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Anastasia
Guy BOLTON
Anastasia
Kate SELLERS
Anastasia
Andrei VIRONOV
Inquiry At Lisieux
Chloe GIBSON
Inquiry At Lisieux
Evelyn WARMAN

	MARCELLE MAURETTE (1903 - 1972)
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Anastasia

1st Produced:		Theatre Royal, Windsor			04 May 1953
Organisations:		n/a
1st Published:		Bakers Plays, New York, 1956			ISBN/ASIN:	-
Music:		-			doollee no	#3812
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Genre:		One Act
Parts:		Male		8	Female	5
Parts other:		-
Notes:		Original Playwright - Marcelle Maurette
Synopsis:		A waif attempts to persuade the Dowager Empress of Russia that she is her granddaughter and beneficiary to ten million pounds
Further Reference:		Wearing 53.175

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KATE SELLERS

Anastasia

1st Produced:		Pushkin House, London			18 Dec 2009
Organisations:		Walking Thoughts Theatre
1st Published:		I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page.			ISBN/ASIN:	-
Music:		-			doollee no	#108179
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Genre:		Adaptation
Parts:		Male		8	Female	5
Parts other:		-
Notes:		Original Playwright - Marcelle Maurette, adapted for the stage by Andrei Vironov and Kate Sellers
Synopsis:		In this insightful, finely crafted piece, we are in 1928 Berlin, ten years after the murder of the Romanov family by the Bolsheviks. Rumours are spreading that Anastasia Nikolayevna, the seventeen year old youngest daughter of Tzar Nicholas II, may have survived the firing squad, giving hope to the re-establishment of old Russian values. Businessmen Abramovich, Alexandrovich and The Prince attempt to continue 'milking money from a corpse' in perpetuating the survival myth of the princess. As suggested by an unfinished painting of a regal young woman with missing facial features, they need a girl who will fit the frame enough to convince even the Tsar's mother. Various women have claimed to be Anastasia over the years, although recent DNA evidence has proved this to be impossible. - Anita Butler, British Theatre Guide
Further Reference:		-

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ANDREI VIRONOV

Anastasia

1st Produced:		Pushkin House, London			18 Dec 2009
Organisations:		Walking Thoughts Theatre
1st Published:		I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page.			ISBN/ASIN:	-
Music:		-			doollee no	#108180
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Genre:		Adaptation
Parts:		Male		8	Female	5
Parts other:		-
Notes:		Original Playwright - Marcelle Maurette, adapted for the stage by Andrei Vironov and Kate Sellers
Synopsis:		In this insightful, finely crafted piece, we are in 1928 Berlin, ten years after the murder of the Romanov family by the Bolsheviks. Rumours are spreading that Anastasia Nikolayevna, the seventeen year old youngest daughter of Tzar Nicholas II, may have survived the firing squad, giving hope to the re-establishment of old Russian values. Businessmen Abramovich, Alexandrovich and The Prince attempt to continue 'milking money from a corpse' in perpetuating the survival myth of the princess. As suggested by an unfinished painting of a regal young woman with missing facial features, they need a girl who will fit the frame enough to convince even the Tsar's mother. Various women have claimed to be Anastasia over the years, although recent DNA evidence has proved this to be impossible. - Anita Butler, British Theatre Guide
Further Reference:		-

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CHLOE GIBSON

Inquiry At Lisieux

1st Produced:		- - -			- - -
Organisations:		n/a
1st Published:		Samuel French, London, 1964			ISBN/ASIN:	-
Music:		-			doollee no	#13421
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Genre:		adaptation
Parts:		Male		-	Female	-
Parts other:		-
Notes:		Original Playwright - Marcelle Maurette; Written in collaboration with Evelyn Warman
Synopsis:		n/a
Further Reference:		-

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EVELYN WARMAN

Inquiry At Lisieux

1st Produced:		- - -			- - -
Organisations:		n/a
1st Published:		Samuel French, London, 1964			ISBN/ASIN:	-
Music:		-			doollee no	#151602
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Genre:		adaptation
Parts:		Male		-	Female	-
Parts other:		-
Notes:		Original Playwright - Marcelle Maurette; Written in collaboration with Chloe Gibson
Synopsis:		n/a
Further Reference:		-

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