KEN WHITMORE
| Nationality: | British |
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Plays by Ken Whitmore
Bolshie Vita, La |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1986 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1986 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 3 |
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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 . . . | ||||
Caucasian In The Woodpile |
| 1st Produced: | 1978 | |||
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Final Twist, The |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1998 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Thriller | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
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Notes: written with Alfred Bradley | ||||
Synopsis: author with writer's block is offered a commission that will meet all his debts before he meets his enforcer | ||||
Jump for Your Life |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1980 | ||
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| Genre: | Childrens | Youth Audience | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 |
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Jump! |
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| 1st Published: | in "Bradley, A. (Ed.), Out Of The Air" Longman, London | 1978 | ||
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| Genre: | Fable | - | Parts: | Male | 13 | Female | 2 |
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Pen-Friends |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1982 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 |
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Synopsis: kind hearted couple bring two vulnerable pen-friends together for a weekend in their country house | ||||
Turn Of The Screw, The |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1983 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | 1g 1b | |||
Notes: From story by Henry James | ||||
Synopsis: Enigmatic ghost story where the doubts are not resolved | ||||