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John Dighton

JOHN DIGHTON

  (1909 - 1989)
Nationality:    English
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John Dighton's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Happiest Days Of Your Life         Legally Speaking         Man Alive!         Who Goes there

Happiest Days Of Your Life

Happiest Days Of Your Life
set after World War II about what happens when a boys' school receives the news that they are to billet another school which is all female

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1st Produced:
Embassy Theatre    28 Feb 1950

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1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd, London   978-0573011696

Music:
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Genre:
Farce

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Legally Speaking

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
London    1965

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1st Published:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Man Alive!

Synopsis:
special lamp turns mannequin in shop window into a beguiling young man and the stores unpopular owner into a dummy

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1957   -

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Genre:
Unlikely Story

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  7            Other:  -

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Who Goes there

Synopsis:
arthur is a soldier guarding the grace and favour homes in St James Palace. His fiancee, Christina, arrives from Ireland worried because he seems to have been distracted of late. She sees arthur on duty but falls sprains her ankle and faints. arthur carries her into one of the apartments but leaves her to go back on duty. the young son of the occupier of the apartment arrives and falls in love with Christina

Notes:
U.S. title: "the Passionate Sentry"

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd, London   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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