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Richard Coleman

RICHARD COLEMAN  

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

 Affairs At Meddler's Top, The         Fumblings At Friar's Bottom, The         Ghosts Of Marvin Grange, The         Good Samaritan, The         Mayhem On Smuggler's Pier, The         Perils At Peddler's Cove, The         Rhyming Ali Baba         Rhyming Christmas Carol         Rhyming Cinderella         Rhyming Jack And The Beanstalk         Rhyming Mother Goose         Rhyming Snow White         Scramblings At Spriggly Torch, The         Stromboli The Puppet Master         Whittington And His Crazy Cat         Wind in the Willows, The

Affairs At Meddler's Top, The

Synopsis:
a country house weekend is organised with a view to trapping a thief. Various tangled affairs a revealed, leading up to a murder.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
The Realy Useless Theatre Company    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2003   -

Music:
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Genre:
2 act Mystery Comedy

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  7            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Fumblings At Friar's Bottom, The

Synopsis:
Friar's Bottom is a decaying English Boarding School in the 1950s. Most of the staff are looking to escape - not necessarily with their current partners. Full of double dealings with a shady bookmaker and an American property developer.

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1st Produced:
The Realy Useless Theatre Company    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2004   -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
2 act Comedy

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  6            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 16

Further Reference:
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Ghosts Of Marvin Grange, The

Synopsis:
Christopher Sinclair receives a strange summons and returns to Marvin Grange, a remote estate on a lonely more to unravel the mystery of a haunting that is driving his cousin's wife mad. . .

Notes:
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1st Produced:
The Realy Useless Theatre Company    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2004   -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
2 act MeloDrama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  4            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 13

Further Reference:
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Good Samaritan, The

Richard Coleman
a pantomime based on the famous parable with people in the audience providing an echo.

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Genre:
short Chancel play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  1m or 1f

Further Reference:
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Mayhem On Smuggler's Pier, The

Synopsis:
The Pettigrew Players have assembled for their annual summer show on Smuggler's Pier, but just as they begin their rehearsals, maverick financier Cornelius Van De Vellt announces that he has bought the pier and is closing them down. With all the players depending on the success of the show, there are plenty of suspects when Van De Vellt is found murdered. Will Inspector Bacchus solve the case (or will he just sit back and enjoy the cabaret)?

Notes:
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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2005   -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
2 act Mystery

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  5            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 16

Further Reference:
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Perils At Peddler's Cove, The

Synopsis:
Letters from a lawyer summon a group of people to a remote island, apparently for a weekend house-party, but then one of the guests is murdered.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2004   -

Music:
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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:
2 act Mystery Comedy

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  5            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 16

Further Reference:
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Rhyming Ali Baba

Synopsis:
Like all pantomime heroes, ali Baba is broke. On his way to look for work, he witnesses a band of thieves hiding treasure in a secret cave. He overhears their password and helps himself to their treasure. Unfortunately, the thieves find out and track him down by hiding in storage jars.

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2004   -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Children's 10 Min Rhyming Christmas Pantomime Youth audience

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  5            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 9

Further Reference:
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Rhyming Christmas Carol

Synopsis:
On Christmas eve, miserly Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his old business partner and three other ghosts. Being shown the error of his ways, he then sets out to make Christmas happy for others.

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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2004   -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Children's 10 Min Rhyming Christmas Pantomime Youth audience

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 8

Further Reference:
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Rhyming Cinderella

Synopsis:
Cinderella is banned from the ball - a point at which a fairy godmother, a pumpkin and mice really come in handy. . .

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2004   -

Music:
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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:
Children's 10 Min Rhyming Christmas Pantomime Youth audience

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 13

Further Reference:
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Rhyming Jack And The Beanstalk

Synopsis:
Through a combination of poverty and gormlessness, Jack sells the family cow for a handful of magic beans, from which grows a beanstalk reaching to the clouds. Up climbs Jack, with girlfriend Nancy, and at the top they find a giant, a goose, a golden egg and a lot of trouble!

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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2004   -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Booksellers:

Genre:
Children's 10 Min Rhyming Christmas Pantomime Youth audience

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 8

Further Reference:
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Rhyming Mother Goose

Synopsis:
as a favour from a fairy, Mother Goose acquires a bird that lays golden eggs. Unfortunately, it's a second hand goose, and its previous owner wants it back. . .

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2004   -

Music:
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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:
Children's 10 Min Rhyming Christmas Pantomime Youth audience

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 11

Further Reference:
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Rhyming Snow White

Synopsis:
On the run from the wicked queen, Snow White becomes housekeeper to a bunch of diminutive miners. The queen finds her an poisons her, but Snow White is saved by a handsome prince. The sort of thing that could happen to anyone.

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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2004   -

Music:
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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:
Children's 10 Min Rhyming Christmas Pantomime Youth audience

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 13

Further Reference:
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Scramblings At Spriggly Torch, The

Synopsis:
It is 1943, and enemy plans for a new fighter aircraft have fallen into the hands of British intelligence, but a traitor is suspected of attempting to retrieve them.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2005   -

Music:
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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:
2 act Mystery Comedy

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  8            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Stromboli The Puppet Master

Synopsis:
Geppetto makes Pinocchio, whom the Blue Fairy brings alive. Pinocchio is tricked into joining Stromboli's puppet show. He overhears Stromboli's plan to marry, then kill the Duchess Chloroform, so Stromboli must get rid of him. Pinocchio escapes, and Stromboli chases him into the wood, where the Weird Sisters protect him and get their revenge on Stromboli. Pinocchio, achieves his greatest wish to become a real boy. Everybody is happy - Hurrah!

Notes:
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1st Produced:
The Realy Useless Theatre Company    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2004   -

Music:
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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:
2 act Christmas Pantomime Pantomime

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  8            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 18

Further Reference:
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Whittington And His Crazy Cat

Synopsis:
Coming to London, young Richard Whittington is taken in by alderman Twicenightly. He finds a talking cat, a treasure map and the alderman's daughter and together they set out to seek their fortune.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts, 2004   -

Music:
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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:
Children's 10 Min Rhyming Christmas Pantomime Youth audience

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  Minimum Cast Size 13

Further Reference:
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Wind in the Willows, The

Synopsis:
Set against the beautiful backdrop of Hymers College, Hull Truck Youth Theatre bring to life Richard Coleman's wonderful adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's timeless classic. An all rhyming version of this magical play, will bring a feast of delights to your families day.

Notes:
from book by Kenneth Grahame

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Hull Truck Youth Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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