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Ted Whitehead

TED WHITEHEAD

  (1933 - )
Nationality:    British
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E A (Ted) Whitehead. "I knew him in Liverpool in the early 1960s. He was a Liverpudlian, or a Merseysider at least. He was working as a Public Health Inspector  in the abattoirs I think." - Michael Green

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below is a list of Ted Whitehead's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Alpha Beta         Dance of Death         Foursome, The         Man Who Fell in Love With His Wife, The         Mecca         Old Flames         Punishment, The         Sea Anchor, The

Alpha Beta

Synopsis:
study of collapsing marriage, spaced over nine years and running from an ingrained routine of rows and sexual frustration to the man's miserable compromise as a Sunday daddy

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1st Published:
Faber and Faber, London, 1972   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Dance of Death

Synopsis:
involves a couple celebrating their twenty fifth wedding anniversary

Notes:
Original Playwright - August Strindberg

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Genre:
Adaptation

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Foursome, The

Foursome, The
A sex battle between two boys and two girls on a beach

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1st Published:
Faber and Faber, London, 1972   -

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Man Who Fell in Love With His Wife, The

Synopsis:
jealously possessive man, obstinate woman; glum message that men and women aren't good enough for each other

Notes:
from his television series Sweet Nothings

1st Produced:
Studio, London    1984

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1st Published:
Faber and Faber, London, 1984   -

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Genre:
Adaptation

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Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Mecca

Synopsis:
Rape, murder and bribery in a Moroccan holiday village where a group of westerners are staying

Notes:
Quaigh theatre, New york, 1980

1st Produced:
London    1977

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1st Published:
Faber and Faber, London, 1977   -

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Old Flames

Synopsis:
A man encounters his four 'old flame' - the four women in his life.

Notes:
Arts theatre, London, 1975

1st Produced:
Bristol New Vic    28 Oct 1975

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1st Published:
Faber and Faber, London, 1976   -

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Genre:
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Male:  1            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Punishment, The

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1st Published:
in "Prompt Three" Hutchinson, London, 1976   -

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Genre:
School Drama Youth Audience

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Sea Anchor, The

Synopsis:
Two men and two women wait on a jetty for a friend who is sailing the Irish Sea in a dinghy

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1st Published:
Faber and Faber, London, 1975   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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