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Lucienne Hill

LUCIENNE HILL

  (1923 - 2012)
Nationality:    English
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Literary Agent:    Alan Brodie Representation Ltd  (estate)

Lucienne Hill (nee Palmer) was born on 30 January 1923 to an English father and French mother. She was educated at Somerville College, Oxford and worked at Bletchley Park on Enigma. She had early repertory work as an actor in Sheffield, Windsor and Birmingham. She translated 30 of Jean Anouilh's plays including: ARDELE - in Birmingham and London's West End; THE WALTZ OF THE TOREADORS, which was 2 years in the West End and New York and toured the USA for 6 months. THIEVES CARNIVAL at the Arts Theatre; BECKET for the RSC which won many awards including an Evening Standard and a Tony and went on to be made into a film starring Richard Burton and Peter O'toole; and POOR BITOS in the West End. Apart from translating Anouilh's plays, she co-wrote (with Frederic Raphael) the libretto for a Leslie Bricusse musical, LADY AT THE WHEEL in 1958; an adaptation of Francoise Sagan's CASTLE IN SWEDEN in 1962 and, for the RSC at the Aldwych in 1964, a version of Roger Vitrac's surrealist 1928 drawing-room satire, VICTOR. Radio adaptations include: SECOND STRING and STORM AT BREWER'S END. Other authors she has translated include: Sartre, Camus and Salacrou. She died on 29 December 2012.

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         Ardele         Arrest, The         Baker, The Baker's Wife and the Baker's Boy, The         Becket, Or the Honour Of God         Britches, The         Castle In Sweden         Catch As Catch Can         Cavern, The         Dear Antoine         Dear Birdies         Director Of the Opera, The         Fighting Cock         It's Later Than You Think         Lady At the Wheel         Man On Trial         Monsieur Barnett         No Laughing Matter         Ornifle         Paddle Your Own Canoe         Poor Bitos         Rehearsal, The         Restless Heart         Scenario, The         Second Sting, The         Thieves' Carnival         Trap For A Lonely Man         Traveller Without Luggage         Victor         Waltz Of the Toreadors, The         You Were So Sweet When You Were Little

Ardele

Synopsis:
French bedroom farce set in a large country h ouse inhabited by retired general with amourous ideas, his nagging invalid wife, her sister, her lover and others

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "anouilh Five Plays Vol 2" French, New York,    -

Music:
-

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Translation

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Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  1b 1g

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Wearing - the London Stage 51.183

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Arrest, The

Synopsis:
In a seedy, decadent kind of Grand hotel are gathered a number of has beens, but then time turns inside out and suddenly the young married woman becomes a grandmother revelations abound as a result

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh

1st Produced:
-     1974

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1978   -

Music:
-

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Translation

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Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  extras

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Baker, The Baker's Wife and the Baker's Boy, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh

1st Produced:
-     1972

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation

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Becket, Or the Honour Of God

Synopsis:
as he waits to be scourged for his part in Becket's murder, King Henry 11 retraces his entire relationship with the saint, once his dearest friend and mentor. His catastrophic mistake was to create Becket archbishop out of political expediency for Becket found a fulfilment lacking in his hitherto luxurious life and therefore guarded the honour of God as once he had, as Henry's Chancellor, once guarded the honour of his King. Period 12th century

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh

1st Produced:
New York     1960

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Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  33            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XXI (2001) Page 1295

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Britches, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh

1st Produced:
-     1975

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

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Castle In Sweden

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Francois Sagan

1st Produced:
Piccadilly,London     23 May 1962

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Catch As Catch Can

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh

1st Produced:
-    

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

Music:
-

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Genre:
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Male:  11            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Cavern, The

Cavern, The
the cook has been murdered but her employers seem to be indifferent. Her son is in a seminary and in distress. the maid is pregnant. the valet is philandering. the playwright says that he has lost his touch

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh

1st Produced:
Cincinnati Playhouse In The Park, Cincinnati, Oh     1967

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Hill and Wang 1966   -

Music:
-

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Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  6            Other:  -

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-

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Dear Antoine

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  7            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Dear Birdies

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh

1st Produced:
-     1975

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Director Of the Opera, The

Director Of the Opera, The
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh

