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John Waterhouse

JOHN WATERHOUSE  (1928 - )

 Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    New Playwright Network  


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 Between Ourselves         Cardboard Cavaliers, The         Frank's Feathered Friends         Harpington Toad Fanciers Social, The         Hazel's Nuts         Heaven to Betsy         How to Relax in Andalucia         I Spy         In the Doghouse         Jump Off         Just The Ticket!         Mayhem at Mudlark Manor         Miss Clithold's Class of 58         Nest of Cuckoos, A         Off The Rails         Pillar To Post         Ping-Pong         Siege of Sevastopol Terrace, The         Six Of The Best         Strictly For The Birds         Talk of the Devil         Very Scottish Play, A

Between Ourselves

Synopsis:
A collection of monologues, sketches and two playlets

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New Playwrights Network, 2003   -

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Genre:
Entertainment

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Cardboard Cavaliers, The

Synopsis:
Lil, Will and Bill are street people living in three cardboard boxes underneath a railway arch. Bill, their son and not the brightest of youths, informs the family that he has arranged for them all to be interviewed by Corrine, a well-known television presenter of human stories. Lil and Wills eagerness to impress is confounded by Bill's ineptitude. The day does not end happily but there is a great deal of humour along the way.

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1st Produced:
-    1995

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1st Published:
New Playwrights Network, 1995   -

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Genre:
social farce One Act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Frank's Feathered Friends

Synopsis:
Frank is in for a shock. His wife is in for a shock. The Rabbi is in for a shock. Their supernatural visitor is in for an even greater schock. How can this shocking situation be resolved. This is a heavenly Farce.

Notes:
written with Patricia Leach

1st Produced:
-    1996

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1st Published:
New Playwrights Network, 1996   -

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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  the principal character can BF of either sex.

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Harpington Toad Fanciers Social, The

Synopsis:
Join our Harpington Toad Fancying Society as they take you into their lives and their hearts. Will they find more toads on their very first social event or will they find true love?

Notes:
part of the 'Nowt Part Of' Festival

1st Produced:
John Cooper-Clarke Theatre, above The Black Lion, Salford    08 Jul 2013

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Genre:
comedy

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Hazel's Nuts

Synopsis:
The mini-bus outing for the elderly inmates of a nursing home goes horribly wrong when they run out of petrol. unexpectedly they find themselves stranded in a forest. Nurse Hazel and the mini-bus driver, decide they should spend the night in an old barn. Unfortunately the barn turned out to be the hiding place where a couple of young thugs stash their ill-gotten loot. The fun starts when the two lads show up and catch the old people in the middle of a game of 'hunt-the-thimble.' The trouble is , they find more than a thimble!

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New Playwrights Network, 2003   -

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Genre:
comedy One Act

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  4            Other:  1 male N/S

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Heaven to Betsy

Synopsis:
The Rev. Betsy Barker is expecting, what she believes to be a routine visit by the Bishop of Langley and his chaplain, Canon Chombola. The visit turns out to be anything but routine, anymore than does the reception she has planned for them. Betsy is beset by one problem after another: first by the arrival of an hysterical pregnant woman who gives birth on the spot, followed by a town planning officer who has a choking fit, collapses and his body is disposed of to save embarrassment. However, the real complication starts when the husband of the no longer pregnant woman, shows up and accuses Canon Chombola of being the baby's father because the child is born black and the Canon happens to be the only black man present

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1st Published:
New Playwrights Network, 2003   -

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Genre:
comedy One Act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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How to Relax in Andalucia

Synopsis:
John Waterhouse's How to Relax in Andalucia tells how Peter, recently made redundant and also divorced, is determined to make use of his new-found freedom by spending some time alone in Spain. Everything is going well until three backpackers arrive: Carol, the ex-girlfriend of an English gangster; Saskia, an annoyingly friendly Dutch woman; and Mick, a loud-talking, hard-drinking Australian. When a curious detective from England also pitches up, Peter goes on a quest to find solitude and relaxation.

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Genre:
comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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I Spy

Synopsis:
Our hero of this hilarious spoof of the typical James Bond movie is Cyril Greensleeve in his council house in Bradford. Secret weapons, hidden identities, code words, beautiful Russian spy, the KGB, and the CIA and MI5 they're all there ". . ...moves at a splendid pace, the laugh lines come fast and furious. . .. A wonderfully funny zany comedy. . ."- Amateur Stage.

