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John Furse

JOHN FURSE

  (1948 - )
Nationality:    British
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John was born in North Devon in 1948. It was there he first became involved with amateur Drama, and writing for it. In 1967 he moved to Somerset. In 1982 he returned to amateur Drama and started writing seriously. Now retired he devotes a lot of his time to his writing.

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         Best Will In the World, The         Old Rust Bucket, The         Pocahontas (the Pantomime)         Pretty Pickle, A
Best Will In the World, The

Synopsis:
Mabel and Gertrude Woodbridge return to the crumbling mansion where their stepfather, Lord Woodbridge, has spent his life and declining years attended by his acerbic, geriatric Butler, Baines. they start to consider the future without their stepfather. Driven by the thought that she may not inherit her stepfather's estate, Mabel, with the reluctant help of her sister, devises a plan to bump him off. However what no one knows is that he died whilst the three of them were away and now only his ghost is left in the house. And it is the ghost of Lord W that is apparently is murdered in three different ways. the eccentric Beatrice Higgins arrives to tell them the contents of his will, but a fraught journey from London has driven the reason for her visit from her befuddles mind. the Louise Carpenter, Lord W's granddaughter from his first marriage, plus Louise's policewoman friend only add to the sisters' panic. An eventful evening and night unfolds as the ghost of Lord W takes his revenge as only a ghost can. Lord W is left to return to his enduring love, his first wife Vanessa.

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1st Produced:
Dulverton Village Hall, Dulverton     23 Aug 2004

Organisations:
Dulverton Players

1st Published:
Oakriff Comedy and Drama, 1st July 2013   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Eerie Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Old Rust Bucket, The

Synopsis:
Trying to escape the clutches of a prim and domineering mother, two young ladies take clandestine passage aboard an elderly tramp steamer. There is no escape and Mother catches up with them. When the drunken, misogynist Captain and the oddball crew of the MV North Sea Wanderer are forced to sail with the three women aboard, hilarious and farcical conflicts erupt.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-     18 Jun 1905

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
New Playwrights' Network,    

Music:
-

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Genre:
Farce

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Pocahontas (the Pantomime)

Synopsis:
Betrothed to the evil Japazaws when she was very young Pocahontas has become of age and is fearful she will have to marry him. She dreams of a handsome brave coming to save her. Her friend and confidant is Maw and Maw's friend the bear called Paw. Maw was abandoned in America many years before by her lover Samuel argall. When he returns he brings with him John Smith with whom Pocahontas falls in love. they want to marry, but the matter of the betrothal has to be resolved. It appears all is lost when, with the help of Wheels, Gofar and Captain argall, Japazaws kidnaps and bewitches Pocahontas. Samuel, in the mean time has to try desperately to avoid Maw for fear of his life. In the end Pocahontas's friends gather to save her and all ends happily-ever-after. even Maw gets her man and the long dreamed of marriage.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Oakriff, 15th September 2011   

Music:
-

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Genre:
pantomime

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  4            Other:  2 Choruses

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Pretty Pickle, A

Synopsis:
Two police officers from Scotland Yard end up lost at a remote country pub where the locals are acting very strangely? Could it be that the local poacher doesn't want to be caught in the act of supplying pheasant to the pub, or could it be that his grandson doesn't want anyone to know he is making cider in the cellar of the pub? all this very furtive behaviour is not missed by the young police sergeant, but is completely lost on her Chief Superintendent, even the fact that his wife is in the pub to meet another man. However this is the night that things boil over though; the fermenting cider explodes. as the poacher and his grandson try to avoid the police, and the young sergeant misinterprets her boss's wife's actions, the pub is engulfed in manic farce.

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1st Produced:
West Monkton Village Hall, Taunton     24 Oct 1996

Organisations:
the Monkton Players

1st Published:
Oakriff, 15th august 2010   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Farce

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  1 female, 3 male voices off

Further Reference:
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