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John Murray

JOHN MURRAY

  (1906 - 1984)
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    ICM Partners  

John Murray (October 12, 1906 - June 17, 1984). Murray was born in New York and attended DeWitt Clinton High School, City College of New York, and Columbia University.

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         Bermuda Triangle         Big Top Murders, The         Case For Two Spies         Dazzling Diamond Caper, The         Devonshire Demons, The         Dig That Mastadon         Don't Pet My Rock         Every Room With A Bath         Greatest Christmas Gift         Haunting Of Hathaway House, The         Honest Injun!         How Hi Is Your Fi?         I Love You Mr Klotz         Lock Stock and Barrel         Looking Glass Murder         Mish Mosh Bird, The         Miss Hepplewhite Takes Over         Monkey Walk, The         Mystery Liner         Once Upon A Midnight Dreary         Perfect Couple, The         Quiz Biz         Reiteach (Engagement)         Rented Tux, The         Romantic Robots         Room Service         Spies and Dolls         Strange Inheritance         That's the Spirit         Third Richest Man In the World, The         Vagabond Vampires, The         Valiant Villain, The         Whitemarsh Affair, The         Woman Who Owned the West, The

Bermuda Triangle

Synopsis:
A pleasure cruise turns into a nightmare when the yacht sails in to the Bermuda Triangle

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1st Published:
Plays Inc 1979   -

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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  1 boy or girl

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Big Top Murders, The

Synopsis:
A mysterious death at the circus creates a crisis

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Fifteen Plays For Today's Teenagers" published by Playscripts Inc 1979   -

Music:
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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Case For Two Spies

Synopsis:
Which is the better spy? the tough secret agent or the old school gentleman spy?

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Fifteen Plays For Today's Teenagers" published by Playscripts Inc 1979   -

Music:
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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  1 narrator

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Dazzling Diamond Caper, The

Synopsis:
their has been a robbery at a New York hotel and a young couple search for the missing jewels

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Fifteen Plays For Today's Teenagers" published by Playscripts Inc 1979   -

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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Devonshire Demons, The

Synopsis:
Two hundred years after his death the evil powers of Cedric Johnson live on. And each night vampires prowl his mansion

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Fifteen Plays For Today's Teenagers" published by Playscripts Inc 1979   -

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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  1 child

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Dig That Mastadon

Synopsis:
An American family become famous when the bones of a prehistoric monster are found in their garden

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Fifteen Plays For Today's Teenagers" published by Playscripts Inc 1979   -

Music:
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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  7            Other:  four children

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Don't Pet My Rock

Synopsis:
Avid collectors are at the Pet Rock Convention when there is a jewel robbery

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Fifteen Plays For Today's Teenagers" published by Plays Inc 1979   -

Music:
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Genre:
Fifteen minute play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Every Room With A Bath

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Comedies and Farces for Teenagers" published by Plays Inc 1959   -

Music:
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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Greatest Christmas Gift

Synopsis:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "On Stage For Christmas" published by Plays Inc 1978-   -

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Genre:
Childrens one act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Haunting Of Hathaway House, The

Synopsis:
Are the inhabitants of Hathaway House alive or dead?

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Fifteen Plays For Todays Teenagers" published by Plays Inc 1979   -

Music:
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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  7            Other:  1 narrator

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Honest Injun!

Synopsis:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Comedies and Farces For Teenagers" published by Plays Inc 1959   -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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How Hi Is Your Fi?

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Comedies and Farces For Teenagers" published by Plays Inc 1959   -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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I Love You Mr Klotz

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Comedies and Farces For Teenagers" published by Plays Inc 1959   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Lock Stock and Barrel

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Comedies and Farces For Teenagers" published by Plays Inc 1959   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Looking Glass Murder

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Teenage Plays For Classroom Reading" published by Plays Inc 1971   978-0823801275

Music:
-

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Genre:
Youth play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Mish Mosh Bird, The

Synopsis:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Comedies and Farces For Teenagers" published by Plays Inc 1959   -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Miss Hepplewhite Takes Over

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Comedies and Farces For Teenagers" published by Plays Inc 1959   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Monkey Walk, The

Synopsis:
an uptight intellectual about to commit to a marriage of convenience falls for a philosophical taxi driver and becomes assertive

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1977   -

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Mystery Liner

Synopsis:
the passengers on a cruise ship get something extra - murder

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Fifteen Plays For Todays Teenagers" published by Plays Inc 1979   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Once Upon A Midnight Dreary

Synopsis:
Frightening things in a deserted manor house

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Fifteen Plays For Todays Teenagers" published by Plays Inc 1979   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Perfect Couple, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Comedies and Farces For Teenagers" published by Plays Inc 1959   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Quiz Biz

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Comedies and Farces For Teenagers" published by Plays Inc 1959   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Reiteach (Engagement)

Synopsis:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Rented Tux, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Comedies and Farces For Teenagers" published by Plays Inc 1959   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Romantic Robots

Synopsis:
Can a robot fall in love and rescue the US government?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Fifteen Plays For Todays Teenagers" published by Plays Inc 1979   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  7            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Room Service

Synopsis:
A nimble-witted producer, living on credit with several actors in a Broadway hotel, is desperately in need of a good script. He finds one, and, by great good luck, he also finds an angel with $15,000. the play shows how, during a hectic few days, the producer plays hide-and-seek with the angel who wants to withdraw his financial support, manages to outwit creditors, and at the very last moments puts over his play in spite of the most ludicrous and unexpected obstacles

Notes:
written with Allen Boretz

1st Produced:
Cort Theatre, New York    19 May 1937

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  12            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Spies and Dolls

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in" "Teenage Plays For Classroom Reading" published by Plays Inc 1971   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Youth play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Strange Inheritance

Synopsis:
Phineas Slagg's relatives gather to see what has been left to them in his will

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in: "Fifteen Plays For Todays Teenagers" published by Plays Inc 1979   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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That's the Spirit

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Comedies and Farces For Teenagers" published by Plays Inc 1959   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Third Richest Man In the World, The

Synopsis:
Two reporters target an eccentric billionaire to get the story of a lifetime

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Fifteen Plays For Todays Teenagers" published by Plays Inc 1979   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  6            Other:  4 boys or girls

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Vagabond Vampires, The

Synopsis:
A vampire couple will have their house demolished unless they can solve a mystery

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Fifteen Plays For Todays Teenagers" published by Plays Inc 1979   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  1 boy or girl

Further Reference:
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Valiant Villain, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Comedies and Farces For Teenagers" published by Plays Inc 1959   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Whitemarsh Affair, The

Synopsis:
A seamstress defies convention to help General George Washington

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Plays - the Drama Magazine for Young People" December 2007   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Woman Who Owned the West, The

Synopsis:
A little old lady turns up on Capitol Hill with a sheet of paper. It is a deed for half of the USA and it is hers

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Fifteen Plays For Todays Teenagers" published by Plays Inc 1979   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Youth one act

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  9            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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