BEN ELTON
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Plays by Ben Elton
Blast From The Past |
| 1st Produced: | Quarry, West Yorks | 1998 | ||
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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: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Gasping |
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Royal Haymarket, London | 1990 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1998 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
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Synopsis: Vast multi-national company introduce the concept of purified designer air and end up privatising oxygen. | ||||
Lion King, The |
| 1st Produced: | Minskoff Theatre, NY | 1997 | ||
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Original cast recording: Walt Disney (60802-7) | 1998 | |||
| 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: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Tim Rice; Additional music by Lebo M, Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Julie Taymor and Hans Zimmer; Additional lyrics by Lebo M, Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Julie Taymor and Hans Zimmer; Book by Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi; Adapted from the screenplay by Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts and Linda Woolverton | ||||
Synopsis: It's based on the hit Disney animated feature, which is itself more or less a transplant of Hamlet to the African jungle. The familiar score from the film, including "Circle of Life" and "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" is augmented with several additional African-style songs. nytheatre.com | ||||
Popcorn |
| 1st Produced: | 1996 | |||
| Company: | W Yorks Playhouse | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1998 | ||
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| Genre: | Satirical Comedy Thriller | Satire | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 5 |
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Synopsis: notorious killers determined to use movie director's art as justification for murder | ||||
Silly Cow |
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Royal Haymarket, London | 1991 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1998 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: a tough tabloid columnist finds everything going wrong after winning a libel case | ||||
Tonight's The Nigh |
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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 | |||
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We Will Rock You |
| 1st Produced: | Dominion, London | 2002 | ||
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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: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: by Ben Elton, music by Queen | ||||
Synopsis: The members of Queen, the legendary band fronted by the dynamic Freddie Mercury before his death in 1991, have been making music together since the 70s and joined forces with writer Ben Elton to bring their unique sound to theatreland. In the Queen song-fesf the action takes place in a futuristic world where rock music is banned. - Theare List | ||||