doollee banner
The Playwrights Database
contact doollee


David Campton

DAVID CAMPTON

  (1924 - 2006)
Nationality:    British
email:    Click here to contact     Website:    n/a

Literary Agent:    ACTAC (Theatrical and Cinematic) Ltd  

"When Theatre stops being fun I shall give up writing and grow turnips". Born in 1924 and educated at Wyggeston Grammar School, this playwright served in the Royal air Force and the Fleet air arm, 1942-46. He has worked as a government clerk.

Buy Plays with Doollee

Each page of doollee.com has links to play/book outlets, either directly to the Publisher, through Stageplays.com and Amazon to the second hand and 1st editions of AbeBooks. These links will automatically take you to the relevant area obviating the need for further search.
AbeBooks.co.uk   AbeBooks.com   Stageplays.com   amazon.com   amazon.co.uk   amazon.ca
whether you are a Playwright who wishes to make their entry definitive, an unlisted Playwright or a User with a tale to tell - we want to hear from you.
download WORD submission template

below is a list of David Campton's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         After Midnight, Before Dawn         Alison         Angel Unwilling         Apocalypse Now And then         Asking         At Sea         Attitutudes         Bacchanalia         Break-Up         Build Up         But Not Here         Cactus Garden, The         Cagebirds, The         Can You Hear the Music?         Cards, Cups And Crystal Ball         Carmilla         Change Partners         Cock And Bull Story         Collections         Come Back Tomorrow         Comeback         Cooked         Cuckoo Song         Dark Wings         Dead And Alive         Do It Yourself         Doctor Alexander         Do-It-Yourself Frankenstein Outfit, The         Don't Wait For Me         Dragons Are Dangerous         En Attendant FranħOis         End Of the Line         End Of the Picnic, The         Eskimos         Evergreens, The         Everybody's Friend         Festival Prologue         For the Present         Four Minute Warning         Frankenstein : the Gift Of Fire         Freedom Log         Funeral Dance         Further Outlook         Generations         George Davenport, The Wigston Highwayman         Getting And Spending         Girls And the Boys, The         Going Home         Gone         Gooseberry         Great Little Tilley, The         Honeymoon Express         Idol In the Sky         In Committee         Incident Or Some Of My Best Friends Are Smiths         Jonah         Laboratory, The         Ladies Night         Last Word?, The         Life And Death Of Almost Everybody         Little Brother, Little Sister         Look-Sea And Great Whales         Lumps         Lunatic View, The         Manipulator, The         Memento Mori         Mismate         Mrs Meadowsweet         Mutatis Mutandis         Night Watch         No Go Area         Now And then         Octopus         Oh, Yes It Is!         Olympus         One Possessed         Our Branch In Brussels         Out Of the Flying Pan         Outline Of History, An         Overcoat Lane         Overhearings         Parcel         Passport To Florence         Permission To Cry         Point Of View, A         Provisioning         Ragerbo!         Relics         Reserved         Resting Place         Right         Right Place, The         Ringed         Ripple In the Pool         Roses Round the Door         Second Post         Service         Silence On the Battlefield         Singing In the Wilderness         Smell Of Burning, The         Smile         So Why?         Soldier From the Wars Returning         Spectre Bridegroom, The         Split Down the Middle         Star-Station Freedom         Stationary         Sunshine On the Righteous         Table Talk         Tally Ho         then         Time-Sneeze         Tinkle Of Tiny Bells         Token Of Esteem         Two Leaves And A Stalk         Under the Bush         Under the Sink         Us And them         Usher         View From the Brink, A         Volunteer         Want A Bet?         What Are You Doing Here?         What's A Name         Where Have All the Ghosts Gone?         Who Calls?         Who's A Hero, Then         Who's Been Sitting In My Chair?         Winter Of 1917, The         With It         Wonderchick         Yellow In the Autumn Sunlight         Yer What ?         You, Me And the Gatepost         Zodiac

After Midnight, Before Dawn

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Leicester    1978

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1978   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Alison

Synopsis:
Fred is a barman who is engaged in conversation every Friday night by a mysterious young woman named alison. One night she declares her love for him and pleads with him to run away with her, but he is too cautious to act on imPulse and while he is deliberating another man shows up. It is alisori's Father and under her makeup alison turns out to be only a schoolgirl. Fred should be grateful that a nasty situation was averted, but he can only remember that he will never see her again and that he had a chance.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Angel Unwilling

Synopsis:
agnes Glossop, a middle-aged piano teacher, is fascinated by the exploits of her schoolday friend, Beatie Spence whose scandalous behavior has brought her to the point of being penniless. agnes take her in, but her motives are not entirely philanthropic. She envies Beatie's lifestyle and tries to imitate it. But agnes's crude attempt at crime is blamed on Beatie and agnes is forced by her friends into being the sort of person they have always known.

