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Billy Colvill

BILLY COLVILL

  
Nationality:    British
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Billy Colvill's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         3p Off Opera, The         Can't Pay? Won't Pay!         Dreamer         Fall In And Follow Me         Hammers, The         Mozzle         Piano Play         Singing Brothers, The         Spare Us A Copper
3p Off Opera, The

Synopsis:
An East End of London factory owner has it closed down and orders it to be burnt down so he can profit on a land deal. Meanwhile the ex-workers have occupied the factory

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Half Moon Theatre, London     01 Jul 1974

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Music:
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Genre:
Historical drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Can't Pay? Won't Pay!

Can't Pay? Won't Pay!
centres on direct action by housewives against inflationary supermarket prices and struggles with their communist trade unionist husbands

Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo; written in collaboration with Robert Walker, translated by Lino Pertile

1st Produced:
Half Moon Theatre, London     06 Aug 1979

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Pluto Press 1987   

Music:
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Genre:
Farce

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Dreamer

Synopsis:
Terry's family run a garment sweat factory. He does not fit in and gives it up. Terrible consequences for the family

Notes:
Music by Melvin S Robinson; lyrics by Billy Colvill; Melvyn S Robinson; book by Billy Colvill

1st Produced:
Half Moon Theatre, London     31 Oct 1980

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Genre:
Musical

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Fall In And Follow Me

Synopsis:
East End of London 1911 school children go on strike over excessive corporal punishment

Notes:
Written by Dave Marson and Billy Colville

1st Produced:
Half Moon Theatre, London     10 Jul 1973

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1st Published:
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Genre:
Youth play

Parts:
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Hammers, The

Synopsis:
The players a spectators of West Ham Football Club

Notes:
Based on "The Tigers Are Coming - OK?" by Alan Plater about Hull Football Club and also based on "When The Reds" by Willy Russell which was about Liverpool Football Club and it was based on "The Tigers Are Coming - OK?"

1st Produced:
Half Moon Theatre, London     08 Oct 1974

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Mozzle

Synopsis:
Mozzle an immigrant building worker of uncertain origins gives up drinking to have money for his rent but then looses his wage packet

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1st Produced:
Half Moon Theatre, London     28 Feb 1978

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Piano Play

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Frederike Roth

1st Produced:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Translation

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Singing Brothers, The

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Grove, W10, London     1990

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Spare Us A Copper

Synopsis:
The relationship between the police and young Londoners in the 1970s

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Half Moon Theatre, London     02 Sep 1974

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Youth play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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