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Clemence Dane

CLEMENCE DANE

  (1888 - 1965)
Nationality:    English
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below is a list of Clemence Dane's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass         Bill Of Divorcement         Call Home The Heart         Cousin Muriel         Eighty In the Shade         Granite         Mariners         Wild Decembers         Will Shakespeare
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
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Notes:
Music by Richard Adinsell. Based on the "Alice" books by Lewis Carroll

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French   

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  13            Female:  13            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Bill Of Divorcement

Synopsis:
Margaret has divorced her husband. He had fought in World War One and had suffered shell shock. He was in an asylum in a bad mental state and not recognising anyone. One the eve of her remarrying she receives the news that he suddenly recovered and has escaped from the institution

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1st Produced:
St Martin's Theatre, London     14 Mar 1921

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Macmillan 1921   

Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Call Home The Heart

Synopsis:
The ship bringing Lydia back from Alexandria is torpedoed. In Alexandria she fell in love with Colin but she is married to Roylance. Roylance is in a POW camp. Colin gets captured too and is in the same camp. Lydia recovering keeps having hallucinations about both men. The men are released at the end of the War. When they arrive at Lydia's hospital she sees Roylance as he used to be not the wreck he now is. He was only kept alive in the camp by Colin. Roylance sees that there is no future for him and that Lydia will be better off with Colin - so there is only one thing he can do

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1st Produced:
St James Theatre, London     1947

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Heinemann 1947   

Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Cousin Muriel

Synopsis:
August 29th 1939. At the home of Sir Hubert Sylvester in Harley Street. Hubert's cousin Muriel is his housekeeper. Her son Richard is in love with Hubert's daughter Dinah. Muriel has been misappropriating household expenses

Notes:
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1st Produced:
The Globe Theatre, London     07 Mar 1940

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Heinemann 1940   

Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Eighty In the Shade

Synopsis:
story of a famous actress who has just celebrated her eightieth birthday in the grand manner.

Notes:
Globe, London 8 Jan 1959

1st Produced:
-     1958

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Heinemann 1959   

Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 59.6

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Granite

Synopsis:
Lundy1820. Judith is in a loveless marriage with Jordan. Jordan is a farmer and he also helps lure passing ships onto the granite rocks so that they can be plunder. Judith says she will sell her soul if only she were rid of her husband. A convict is washed ashore and Judith cares for him. When recovered he says he will fetch and carry for her and kill any man who does her harm. Judith and Jordan's brother Prosper are in love. One night Jordan is violent towards Judith and the convict kills him. Prosper goes away and returns a year later and marries Judith. One night he too is violent towards Judith. The convict goes to shoot him but Judith grabs the gun. Prosper leaves the house the convict follows and pushes him off the cliff. When he returns Judith asks if he wants her soul. He says that all he wanted was a woman and a farm

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1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd   

Music:
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Genre:
Historical play

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  1 boy

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Mariners

Synopsis:
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1st Published:
Heinemann 1927   

Music:
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Wild Decembers

Wild Decembers
Haworth vicarage and the Bronte family. The sisters writing under pseudonyms, the brother descending into alcoholism and the aloof father

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1st Produced:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd   

Music:
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Genre:
Historical play

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  12            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Will Shakespeare

Will Shakespeare
William Shakespeare after being tricked into marriage by Anne Hathaway leaves Stratford for London. He soon gets entangled with The Dark Lady and is willing to give up playwrighting for her. Until Queen Elizabeth intervenes

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd   

Music:
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Genre:
Historical play

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  5            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
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