Notes:
broadcast 1967

1st Produced:
-    1972

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1966   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  8            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Apocalypse Now And then

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Leicester    1982

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Asking

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

At Sea

Synopsis:
a young man discovers that the luxury liner on which he is traveling is going down. He tries to persuade passengers to do something about saving the ship, but they prefer to leave everything to the Captain. When the young man finds that the Captain is only a dummy in uniform, he jumps overboard.

Notes:
part of "Four Minute Warning"

1st Produced:
Newcastle-Under-Lyme    1960

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1960   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Attitutudes

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Stoke-On-Trent    1981

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1980   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Bacchanalia

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Break-Up

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Build Up

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

But Not Here

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Leicester    1983

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1984   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Cactus Garden, The

Synopsis:
ellen Johns has kept house for her flighty and impractical sister since their parents died. She sometimes chafes under the confinement and longs for wider horizons. When she is courted, she must make a choice between those wider horizons and leaving her sister alone and vulnerable.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Reading, Berkshire    1955

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
J. Garnet Miller, London, 1955   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Cagebirds, The

Synopsis:
ix birds in a cage exist, each in her own narrow world, concerned only with her looks, her ailments, her food, etc. then the Mistress introduces a Wild Bird into the cage who tries to rescue the others from their lethargy. She even breaks open the door and urges escape but the caged birds are horrified at the thought of losing their prison and kill the wild bird. they also make it clear that no one in the future will disturb them with such dangerous ideas.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Tunbridge Wells, Kent    1971

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1972   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  8 characters

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Can You Hear the Music?

Synopsis:
anthropomorphic mice and their desire to be human

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Leicester    1988

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1988   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  6 characters

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Cards, Cups And Crystal Ball

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Broadway, Worcestershire    1985

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1986   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Carmilla

Synopsis:
adapted from a story by Sheridan Le Fanu, this play features a beautiful stranger who arrives at a schloss in central europe. although they have never met before, she is immediately recognized by the daughter of the house. Only at the last minute is the girl saved from the embrace of the vampire.

Notes:
story by Le Fanu. Known As "Lady Dracula" in the United States

1st Produced:
Library Theatre, Scarborough    1972

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
J. Garnet Miller, London, 1973   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Change Partners

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Leicester    1952

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
abel Heywood, Manchester, 1951   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Cock And Bull Story

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Scarborough    1965

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Collections

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Two In the Corner" Campton, Leicester, 1983   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  2 characters

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Come Back Tomorrow

Synopsis:
Two local critics turn up at the dress rehearsal of a new play by a local author/producer. Things go wrong, but the worst event of the evening is the play itself.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1972   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  6 characters

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Comeback

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
aka Honey, I'm Home

1st Produced:
Scarborough    1963

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Cooked

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Cuckoo Song

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1956   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Dark Wings

Synopsis:
Horror in a Jane austen setting

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1980   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Dead And Alive

Synopsis:
Family feud ends with four simultaneous corpses

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Scarborough    1964

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
J. Garnet Miller, London, 1983   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Do It Yourself

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Doctor Alexander

Synopsis:
In December, 1745, Dr. Harnish alexander is torn between his loyalty to the Stuart Cause and his calling. Three treacherous local tradesmen disgust him with humanity and he prepares to join the Prince. However, at the last minute, his sense of vocation proves too strong and he stays behind to assist in the birth of a child.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1956   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
costume comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Do-It-Yourself Frankenstein Outfit, The

Synopsis:
a demonstrator putting the latest in the firm's range of robots through its paces is repeatedly interrupted from the floor. the interruptor has been planted there and turns out to be a robot. the question arises "Who is a robot--the Demonstrator, the assistants, the audience?"

