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Reggie Oliver

REGGIE OLIVER

  
Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    The Sharland Organisation  

Reggie Oliver's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         British Bull         Imaginary Lines         Metaphor, The         Music Lovers, The         New Year Revolutions         Once Bitten         Put Some Clothes on Clarisse!         Rude Health         Underwater Wedding         Unfortunate Armpit Of Bruno Hal, The         Winner Takes All         You Might As Well Live         Zulelka
British Bull

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with Jeremy Browne

1st Produced:
Kingston Overground     1976

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Genre:
Satirical Revue Satire

Parts:
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Imaginary Lines

Synopsis:
two men love very serious woman and try vainly to beat paths, imaginary or otherwise, to her door

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Scarborough    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1987   

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Metaphor, The

Synopsis:
exploration of the socialist concept of size.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Joachim Seizer

1st Produced:
Vybert Theatre, Sutton     1979

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Genre:
Translation

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Music Lovers, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Georges Feydeau

1st Produced:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1992   

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  4            Other:  -

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New Year Revolutions

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1st Produced:
Kingston Overground     1975

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Genre:
Satirical Revue Satire

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Once Bitten

Once Bitten
Fauvinard is a Parisian barrister with no work to speak of, whose formidable mother-in-law noses shamelessly into both his private and business affairs. He and his colleague Tardivaut fabricate a case to create an alibi for their extra-marital affairs.It transpires that both their mistresses live in the same apartment block, and that, unknown to them, Tardivaut's mistress, Zizi, is also involved with Fauvinard's lecherous and narcoleptic uncle. Fauvinard's mistress Cesarine, meanwhile, appears to be an accomplice in a jewellery robbery. When Fauvinard does land a case of his own, his client, who is seeking a divorce, turns out to be the wife of another of Cesarine's lovers. Add a vengeful maid, a vicious, man-hating poodle and a bone-headed Police Commissioner, and Reggie Oliver's adaptation of the 1875 French farce Le Proces Veauradieux reaches hilarious heights of brilliantly controlled mayhem.

Notes:
Original Playwrights - Maurice Hennequin and Alfred Delacour. Adapted from Le Proces Veauradieux by Reggie Oliver

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Genre:
farce Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Put Some Clothes on Clarisse!

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Georges Feydeau

1st Produced:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1990   

Music:
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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Rude Health

Synopsis:
on health fanaticism

Notes:
written with Jeremy Browne

1st Produced:
Kingston Overground     1978

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Satirical Revue Satire

Parts:
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Underwater Wedding

Synopsis:
two socialists marry under 200 feet of water and suffer the consequences

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1st Produced:
Arts Centre, East Cheam     1981

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Unfortunate Armpit Of Bruno Hal, The

Synopsis:
twelve coalminers attempt to assassinate their Union Convenor but kill a Gas Inspector instead

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1st Produced:
Grand Theatre, Llandudno     1983

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Genre:
Comedy

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Winner Takes All

Synopsis:
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Notes:
La Main Passe by George Feydeau, translated by Reggie Oliver

1st Produced:
Orange Tree, Richmond, UK >>>     19 Jan 2000

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  2            Other:  -

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You Might As Well Live

Synopsis:
an egoist comes to stay. Attempts to dislodge him by murder and other methods fail disastrously

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Half Moon Theatre, London     1978

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
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Zulelka

Synopsis:
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Notes:
based on Max Beerbohm's Zulelka Dobson

1st Produced:
Oxford Playhouse, Oxford     1974

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

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