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Ben Francis

BEN FRANCIS

  
Nationality:    British
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Ben Francis has written for BBC radio comedy shows such as 'The News Huddlines' and 'Week Ending' and contributed essays to the Oxford University Press books 'Handbook of Sondheim Studies' and 'Handbook of the English Musical', and is the author of a full-length study of Christopher Hampton, published by Amber Lane Press.

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

         Belisarius 5         Cornet Solo         Everything Happens At The Starlight Lounge         It Was Funny The First Time         Mog Pritchard's Ton-Up         Snaresbrook

Belisarius 5

Synopsis:
Two astronauts argue, are they in a spaceship and about to land on Mars for the very first time, or merely in a flight simulator where everything is being controlled by the people at base camp. Just as the argument reaches a climax, all the lights go out. . . A revised version of 'Everything Happens At The Starlight Lounge.'

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1st Produced:
Horse and Stables, Lambeth.     Jul 2014

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Genre:
Short

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Cornet Solo

Synopsis:
anto has an ice cream van. On what might be the last sunny day of the year he parks the van by a trading estate, and after a while he is doing good business. Then he looks up and sees that the crowd are staring at a man who is standing on a high window-ledge. Then a policeman asks him to bring the man an ice cream. . .

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1st Produced:
Part of The One Festival at The Space Theatre     Jan 2017

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Genre:
Monologue

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Everything Happens At The Starlight Lounge

Synopsis:
A lonely woman flirts with a bartender, while two astronauts argue about whether they are really in space or only in a simulator. Two separate couples, and yet by the end of the play their stories have intertwined dramatically.

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1st Produced:
Vaults, London     01 Mar 2014

Organisations:
Descent Shorts

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It Was Funny The First Time

Synopsis:
Geoff sits at a table in a room. He tries to write a letter, but then he breaks off to explain how he joined a book group - and unleashes a tale of obsession, madness and murder.

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1st Produced:
The Lion and Unicorn     08 Aug 2017

Organisations:
Secret Hour Theatre Company

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Genre:
Short

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Mog Pritchard's Ton-Up

Synopsis:
Kerry is determined to prove himself as an artist and as a man. He and his girlfriend Blanche return to the mine where his father was killed in an accident twenty years previously. But is that firedamp that he can smell?

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Snaresbrook

Synopsis:
Dee Sanders, a station announcer, sees a man who is hovering too near the edge of the platform. Afraid that the man is contemplating suicide, she invites him into the station announcer's cabin.

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part of The Platform a stage scratch night of new writing

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Genre:
short play

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