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BENN W LEVY (1900 - 1973) |
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Plays by Benn W Levy |
Art And Mrs Bottle | ||
| 1st Produced: | Criterion Theatre, London | 12 Nov 1929 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20752 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Auction, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #129260 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Based on a novel by Francois Billetdoux | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Brave Augusta, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #129261 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Church Mouse, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Playhouse Theatre, New York | 16 Apr 1931 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #129262 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Based on a play by Ladislaus and Siegfried Fodor | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Clutterbuck | ||
| 1st Produced: | Wyndhams Theatre, London | 14 Aug 1946 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | William Heinemann 1947 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20753 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
| Two couples' domestic complications are thrashed out and acted out mostly on shipboard. "The two wives," in the words of the New York Times, "adore each other until they discover that they both had the same lover before they were married&Mr. Levy then introduces the lover and the mistress, turns everything upside down once or twice and concludes by making the wives friends again and the husbands enemies." | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Cupid and Psyche | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Victor Gollancz 1952 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #128823 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Curtains Are Blowing, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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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 | #129263 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Devil, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Arts Theatre, London | 29 Sep 1939 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Martin Secker, London 1930 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #128824 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | The US title was "The Devil Passes" | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ever Green | ||
| 1st Produced: | Adelphi Theatre, London | 03 Dec 1930 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #128825 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Lorenz Hart; book by Benn W Levy | |||||
| Harriet Green star of the Edwardian music hall discovers she is pregnant. She flees to South Africa and brings up the daughter she has away from the glare of publicity. Years later the daughter Harriet Hawkes goes to England to make her name on the stage. Tommy a publicity agent is struck at how much she looks like Harriet Green and persuades her to masquerade as her. The public are fooled - but everyone believes that Tommy is her son - which is a problem as Tommy and Harriet Hawk have fallen in love | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hollywood Holiday | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1931 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Martin Secker, London 1931 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #128826 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Written by John van Druten and Benn W Levy | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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How To Be A Nobody or The Evolution Of Miss Jones | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #129264 | |||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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If I Were You | ||
| 1st Produced: | Mansfield Theater, New York | 24 Jan 1938 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #128827 | |||
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Notes: | Written by Benn W Levy and Paul Hervey Fox | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Madame Bovary | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1937 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #128828 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Based on the novel by Gustave Flaubert | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Man With Red Hair, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Little Theatre, London | 27 Feb 1928 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #128829 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Marriage, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #129265 | |||
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Meet To Be Loved | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #129266 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Member For Gaza, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays Of The Year Vol.32", Elek, London, 1967 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20754 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mrs Moonlight | ||
| 1st Produced: | Kingsway Theatre, London | 1928 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Victor Gollancz 1929 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20755 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
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Mud And Treacle | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1928 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Victor Gollancz 1928 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #128830 | |||
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Part Of Death, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #129267 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Poet's Heart, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bristol University | 24 Jun 1969 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Cresset Press 1931 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #128831 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
| Life of Don Juan | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Public And Confidential | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1966 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #20756 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | aka The Member For Gaza | |||||
Synopsis: | A vulnerable British MP is blackmailed out of Parliament when he seeks to expose corruption | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Rape Of The Belt, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Grand, Leeds | 12 Nov 1957 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Macgibbon & Kee, 1957 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20757 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Anchors aweigh in ancient Greece | |||||
Further Reference: | Wearing 57.287 | |||||
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Return To Tyassi | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Royal, Brighton | 20 Nov 1950 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Victor Gollancz 1951 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20758 | |||
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Genre: | 3 act play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | Wearing 50.300 | |||||
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Safari | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #129268 | |||
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Seat By The Fire, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #129269 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Based on the novel by Elizabeth Montagu | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Shan't Be Long | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #129270 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Springtime For Henry | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bijou Theatre, New York | 09 Dec 1931 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20759 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | wealthy young English bachelor taken in hand by his secretary | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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This Woman Business | ||
| 1st Produced: | Royalty Theatre, London | 18 Oct 1925 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | (Contemporary British Dramatists, Volume XXIII). Ernest Benn Ltd, 1932 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #41975 | |||
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Genre: | Three Acts Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Topaze | ||
| 1st Produced: | Music Box Theatre, New York | 12 Feb 1930 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #128832 | |||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tumbler, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1960 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #128833 | |||
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Genre: | Verse drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Young Madame Conti, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1937 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Ltd, London 1938 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #128834 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Written by Hubert Griffiths and Benn W Levy | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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