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Trevor Harvey

TREVOR HARVEY  

 Nationality:    English
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Trevor Harvey is a retired University lecturer and is a regularly published poet for children, with individual items included in over a hundred and fifty anthologies and classroom publications (Pan Macmillan, Oxford University Press, Scholastic, Meadowbrook, etc.) He has co-written the book and lyrics of a full-length, small-scale musical (CLIPPINGS) which was staged at the Capitol Theatre, Horsham (2006) and several of his one-act plays have been performed at festivals in arundel, Steyning and Brighton, as well as amateur theatre companies in the UK and abroad. He is a member of the Sussex Playwrights' Club and of New Writing South.

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

 Cinders And Whittington         Hitch, The And Selected, The         Jack And The Jumping Bean         Kiss Me Quick!         New Dawn         Perseus         Retiring Gracefully         Something's Cooking         Squatter's Rites         Take Your Partner         Voyage Of A Lifetime         Wednesdays         When Love Takes A Turn

Cinders And Whittington

Synopsis:
a clever and interesting compression of the two famous pantomimes, carefully arranged so that the same character in each (principal boy etc.) can be played by the same actor, or by two different actors, allowing a lot of flexibility when casting. Give your audience two pantos for the price of one!

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Jasper Publishing Ltd 1998   1-904416-30-6

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Genre:
Pantomime - Full Length, Fairy Tale (Traditional)

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  8

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Hitch, The And Selected, The

Synopsis:
Two one-act plays. The Hitch. at an isolated layby a man and a woman meet. Is it by chance, and what is it they seem to be waiting for? The Selected. Two men come calling to a lonely house, late at night. are they really canvassing for votes, and can the lady of the house get the better of them?

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Jasper Publishing Ltd 1998   1-904416-43-8

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Genre:
Play - One act, Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Jack And The Jumping Bean

Synopsis:
Before you can think about putting on Jack and the Beanstalk you must, of course, first catch your bean! But where to find it? In Cannes (?) or is it a Mexican Bean? and will the Old Man of the Mountain be able to help you? an interesting variation on this popular pantomime story.

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Jasper Publishing Ltd 1998   1-902837-57-6

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Genre:
Pantomime - Full Length, Fairy Tale (Traditional)

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  8

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Kiss Me Quick!

Synopsis:
Suitable for adult or youth production. Kiss Me Quick!, a 'tongue in cheek' variation on the 'Sleeping Beauty' tale.

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Jasper Publishing Ltd 1998   1-902837-77-0

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Genre:
Play - One act, Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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New Dawn

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Contained in: "Tenth Windmill Book Of One act Plays" published by Heinemann Educational 1978   -

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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Perseus

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Suitable for adult or youth production. Perseus, comedy telling of the ancient Greek myth.

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Jasper Publishing Ltd 1998   1-902837-77-0

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Genre:
Play - One act, Drama

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Retiring Gracefully

Synopsis:
Mr Weatherall retires to a secret address with the company's original Matisse (rather than the copy that he had received as a retirement present). He thinks he is safe - but then the company's cleaner, Miss Leech (who bears him a grudge), arrives unexpectedly. When he discovers that one of the neighbours is an art expert, things start to get a little 'awkward'. . .!

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Jasper Publishing Ltd 2006   1-904416-70-5

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Genre:
Play - Full Length, Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Something's Cooking

Synopsis:
When David and his wife Maggie return from Canada, they find the locks on their house have been changed - so David is grateful when his brother-in-law Rob comes to the rescue and offers to feed them. But how many past liaisons has David secretly enjoyed - and where is Rob's partner, Rosemary? Come to that, what exactly is in the 'stew' that Rob has prepared? It's not long before the situation grows more and more manic, as secrets are revealed and loyalties tested! Setting: a dining room. Running time: approximately 35 - 40 minutes.

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Jasper Publishing Ltd 2008   978-1-906997-14-4

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Genre:
Comedy, Dark/Black Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Squatter's Rites

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in "Prompt One" Hutchinson, London, 1976   -

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One act

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Take Your Partner

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in "Prompt One" Hutchinson, London, 1976   -

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Voyage Of A Lifetime

Synopsis:
Suitable for adult or youth production. a Voyage of a Lifetime, a modern day Noah attempts to build an ark, but comes up against modern day problems.

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in "Prompt One" Hutchinson, London, 1976   -

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  10            Female:  6            Other:  animals

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Wednesdays

Synopsis:
Broad one-act comedy. When a middle-aged mother calls unexpectedly at her daughter's flat on a Wednesday afternsoon, she discovers more than she had expected . . . her daughter is there with a half-naked man. Who is he . . . and could the mother have met him somewhere before? (and, if so, will her daughter find out?) and what exactly is 'Bognor Fantasy Fulfillment'? Simple setting (a sofa and a coffee table) and a number of props (including a policeman's helmet) Cast 1M 2F (1M: young/middle-aged, 2F: One young/middle-aged and one middle-aged/elderly). Running time about 30 minutes. Premiered at the Steyning Festival, 2007.

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Jasper Publishing Ltd 2008   978-1-905993-73-4

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Genre:
Play - One act, Comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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When Love Takes A Turn

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in "Prompt One" Hutchinson, London, 1976   -

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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