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A P Herbert

A P HERBERT

  (1890 - 1971)
Nationality:    English
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A P Herbert's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of A P Herbert's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Better Dead         Bless the Bride         Derby Day         Tantivy Towers         Two Gentlemen Of Soho         Water Gipsies, The

Better Dead

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Richmond, Surrey    1962

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Bless the Bride

Bless the Bride
Will Thomas Trout ever learn to do the right thing?

Notes:
music by Vivian ellis

1st Produced:
Adelphi Theatre, London    25 Apr 1947

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

Music:
Original cast recording: AEI (015)

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
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Derby Day

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Alfred Reynolds; lyrics and book by A P Herbert

1st Produced:
Lyric Hammersmith, London    24 Feb 1932

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: Tantivy Towers and Derby Day" published by Methuen 1932   -

Music:
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Genre:
Musical

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Tantivy Towers

Synopsis:
Chelsea Bohemians Jenny Jay and Hugh Heather are visited by Viscount Harkaway and his sister Lady Anne. They are both invited to Tantivy Towers the next weekend. Jenny accepts but Hugh declines. But Hugh has taken a shine to Lady Anne and decides to go instead but disguised as a singer. There is to be a fox hunt and Lady Anne is an item with Master of the Hounds Captain Bareback. Hugh commits a huge faux-pas when he shoots the fox. Lady Anne will have nothing further to do with him

Notes:
Music by Thomas F Dunhill; lyrics and book by A P Herbert

1st Produced:
Lyric Hammersmith    16 Jan 1931

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: Tantivy Towers and Derby Day" published by Methuen 1932   -

Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Two Gentlemen Of Soho

Synopsis:
Soho in the Twenties. a detective from Scotland Yard is working undercover at a night club in the hopes of discovering after hours drinking. a private detective is following the Duchess of Canterbury in the hopes of finding her in a compromising situation. everyone ends in mincemeat

Notes:
Written in mock Shakespearean blank verse

1st Produced:
the Playhouse, Liverpool    1927

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

Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Water Gipsies, The

Water Gipsies, The
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Notes:
Music by Vivian Ellis; lyrics and book by A P Herbert

1st Produced:
Princes Theatre, London    02 May 1954

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: Must Close Saturday Records

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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