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FRANCIS DURBRIDGE (1912 - 1998) |
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Nationality: English Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Plays by Francis Durbridge |
Deadly Nightcap | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1983 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1986 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10418 | |||
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Genre: | Thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | originally published as Nightcap | |||||
Synopsis: | murder and mystery, greedy husband plots to kill wife and familiar entanglements and bungled detection ensue | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Fatal Encounter | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47560 | |||
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Genre: | Thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Joanna seems to be having a run of bad luck. She is attacked by a dog and then she is mugged. She crashes her car whilst driving when banned and falls prey to a blackmailer whom she accidentally shoots. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Gentle Hook, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Picadilly Theatre, London | 1974 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1975 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10419 | |||
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Genre: | Thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | career woman returns from questionable trip abroad when she is attacked and kills to defend herself, more killings follow | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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House Guest | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1976 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1982 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10420 | |||
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Genre: | Thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | son is kidnapped - not for ransom, but to force couple to allow one of the kidnappers to remain in the house | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Murder With Love | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1976 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1977 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10421 | |||
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Genre: | Thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | man pursues his vendetta by nefariously obtaining a key to victims flat to kill him, a second killing follows | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Small Hours, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead | 1991 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1991 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10422 | |||
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Genre: | Thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | international intrigue with a Koala bear, a devious chef and an emerald necklace | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Suddenly At Home | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1971 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10423 | |||
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Genre: | Thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | plan to kill wealthy wife and implicate her former lover goes astray | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sweet Revenge | ||
| 1st Produced: | Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead | 1993 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1993 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10424 | |||
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Genre: | Thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | as the play progresses many enemies of the deceased are revealed, and each regatta guest is discovered to have a personal motive for man's demise | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Touch Of Danger, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1987 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1989 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10425 | |||
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Genre: | Thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | sequence of events involving the CID, CIA, security services and a terrorist organisation all interested in Max and his murdered brother | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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