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Kevin Laffan

KEVIN LAFFAN

  (1922 - 2003)
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    ACTAC (Theatrical and Cinematic) Ltd  

Kevin Laffan's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Adam And Eve And Pinch Me         Adam Redundant         Angie And Ernie         Condom Kid And the Lady, The         Cut In Ebony         Dream Of Trevor Staines, The         First Innocent         Ginger Bred         It's A Two-Foot-Six-Inches-Above-the-Ground World         Missionary, The, And Other Positions         Never So Good         Odd Ball Out         Strip-Tease Murder, The         Supuerannuated Man, The         there Are Humans At the Bottom Of My Garden         Wandering Jew, The         Winner Takes All         Zoo Zoo Widdershins Zoo

Adam And Eve And Pinch Me

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1st Produced:
London    1974

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Adam Redundant

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Play/Drama

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Angie And Ernie

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written with Peter Jones

1st Produced:
Guildford, Surrey    1966

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Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Condom Kid And the Lady, The

Synopsis:
"This is very theatrical - two people on a park bench." remarks one of the protagonists in the first of a double bill of one-act plays by Kevin Laffan. From the outset of the Condom Kid and the Lady. Laffan makes us aware that he knows this is a theatrically hackneyed situation which comes with its own set of expectations. the "kid" , product of a faulty condom, is a middle-aged actor and self-confessed failure who keeps speculating on how an audience would expect him to behave if this increasingly unlikely "chance" encounter were a play. the "lady" ( is a prostitute, hoping to confront the assailant who raped her in the park ten years ago. and protesting that what they're experiencing is real life.
Ian Michaels, the Times

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1st Produced:
Wimbledon Studio, London    2000

Organisations:
atoZ Theatre Company

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Play One act

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Cut In Ebony

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Contained in: "Two Plays by Kevin Laffan" published by Book Guild Ltd 1983   -

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Dream Of Trevor Staines, The

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Contained in: "Two Plays by Kevin Laffan" published by Book Guild Ltd 1983   -

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First Innocent

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as Kevin Barry

1st Produced:
Reading    1957

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Ginger Bred

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as Kevin Barry

1st Produced:
Reading    1951

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It's A Two-Foot-Six-Inches-Above-the-Ground World

It's A Two-Foot-Six-Inches-Above-the-Ground World
Catholic marriage in crisis over contraception

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1st Published:
Faber and Faber, London, 1970   978-0571095971

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Genre:
Comedy. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest

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Male:  7            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Missionary, The, And Other Positions

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Never So Good

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London    1976

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Odd Ball Out

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middle-aged Norm invites old schoolfriend Merv to the local park for a chat. Norm wants to warn Merv that, because Merv has never come out of the closet, speculation about him has run riot and led to the local Residents' association branding him as a suspected paedophile. Here again, Laffan tries to highlight the cruel inconsistencies of a society which has grown more tolerant of people's sexuality yet is less accepting of their privacy.
Ian Michaels, the Times

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1st Produced:
Wimbledon Studio, London    2000

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Strip-Tease Murder, The

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as Kevin Barry, with Neville Brian

1st Produced:
Reading    1955

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Supuerannuated Man, The

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there Are Humans At the Bottom Of My Garden

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London    1972

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Wandering Jew, The

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London    1978

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Winner Takes All

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as Kevin Barry

1st Produced:
Reading    1956

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Zoo Zoo Widdershins Zoo

Synopsis:
the communal life style of six British youngsters is upset by an American draft dodger.

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1st Produced:
Leicester    1968

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1st Published:
Faber and Faber, London, 1969   -

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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