BILLY ST JOHN
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Plays by Billy St John
Abduction |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1997 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Thriller | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: parental disintegration as man kidnaps their daughter amidst unremitting phone calls | ||||
Act of Murder |
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| 1st Published: | Eldridge Plays | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 5 |
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Synopsis: Almost everyone had a reason to kill television star Linda Parker. So when she is poisoned the police have lots of suspects. | ||||
Baby Talk |
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| 1st Published: | Pioneer Drama Services Inc | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 5 |
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Synopsis: Nine High School seniors flashback to when they were one year olds. | ||||
D K Molar -- The Devious Dentist |
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| 1st Published: | Pioneer Drama Services Inc | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 |
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Notes: or. . . There's Gold in Them Thar Teeth! | ||||
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Dastardly Doctor Deveraux, The |
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| 1st Published: | Pioneer Drama Services Inc | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
Notes: Music by Debbie Wilson; lyrics by Billy St John; book by Billy St John | ||||
Synopsis: The musical version of "Dogsbreath Devereaux, the Dastardly Doctor" | ||||
Deadly Deal |
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| 1st Published: | Hanbury Plays | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Mystery | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 5 |
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Deadly Image |
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| 1st Published: | Eldridge Plays | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Mystery | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 9 |
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Synopsis: Fearing an attempt on his life billionaire Wentworth Jefferson hire a private detective to keep tabs on his houseguests. When he is murdered will the clue be found in one of the photographs taken? | ||||
Dogsbreath Devereaux, the Dastardly Doctor |
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| 1st Published: | Pioneer Drama Services Inc | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 6 |
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Synopsis: Doctor Devereaux plans to wed and do away with the wealthy widow Lotta Cash. | ||||
Dracula's Widow |
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| 1st Published: | Eldridge Plays | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Thriller | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 |
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Synopsis: The Baroness Katarina Stephanowski widow of Dracula leaves Romania in search of fresh blood. She arrives in England and meets Dr Grant and his daughter Diana but it is Diana's fiancé that takes the Countesses eye. | ||||
Evil Doings in Queen Toots Tomb |
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| 1st Published: | Pioneer Drama Services Inc | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 10 |
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Synopsis: Professor Artie Fact unseals the tomb of Queen Tootsiwootsi despite there being a curse. The mysterious Allura wants to revive the Mummy. | ||||
Fantastical Friends |
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| 1st Published: | Eldridge Plays | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Childrens play | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | large flexible | |||
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Synopsis: Fred goes to the library. The Book Master introduces him to characters from literature. | ||||
Fiendish Firebug Strikes Again, The |
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| 1st Published: | Pioneer Drama Services Inc | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | 1 dog | |||
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Synopsis: Neville Ash buys a factory with the aim of burning it down for the insurance money. | ||||
Ghost Detective |
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| 1st Published: | Eldridge Plays | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Thriller | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 9 |
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Synopsis: A film star has invited guests for the weekend to his remote island getaway. He is found drowned in the swimming pool. The police cannot get to the island due to fog. Amongst the guests is the private investigator Jeff Burke. But then he is shot and killed. | ||||
Great Ice Cream Scheme, The |
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| 1st Published: | Pioneer Drama Services Inc | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
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Synopsis: I C Custard tries to steal Pop Sicle's secret ice cream recipe. | ||||
Heaven Help the Po' Taters |
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| 1st Published: | Pioneer Drama Services Inc | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 12 |
| Parts Other: | 1 non speaking; extras | |||
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Synopsis: The potato farmers are in trouble. It has not rained and the river has been dammed by Noah Count. | ||||
Here Comes the Judge |
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| 1st Published: | Pioneer Drama Services Inc | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 12 |
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Synopsis: Whilst presiding over two cases Judge Knott has his courtroom invaded and everyone held hostage. | ||||
Holder Posey, the Felonious Photographer |
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| 1st Published: | Pioneer Drama Services Inc | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 12 |
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Synopsis: Travelling photographer, Holder Posey attempts to rob the vaults of the Golden Spitoon Salon. | ||||
Hooray For Hollywood |
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| 1st Published: | Eldridge Plays | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 8 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
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Synopsis: The winning film made by a High School student will guarantee the maker a job at the sponsoring studio. Each student imagines that they have won. | ||||
I Am A Star |
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| 1st Published: | Eldridge Plays | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 9 |
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Notes: Music by Wendall Jimmerson; lyrics by Billy St John; book by Billy St John | ||||
Synopsis: The students at a college vie for parts as extras when a film is being made there. Undercover as one of the students is soap opera star Tiffany who hopes to get the lead in the film to prove she can really act | ||||
I Am A Star |
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| 1st Published: | Eldridge Plays | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 9 |
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Synopsis: The students at a college vie for parts as extras when a film is being made there. Undercover as one of the students is soap opera star Tiffany who hopes to get the lead in the film to prove she can really act | ||||
Is There A Comic in the House? |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1995 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 8 |
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Synopsis: seven comedians, including the landlady, live in a boarding house for stand up comics | ||||
Males Order Brides |
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| 1st Published: | Pioneer Drama Services Inc | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
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Synopsis: Four men have ordered brides from the East through the town's shifty lawyer. He has pocketed the money and gets an actress to impersonate the four would be brides. | ||||
Murder Can Be Habit Forming |
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| 1st Published: | Pioneer Drama Services Inc | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 9 |
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Synopsis: A bus is stranded in a blizzard and the passengers are taken in at a nearby mansion which is now used by a religious order of nuns. One of the passengers is the serial killer known as the Mary Murdered as he only murders women who have the name Mary. Several of the nuns have Mary as part of their name, there are two Marys among the bus passengers and also one of the passengers plays someone called Mary in a television soap. | ||||
Murder in the House of Horrors |
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| 1st Published: | Pioneer Drama Services Inc | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 8 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
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Synopsis: Play version of "Oh, Horrors - It's Murder!" | ||||
Murderer Among Us, A |
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| 1st Published: | Eldridge Plays | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Thriller | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 8 |
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Synopsis: It is a dark and stormy night and Osgood Buckley-Lodge has been murdered. Was it a member of his family or staff? Or either of the two mysterious people who turn up in trench coats? | ||||
Murder's in the Heir |
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| 1st Published: | Pioneer Drama Services Inc | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 8 |
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Synopsis: Each of the heirs of a murdered billionaire have a reason to have done it. The audience decides. | ||||
Mystery Maze |
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| 1st Published: | Eldridge Plays | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Thriller | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 13 actors | |||
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Synopsis: Millionaire Anthony Pendleton has been murdered. In his will there are clues to finding his fortune whoever can solve them gets everything. | ||||
Mystery Weekend |
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| 1st Published: | Eldridge Plays | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Thriller | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 11 |
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Synopsis: A group of skiers assemble at a remote hotel for a murder mystery weekend. But when the hotel's owner is really murdered the guests have more than they bargained for. | ||||
Occupation: Murder! |
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| 1st Published: | Eldridge Plays | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 9 |
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Synopsis: The sponsor of a television quiz show is shot dead. Lt Jim Slate investigates along with a little old lady amateur sleuth. | ||||
Oh, Horrors - It's Murder! |