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Alec Coppel

ALEC COPPEL

  (1907 - 1972)
Nationality:    Australian
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Literary Agent:    Gurman Agency LLC  (estate of)

Alec Coppel's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Believe It Or Not         Bliss Of Mrs Blosom, The         Cadenza         Captain's Paradise, The         Chip, Chip, Chip         Gazebo, The         Genius and the Goddess, The         I Killed the Count         Joshua Tree, The         Man About A Dog         Mr Smart Guy         My Friend Lester         Not In My Bed You Don't         Short Circuit         Smart Guy         Stars Foretell, The

Believe It Or Not

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1st Produced:
-     1940

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Bliss Of Mrs Blosom, The

Synopsis:
When his wife's sewing machine breaks down Mr Blossom sends one of his employees Ambrose Tuttle to repair it. Mrs Blossom seduces Ambrose and then keeps him in the attic

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Genre:
Comedy

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Cadenza

Synopsis:
neither host or hostess is present as couple arrive for dinner party, everything indicates a sudden disappearance

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1st Produced:
Amateur     1977

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1st Published:
Ian Henry Publications, 1977   

Music:
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Genre:
Mystery

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Captain's Paradise, The

Synopsis:
The ship's captain has a dowdy wife in Gibraltar. He has a vivacious wife in Ivory Coast. The vivacious wife wants to be a homebody and the dowdy one wants to have fun. One day the Gibraltar wife turns up at the captain's home in Ivory Coast

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1961   

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Chip, Chip, Chip

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Genre:
Comedy

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Gazebo, The

Synopsis:
a writer of TV whodunits and whyzits, always with an eye toward inventing the almost perfect crime, gets into a spot where he has to commit a real do-it-yourself murder. His wife has become the target of blackmail, so the writer has to silence the so-and-so with a six-shooter and then find a place to hide the body. Having acquired at auction a gazebo for their suburban backyard, the writer and his wife decide to plant the blackmailer in its fresh concrete foundation. Mysteriously, it isn't long before the body turns up again-in the middle of their living room! Soon the house is crawling with detectives and district attorneys, all looking to point the finger somewhere, thus casting the writer in a role he never expected he'd have to play: the suspect.

Notes:
alec Coppel, based on A story by Myra Coppel And Alec Coppel

1st Produced:
Lyceum Theatre, New     12 Dec 1958

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1st Published:
English Theatre Guild, London, 1962   

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Genre:
Comedy Thriller Thriller

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Genius and the Goddess, The

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1st Produced:
-     1957

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I Killed the Count

Synopsis:
the drunkard blackmailer Count Mattoni is discovered in his flat with a bullet through his head. there are three suspects - all three confess to having done it at different times and in different places.

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1st Produced:
Cort Theatre, New York     31 Aug 1942

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1938   

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Genre:
Three act Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Joshua Tree, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
from story by Myra And Alec Coppel

1st Produced:
Newcastle: Theatre Royal     23 Jun 1958

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Genre:
3 act play

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 58.165

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Man About A Dog

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Mr Smart Guy

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1st Produced:
-     1941

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My Friend Lester

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1st Produced:
-     1947

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Not In My Bed You Don't

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with Myra Coppel

1st Produced:
Richmond     1968

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Short Circuit

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1st Produced:
-     1935

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Smart Guy

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Stars Foretell, The

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1st Produced:
-     1936

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