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Alan Crocker

ALAN CROCKER

  
Nationality:    English
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a vast accumulation of stage 'know how' backs the scripts from this writer of powerful and impressive plays, comedies and farces.

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

         Caring And Whether Damned Or Not         Carve Up         Competition         Dead End         European Unions And You Just Don'T Know         It Lies Not In Our Power         Stopping Andrew         Sweet Reason         Unexpected Developments         Whether Damned Or Not         You Just Don't Know

Caring And Whether Damned Or Not

Synopsis:
Caring, is set in 'the Laurels Nursing and Residential Home'

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1st Published:
Jasper Publishing Ltd 1998   1-874009-27-9

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Genre:
Play - One act, Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Carve Up

Synopsis:
Comedy/farce set in an artist's studio, where climbing in and out of windows is rife, and confusion reigns. Most of the men 'dally' briefly with the women, and are caught by the one to whom they are truly attracted, until all is finally sorted out to everyone's satisfaction.

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1st Published:
Jasper Publishing Ltd 1998   1-874009-04-X

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Genre:
Play - Full Length, Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Competition

Synopsis:
Full-length comedy, Set in an architect's office where work for a design competition is under way. there is competition from three women also for the attention of one male. Conflicts, misunderstandings and tensions ensue which threaten the design entry and office relationships, until peace is eventually restored.

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1st Published:
Jasper Publishing Ltd 1998   1-874009-73-2

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Play - Full Length, Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Dead End

Synopsis:
another powerful full length play from this author. Two retired sisters, Cordelia and Phoebe, are happy when a quiet young couple move in as their new next door neighbours. But what surprises lie ahead for everyone as sides are taken, long hidden secrets uncovered, and two devastating stings in the tail shatter the calm and bring the final curtain crashing down.

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1st Published:
Jasper Publishing Ltd 1998   1-902837-43-6

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Genre:
Play - Full Length, Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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European Unions And You Just Don'T Know

Synopsis:
Two one-act plays. a comedy, 'european Unions' one set, 2M 3F, involves a meeting of French, German, and London campers on a Welsh campsite, with plenty of cross border fraternisation! also, 'You Just Don't Know' one set, 1M 3F. GrandFather reminisces on wartime memories, talking of a lost love to a young stranger when he visits his granddaughter. But subsequent events suggest that perhaps she was not really a stranger after all.

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1st Published:
Jasper Publishing Ltd 1998   1-874009-93-7

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play - One act, Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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It Lies Not In Our Power

Synopsis:
Powerful full-length play. (one set) Furnished living room rented by university students, an African girl attempts suicide after rejection by her boyfriend, and is taken into the student flat on a temporary basis, and complications begin. a further rejection brings another attempt and all feel guilt over her death. Can they all get back to normal life ever again?

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1st Published:
Jasper Publishing Ltd 1998   1-874009-44-9

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Play - Full Length, Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Stopping Andrew

Synopsis:
a full length play, one set. andrew, a single man, generously shares his house with his sister and her lazy, scheming family. all is well until andrew looks set to get married, which threatens the future security, comfort and even inheritance of his sister's family. a plan is set in motion to thwart andrew's marital prospects which goes horribly wrong. . .

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1st Published:
Jasper Publishing Ltd 1998   1-874009-98-8

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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Play - Full Length, Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Sweet Reason

Synopsis:
Full-length play. andy agrees to act as solicitor for Corrine in a dispute with her neighbour. His ex-wife agrees to act for the neighbour. Many complications ensue before sweet reason prevails, and help finally arrives in the unexpected form of the local barmaid.

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1st Published:
Jasper Publishing Ltd 1998   1-902837-66-5

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play - Full Length, Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Unexpected Developments

Synopsis:
Full length play. Teresa, although qualified, finds she cannot get a job as a bricklayer, so she poses as a male - Terry. This brings unexpected problems and much confusion before a satisfactory conclusion can be reached.

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1st Published:
Jasper Publishing Ltd 1998   1-904416-44-6

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play - Full Length, Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Whether Damned Or Not

Synopsis:
Whether Damned or Not', is a comedy, and tells the unusual story of a possible solution to 'writer's block'

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1st Published:
Jasper Publishing Ltd 1998   1-874009-27-9

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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You Just Don't Know

Synopsis:
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1st Published:
Published,    -

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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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