JACK POPPLEWELL   


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Plays by Jack Popplewell

JACK POPPLEWELL
And Suddenly It's Spring
1st Produced:
Duke of York Theatre, London
1959
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1960
ISBN
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
4
Female
3
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Ford Baxter of the American Navy had been given two addresses in London - one a boutique run by Sally where he is to make an order for blouses. The other is the address of a good time girl also called Sally. And Ford gets them mixed up!
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JACK POPPLEWELL
Blind Alley
1st Produced:
Arts, Cambridge
1956
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1956
ISBN
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
5
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
Revival
Synopsis:
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JACK POPPLEWELL
Boomerang
1st Produced:
Sheffield
1964
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1st Published:
-
ISBN
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Genre:
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-
Parts:
Male
5
Female
5
Parts Other:
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Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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JACK POPPLEWELL
Breakfast In Bed
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
Evans, London, 1966
ISBN
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
6
Female
3
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Joe Henderson, a hard-working but rather tight-fisted widower, lives with his daughter, Mary, in the grimy, English mill town of Brimley. Joe's two married sisters, Alice and Jane, also reside in Brimley, as have all of their family - with the exception of three black sheep uncles who were asked to leave town some fifty years earlier. But now one of the uncles, Robert Oldfreld, has written to announce his intention of coming back to Brimley to end his days and Joe, learning that the old man has amassed a fortune, decides to offer him a home. His sisters are easily hoodwinked into letting Joe take over the "family obligation," until they, too, find out about Uncle Robert's money - at which point the bickering begins. When the old gentleman arrives he finds that he is to be shuttled back and forth from home to home, but the mood of energetic cordiality rapidly dissipates when it is discovered that their guest is not Uncle Robert at all, but his ne'er-do-well brother, Emmanuel. A promise being a promise Joe take
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JACK POPPLEWELL
Busybody
1st Produced:
Hull
1964
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1965
ISBN
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
4
Female
4
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Policeman plagued by two busybodies - corpse which keeps vanishing and office cleaner who finds it
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JACK POPPLEWELL
Careful Rapture
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1961
ISBN
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Genre:
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One Act
Parts:
Male
1
Female
5
Parts Other:
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Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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JACK POPPLEWELL
Darling, I'm Home
1st Produced:
Amateur
1976
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1976
ISBN
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
4
Female
4
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
man becomes house husband to his capable and experienced wife, however jealousy ensues and the daughter arrives with two babies and no husband
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JACK POPPLEWELL
Day In The Life Of. . ., A
1st Produced:
Savoy Theatre, London
1958
Company:
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1st Published:
Evans Bros, London, 1959
ISBN
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
8
Female
5
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Well that's the end of a day in the life of John Mallorie, ladies and gentlemen. Tomorrow he will be a little older though not necessarily wiser. I hope you found it interesting. I did.'
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JACK POPPLEWELL
Dead Easy
1st Produced:
Richmond Theatre, Richmond
1973
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1975
ISBN
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Genre:
Murder Mystery
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Parts:
Male
6
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
police superintendent has his hands full with a series of murders fortunately Lily Piper discovers how it was all done
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JACK POPPLEWELL
Dead On Nine
1st Produced:
Westminster Theatre, London
1955
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1956
ISBN
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Genre:
Sensational Drama
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Parts:
Male
4
Female
3
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
man reliant on wife's money asks for divorce after ten years of marriage, on refusal attempts to kill her, other murders ensue
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JACK POPPLEWELL
Dear Children
1st Produced:
Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
1966
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1967
ISBN
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
5
Female
5
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
if his son's future is non of his business then running a canteen is
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JACK POPPLEWELL
Dear Delinquent
1st Produced:
Westminster Theatre, London
1957
Company:
-
1st Published:
in "Plays Of The Year Vol.16", Elek, London, 1958
ISBN
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
5
Female
3
Parts Other:
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Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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JACK POPPLEWELL
Every Other Evening
1st Produced:
Phoenix Theatre, London
1964
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1965
ISBN
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Genre:
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Adaptation
Parts:
Male
3
Female
4
Parts Other:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Francois Campaux
Synopsis:
wife and mistress discover old friendship as son makes effort to supplant his father
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JACK POPPLEWELL
High Infidelity
1st Produced:
Malcomn Knight on tour
1981
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1982
ISBN
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
4
Female
4
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
a millionaire at thirty nine with the help of a philandering wife who then attempts to seduce the President of The USA, 'Ronnie'
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JACK POPPLEWELL
Hocus Pocus
1st Produced:
Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne
1961
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1961
ISBN
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Genre:
Comedy/Drama
Comedy
Parts:
Male
5
Female
5
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Peter and Simon Ross are identical twins. Peter a rector with a crumbling church has got into debt with expensive repairs it needed. Simon is a City whiz kid also in debt a being persuade by creditors. The brothers agree to impersonate each other and sort out each other's problems.
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JACK POPPLEWELL
Last Word, The
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1960
ISBN
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
5
Female
4
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
When Sally married Jim things seemed to be well. But Jim's drinking and womanising drove them apart. Sally now lives with Jim's mother Mrs Logan. She has become very friendly with the local doctor, Stephen and he would like to marry her but Mrs Logan is against divorce. To spare her feelings Sally decides not to ask for a divorce. Jim gets very drunk one night and breaks into his mother's home. He is incensed when he finds Sally and Stephen in bed. He has a knife in a struggle with Sally he is stabbed. The couple panic and try to get rid of the body - but the police are suspicious.
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JACK POPPLEWELL
Mother's Day Out
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1967
ISBN
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
-
Female
5
Parts Other:
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Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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JACK POPPLEWELL
Policy For Murder
1st Produced:
London
1962
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1963
ISBN
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Genre:
Murder Play
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Parts:
Male
6
Female
3
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Ray is in debt. He devises a plan to defraud his insurance company by faking his own death. He makes friends with Stuart. He plans to lure Stuart into his studio, murder him and set it on fire - then his wife Lee will identify the charred remains. She will after a time come to where he is hiding out and they will live happily ever after on the insurance money. Stuart is lured into the studio and it burns down. Several days later a young woman turns up saying she is Stuart's girl friend and is worried that she has not seen him for some time. Then Stuart turns up - he says that when he went into the studio it was all in darkness and that he tripped over a dead body - he ran away and found that he had blood on his hands. But was the body that of Ray?
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JACK POPPLEWELL
Someone To Kill
1st Produced:
Richmond, Surrey
1962
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
ISBN
-
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:
-
-
Parts:
Male
6
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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JACK POPPLEWELL
Vanity Case, The
1st Produced:
Coliseum Theatre, Oldham
1957
Company:
-
1st Published:
Evans Bros, London, 1957
ISBN
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
4
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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