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Warren Chetham-Strode

WARREN CHETHAM-STRODE  (1896 - 1974)

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Reginald Warren Chetham-Strode, MC, (28 January 1896  26 April 1974) was an English author and playwright. He wrote several plays including The Guinea Pig (1946) which was turned into a movie in 1948. He also wrote screenplays for several films between 1935 and 1951 including Odette (1950).

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below is a list of Warren Chetham-Strode's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Background         Day Is Gone         Gleam         Guineas-Pig         Heart's Content         Pet Shop, The         Play For Ronnie         Shadow of Fear         Sometimes Even Now         Stepmother, The         Stranger's Road         Young Mrs Barrington

Background

Synopsis:
During the school holidays adrian and his sisters Jess and \Linda are devastated when their parents, Barbie and John, tell them they are divorcing and that their mother will be marrying family friend "Uncle" Bill. The children go back to their schools. Three days later Barbie receives a telephone call from adrian's headmaster - adrian has not returned to school. Bill is left alone whilst John and Barbie decide what to do. adrian enters unseen and shoots Bill.

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1st Produced:
Westminster, London    17 May 1950

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1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd, London   -

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Genre:
3 act play

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  1 boy, 2 girls

Further Reference:
Wearing 50.102

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Day Is Gone

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Kenyon-Deane, 1938   -

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Gleam

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Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd, 1946   -

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Guineas-Pig

Synopsis:
Reade, a boy from a London Council School is award a bursary to a public school. He is very unhappy there and at one point tries to run away. He is taken under the wing of one of the new tutors, Mr Lorraine and makes a success of his time there. Later Lorraine wants Reade to apply for a university place at Cambridge.

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1st Produced:
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1st Published:
Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd, 1946   -

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Genre:
Three act Play/Drama

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Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  3 boys

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Heart's Content

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Kenyon-Deane, 1937   -

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Pet Shop, The

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1st Produced:
Liverpool: Playhouse    17 Feb 1953

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Genre:
3 act play

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Wearing 54.188

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Play For Ronnie

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Deane's Series of Plays, Kenyon-Deane, London, 1947   -

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Shadow of Fear

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London: Wyndhams    09 Dec 1956

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Genre:
3 act play

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Wearing 56.267

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Sometimes Even Now

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1st Produced:
Embassy Theatre, London    -

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Contained in: "Famous Plays of 1929" published by Gollancz 1929   -

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Stepmother, The

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1st Produced:
Leeds: Grand    15 Sep 1958

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1959   -

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Genre:
3 act play

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Wearing 58.283

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Stranger's Road

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1st Published:
Kenyon-Deane, 1943   -

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Genre:
Three act Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Young Mrs Barrington

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1947   -

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Genre:
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