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Brian Cooke

BRIAN COOKE  (1937 - )

 Nationality:    English
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Literary Agent:    United Agents  


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

 Round The Horne Revisited         Situation Comedy         Stop Messing About         When The Cat's Away

Round The Horne Revisited

Synopsis:
joyously filthy reminder of a cult radio show that lightened our Sunday lunchtimes in the late 1960s

Notes:
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1st Produced:
The Venue, London    2004

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Situation Comedy

Synopsis:
two sit com writers with writer's block and a looming deadline for a new TV series, wife swapping provides the missing idea

Notes:
written with Johnnie Mortimer

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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc New York   978-0573691492

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Stop Messing About

Synopsis:
two episodes of the first radio series of Stop Messing about, written in 1969

Notes:
Play Compiled From Radio Material By Johnnie Mortimer & Brian Cooke

1st Produced:
Leicester Square Theatre, London    2009

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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When The Cat's Away

Synopsis:
based on TV sitcom 'George and Mildred', second honeymoons are organised, lovers arrive and wives return unexpectedly

Notes:
written with Johnie Mortimer

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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