DANNIE ABSE (1923 - )
| Nationality: | Welsh |
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Plays by Dannie Abse
Dogs Of Pavlov, The |
| 1st Produced: | Questors Theatre, London | 1969 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Valentine Mitchell, London | 1973 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 |
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Synopsis: Suggested by Stanley Milgram's 'Obedience to Authority' experiment at Yale University | ||||
Eccentric, The |
| 1st Produced: | Mountview Theatre, London | 1961 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Evans Bros, London | 1956 | ||
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| Genre: | Jewish Comedy | One Act | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: should be paired with The Joker under the heading Two Jewish Comedies. Radio version called The Courting Of Essie Glass | ||||
Synopsis: Jewish comedy about an eccentric tobacconist resisting a take over bid by a chain store | ||||
Fire In Heaven |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1948 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Hutchinson, London | 1948 | ||
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Notes: aka Is the House Shut and In the Cage | ||||
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Funland |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1975 | ||
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Gone |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1962 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Scorpion Press | 1967 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: aka Gone In January (Ensemble Theatre Co at Edinburgh Festival 1977) | ||||
Synopsis: About infidelity and sexual possession | ||||
Hands Around The Wall |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1950 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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House Of Cowards |
| 1st Produced: | Questors Theatre, London | 1960 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays of the Year 23" Elek, London | 1962 | ||
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| Genre: | TragiComedy | Tragedy | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 |
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Synopsis: Group await the coming of a messianic figure who will appear and save them all from the lies they are living. | ||||
Joker The |
| 1st Produced: | Questors Theatre, London | 1962 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in Miscellany One, Poetry Wales Press | 1981 | ||
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| Genre: | Jewish Comedy | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: should be paired with The Eccentric under the heading Two Jewish Comedies. Radio version called The Courting Of Essie Glass | ||||
Synopsis: Jewish comedy about a bachelor given to playing obsessional jokes even on a possible bride | ||||
Pythagoras |
| 1st Produced: | 1976 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Hutchinson, London | 1979 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: aka Phthagoras Smith | ||||
Synopsis: picture of a modern mental hospital and a transmigrated soul from the world of show business where he was formerly know as The Magician | ||||