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N C Hunter

N C HUNTER

  (1908 - 1971)
Nationality:    English
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Literary Agent:    Film Rights Ltd  

N(orman) C(harles) Hunter (b. Derbyshire, 18 Sept. 1908; d. Merioneth South, Wales, 19 April 1971) Playwright. In the early 1950s, Hunter's sad bourgeois comedies provided strong roles for Edith evans, Sybil Thorndike et al.

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below is a list of N C Hunter's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Adam's Apple         Day By the Sea         Excursion, The         Grouse In June         Party For Christmas, A         Picture Of Autumn, A         Touch Of the Sun, A         Tulip Tree, The         Waters Of the Moon

Adam's Apple

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English Theatre Guild, London, 1953   -

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Genre:
Victorian Fairy Tale in Three acts

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Day By the Sea

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1st Produced:
Royal Court, Liverpool    26 Oct 1953

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1st Published:
The Opera House (1953)   B004H626RI

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Genre:
3 act play

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 53.313

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Excursion, The

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Outside A temple in Italy

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English Theatre Guild, London, 1965   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Grouse In June

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1st Produced:
Criterion Theatre, London    1939

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Party For Christmas, A

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Christmas at the Furbank home. Michael breaks up with his fiancee because he thinks she has been a little too friendly with his brother Stephen. Meanwhile their sister Caroline upsets her boyfriend so much he walks out.

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Picture Of Autumn, A

Synopsis:
a son undertakes to sell his parents' home which is now too large for them with unexpected results

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Duke of York's, London (11 Feb 1951

1st Produced:
London: Duke Of Yorks    1950

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1st Published:
English Theatre Guild, London, 1957   -

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Genre:
Comedy Three acts

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 51.15

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Touch Of the Sun, A

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1st Produced:
Grand Theatre, Blackpool    06 Jan 1958

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English Theatre Guild, London, 1958   -

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Genre:
Comedy Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 58.17

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Tulip Tree, The

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1st Produced:
Newcastle    1962

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1st Published:
English Theatre Guild, London, 1963   -

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Genre:
Drama Three acts

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Waters Of the Moon

Synopsis:
a gently comic look at class, culture and retirement in the 1950's. In a modest hotel on Dartmoor a group of men and women are seeing out their retirement days in the country. their tired routines are thrown into disarray with the arrival of unexpected guests from the city who seek shelter from a surprise New Year snow-storm. as the storm worsens and time ticks on, the forced pleasantries are soon under strain and the effects of the visitors begin to take their toll.

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1st Produced:
Theatre Royal, Brighton    26 Mar 1951

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1st Published:
English Theatre Guild, London, 1951   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 51.65

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