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Laurence Housman

LAURENCE HOUSMAN  (1868 - 1959)

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Laurence Housman was born on July 18th 1865. He was the younger brother of poet a E Housman. Both brothers were gay. He studied book illustration and his first big success was to illustrate "Goblin Market" by Christina Rossetti. But his eyesight began to fail and he turned to writing. He fell foul of the Lord Chamberlain on many occasions and may have been the most heavily censored of all playwrights. This was because his plays biblical plays were considered blasphemous. In 1945 he opened Housmans Bookshop -a radical pacifist shop that is still going strong today.

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 Bethlehem         Chinese Lantern, The         Christmas Tree         Comforter, The         Consider Your Verdict         Fool And His Money, A         Gods Whom Men Love Die Old, The         His Favourite Flower         House Fairy, The         In This Sign Conquer         Lysistrata         Moonshine         New Hangman, The         Old Bottles         Possession         Prunella Or Love In A Dutch Garden         She Ass And The Tied Colt         Study In Revolution, A         Time Servers         Torch Of Time, The         Waiting Room, The         Wrong Door

Bethlehem

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1st Produced:
Covent Garden, London    1956

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Hovenden Players

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Chinese Lantern, The

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F Sidgwick, London 1908   -

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Christmas Tree

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1st Produced:
Covent Garden, London    1956

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Hovenden Players

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Contained in: "False Premises" published by Blackwell   -

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Comforter, The

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Contained in: "angels and Ministers" published by Harcourt Brace 1922   -

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Consider Your Verdict

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Contained in: "Ye Fearful Saints - Plays of Creed , custom and Credulity" published by Sidgwick & Jackson   -

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Fool And His Money, A

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1st Produced:
Covent Garden, London    1956

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Hovenden Players

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Contained in: "False Premises" published by Blackwell   -

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Gods Whom Men Love Die Old, The

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His Favourite Flower

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House Fairy, The

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In This Sign Conquer

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Lysistrata

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athens is at war. The men are fighting or dead. Humanity is suffering. One woman is sick of it. . .Taking matters into her own hands, Lysistrata calls the women of all the warring factions to gather in the city with one mission - to bring about peace. The men however, resist this idea. The battle lines are drawn& adaptation by Laurence Housman, writer, pacifist and human rights activist, first performed in 1911 in support of the Suffragette movement.

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Original Playwright - Aristophanes

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Moonshine

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New Hangman, The

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Old Bottles

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Possession

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1st Produced:
Covent Garden, London    1956

Organisations:
Hovenden Players

1st Published:
Contained in: "angels and Ministers" published by Harcourt Brace 1922   -

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Prunella Or Love In A Dutch Garden

Laurence Housman
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Written by Laurence Houseman And H Granville Barker

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Sidgwick & Jackson 1911   -

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She Ass And The Tied Colt

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Study In Revolution, A

Laurence Housman
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Contained in: "False Premises" published by Blackwell   -

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Time Servers

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It has a cast of 4 males: Father Time, Prehistoricus, Bellarius and Ecclesiasticus. That might perhaps give you an idea for the synopsis! a review calls it `a thought-provoking playlet with a dateless quality'.
Hazel Bell

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1st Produced:
Hovenden Players    Jun 1954

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Hovenden Players

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Contained in: "Ye Fearful Saints - Plays of Creed , custom and Credulity" published by Sidgwick & Jackson   -

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Torch Of Time, The

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Waiting Room, The

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Contained in: "Ye Fearful Saints - Plays of Creed , custom and Credulity" published by Sidgwick & Jackson   -

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Wrong Door

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Contained in: "Ye Fearful Saints - Plays of Creed , custom and Credulity" published by Sidgwick & Jackson   -

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