JOHN MORTIMER   (1923 - )


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Plays by John Mortimer

JOHN MORTIMER
Bells Of Hell
1st Produced:
Richmond, Surrey
1977
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1978
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Genre:
Divine Comedy
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Parts:
Male
4
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes: revised version of The Prince of Darkness
Synopsis: Gavin, Rector of St Barnabus Without, runs his parish on determinedly trendy lines, concentrating on gays, 'bondage freaks', mackintosh fetishists and other perversions rather than the Old Time Religion. His Bishop also thinks along modern lines when the arrival of a new, somewhat strange, Curate causes a series of true miracles. The Bishop is about to announce a return to the old ways when a natural explanation of the miracles is discovered. But who exactly is the mysterious Curate?
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JOHN MORTIMER
Bermondsey
1st Produced:
-
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Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1971
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Genre:
-
One Act
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: part of Come As you Are
Synopsis:
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JOHN MORTIMER
Call Me A Liar
1st Produced:
London
1968
Company:
-
1st Published:
in "Lunch Hour and Other Plays", Methuen, London
1960
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Genre:
-
One Act
Parts:
Male
7
Female
5
Parts Other:
-
Notes: televised 1958
Synopsis:
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JOHN MORTIMER
Captain Of Kcpenick, The
1st Produced:
Old Vic, London
1971
Company:
-
1st Published:
1971
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Genre:
-
Adaptation
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
large cast
Notes: Original Playwright - Carl Zuckmayer
Synopsis:
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JOHN MORTIMER
Casebook
1st Produced:
1982
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
-
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: Including The Dock Brief
Synopsis:
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JOHN MORTIMER
Cat Among The Pigeons
1st Produced:
London
1969
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, NY
1970
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Genre:
-
Adaptation
Parts:
Male
13
Female
7
Parts Other:
-
Notes: Original Playwright - Georges Feydeau
Synopsis: Lady with two lovers, a ne'er do well and a flamboyant Spanish general
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JOHN MORTIMER
Changing Gear
1st Produced:
Nottingham
1965
Company:
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1st Published:
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Genre:
Sketches in
Sketch
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis:
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JOHN MORTIMER
Christmas Carol, A
1st Produced:
1994
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1995
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Genre:
-
Adaptation
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
Large Cast
Notes: novel by Charles Dickens
Synopsis: traces Scrooge's conversion from miserliness to benevolence
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JOHN MORTIMER
Cleaning Up Justice
1st Produced:
-
-
Company:
-
1st Published:
in "Mortimer, J., Simpson, N. & Pinter, Harold, Sketches From One To Another" French, London
1960
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Genre:
-
Sketch
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis:
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JOHN MORTIMER
Collaborators
1st Produced:
London
1973
Company:
-
1st Published:
Eyre Methuen, London
1973
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: writing a truthful script about marriage causes dinner table complications
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JOHN MORTIMER
Collect Your Hand Baggage
1st Produced:
Wuppertal, Germany
1963
Company:
-
1st Published:
in "Lunch Hour and Other Plays", Methuen, London
1960
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Genre:
-
One Act
Parts:
Male
6
Female
5
Parts Other:
-
Notes: produced in German; televised in English 1963
Synopsis: Crispin refuses to grow old and conform
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JOHN MORTIMER
Come As You Are
1st Produced:
New Theatre, London
1970
Company:
-
1st Published:
1971
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Genre:
Play 4 Acts
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Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: includes Mill Hill, Bermondsey, Gloucester Road, Marble Arch
Synopsis: linked by their themes of sexual entanglement and by their London settings
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JOHN MORTIMER
Conflicts
1st Produced:
London
1971
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
-
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: written with others
Synopsis:
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JOHN MORTIMER
David And Broccoli
1st Produced:
-
-
Company:
-
1st Published:
1960
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
6
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis:
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JOHN MORTIMER
Desmond
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
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Genre:
-
One Act
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis:
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JOHN MORTIMER
Die Fledermaus
1st Produced:
-
1989
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
-
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis:
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JOHN MORTIMER
Dock Brief, The
1st Produced:
London
1958
Company:
-
1st Published:
in "Three Plays", Elek, London
1958
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Genre:
-
One Act
Parts:
Male
2
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: broadcast 1957
Synopsis: seedy broken down barrister attempts to defend innocuous murderer who is acquitted due to defence incompetence
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JOHN MORTIMER
Edwin
1st Produced:
1996
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1984
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Genre:
-
One Act
Parts:
Male
2
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes: broadcast BBC 1982
Synopsis: a retired judge is obsessedby the notion that his friend and neighbour once 'rodgered' his wife and may indeed be the father of his supposed son.
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JOHN MORTIMER
Fear of Heaven, The
1st Produced:
Greenwich Theatre, london
1978
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1978
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Genre:
-
One Act
Parts:
Male
5
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis:
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JOHN MORTIMER
Flea In Her Ear, A
1st Produced:
London
1966
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1967
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Genre:
-
Adaptation
Parts:
Male
9
Female
5
Parts Other:
-
Notes: Original Playwright - Georges Feydeau
Synopsis: Complications come fast and furious as the wife of a noble lord misinterprets a note.
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JOHN MORTIMER
Gloucester Road
1st Produced:
-
-
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1971
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Genre:
-
One Act
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: part of Come As you Are
Synopsis:
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JOHN MORTIMER
Heaven And Hell
1st Produced:
London
1976
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1978
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: includes The Fear of Heaven and The Prince of Darkness
Synopsis:
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JOHN MORTIMER
Hock And Soda Water
1st Produced:
Minerva, Chichester
2001
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
2005
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
7
Female
4
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis:
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JOHN MORTIMER
I Spy
1st Produced:
Salisbury
1959
Company:
-
1st Published:
in "Three Plays", Elek, London
1958
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Genre:
-
One Act
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: broadcast 1957
Synopsis: a private detective is engaged to provide evidence for a divorce against an errant wife, but ends up falling in love with her
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JOHN MORTIMER
I, Claudius
1st Produced:
London
1972
Company:
-
1st Published:
London
1972
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Genre:
-
Adaptation
Parts:
Male
16
Female
6
Parts Other:
-
Notes: from novels by Robert Graves
Synopsis:
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JOHN MORTIMER
John Mortimer's Casebook
1st Produced:
London
1982
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
-
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: includes The Dock Brief, The Prince of Darkness, Interlude
Synopsis:
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JOHN MORTIMER
Judge, The
1st Produced:
Brighton
1967
Company:
-
1st Published:
1967
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
11
Female
5
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis:
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JOHN MORTIMER
Knightsbridge
1st Produced:
-
-
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1973
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Genre:
-
One Act
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: part of Come As you Are
Synopsis:
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JOHN MORTIMER
Lady From Maxim's, The
1st Produced:
London
1977
Company:
-
1st Published:
Heinemann, London
1977
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Genre:
-
Adaptation
Parts:
Male
15
Female
11
Parts Other:
-
Notes: Original Playwright - Georges Feydeau
Synopsis: doctor awakes to find he brought two things home from Maxim's the previous night: a hangover and a lady of the evening, the confusion unravels
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JOHN MORTIMER
Little Hotel On The Side, A
1st Produced:
London
1984
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1984
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Genre:
-
Adaptation
Parts:
Male
9
Female
4
Parts Other:
-
Notes: Original Playwright - Georges Feydeau
Synopsis: thwarted lust, spiralling panic and a seedy hotel where the corridors see more action than the beds
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JOHN MORTIMER
Lunch Hour
1st Produced:
Salisbury
1960
Company:
-
1st Published:
in "Lunch Hour and Other Plays", Methuen, London
1960
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