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ASHLEY DUKES (1885 - 1959) |
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Nationality: English Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Plays by Ashley Dukes |
Dumb Wife Of Cheapside, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French Ltd, London | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #95763 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Alderman Groat has married a beautiful young woman. However she cannot speak. He calls in medical men who operate on her. The result is she is no longer dumb - but now she never stops talking. It is driving the alderman mad. He calls in the medical men but they cannot make her dumb again - so he asks them to make him deaf. | |||||
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Elizabeth Of England | ||
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| 1st Published: | Ernest Benn | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #119081 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Ferdinand Bruckner | |||||
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From Morn to Midnight | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in "Twenty Best European Plays on the American Stage" published by Crown Publishers, New York, 1963 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76456 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Georg Kaiser | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Machine Wreckers, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Nick Hern Books, London, 1995 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1854592880 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10244 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 15 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Ernst Toller. Original title "Die Maschinensturmer". First staged in 1922 in Berlin, this English version by Ashley Dukes was staged at the National Theatre, London, in 1995 directed by Katie Mitchell. | |||||
| A classic of German expressionism by an active revolutionary who was also an accomplished poet and playwright. Set largely in Nottingham in the early years of the 19th century, The Machine Wreckers depicts the suffering amongst the local weavers caused by the introduction of mechanised looms - the 'machines' of the title. | |||||
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Man With A Load of Mischief A Comedy in Three Acts (Contemporary British Dramatists, Volume XV) Ernest Benn Ltd 1925 | ||
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| 1st Published: | (Contemporary British Dramatists, Volume XV). Ernest Benn Ltd, 1925 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #41508 | |||
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Genre: | Three Act Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A nobleman together with his wife, his manservant and her maid arrive at the "Man With A Load Of Mischief Inn". The nobleman wants to humiliate his wife and has instructed his manservant to seduce her. | |||||
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Patriot, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Majestic Theatre, New York | 1928 | ||||
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| 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 | #95764 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Return To Danes Hill | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1958 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10245 | |||
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Genre: | Tragi Comedy Tragedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Song Of Drums | ||
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| 1st Published: | (Contemporary British Dramatists, Volume XLII). Ernest Benn Ltd, 1926 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #41509 | |||
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Genre: | Heroic Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Such Men Are Dangerous | ||
| 1st Produced: | Adaptation | Duke Of Yorks Theatre, London | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Victor Gollancz 1928 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #140071 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 19 Sep 1928 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Based on the book "The Patriot" by Alfred Neumann | |||||
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