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1st Produced:
-    1984

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1st Published:
New Playwrights Network, 1984   -

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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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In the Doghouse

Synopsis:
Sam and his henpecked brother, Bert, is harassed by their wives and by two bruisers sent to collect Sam's debts. Thrives mistake the bruisers for pallbearers and Sam do his best to convince Maud the debt was from her deceased mother's card games.

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1st Produced:
-    1986

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1st Published:
New Playwrights Network, 1986   -

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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  3 non speaking

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Jump Off

Synopsis:
Suicide is never a laughing. . ...well, almost never. In this comedy there is an element of doubt. Everything is not quite what it appears. A boy and a girl are about to jump off a tower block. Or are they ?

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1st Produced:
-    1989

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1st Published:
New Playwrights Network, 1989   -

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Genre:
One Act

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Just The Ticket!

Synopsis:
a traffic warden collects stuffed birds much to the disgust of his wife, but an owl stuffed full of money causes problems

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1st Produced:
The Intimate Theatre, Palmers Green, London    -

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1st Published:
Evans Bros, London, 1970   -

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Mayhem at Mudlark Manor

Synopsis:
The entire cast ends up dead in this spoof an Agatha Christie who-dunnit. With so many murders at breakneck speed is essential for the humour to have full effect. "an ingenious piece" Amateur Stage

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1st Produced:
-    1986

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1st Published:
New Playwrights Network, 1986   -

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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Miss Clithold's Class of 58

Synopsis:
This class reunion takes place in most unexpected circumstances- a supposed burglar turns out to be an old class mate.

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1st Produced:
-    1984

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1st Published:
New Playwrights Network, 1984   -

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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Nest of Cuckoos, A

Synopsis:
Elsie and Frank need to take a lodger. Two odd but disarming men are accepted Soon their bizarre behaviour disrupts the household and sets wife against husband. Beneath the comedy there is a real menace.

Notes:
written with Patricia Leach

1st Produced:
-    1996

Organisations:
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1st Published:
New Playwrights Network, 1996   -

Music:
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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Off The Rails

Synopsis:
Harry, the stationmaster and central character, is a dauntless individual desperate to hold on to his job, surrounded by an incompetent staff and the threat of closure

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1st Produced:
The Princes Theatre, Bradford    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
New Playwrights' Network, 1973   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Pillar To Post

Synopsis:
Telegraph boy Ernie is entertaining Sonya when he hears voices - fearing his mother will discover him with a floozies he hides with her. He overhears the lodger and a friend talking about the spate of Post Office robberies that have been occurring in the district. Ernie thinks that they must be the thieves. He informs his father who is a postman and together with another postman they hide in the post office so that when the thieves break in they can catch them red handed. However the lodger and his friend turn out to be detectives investigating the robberies and the two postman have some explaining to do as to why they were in the post office after hours.

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1st Produced:
The Spa Theatre, Bridlington    1959

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1962   -

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  2 extras

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Ping-Pong

Synopsis:
For thirty years a couple have played table tennis after dinner. Suddenly Doreen is provoked and the floodgates open. AccUSAtions and resentment are hurled across the net in a bitter and highly amusing contest.

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1st Produced:
-    1983

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1st Published:
New Playwrights Network, 1983   -

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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Siege of Sevastopol Terrace, The

Synopsis:
Harry leads a gang of Burglars. Billie arrives to end opposition to his marriage to Harry's daughter with gelignite to enforce his . The police arrive and a full-blown siege results. The misunderstanding between family, burglars and police are superb.

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1st Produced:
-    1983

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1st Published:
New Playwrights Network, 1983   -

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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  3 extras

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Six Of The Best

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written by John And Jackie Waterhouse

1st Produced:
The Intimate Theatre , Palmers Green, London    1989

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1963   -

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Strictly For The Birds

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Genre:
One Act

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Talk of the Devil

Synopsis:
He uses the devil's name once too often and unwittingly invokes him. The devil appears but is visible only to Harry. "Some very funny and original writing."-Amateur Stage

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1st Published:
New Playwrights Network,    -

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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Very Scottish Play, A

Synopsis:
Terry and Angela head off for a few days of rest and relaxation on a remote Scottish Island. They soon find that the Island is full of natural hazards and it's very own ghost the lady in black., add to that a dodgy landlord; A perfect recipe for A Very Scottish Play.

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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