N F SIMPSON (1915 - )
| Nationality: | English |
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Plays by N F Simpson
Anyone's Gums Can Listen to Reason |
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| 1st Published: | in "Play Ten", Arnold, London | 1977 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Ten Min | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
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Can You Hear Me? |
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| 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 | 2 | Female | 2 |
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Cresta Run, The |
| 1st Produced: | 1965 | |||
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| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London | 1966 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
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Form, The |
| 1st Produced: | Arts, London | 1961 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1961 | ||
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| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: the lunatic pomposity of bureaucratic procedure is parodied in an office interview | ||||
Gladly Otherwise |
| 1st Produced: | Ambiance Theatre Club, London | 1970 | ||
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| 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 | 2 | Female | 1 |
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Notes: part of How Are Your handles? | ||||
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Hole, The |
| 1st Produced: | 1958 | |||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1958 | ||
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| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: explores different "visions" of life people see whilst observing the same scene | ||||
How Are Your Handles? |
| 1st Produced: | Ambiance Theatre Club, London | 1970 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
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Notes: includes Gladly Otherwise, Oh, The Other Side Of London | ||||
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In Reasonable Shape |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1977 | ||
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| 1st Published: | in "Play Ten", Arnold, London | 1977 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Ten Min | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 |
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Inner Voices |
| 1st Produced: | 1983 | |||
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| 1st Published: | Amber Lane Press, Oxford | 1983 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 14 | Female | 5 |
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Notes: Original Playwright - Eduardo de Filippo | ||||
Synopsis: whole Italian family is arrested until accuser thinks he may have dreamt the murder, everyone denounces everyone else | ||||
Napoli Milionaria |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1991 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 14 | Female | 11 |
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Notes: Original Playwright - Eduardo de Filippo | ||||
Synopsis: woman does her best to keep family afloat by dealing on the black market in Naples during WW2 | ||||
Oh |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1961 | ||
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| 1st Published: | in "The Hole and Other Plays and Sketches", Faber & Faber, London | 1964 | ||
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On the Avenue |
| 1st Produced: | Arts Theatre, London | 1961 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Sketches in | Sketch | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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One Blast and Have Done |
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| 1st Published: | in "The Hole and Other Plays and Sketches", Faber & Faber, London | 1964 | ||
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One Over the Fight |
| 1st Produced: | Criterion, London | 1961 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Sketches in | Sketch | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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One to Another |
| 1st Produced: | Apollo Theatre, London | 1959 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1960 | ||
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| Genre: | Sketches in | Sketch | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: written with Mortimer, Pinter | ||||
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One Way Pendulum |
| 1st Produced: | 1959 | |||
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| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London | 1960 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Farce | Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 4 |
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Synopsis: the judge and jury move in on the Groomkirby family with their bizarre idea fixes | ||||
Other Side Of London, The |
| 1st Produced: | Ambiance Theatre Club, London | 1970 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | Sketch | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: part of How Are Your handles? | ||||
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Playback 625 |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1970 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
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Notes: written with Leopoldo Maler | ||||
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Resounding Tinkle, A |
| 1st Produced: | 1957 | |||
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| 1st Published: | in "The Observer Plays", Faber & Faber, London | 1958 | ||
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| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 |
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Synopsis: the suburban life of Bro and Middle paradock | ||||
Sketches From One To Another |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1960 | ||
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| Genre: | Revue | Show | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: written with John Mortimer And Harold Pinter | ||||
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Some Tall Tinkles |
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| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London | 1968 | ||
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Notes: We'Re Due In Fastbourne In Ten Minutes; The Best I Can Do By Way Of Gate-Leg Table, Is A Hundredweight Of Coal; At Least It's A Precaution Against Fire | ||||
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Was He Anyone? |
| 1st Produced: | 1972 | |||
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| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London | 1973 | ||
| 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: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 14 | Female | 13 |
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Synopsis: a bookmaker's runner takes a long walk off a short ship unfortunately every well-wisher forgets to rescue him | ||||
We're Due In Eastbourne In Ten Minutes |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1971 | ||
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| 1st Published: | in "Some Tall Tinkles", Faber & Faber, London | 1968 | ||
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Notes: televised 1967 | ||||
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You, Me and the Gatepost |
| 1st Produced: | Nottingham | 1960 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Sketches in | Sketch | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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