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1976   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  9 characters

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Don't Wait For Me

Synopsis:
Told in flashbacks, the story relates how a man falls in love with a girl and waits a lifetime for her to agree to marry him. When it is too late, she points out that he should have taken what he wanted.

Notes:
broadcast 1963

1st Produced:
London    1963

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Worth a Hearing", Blackie, London, 1967   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Dragons Are Dangerous

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Scarborough    1955

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

En Attendant FranħOis

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Chelmsford, Essex    1984

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Two in the Corner", Campton, Leicester, 1983   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

End Of the Line

Synopsis:
Since the birth of her son, a woman has doted on the boy, ignoring his father. One day, when the boy has grown into a young man, the family goes on a picnic. a girl has joined them and when the mother discovers that her son and the guest have become engaged, she turns to her husband for the first time in years.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  1 character

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

End Of the Picnic, The

Synopsis:
Woman, whilst continually ignoring her husband, becomes extremely jealous of sons girlfriend.

Notes:
broadcast 1964

1st Produced:
Vancouver    1973

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Laughter and Fear", Blackie, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Eskimos

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
in Mixed Blessings

1st Produced:
Horsham, Sussex    1973

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Pieces of Campton", Campton, Leicester, 1979   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Evergreens, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1994   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  Fxtras

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Everybody's Friend

Synopsis:
Mrs. Roberts is a do-gooder who interferes in the lives of almost everybody in the block of flats where she lives. Trouble arises when Daisy Loxton covets the potted plant belonging to her neighbor, elsa Furley. a bitter feud develops which Mrs. Roberts settles by throwing the plant from the thirteenth floor. the ladies throw Mrs. Roberts after it.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Edinburgh    1975

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1979   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Festival Prologue

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

For the Present

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Four Minute Warning

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
includes Little Brother, Little Sister; Mutatis Mutandis; Soldiers From the Wars Returning; At Sea.

1st Produced:
Newcastle-Under-Lyme    1960

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 4vols, 1960   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
4 * 1 acts One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Frankenstein : the Gift Of Fire

Synopsis:
Frankenstein, driven into the mountains by his creator, returns to exact revenge.

Notes:
from novel by Mary Shelley

1st Produced:
Scarborough    1959

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
J. Garnet Miller, London, 1973   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Freedom Log

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1980   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Funeral Dance

Synopsis:
For twenty years Ida has been accepted as the wife of Edward Hartshorne. However, on the day of Edward's funeral, his real wife, Mildred, appears. She demands to share Ida's home, threatening to expose her if she refuses. Ida disarms her by revealing the truth to her neighbors, then Ida offers to share her home with Mildred.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Dovercourt, Essex    1960

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
One act plays 87, J. Garnet Miller, London, 1962   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Comedy for Women One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Further Outlook

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Generations

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

George Davenport, The Wigston Highwayman

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Countesthorpe, Leicestershire    1975

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Getting And Spending

Synopsis:
an ambitious young couple with hopes of raising a large family and of getting on in the world move into a new house; but as everyday chores connected with the house are dealt with, the necessary steps that would bring promotion and fill the nursery have to be postponed. the couple gets older and older, oiling locks, repairing windows, stopping leaks, etc. and they are finally defeated by the house.

Notes:
Part of the Lunatic View

1st Produced:
Scarborough    1957

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Studio theatre, Scarborough, 1960   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Satire One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Girls And the Boys, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Scarborough    1961

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Revue Show

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Going Home

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Leicester    1950

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
No Cm 20, abel Heywood, Manchester, 1951   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
play One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Gone

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Gooseberry

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Great Little Tilley, The

Synopsis:
biography of the music hall star

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Nottingham    1978

Organisations:
Emma Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Honeymoon Express

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Leicester    1951

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
No Cm 21, abel Heywood, Manchester, 1951   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Idol In the Sky

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written with Stephen Joseph

1st Produced:
Scarborough    1956

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

In Committee

Synopsis:
an interminable committee meeting is in progress when one of the members notices the audience. When the fact of its existence is put into words, the committee has to deal with the audience. One member becomes so nervous that he leaves, but a member of the audience climbs on to the stage and sits in the vacant chair.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1972   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  8 characters

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Incident Or Some Of My Best Friends Are Smiths

Synopsis:
Molly and Dora, two friends on a walking tour, have reserved rooms at a remote hotel. although the place is obviously empty, they are told there is no room for Dora. Why?

