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John Atkins

JOHN ATKINS  

 Nationality:    British
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after obtaining Honours degree in. history at Bristol, John atkins worked for Mass Observation and on Tribune as Literary editor before he accepted positions as teacher of English as a foreign language in Sudan and LibyA. He later served as docent in English Literature at Lodz University in Poland. Mr. atkins has authored a score of books, mainly studies in modern literature. His subjects include Hemingway, Orwell, Greene, and Priestley as well as a work on British spy fiction. Six of his plays have been produced and his was the winning entry in the Brentwood Arts Festiva1 One act Play Competition in 1980

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         Baby Gambit         Belphoebe         Connoisseur, The         Diy Man, The         Eric, Or Little By Little         Lucky Sulla         Margaret Catchpole         Undream Room, The         Warsaw         Why they Went To Clacton

Baby Gambit

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Belphoebe

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Belphoebe is a modern cult figure, adored but disdainful of popular attention. Her star is on the wane when she is rescued by a man she has constantly humiliated. the action is interplanetary and comments on contemporary issues such as unemployment, football vandalism and third-party politics.

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Genre:
fantasy Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  cast large, doubling intended

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Connoisseur, The

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Based on a story by the 18th century writer Jean Francois Marinontel, the connoisseur is the center of a group of loathsome aesthetes and collectors. He hopes to marry his niece and ward to one of them but she outwits him.

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Genre:
traditional Play/Drama

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Male:  8            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Diy Man, The

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Joe is useless with his hands but has the healing touch. He persuades his crippled mother in law to walk, but is rebuked by family for doing something so dangerous.

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Brentwood Arts Festival    1978

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One act

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Eric, Or Little By Little

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Lucky Sulla

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a play about the Roman dictator set in 81-79 B.C. Rivalry between Sulla and Pompey with Sulla's Greek slave secretary, Sullipor, playing a leading part.

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Genre:
traditional Play/Drama

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Male:  7            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Margaret Catchpole

Synopsis:
Based on a true story of a young heroine who defied the law to help her lover at the turn of the eighteeiith century, the scenes are recounted in modern style through flashback, narration and commentary with the middle section in ballad form.

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Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Undream Room, The

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a woman approaching middle age returns to the town where she was brought up.

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Play/Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Warsaw

Synopsis:
Roman, a young Jewish man, is engaged to ana, a Roman Catholic in Warsaw. against the backdrop of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Roman tries to save his family and reunite with ana.

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Book by John Atkins, lyrics by John Atkins And William Wade, music by William Wade. In development.

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Genre:
full length Musical

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Male:  14            Female:  9            Other:  3 children

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Why they Went To Clacton

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a modern play about a pretentious young painter who discovers his true self with the help of the girl who cleans his flat and, with her, goes off to join orginary people at Clacton--any popular, racy resort can be substituted.

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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