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Andrew Davies

ANDREW DAVIES

  (1936 - )
Nationality:    Welsh
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Literary Agent:    The Agency (London) Ltd  

Born in Cardiff

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

         Battery         Brainstorming With the Boys         Can Anyone Smell Gas?         Diary Of A Desperate Woman         Fearless Frank         Filthy Fryer         Going Bust         Hoff the Cat Dealer         Linda Polan         Prin         Randy Robinson's Unsuitable Relationship         Roman And Julie         Rose         Short Sighted Bear, The         Teacher's Gone Mad         thermal Underwear         Thing, The         What Are Little Girls Made Of?         Woman Of Maturer Years, The
Battery

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1st Produced:
-     1979

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Brainstorming With the Boys

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-     1978

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Can Anyone Smell Gas?

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written for and performed by Linda Polan

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-     1974

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Genre:
one woman show

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Diary Of A Desperate Woman

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Fearless Frank

Synopsis:
about the life and loves of that amazing and outrageous liar- frank harris. He was friend of Oscar Wilde who said that Frank had dined in every house in London

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music by Dave Brown

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Filthy Fryer

Synopsis:
about sex-obsessed sixth former who becomes a sex-obsessed teacher

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1st Produced:
Richmond Fringe     1976

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Genre:
comedy

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Going Bust

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the butchers and sauna are failing, best friend sends in the bailiffs, squabbling family eventually reunited as sauna is saved

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Samuel French, London, 1982   

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Hoff the Cat Dealer

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Contained in: "Playstage" published by Methuen 1987   

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Genre:
Childrens one act

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Linda Polan

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-     1975

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Prin

Synopsis:
inability to compromise causes principal of a teacher's training college to contemplate the ruin of her personal and professional life

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Samuel French, London, 1989   

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Randy Robinson's Unsuitable Relationship

Synopsis:
about schoolboy homosexuality in the innocent 'fifties

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ICA, London, UK >>>     18 May 1976

Organisations:
Gay Sweatshop

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Genre:
Gay/Lesbian, of interest

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Roman And Julie

Synopsis:
Romeo and Juliet story in modern Belfast.

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1st Produced:
East 15 Acting School, London     1975

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Rose

Synopsis:
a disenchanted teacher feels frustrated in all walks of life, finally she faces a class as so often before - 'What are we going to do today'

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1st Produced:
London     1980

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Samuel French, London, 1980   

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Short Sighted Bear, The

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Teacher's Gone Mad

Synopsis:
six teachers in a deserted school struggle for power and act out the compulsions inherent in the teaching situation

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-     1974

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Genre:
anarchic black comedy

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thermal Underwear

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Samuel French, London, 1987   

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Thing, The

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Contained in: "Playstage" published by Methuen 1987   

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Genre:
Childrens one act

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Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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What Are Little Girls Made Of?

Synopsis:
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written for and performed by Linda Polan

1st Produced:
-     1975

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Genre:
one woman show

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Woman Of Maturer Years, The

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