DENIS KING
| Nationality: | English |
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Plays by Denis King
Baby On Board |
| 1st Produced: | 1998 | |||
| Company: | Alan Ayckbourn | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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 | 2 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | chorus | |||
Notes: Book & Lyrics by Mary Stewart-David; Music by Denis King | ||||
Synopsis: TOBY is ten months old - going on forty-five. He can't talk yet, but he's got a lot to say - about the state of his parents' marriage, and his relationship with a woman four times his age - his sister INDIA. Of course no one can hear what TOBY really thinks - except us. This is the story of twelve months in the life of MEL and HILLARY BROWN as observed and interpreted by their pre-school children | ||||
Bashville |
| 1st Produced: | 1983 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | many extras | |||
Notes: Book & lyrics by Benny Green and David William; Music by Denis King | ||||
Synopsis: A classy and clever musical send-up of just about everything from English class structure to Shakespeare, based on George Bernard Shaw's one-act satirical play "The Admirable Bashville"-itself a burlesque of his own novel about boxing "Cashel Byron's Profession". Green and King have found a formula derived from small scale musical comedy which admirably matches the mood of inflated emotions, preposterous rhetoric, and romantic declamations | ||||
Lost Empires |
| 1st Produced: | Cambridge Theatre Company, Cambridge | 1985 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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 | 15 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Book & lyrics by Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall, Music by Denis King | ||||
Synopsis: Adapted from J.B. Priestley's great backstage saga, set in the dying music halls just prior to World War I. The story of young Richard Herncastle, who goes to work for his uncle, the illusionist Ganga Dun, and learns along the way a lot more than he's expecting to about vanishing ladies, sex, showbusiness, and warfare. The score is redolent of greasepaint and bad digs and Scunthorpe first house on a Monday night, and conjures up a lost world of music hall in deep and utter authenticity. | ||||
Orvin - Champion of Champions |
| 1st Produced: | 2003 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London | 2003 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: written By Alan Ayckbourn and Dennis King | ||||
Synopsis: An epic musical tale of accidental heroism. The chorus of gods sets out to relate the tale of the Great Ulmar, legendary warrior and champion of Sollistis. But their narrative suffers a major technical hitch when Orvin, Ulmar's hopeless squire, oversleeps on the eve of battle. What follows proves a challenge even to such seasoned story tellers as the gods themselves as they vainly attempt to re-write history with only the help of Orvin, the unlikeliest, most reluctant of last minute replacement champions. (Copy from the Stephen Joseph Theatre brochure summer 2004) | ||||
Privates On Parade |
| 1st Produced: | 1977 | |||
| Company: | RSC | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Book & lyrics by Peter Nichols, Music by Denis King | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Saint She Ain't, A |
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Weinbergers | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Book & lyrics by Dick Vosburgh, Music by Denis King. Transferred to Apollo Theatre, London 1999; Original Cast Album - First Night Records | ||||
Synopsis: Los Angeles in the 1940s - Anna wishes to defy her father and marry a tap-dancing sailor called Danny. Complications and cross-purposes ensue when Mr. and Mrs. Bogle (not a million miles away from W.C. Fields and Mae West) get in on the act. Mayhem and madness abound with mistaken identities, crazy complications, snappy songs, and non-stop laughter. This witty, literate pastiche is simply a delight | ||||
Stepping Out - The Musical |
| 1st Produced: | 1997 | |||
| Company: | Bill Kenwright Ltd | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Cast Album First Night Records | 2001 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 9 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Lyrics by Mary Stewart-David; Book by Richard Harris; Music by Denis King | ||||
