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BS JOHNSON
(1933 - 1973)Nationality: English
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BS Johnson's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates
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Down Red Lane Not Counting the Savages You're Human Like the Rest Of themDown Red Lane
Synopsis:
A man newly come up from the working classes turns to fine dining. The waiter tempts him with more and more food. But the man's working class stomach revolts
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1st Produced:
Finborough Theatre, London
05 Mar 2017
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A woman is traumatised when a flasher exposes himself in the local graveyard. She gets no sympathy from her family, her husband is indifferent, her daughter says she is over reacting, the son gets a thrill out of it
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Originally shown as part of the BBC series "Thirty Minute Theatre" 1972
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Finborough Theatre, London
05 Mar 2017
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When a minor back problem lands school teacher Haakon in hospital he is appalled when he has to attend a talk on back problems with a group of octogenarians
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