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Mary Elliott Nelson

MARY ELLIOTT NELSON

  
Nationality:    British
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Mary Elliott Nelson's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of Mary Elliott Nelson's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         It's A Wonderful Life         Miracle on 34th Street         Murder Live!         Railway Children, The

It's A Wonderful Life

Synopsis:
Welcome to Bedford Falls. Welcome to small town America. Welcome to Farnham Maltings Winter show. Frank Capra's classic 1946 movie needs no introduction. George Bailey, a desperate middle aged clerk discovers the difference he has made to his family, his friends and his home town. (with a little help from Clarence, the apprentice angel). This winter, Farnham Maltings brings the struggles and joys of 1940's small town America to the villages and towns of England. Using their own, inimitable style the company creates two hours of theatre that promises to warm the coldest of places through the long winter nights.

Notes:
from the story by Philip van Doren Stern

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Genre:
Christmas story

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Miracle on 34th Street

Synopsis:
A home-grown incarnation of this timeless story of love, belief and the true Christmas spirit, based on the book and borrowing lightly from the first film. For those who for the last half century have somehow escaped knowing the plot or whose memory is too tied up with other things, the story involves Scrooge-like Doris Walker hiring Kris Kringle as a Santa for the toy department of Macy's famous New York store. Whilst Walker's approach is strictly commercial - "save me the sentimental nonsense", she declares - white-bearded and tubby Kringle takes the view that "it's the children that count at Christmas" and recommends that shoppers go to other stores to find the sought-after presents not stocked at Macy's, causing melt-down for department head Shellhammer for whom "it's all about sales". This generosity of spirit becomes a contagion of reciprocal goodwill across the City but there are consequences for Kringle who is committed to an asylum for deludedly asserting he is Santa Claus. Attorney Fred Gailey, friend, neighbour and would-be love interest to divorcee Doris Walker, defends Kringle at the hearing, proves the existence of Santa, wins the case and wins the girl. It's the perfect Yuletide sentiment: "hope and joy and love" overcome cynicism and greed.
- Sandra Giorgetti, British theatre Guide

Notes:
Miracle on 34th Street has quite some pedigree. the story was created by Valentine Davies with his novElla being published to coincide with the release of the 1947 film that starred Maureen O'Hara And A young Natalie Wood. This much copied original won Academy Awards for both Davies And George Seaton who wrote the screenplay As well As A nomination for Best Motion Picture, And its place in American cinema history has been cemented by its selection to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.

1st Produced:
Farnham Maltings     2009

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Murder Live!

Synopsis:
A secluded house on a small island off the Cornish coast, a group of strangers meet for the time; cut off from the outside world. It could only be. . .the latest reality TV show! But what kind of programme is really being made? Who is behind this sinister media experiment? And will millions of viewers sit and watch as contestants are eliminated. . .forever?

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1st Produced:
Theatre Royal, Nottingham     29 Jul 2013

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Genre:
thrille

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Railway Children, The

Synopsis:
remebrances of Jenny Agutter in the 1970 film

Notes:
book by E Nesbit

1st Produced:
Nottingham Playhouse >>>     25 Jun 2004

Organisations:
Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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