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LAURENCE HOUSMAN (1868 - 1959) |
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Nationality: English Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Laurence Housman was born on July 18th 1865. He was the younger brother of poet A E Housman. Both brothers were gay. He studied book illustration and his first big success was to illustrate "Goblin Market" by Christina Rossetti. But his eyesight began to fail and he turned to writing. He fell foul of the Lord Chamberlain on many occasions and may have been the most heavily censored of all playwrights. This was because his plays biblical plays were considered blasphemous. In 1945 he opened Housmans Bookshop -a radical pacifist shop that is still going strong today.
Plays by Laurence Housman
Bethlehem | ||
| 1st Produced: | Covent Garden, London | 1956 | ||||
Company: | Hovenden Players | |||||
| 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 | #64157 | |||
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Chinese Lantern, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | F Sidgwick, London 1908 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #132774 | |||
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Christmas Tree | ||
| 1st Produced: | Covent Garden, London | 1956 | ||||
Company: | Hovenden Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "False Premises" published by Blackwell | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #122475 | |||
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Comforter, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Angels And Ministers" published by Harcourt Brace 1922 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #132775 | |||
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Consider Your Verdict | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Ye Fearful Saints - Plays of Creed , custom and Credulity" published by Sidgwick & Jackson | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #122476 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
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Fool And His Money, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Covent Garden, London | 1956 | ||||
Company: | Hovenden Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "False Premises" published by Blackwell | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #122477 | |||
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Gods Whom Men Love Die Old, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Ye Fearful Saints - Plays of Creed , custom and Credulity" published by Sidgwick & Jackson | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #122478 | |||
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His Favourite Flower | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Angels And Ministers" published by Harcourt Brace 1922 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #132776 | |||
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House Fairy, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "False Premises" published by Blackwell | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #122479 | |||
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In This Sign Conquer | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Ye Fearful Saints - Plays of Creed , custom and Credulity" published by Sidgwick & Jackson | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #122480 | |||
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Lysistrata | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1911 | ||||
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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 | #124153 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Aristophanes | |||||
Synopsis: | Athens is at war. The men are fighting or dead. Humanity is suffering. One woman is sick of it. . .Taking matters into her own hands, Lysistrata calls the women of all the warring factions to gather in the city with one mission - to bring about peace. The men however, resist this idea. The battle lines are drawn& Adaptation by Laurence Housman, writer, pacifist and human rights activist, first performed in 1911 in support of the Suffragette movement. | |||||
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Moonshine | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "False Premises" published by Blackwell | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #122481 | |||
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New Hangman, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Ye Fearful Saints - Plays of Creed , custom and Credulity" published by Sidgwick & Jackson | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #122482 | |||
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Old Bottles | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Ye Fearful Saints - Plays of Creed , custom and Credulity" published by Sidgwick & Jackson | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #122483 | |||
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Possession | ||
| 1st Produced: | Covent Garden, London | 1956 | ||||
Company: | Hovenden Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Angels And Ministers" published by Harcourt Brace 1922 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #122484 | |||
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Prunella or Love In A Dutch Garden | ||
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| 1st Published: | Sidgwick & Jackson 1911 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #132777 | |||
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Notes: | Written by Laurence Houseman and H Granville Barker | |||||
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She Ass and the Tied Colt | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Ye Fearful Saints - Plays of Creed , custom and Credulity" published by Sidgwick & Jackson | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #122485 | |||
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Study In Revolution, A | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "False Premises" published by Blackwell | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #122486 | |||
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Time Servers | ||
| 1st Produced: | Hovenden Players | Jun 1954 | ||||
Company: | Hovenden Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Ye Fearful Saints - Plays of Creed , custom and Credulity" published by Sidgwick & Jackson | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #122487 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | It has a cast of 4 males: Father Time, Prehistoricus, Bellarius and Ecclesiasticus. That might perhaps give you an idea for the synopsis! A review calls it `a thought-provoking playlet with a dateless quality'. | |||||
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Torch Of Time, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "False Premises" published by Blackwell | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #122488 | |||
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Waiting Room, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Ye Fearful Saints - Plays of Creed , custom and Credulity" published by Sidgwick & Jackson | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #122489 | |||
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Wrong Door | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Ye Fearful Saints - Plays of Creed , custom and Credulity" published by Sidgwick & Jackson | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #122490 | |||
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