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Matthew (1) Francis

MATTHEW (1) FRANCIS  

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 Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn         David Copperfield         It's A Wonderful Life         Lucky You         Northanger Abbey         Old Curiosity Shop, The         Prisoner Of Zenda         Restoration         Tale Of Two Cities, A

Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

Synopsis:
Huckleberry Finn's adventurous journey along the Mississippi is skilfully captured in Matthew Francis' superb adaptation of Mark Twain's classic novel. First produced at the Greenwich Theatre, this exciting approach to Twain's epic thrives on the use of minimal set and prop devices to illustrate the many locations. a truly imaginative, both moral and humorous, tale of discovery with flexible casting opportunities. Period 19th century

Notes:
novel by Mark Twain

1st Produced:
Greenwich Theatre, London    1996

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1998   -

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  22            Female:  8            Other:  doubling possible

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David Copperfield

Synopsis:
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Notes:
From novel by Charles Dickens

1st Produced:
Greenwich , London    1997

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London,    -

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Genre:
adaptation

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It's A Wonderful Life

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Notes:
Music by Steve Brown; lyrics by Steve Brown; lyrics by Francis Matthews; book by Steve Brown; book by Francis Matthews. Based on the film "It's A Wonderful Life" screenplay by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett And Frank CApra

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Genre:
Musical

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Lucky You

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Notes:
Based on the book by Carl Hiassen

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adapation

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Northanger Abbey

Synopsis:
*Writing award Winner* The 'may Residential Home For Retired Theatricals' is the setting for stroke victim Ethel's one hundredth birthday party. Larger than life Queenie, (a fellow 'inmate') makes it known that if ever she has a stroke, she wants someone to put a pillow on her face. a few months later and Queenie succumbs to the illness herself. So who will do the deed? The young care assistant Sheena or the owners 'punk' son Spike? This play has a wealth of middle-aged and elderly 'comedy characters' who deal with the subject of old age, illness, death and euthanasia, in a light hearted and touching way. Through laughter and tears.

Notes:
book by Jane Austen. Also 5m 4w

1st Produced:
Greenwich Theatre, London    1996

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1997   -

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  7            Other:  extras

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Old Curiosity Shop, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Based on the book by Charles Dickens

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Genre:
adapation

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Prisoner Of Zenda

Synopsis:
plunges straight into the heart of the Ruritanian dynastic conflict

Notes:
novel by Anthony Hope

1st Produced:
Greenwich Theatre, London    1992

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1994   -

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  20            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Restoration

Synopsis:
Tremain finds a certain link between "the modern climate of selfishness and greed" and the material obsessions which occupied people's minds after the Restoration of the Monarchy.

Notes:
from Rose Tremain's 1988 novel Restoration

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Genre:
adapation

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  doubling, extras

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Tale Of Two Cities, A

Synopsis:
Period 1860 as classic action is split between London and Paris

Notes:
novel by Charles Dickens

1st Produced:
Greenwich, London    1994

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1996   -

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  16            Female:  10            Other:  -

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