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DOUGLAS E HUGHES (1958 - )
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Doug is a Toronto-based actor and playwright who has been collaborating with his writing partner, Marcia Kash, since 1991. Their first two plays, "Who's Under Where?" and "a Party to Murder" have had over 100 productions worldwide since "Who's" premiered in Canada in 1992. Doug and Marcia are currently at work on a new musical.
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Party To Murder, A Too Many Cooks Who's Under Where?Party To Murder, A
Synopsis:
six people have come in secret on Halloween to play a murder mystery game at a rustic island cottage
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written with Marcia Kash
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1999 -
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Genre:
Mystery
Parts:
Male: 3 Female: 3 Other: -
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Top of PageToo Many Cooks
It's 1932 in Niagara Falls, Canada, where the rum-running business is at its peak. In the aftermath of the Crash, Irving Bubbalowe and his daughter Honey, have risked everything they have to open a new gourmet restaurant. When their star-the renowned singing Chef Francois LaPlouffe - fails to appear, tonight's grand opening is suddenly placed in jeopardy. However, when unemployed chef Frank Plunkett wanders in looking for work, Honey persuades him to masquerade as the missing LaPlouffe. The beleaguered Bubbalowe, meanwhile, also has to contend with Chicago gangster al Feghetti and his sidekick who have come looking for an illegal shipment of booze residing in his basement. In addition, Bubbalowe has to keep at bay the hot-blooded Immigration officer Veronica Snook, on the trail of the vanished chef, as well as a suspicious tee-totaling Mountie, who is ready to arrest Bubbalowe for both murder and bootlegging. Madness ensues, and Bubbalowe and the others create a hornet's nest of fabricated stories (and identities) as they try to valiantly save the restaurant - and themselves - from both the gangsters and the law.
Notes:
written by Marcia Kash and Douglas E Hughes
1st Produced:
Lighthouse Festival in Port Dover, Ontario 23 Jul 2003
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1st Published:
Samuel French, Inc - New York (2012) >>> 978-0573700507
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Genre:
Comedy
Parts:
Male: 6 Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageWho's Under Where?
Synopsis:
a very private lingerie showing at an hotel is interrupted by jealous husbands and mistaken identities
Notes:
written with Marcia Kash
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1993 -
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Genre:
Comedy
Parts:
Male: 6 Female: 2 Other: -
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