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David Halliwell

DAVID HALLIWELL

  (1936 - 2006)
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    NarrowRoad Company  

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         Altercation, An         Amour, An         Bleats From A Brighouse Pleasureground         Cock, Hen And Courting Pit         Creatures Of Another Kind         Discussion, A         Experiment, The         Feast, A         Freckled Bum, The         Girl Who Didn't Like Answers, The         Hail Scrawdyke         House, The         In That Summer Of Sweet 16         Janitress Thrilled By Prehensile Penis         KD Dufford Hears KD Dufford Ask KD Dufford How KD Dufford'll Make Kd Dufford         Last Belch For the Great Auk, A         Little Malcom And His Struggle Against the Eunuchs         Meriel the Ghost Girl         Minyip         Muck From Three Angles         One Sez This then the Other Sez That         Prejudice         Process Of Elimination, A         Progs         Rite Kwik Metal Tata, A         Tomato Who Grew Into A Mushroom, A         Was It Her?         Who's Who Of Flapland, A

Altercation, An

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Notes:
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1st Produced:
London    1973

Organisations:
Street Corners

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Amour, An

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1st Published:
in 'Fun Arts Bus Book', Methuen, London,    -

Music:
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Bleats From A Brighouse Pleasureground

Synopsis:
Amongst the applicants for assistant manger at the pleasure park is a previous manager

Notes:
broadcast 1972.

1st Produced:
Little Theatre, London    1972

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

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Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Dep.256/Box 27/7

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Cock, Hen And Courting Pit

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National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Dep.256/Box 27/7

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Creatures Of Another Kind

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Notes:
improved version of 'Prejudice'

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Discussion, A

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Arts Centre, Falmouth    1968

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "a Who's Who of Flapland and Other Plays", Faber, London, 1971   -

Music:
-

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Experiment, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with David Calderisi

1st Produced:
London    1967

Organisations:
-

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-   -

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Feast, A

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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Little Theatre, London    1972

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-   -

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Freckled Bum, The

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1st Produced:
London    1974

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Girl Who Didn't Like Answers, The

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1st Produced:
Mercury, London    1971

Organisations:
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-   -

Music:
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Genre:
play One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Hail Scrawdyke

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original, Broadway Aka Little Malcom

1st Produced:
Booth Theatre, New York    1966

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Faber and Faber, London, 1967   -

Music:
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House, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
London    1979

Organisations:
Joint Stock

1st Published:
Eyre Methuen, London, 1979   -

Music:
-

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In That Summer Of Sweet 16

Synopsis:
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Notes:
the House' Revived

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Janitress Thrilled By Prehensile Penis

Synopsis:
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Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Little Theatre, London    1972

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Dep.256/Box 27/7

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KD Dufford Hears KD Dufford Ask KD Dufford How KD Dufford'll Make Kd Dufford

Synopsis:
Study of man who films himself murdering a little girl.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Lamda Theatre, London    1969

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Faber and Faber, London, 1970   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Psychological Drama

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Last Belch For the Great Auk, A

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Mercury, London    1971

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Little Malcom And His Struggle Against the Eunuchs

Little Malcom And His Struggle Against the Eunuchs
In a squalid attic flat Malcolm Scrawdyke and his art school friends plot a rebellion. It is freedom or serfdom. The first in their sights are the eunuchs or dunces

Notes:
aka Hail Scrawdyke!

1st Produced:
Unity Theatre, London    1965

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Faber and Faber, London, 1967   978-0571196708

Music:
-

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Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Meriel the Ghost Girl

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
broadcast 1976

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "the Mind Beyond", Penguin, London, 1976   -

Music:
-

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One act

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Minyip

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
London    1974

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Muck From Three Angles

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "a Who's Who of Flapland and Other Plays", Faber, London, 1971   -

Music:
-

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One Sez This then the Other Sez That

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Work In Progress

1st Produced:
Tristan Bates, London    1999

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Prejudice

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
aka Creatures of Another Kind

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Temba

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Process Of Elimination, A

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
London    1975

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Progs

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Notes:
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1st Produced:
London    1975

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Rite Kwik Metal Tata, A

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Tomato Who Grew Into A Mushroom, A

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Oxfordshire Tour    1987

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Was It Her?

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
broadcast 1980

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Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

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Who's Who Of Flapland, A

Synopsis:
Set in a self-service cafe, this bizarre black comedy begins with recollections of a swindle involving 2000 boxes of corned beef and a mystery con artist. a series of false identities and improvised aliases build to an increasingly absurd level before one of the two men is caught out. a double cross of the highest order, a Who's Who of Flapland will keep audiences guessing as to Who's who, what's what and why. Confused? You will be. . .

Notes:
broadcast 1967

1st Produced:
London    1969

Organisations:
Green Banana

1st Published:
in "a Who's Who of Flapland and Other Plays", Faber, London, 1971   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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