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Frederick John Willett

FREDERICK JOHN WILLETT

  (1947 - )
Nationality:    Australian
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Writes occasionally. Served in Vietnam (1970) and wrote a play about it. See web site for more details about the author, his plays and for copies of his better scripts. the plays are free to download. Contact the author directly for performance rights. See his web site for a full list of plays and awards or for copies of scripts not yet on the internet.

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below is a list of Frederick John Willett's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Baggy Green Skin         Exit Lines         Good Oil, The         Jewels on Black Velvet         Poisoned Chalice, The         SOS - Save our Supermarket

Baggy Green Skin

Synopsis:
Full title "If god had wanted me to be in the army he would have given me Baggy Green Skin". That says it all really.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Adelaide    1979

Organisations:
State Theatre Co. of South Australia

1st Published:
Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.Austlit.edu.au, http://www.Austlit.edu.au >>>,   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
2 Act Comedy

Parts:
Male:  15            Female:  -            Other:  doubling possible to 9

Further Reference:
http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/sixties/HTML_docs/Resources/Bibliographies/VN_drama_bib.html

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Exit Lines

Synopsis:
rewritten for stage. the central character runs a business writing suicide notes. Not a business with a lot of repeat trade. And if you wanted to sum the business up in one sentence it might be "Don't accept cheques."

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Abc Radio National In Series "13 Black"    1976

Organisations:
ABC radio

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Black Comedy Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Good Oil, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    1980

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.Austlit.edu.au, http://www.Austlit.edu.au >>>,   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Jewels on Black Velvet

Synopsis:
Civilizations are a lot like people. they live. they die. And on occasions they can be murdered. . .

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Adelaide    1993

Organisations:
Salisbury Theatre Co

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Poisoned Chalice, The

Synopsis:
This was written at the time Australia was considering becoming a republic and breaking its ties with the crown. My great fear was that this would become just another football for the politicians to kick around. And it did. Hence this play.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Adelaide    1996

Organisations:
Jimmy Zoole Presents

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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SOS - Save our Supermarket

Synopsis:
Designed for a student production with as big a cast as possible. there are 21 role and I tried to give each part as much of a go as possible. I also put in a number of different acting styles. the result is a bit of a mish-mash from an audience point of view, but it will challenge a student group.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Hartkey Playhouse    1989

Organisations:
SACAE Magill Campus Drama Department

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  16            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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