Notes:
in "Ladies Night"

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
One act Plays No 95, J. Garnet Miller, London, 1967   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
play for women One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Jonah

Synopsis:
This is a play about a man who feels let down by God. Jonah is told to warn the inhabitants of a sin-filled city that the day of reckoning is at hand. He spreads ~he message efficiently, but the threatened punishment is called off.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Chelmsford Cathedral, Chelmsford, Essex    1971

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
J. Garnet Miller, London, 1972   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Biblical

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  7            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Laboratory, The

Synopsis:
Gabriotto, an apothecary in Renaissance Italy, is visited by three disreputable characters--a court official, his mistress and his wife. they all want poison to dispose of each other but the apothecary is unwilling to supply the deadly doses. after he is forced to do as they asked, he discovers' that he has inadvertently provided them with aphrodisiacs.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Leicester    1954

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
One act Plays No 70, J. Garnet Miller, London, 1955   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Farce One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Ladies Night

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Two Leaves And A Stalk; Incident; Silence On the Battlefield; the Manipulator

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
J. Garnet Miller, London, 1967   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
4 * 1 act Plays One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Last Word?, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written by Alan Ayckbourn, John Bowen, Lyndon Brook, David Campton, John Gorrie, Julia Jones, James Saunders and Faye Weldon

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
entertainment

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Life And Death Of Almost Everybody

Synopsis:
the sweeper in a theatre is tempted by a bare stage to create a world of his own. He imagines a man and a woman but before he can prevent them, they take on lives of their own. He must keep them in order but his attempts are frustrated by aunt Harriet, the evil influence who emerges unbidden from his subconscious.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Questors Theatre, London    1970

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1976   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
allegory

Parts:
Male:  12            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Little Brother, Little Sister

Synopsis:
Sir and Madam, adolescent brother and sister, have grown up in a deep shelter. they are ruled by a tyrant of a Cook, who is the only other person they remember. Growing up, they attempt to escape but Cook catches them and prepares to chop off Madam's head. To save his sister, Sir makes a passionate declaration of love to Cook, who dies of a heart attack allowing Sir arid Madam to leave their shelter.

Notes:
part of "Four Minute Warning"

1st Produced:
Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffs    1960

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1960   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  or 2/1

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Look-Sea And Great Whales

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1981   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Lumps

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Two in the Corner", Campton, Leicester, 1983   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  2 characters

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Lunatic View, The

Synopsis:
This foursome is comprised of "a Smell of Burning," "Memento Mon,'1 "Getting and Spending," and "then.t'

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1968   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
sequence of four one-act plays

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Manipulator, The

Synopsis:
auntie, a bedridden old lady with a wicked sense of humor, believes that with the right stick or carrot, anyone can be persuaded to do anything. Her bedroom window looks out upon a busy street arid she affects what goes on there. She faces a crisis when the landlady and her nieces join forces to have her evicted from her window room. Can she find the right stick or carrot to persuade them to leave her alone?

Notes:
in "Ladies Night"; Aka A Point of View, radio play

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
J. Garnet Miller, London, 1967   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
comedy for women One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  7            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Memento Mori

Synopsis:
an old estate agent shows a young man around an empty house. the young man wants to take the house so that he can put the body of his recently murdered wife under the floorboards. the old man is reluctant to allow this because his wife is already there. Televised as "a Private Place."

Notes:
Part of the Lunatic View

1st Produced:
Scarborough    1957

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Studio theatre, Scarborough, 1960   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Mismate

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Mrs Meadowsweet

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
broadcast 1984

1st Produced:
Ulverston, Lancashire    1985

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1986   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Mutatis Mutandis

Synopsis:
the proud Father of a newly- born son has to break the news to his wife that their heir has bright green hair, three eyes and a tail. eventually, however, they go home proudly with the baby.

Notes:
part of "Four Minute Warning"

1st Produced:
Newcastle-Under-Lyme    1960

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1960   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Night Watch

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

No Go Area

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1976   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Now And then

Synopsis:
a time play in which the manners and costumes and modern and Tudor periods are joined. a shoe buckle, lost by a Tudor lady in compromising circumstances, serves as a link between her and a group of present day sightseers. the encounter causes an upheaval in more than one life and more than one century.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    1970

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1973   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  6            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Octopus

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Oh, Yes It Is!

