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Tudor Gates

TUDOR GATES

  (1930 - 2007)
Nationality:    English
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below is a list of Tudor Gates's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Aurelia         Ding Dong (Under Title Just Desserts)         Kidnap Game         Ladies Who Lunch         Lyrics For A Tango         Oscar X         Who Killed 'Agatha' Christie?         Who Saw Him Die

Aurelia

Synopsis:
the beautiful, striking but somewhat mysterious aurelia returns to england without her husband and begins to spin a web of deceit and crime around Isabel, her father's former love, which, if successfully completed, should net her a great deal of money. Unfortunately, murder, robbery and blackmail all start to recoil on her own head. the end of the story is one of disaster.

Notes:
after the novel by And in collaboration with Jean-Paul Ferriere

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1976   -

Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Ding Dong (Under Title Just Desserts)

Ding Dong (Under Title Just Desserts)
Bernard has discovered that his wife, Jacqueline, is having an affair with Robert. Being a reasonable businessman, Bernard gives Robert two options to compensate for the affair: either he will sleep with Robert's wife in order to keep things even, or he will have him killed. Needless to say, Robert chooses to let Bernard sleep with his wife. Scheming to woo her, Bernard arranges an evening meal with both couples present much to the frustration of their overworked and underpaid maid, Marie-Louise. However, instead of bringing his wife to the dinner, Robert pays Barbara, a call girl, to pose as his wife for the evening. Meanwhile, Jacqueline does not know that Bernard has found out about her affair, and is stunned to learn that their dinner guests are in fact her lover and, supposedly, his wife. the situation then becomes even more hilarious and confusing when Robert's actual wife, Juliette, turns up for dinner!

Notes:
Original Playwright - Marc Camoletti (from the play Sexe et Jaousie)

1st Produced:
Capitol Theatre, Horsham (as Just Deserts!)    2005

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Kidnap Game

Synopsis:
a battle of wits with the kidnapper of the daughter of a successful international business man

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1991   -

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Genre:
Thriller

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Ladies Who Lunch

Ladies Who Lunch
Wives of three of the world's richest men meet for lunch to do charity work, but then decide to use inside information from the unwitting husbands so they can play the stock market

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1999   978-0573018534

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  7            Other:  voice

Further Reference:
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Lyrics For A Tango

Synopsis:
conventional thriller for the two bereaved women of the murdered Carlos as they discuss the will

Notes:
Original Playwright - esther Vilar

1st Produced:
Nuffield, Southampton    1989

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Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Oscar X

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Parts:
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Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Dep.256/Box 23/3

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Who Killed 'Agatha' Christie?

Synopsis:
the perfect murder as motive succeeds motive and an unexpected collaborator appears

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1979   -

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Genre:
Play+M28971. - - Gay, theme/character full length

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Who Saw Him Die

Synopsis:
an obsessed police superintendent is determined to track down a criminal, a ruthless duel of wit and bluff ensues

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1975   -

Music:
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Genre:
Mystery Thriller Mystery

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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