Production Of Television Scripts | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #82277 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | By Jimmy Perry & David Croft | |||||
Synopsis: | four scripts from the sitcom series about the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Deadly Attachment | ||
| 1st Produced: | part of Royal Command Performance | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London (acting edition) - click here to order >>>, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47577 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 13 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft. From Dads Army | |||||
Synopsis: | The Warmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon have to guard a captured U-Boat Captain and his crew. But fearless Captain Mainwaring incurs German displeasure when he orders the defiant prisoners be served soggy fish | |||||
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Godiva Affair | ||
| 1st Produced: | part of Royal Command Performance | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London (acting edition) - click here to order >>>, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47578 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 14 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft. From Dads Army | |||||
Synopsis: | The platoon are rehearsing their Morris Dancing routine as part of a fund-raising carnival parade which will include a ride past by Lady Godiva. Unfortunately for Mr Mainwaring, there's a last minute substitution for Godiva! | |||||
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Mum's Army | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London (acting edition) - click here to order >>>, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47576 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft. From Dads Army | |||||
Synopsis: | The Home Guard are recruiting women but as Mrs Mainwaring hasn't left the house since Munich , she won't be joining her husband's platoon. So when newcomer Mrs Gray joins, Captain Mainwaring is set for a brief encounter | |||||
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