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Jenny (1) Laird

JENNY (1) LAIRD

  (1917 - 2001)
Nationality:    English
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Jenny (1) Laird's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of Jenny (1) Laird's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         And No Birds Sing         Fig For Glory, A         John Gabriel Borkman

And No Birds Sing

Synopsis:
Dr Elizabeth Payling has been trying to bring about some social engineering in the slum district where she works. She has encouraged several young women to better themselves. One, Pauline, studies to the point of exhaustion, regrets the advances of a young man - because a career must come first and then tries to kill herself when she thinks that she has failed her exams.

Notes:
written by John Fernald And Jenny Laird

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
(French's acting edition No. 893), SF, London, 1947   -

Music:
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Genre:
Three act Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Fig For Glory, A

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool    08 Sep 1958

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Music:
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John Gabriel Borkman

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Henrik Ibsen. Translated by Johan Fillinger, Adapted by Jenny Laird And John Fernald

1st Produced:
arts, London    01 Mar 1950

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 50.37

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