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Frederick Knott

FREDERICK KNOTT

  (1916 - 2002)
Nationality:    English
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Literary Agent:    ICM Partners  

Frederick Knott's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Dial 'M' For Murder         Mr Fox Of Venice         Wait Until Dark         Write Me A Murder

Dial 'M' For Murder

Synopsis:
a retired tennis player marries for money then attempts to implicate his wife as a murderess, fortunately the detective is on the ball

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Westminster, London    19 Jun 1952

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

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Mr Fox Of Venice

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Based on the novel "the Evil Of the Day" by Thomas Sterling

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Wearing - The London Stage: 59.68

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Wait Until Dark

Synopsis:
a sinister con-man, Roar, and two exconvicts, Mike and Carlino, are about to meet their match. they have traced the location of a mysterious doll, which they are much interested in, to the Greenwich Village apartment of Sam Hendrix and his blind wife, Susy. Sam had apparently been persuaded by a strange woman to transport the doll across the Canadian border, not knowing that sewn inside were several grams of heroin. When the woman is murdered the situation becomes more urgent. the con-man and his ex-convicts, through a cleverly constructed deception, convince Susy that the police have implicated Sam in the woman's murder and the doll, which she believes is the key to his innocence, is evidence. She refuses to reveal its location, and with the help of a young neighbour, figures out she is the victim of a bizarre charade. But when Roar kills his associates a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues between the two. Susy knows the only way to play fair is by her rules, so when darkness falls she turns off all the lights leaving both of them to manoeuver in the dark until the game ends.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
New York    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1964   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  1            Other:  1g

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Write Me A Murder

Synopsis:
a country estate, two rival brothers, and a mystery writer's story competition ends in murder and plot twists for all involved

Notes:
2nd play

1st Produced:
Brighton    1962

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1962   -

Music:
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Genre:
Thriller

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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