Synopsis:
Long dead witch, faggot, takes over respectable villagers

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Braunston, Northamptonshire    1977

Organisations:
Emma Company

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1979   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Olympus

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Laicester    1983

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

One Possessed

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1977   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Our Branch In Brussels

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1986   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Out Of the Flying Pan

Synopsis:
amid fanfares and popping flash bulbs, two diplomats (a and B) meet to engage in a bout of international bargaining. their rapid-fire dialogue, while composed largely of outlandish doubletalk and windy pronouncements, has chilly overtones of the "real thing," as do their inevitable disagreement and estrangement. angrily they tear apart the treaty they have signed, and turn their backs on one another. Sirens wail, guns rattle, and then a cosmic-sized explosion-followed by a sudden, heavy silence. In the stillness B stalks off the stage, but then a bird twitters, gentle music plays, and a begins to move to its rhythm, retrieving the pieces of the torn treaty. another moment passes, the sound of an approaching airplane, and then B reappears, dispatch case at the ready. they shake hands, patter again through the trite preliminaries, and then launch into still another round of pretentious gibberish, while mankind holds its collective breath at the outcome.

Notes:
Campton, David, Little Brother, Little Sister And Out Of the Flying Pan

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London,    -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Outline Of History, An

Synopsis:
From the beginning of time as soon as Man has secured his safety from natural enemies, he has turned his energies to fighting his fellow man.

Notes:
cast from 8 to 20, m And f, employs imaginative use of music, movement, lighting

1st Produced:
Bishop Auckland, County Durham    1974

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1981   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Overcoat Lane

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Overhearings

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Parcel

Synopsis:
Problems of old age

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1979   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Passport To Florence

Synopsis:
edna Burton, who has spent 20 years bringing up her daughter, finds herself with little to do once the girl is married. as her son-in-law has occasion to remark, however, "Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do."

Notes:
aka Stranger In the Family

1st Produced:
Scarborough    1961

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
J. Garnet Miller, London, 1967   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Permission To Cry

Synopsis:
the dicotomy of Public and private morality. Whilst giving a speech in her constituency, Junior Minster, Julia Gibbon's mind keeps going back over recent events. Her partner Penelope Wright has been killed at an anti-government rally. Julia has kept quiet about her private life but now fears exposure in the tabloids.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1996   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama One act. - - Lesbian, one act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Point Of View, A

Synopsis:
Gossipy old woman attempts to control nieces and her landlady by blackmail

Notes:
in "Ladies Night"; one-act version of "the Manipulator"

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
J. Garnet Miller, London, 1967   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Radio Play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Provisioning

Synopsis:
Miles from anywhere a Stranger stops at an old shack for a drink of water. Beset by business and matrimonial worries, he finds peace in the tumble-down shack but Kez and adam, the owners, live by eating strangers.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
London    1971

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Ragerbo!

Synopsis:
murder as a commercial transaction

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Peckleton, Leicestershire    1975

Organisations:
Emma Company

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1977   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Relics

Synopsis:
Three legatees of a once-wealthy aunt meet to divide between them her belongings but find the house bare except for a locked, ornamental box. When they break this open, they find that what they assumed was her hoard is really treasures of sentimental value only.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Leicester    1973

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Evans, London, 1974   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Reserved

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Two in the Corner", Campton, Leicester, 1983   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Resting Place

Synopsis:
an old man and woman, resting on a cemetery bench, bemoan the fact that when they die they will not be able to afford a single grave, but will be buried apart. the woman blames the man for riot having made more money, but in the end they go home to kippers realizing that not the richest man in the cemetery can do that.

Notes:
Originally presented As one of eight plays under the title "We Who Are About To. . ." At the Hampstead theatre Club on February 6th 1969, which was subsequently presented As "Mixed Doubles" At the Comedy theatre, London on April 9th 1969

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in Mixed Doubles - an entertainment On Marriage, Methuen, London, 1970   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Short dialogue One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Right

Synopsis:
adam is determined to reach the Right Place where "everyone is king and everyone does just as he pleases." although a number of people join him, they drop out one by one. Penny stays behind to help her sister, Hughie falters to help the old man,who cannot swim the river, a boy and girl just want to sit and watch the butterflies. When, after a long and difficult journey, adam reaches the Right Place, he discovers that his former companions have gotten there before him.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Right Place, The

Synopsis:
adam will do anything to get to "the right place". Friendships and compassion are all abandoned

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    1970

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Ringed

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Ripple In the Pool

Synopsis:
Miss Cooper is the terror of the Typing Pool, maintaining discipline with her acid tongue. a feud develops between her and the most junior typist. a lie by this typist causes Miss Cooper to tender her resignation and the prospect of losing their tyrant causes varied reactions from the other typists.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Leicester    1955

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester,    -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Roses Round the Door

Synopsis:
Mrs. Puce is a retired missionary looking for a country cottage in which to retire but the course of love does not run smooth.

