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Derek Hoddinott

DEREK HODDINOTT  

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

 Birds Of Prey         Din Dins         Ducks And Mr Drake         Forsyte Saga, The         Hello And Goodbye         Jigsaw         Little Photographer, The         Murder Go Round         Murder In Style

Birds Of Prey

Synopsis:
The son of middle aged middle class parents has disappeared. One weekend a young man visits them to say he has lived with and left their son. This revaluation turns a weekend of surprise into a nightmare - for the visitor

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1st Produced:
Coliseum Theatre, Oldham    1979

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Din Dins

Synopsis:
dinner party chaos as three couples bicker, guest of honour eventually turns up surveys the scene and disappears

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1982   -

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Ducks And Mr Drake

Synopsis:
about a retired worker taking up painting much to irritation of his wife. But it is what he paints that causes the surprise, and the twist.

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1st Published:
New Playwrights' Network, nd   -

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Genre:
Comedy One act

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Forsyte Saga, The

Synopsis:
set between 1886 and 1920 centres on the shifting, destructive power of the Forsythe family

Notes:
written with Pat Hoddinott. Book by John Galsworthy

1st Produced:
Haymarket Basingstoke    1991

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1991   -

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  5            Other:  extras

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Hello And Goodbye

Synopsis:
about an American film star arriving in England with youthful husband number 4, discovers her daughter and tries to hide the fact from him

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1979   -

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Jigsaw

Synopsis:
about a man who wakes up from a nightmare and finds it to be true with a totally unexpected twist to the tail.

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1st Published:
New Playwrights' Network, 1975   -

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Genre:
Psychological Thriller

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Little Photographer, The

Synopsis:
Period 1900, affair leads to fears that deformities are sometimes inherited, latent in an unborn child

Notes:
story by Daphne du Maurier

1st Produced:
Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham    1977

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1979   -

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Murder Go Round

Synopsis:
couples live next door to each other in apparently happily married suburban bliss, until one of the wives disappears

Notes:
story Remains to be Seem by Jack Ritchie

1st Produced:
Palace Theatre, Westcliff    1979

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London,    -

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Murder In Style

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Based on A short story by Jack Ritchie

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1st Published:
New Playwrights' Network, nd   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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