Synopsis: Following the success of the play "Stepping Out", Richard Harris has combined the talents of lyricist Mary Stewart-David and composer Denis King to create a heart-warming toe-tapping new musical following the familiar story of the loves and laughs of a group of women (and one man) attending a weekly tap class in a dingy church hall. As the play unfolds, the songs delicately highlight the troubles and personalities of each if the characters: Mavis the ex-professional dancer, who runs the class; bubbly Sylvia; nervous Andy; snobby but well-meaning Vera; confident attractive Maxine; fat, plain Lynne, who is very serious about dancing; anxious Dorothy; larger than life Trinidadian Rose, and Geoffrey, the lone widowed male. Accompanied on the piano by the lugubrious Mrs Fraser, the tappers improve, so much so that the show climaxes with a big glitzy final tap routine number. | ||||
Treasure Island |
| 1st Produced: | 1985 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 19 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
Notes: Book & Lyrics by Willis Hall, Music by Denis King | ||||
Synopsis: Robert Louis Stevenson's timeless seafaring tale of desert-island skulduggery and adventure which has delighted readers for generations--is brought to the stage in a lively musical adaptation which sacrifices none of the excitement of the story. Young Jim Hawkins' encounters with Long John Silver, Blind Pew, Ben Gunn and the pirates make you shiver your timbers (matey). | ||||
Valentine's Day |
| 1st Produced: | 1991 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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 | 6 | Female | 7 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Book by Benny Green & David William, Music by Denis King. Transferred to the Globe, London, September 1992 | ||||
Synopsis: Adapted from by George Bernard Shaw's bright and frivolous comedy, "You Never Can Tell" , this a warm, buoyant, musical play, faithful to Shaw, sophisticated and witty, and never takes itself too seriously. Valentine, the hero, a likeable and self-deprecating romantic dentist, falls for the beautiful Gloria, a confirmed feminist, much farcial activity ensues, all of it under the all-seeing avuncular eye of William the head waiter. | ||||
Whenever |
| 1st Produced: | 2000 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Music published by Samuel French, Libretto by Faber | 2002 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Musical Adventure | - | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | doubling, flexible | |||
Notes: book and lyrics by Alan Ayckbourn, music by Denis King | ||||
Synopsis: Whenever is ideal Christmas and New Year entertainment for all the family. This fast-moving spectacular fuses Alan Ayckbourn's thrilling story with the inspriational music of composer Denis King on their first full length musical collaboration. In i886, nine-year-old Emily Bonny, fleeing for her life, climbs aboard her uncle's amazing new time machine. Her journey is to take her to the end of time itself, and in the process change not only her own but all our lives forever! | ||||
Wind In The Willows |
| 1st Produced: | 1984 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 13 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | many extras | |||
Notes: Book & lyrics by Willis Hall, Music by Denis King. Transferred to Sadlers Wells Theatre, London, 1985 | ||||
Synopsis: The first full-scale stage musical adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's book brought vividly to life as one moves into the magical world of the River Bank, inhabited by Ratty, Mole, Badger, and of course, Toad. An enchanting show, whether taken as an allegorical look at human foibles seen through the lives of animals-or just accepted for it's magical fairytale qualities. | ||||
Words And Music |
| 1st Produced: | Ambassadors', London | 1984 | ||
| Company: | Theatre of Comedy Company | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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 | 2 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Benny Green, Denis King and friends | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Worzel Gummidge |
| 1st Produced: | 1980 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | 1b 1g extras | |||
Notes: Book & lyrics by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall, Music by Denis King. Transferred to the Cambridge Theatre, London, 1981 | ||||
Synopsis: A family musical of comic charm, vivacity, and snappy tunes. Based on the popular characters created by Barbara Euphan Todd, we enter the quirky enchanting world of Scatterbrook Farm's waspish but lovable rascal, the scarecrow Worzel Gummidge. Poor Worzel has fallen in love; he wants a wife to make him nice cups of tea and slices of cake-but he's picked the wrong girl, Aunt Sally, the stuck-up wooden-top mopsy doll who talks "lah-di-dah fluently," dreams of marrying a prince, and certainly would never lower herself to marry pongy, ugly, old Worzel-until, that is, she sees how brave he can be and falls for his charm. | ||||