Notes:
aka Ring of Roses

1st Produced:
Scarborough    1958

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
J. Garnet Miller, London, 1967   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Second Post

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Nottingham    1961

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Sketches in Sketch

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Service

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Silence On the Battlefield

Synopsis:
Brenda, Coral and Lilly, sisters who love each other, have lived together all their lives. they cannot prevent themselves from fighting and in their most peaceful overtures there are the seeds of the next clash and their truces prove to be merely short-lived periods of silence on the battlefield.

Notes:
in "Ladies Night"

1st Produced:
Dovercourt, Essex    1961

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
One act Plays 94, J. Garnet Miller, London, 1967   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Singing In the Wilderness

Synopsis:
environmental concerns

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Leicester    1985

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1986   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  6 characters

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Smell Of Burning, The

Synopsis:
a married couple sit at the breakfast table, clucking over bits of gossip in the newspaper and bickering about whether the eggs are properly done. In the distance, explosions are heard, and then a rather mysterious gentleman appears, announcing that he is from the City Surveyor's office and concerned with supervising "certain alterations in the structure of the status quo." as he darts in and out busily tending to his duties, the couple remain absorbed in domestic trivialities-as the sounds of violence come ever nearer and the actions of the visitor change from mysterious to sinister. But even as their doom approaches the couple cannot seem to grasp the reality of what lurks outside their cozy flat, cannot comprehend the anarchy which will engulf them. "Strange," muses the old gentleman (who is only doing his job) "that you never notice what is happening."

Notes:
Part of the Lunatic View

1st Produced:
Scarborough    1957

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Studio theatre, Scarborough, 1960   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Satire with Symbolism One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Smile

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Colefore    1990

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1990   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

So Why?

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1984   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Soldier From the Wars Returning

Synopsis:
a physically fit soldier boasts to a barman an~ barmaid of the injuries he has inflicted upon the enemy. as he recounts his exploits, though, these injuries show on himself until he limps away, a wreck.

Notes:
part of "Four Minute Warning"

1st Produced:
Newcastle-Under-Lyme    1960

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1960   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Spectre Bridegroom, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - W T Moncrieff

1st Produced:
Leicester    1987

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1987   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Split Down the Middle

Synopsis:
Two friends, Josie and Fran, go out in a boat. they lose the oars, get caught in a mist, and are convinced the boat is sinking. Frightened into believing that their last moment has come, they confess the nasty things they have done to each other, and beg forgiveness. they are then disturbed to realize that some things cannot be forgiven. they are rescued, but their friendship is in ruins.

Notes:
broadcast 1965

1st Produced:
Scarborough    1966

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
J. Garnet Miller, London, 1973   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  cast 3f or lm 2f

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Star-Station Freedom

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Leicester    1981

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Stationary

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Sunshine On the Righteous

Synopsis:
Gerda is pleased to receive two proposals in one morning, from aloysius and ernest. But she is taken aback when she learns that they only want to marry her to protect their reputations.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Leicester    1953

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Rylee, London, 1952   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Table Talk

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Tally Ho

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

then

Synopsis:
Sitting alone amid a wasteland of nuclear destruction, his head covered by a brown paper bag, Phythick laments the loss of all that was, and could have been. then a girl walks by, her head also covered by a paper bag. they talk: he revealing that he was a science teacher; she that she was "Miss europe." they fall in love, but cannot kiss, cannot remove their paper bags for fear of radiation. the bags are a crinkling barrier between them-and perhaps must always be so. Yet can there be hope? Do they dare? a cloud comes over the moon as Phythick slowly raises his hand towards the bag covering his face.

