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KEN WHITMORE |
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Nationality: British Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: The Agency (London) Ltd |
He has won the Giles Cooper Award for Best Radio Plays of the Year, the Arnold Bennett Short Story Prize and the Times/Jonathan Cape Children's Story Competition. His work is included in various school and university textbooks and literary anthologies.
Plays by Ken Whitmore
Bolshie Vita, La | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1986 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1986 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #37023 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Suggested by the Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol | |||||
Synopsis: | Osip, a fervent young Patty member, is confused with Ivan, a Jewish dissident poet. Ivan is en route for Siberia and imprisonment, while Osip is travelling there to inspire the residents of Poshlost to heroic efforts. Anton, the local Party Secretary, has just returned from a trip to the West with his suitcase loaded with forbidden luxuries, and together with the other local party officials, is thrown into a panic at the prospect of the arrival of a keen Communist. Yet in the ensuing hilarious confusion the dissident Ivan achieves quite remarkable results . . . | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Caucasian In The Woodpile | ||
| 1st Produced: | King's Head Theatre, 115 Upper Street, Islington, London N1 1QN >>> | 1978 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #72811 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Final Twist, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Ltd | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573017650 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #37024 | |||
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Genre: | Thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Written by Alfred Bradley and Ken Whitmore | |||||
| A playwright is approached by an actor to write a play for him. It has to be one that has a perfect murder and alibi. The actor says it is a surprise for his wife | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Jump for Your Life | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1980 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #37025 | |||
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Genre: | Childrens Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Jump! | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Bradley, A. (Ed.), Out Of The Air" Longman, London, 1978 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #37026 | |||
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Genre: | Fable | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 13 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Pen-Friends | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1982 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #37027 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | kind hearted couple bring two vulnerable pen-friends together for a weekend in their country house | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Turn Of The Screw, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lichfield festival, George Hotel | 15 Jul 2011 | ||||
Company: | Intimate Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1983 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #37028 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 1g 1b | |||||
Notes: | adaptation of the Henry James novella | |||||
Synopsis: | Enigmatic ghost story where the doubts are not resolved | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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