1st Produced:
Festival Theatre, Chichester     1942

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Methuen Books 1973   -

Music:
-

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Fighting Cock

Synopsis:
French career General whose brief hour of glory in 1945 was swiftly followed by a spell in prison and an early retirement

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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Music:
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Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  4            Other:  -

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It's Later Than You Think

Synopsis:
charming and highly commercial poet comes under attack from woman who adores him

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Lady At the Wheel

Synopsis:
Rivalry between the British and the South American drivers at the Monte Carlo Rally

Notes:
Music by Leslie Bricusse And Robert Beaurmont; lyrics by Leslie Bricusse And Robert Beaumont; book by Lucienne Hill; book by Frederick Raphael

1st Produced:
Arts, Cambridge     09 Nov 1953

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  3            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 58.10

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Man On Trial

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Diego Fabbri

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  14            Female:  6            Other:  voices

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 57.58; Wearing - the London Stage 59.211

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Monsieur Barnett

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh

1st Produced:
Bristol: Little     12 Sep 1967

Organisations:
Bristol Old Vic Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
translation

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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No Laughing Matter

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Armand Salacrou

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 57.15

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Ornifle

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Davis-Poynter, 1970   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Tranlation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Paddle Your Own Canoe

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Max Regnier based on scenario by Andre Gillois

1st Produced:
New, Oxford     11 Nov 1957

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1958   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 57.282

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Poor Bitos

Poor Bitos
Humiliation of a smug communist deputy by revolutionary guests at a party.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh

1st Produced:
New Arts Theatre, London     13 Nov 1963

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Methuen Drama    978-0416650600

Music:
-

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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Rehearsal, The

Synopsis:
During the rehearsal for a play for a charity ball a French countess finds way to break up her husband's afair with girl of lower middle class

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh. Rights held by Samuel French, Inc.

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Hill and Wang   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Restless Heart

Synopsis:
a girl, whos family conducts a small orchestra in cheap hotel, falls in love with wealthy man but her family's crude manners prevent her happiness.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh

1st Produced:
St James Theatre, London     08 May 1957

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "anouilh Five Plays Vol 2" French, New York,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  9            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 57.105; http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XVII (1997) Page 0593

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Scenario, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh

1st Produced:
-     1975

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Second Sting, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
New York     1965

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Thieves' Carnival

Synopsis:
two beautiful young heiresses provide bait for thieves and adventurers, but things become serious when one girl falls in love with a young thief

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh (Le Bal des Voleurs)

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Collected Plays 1" Methuen, London, 1966   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 52.1; http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XXV (2005) Page 1019

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Trap For A Lonely Man

Trap For A Lonely Man
Daniel Corban reports his wife missing to the police. He is very upset. a young priest arrives and says he has found Madame Corban alive and well. He brings in the woman - Daniel insists that it is not his wife. Several people arrive and say that she is Madame Corban. Daniel feels he is loosing his grip on reality

Notes:
Original Playwright - Robert Thomas, translated by Lucienne Hill And John Sutro

1st Produced:
Savoy, London     05 Mar 1963

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Josef Weinberger 2002   978-0856760297

Music:
-

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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Traveller Without Luggage

Synopsis:
a man who has lost his memory faces problems with presumed relatives

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh

1st Produced:
New York     1964

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Victor

Synopsis:
surrealist 1928 drawing-room satire, in which a figure of Death, Ida Mortemart (played by an imperious Elizabeth Spriggs), broke wind throughout.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Roger Vitrac. This last show  the flatulence was done by an offstage tuba player blowing the first bars of Beethoven's Fifth  opened in the middle of the "dirty plays" uproar initiated by an irate RSC governor, the impresario emile Littler, and came in the wake of a "theatre of Cruelty" season, flanked by David Rudkin's Afore Night Come and Brook's production of the Marat/Sade. the RSC founder Peter Hall won the day and the RSC was recognised as a serious, radical european theatre company. - Michael Coveney

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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  6            Other:  -

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-

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Waltz Of the Toreadors, The

Waltz Of the Toreadors, The
a retired General tries to keep old age at bay by dallying with every available pretty woman, much to his wife's disgust

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1953   978-0573014710

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  7            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 56.30

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You Were So Sweet When You Were Little

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Anouilh

1st Produced:
Opening Of The Theatre At New End     03 Apr 1974

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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