Notes:
Part of the Lunatic View

1st Produced:
Scarborough    1957

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Studio theatre, Scarborough, 1960   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Satirical comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Time-Sneeze

Synopsis:
sneeze prone hero, Basher, whirls through the ages to encounter arthurian Legend, arabian Nights, the Between Times and the machine people

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Jeanetta Chochrane Theatre, London    1970

Organisations:
Young Vic

1st Published:
Eyre Methuen, London, 1974   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Science Fiction Fantasy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  15 characters

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Tinkle Of Tiny Bells

Synopsis:
Frederick Smith, on imPulse visits the house of an old employee who, he discovers, has had a stroke and is nursed by his embittered daughter-in-law. the house seems to be haunted by unexplained secrets and sounds and the visitor uncovers a family tragedy. the blind, dumb and paralyzed stroke victim seems to ask Ruth for forgiveness for his treatment of her, but dies before she can tell him that she does, in fact, forgive him. even after his death, though, he seems to acknowledge her change of heart.

Notes:
broadcast 1963

1st Produced:
Cumbernauld, Dumbartonshire    1971

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  1 non speaking male

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Token Of Esteem

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Two Leaves And A Stalk

Synopsis:
Mary is obsessed by the fact that her favorite potted plant is dying. Her friend, edith, tries to persuade her to take an interest in horse brasses. Living things always die on you, but horse brasses last.

Notes:
in "Ladies Night"

1st Produced:
-    1967

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
J. Garnet Miller, London, 1966   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Under the Bush

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
London    1980

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Pieces of Campton", Campton, Leicester, 1979   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Under the Sink

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Two in the Corner", Campton, Leicester, 1983   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  2 characters

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Us And them

Synopsis:
Two groups of wanderers, looking for a place in which to settle, arrive simultaneously at a fertile spot. they agree to share, but mark the line between their territories with a wall. Gradually, suspicion and mistrust grow arid explode into conflict as each side wonder what is going on behind the wall.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    1972

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1972   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  any number

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Usher

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
from story by Poe

1st Produced:
Scarborough    1962

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
J. Garnet Miller, London, 1973   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

View From the Brink, A

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Scarborough    1960

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
section in "Out of the Frying Pan", Methuen, London, 1970   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Playlets

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Volunteer

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Want A Bet?

Synopsis:
Hilda Pullet tries to cure her husband's gambling habit by backing horses herself. Intending to show him how foolish it is to throw money away, she is bitten by the bug herself and gradually things about the house

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Leicester    1954

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

What Are You Doing Here?

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1976   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

What's A Name

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Where Have All the Ghosts Gone?

Synopsis:
Clive, a matter-of-fact young accountant, is puzzled by the fact that his girl-friend, Sally, refuses to let him see her home so one night he calls there while she is out. He meets her mother, Megan, who drinks heavily and who is haunted by the memory of her husband who was killed years before in a car accident. Megan blames Sally for causing the crash and treats her daughter cruelly. In spite of this, Sally realizes that she must stay and take care of her mother. Still wanting to marry her, Clive suggests that he move in with Sally and Megan. Megan resists, not wanting to give up her unhappy memories, but she is eventually forced to give way arid, as she feared, is turned into a respectable, conforming, teetotal grandmother.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Who Calls?

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Dublin    1979

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1980   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Who's A Hero, Then

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Campton, Leicester, 1981   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Who's Been Sitting In My Chair?

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Chelmsford, Essex    1984

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Winter Of 1917, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Bognor Regis, W Sussex    1989

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1989   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  6 characters

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

With It

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Wonderchick

Synopsis:
Charlie and Brenda run a broken-down fairground side-show. an enormous egg hatches in their exhibit and the chicken who emerges learns to sing and dance so that they rise to the top of the world of entertainment. they forget, though, that a Chicken can have feelings, too.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Bristol    1970

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
full length

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  doubling possible plus lrn or f

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Yellow In the Autumn Sunlight

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Campton, David, On Stage again" French, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Yer What ?

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written with others, music Lance Mulcahy

1st Produced:
Nottingham    1962

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Sketches in Sketch

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

You, Me And the Gatepost

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written with others

1st Produced:
Nottingham    1960

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Sketches in Sketch

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Zodiac

Synopsis:
all female extravaganza for a mixed cast describing the twelve signs of the zodiac

Notes:
music by John Whitworth

1st Produced:
Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire    1977

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1978   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
entertainment

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page