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MORDAUNT SHAIRP (1887 - 1939) |
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Nationality: English Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: United Agents |
Alexander Mordaunt Shairp was born on March 13 1887 in Totnes, Devon. He was educated at St Paul's School and Lincoln College Oxford. He spent most of his life as a schoolmaster. "The Green Bay Tree" of 1933 was a controversial hit both in the West End and on Broadway. He was offered a script writing position in Hollywood which he took up. It did not last long and he returned to London and resumed teaching. He lived in Hampstead with his wife Hilda and stepson Hugh Williams who went on to become an actor and appeared in some of his step father's plays. Shairp believed that performing in front of an audience was good for boys - building up confidence and communication skills. He wrote numerous plays for his pupils to perform including one that required a cast of 80 plus a choir. Most of his non school plays were written to propound the theories of Freud and Havelock Ellis. He died on January 18 1939
Plays by Mordaunt Shairp
Bend In The Road | ||
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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 | #127852 | |||
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Synopsis: | A man is writing a book about mind over matter. His wife is dying and he wills her to live which she does. He realises that he has a power. He uses it to will the death of the man his wife had had an affair with. The man wastes away and very ill asks the writer to put him out of his misery. The writer realises his error | |||||
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Crime At Blossoms, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French Ltd, London | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #95808 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 10 | ||
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Synopsis: | Valerie and Christopher Merryman desperately need money. There had once been a terrible murder in the cottage where they live and Valerie has the idea of opening the cottage for tours of the crime scene. It is a great success with visitors arriving by the coach load. Valerie even starts a re-enactment for an extra charge. Christopher thinks things have gone too far and stops the enterprise. There is a knock at the door - it is the murderer | |||||
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Green Bay Tree, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | St Martin's. London | 25 Jan 1933 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | George Allen & Unwin 1933 | ISBN/ASIN: | B00088GD5A | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #49243 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
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| Manipulative older gay man tries to keep his younger lover | |||||
Further Reference: | Wearing 50.64 | |||||
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Man Of Silence | ||
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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 | #127853 | |||
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Genre: | Youth play | |||||
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Offence, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ritz Theatre, New York | 1925 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Ernest Benn 1925 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #95809 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 | ||
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Synopsis: | A father is jealous of the attention that his wife gives to their son. The son is not allowed into one of the rooms of the house as it is the preserve of his father. A cousin dares the boy to enter - he does and breaks a priceless bowl. The father beats him until he is unconscious. Years later and now married he is haunted by what had happened but cannot remember what occurred. Then he has an accident and breaks a bowl | |||||
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Phoby, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Modern Plays In One Act" published by J M Dent 1929 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #127854 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
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Synopsis: | A girl and boy get locked in the garden shed. The girl remains calm but the boy suffering from claustrophobia goes to pieces. Eighteen years later they are both on an Underground train when it breaks down | |||||
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Shameless Wayne | ||
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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 | #127855 | |||
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Genre: | Drama | |||||
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Notes: | Based on the novel by Halliwell Sutcliffe | |||||
Synopsis: | Two families are feuding | |||||
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Time And The Boy | ||
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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 | #127856 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Youth play | |||||
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Synopsis: | The boy in Shakespeare's England, Queen Anne's and the 1930s | |||||
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