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Derek Parkes

DEREK PARKES

  
Nationality:    British
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Derek Parkes's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Blue Murder         Cat And Mouse         Different Worlds         Inside Story         Just A matter Of Time         Man In the Shadows, The         Poles Apart         Sea Breeze         Snappy Families         Some Enchanted Evening         Stella         Surprise Package         Threat!

Blue Murder

Synopsis:
An erstwhile dealer in soft porn takes on more than he bargains for when he starts to trade in blue movies on video cassettes

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    1982

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Thriller

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  5 characters

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Cat And Mouse

Synopsis:
A lonely housewife is threatened by a homicidal encyclopaedia salesman

Notes:
1st prize

1st Produced:
Redditch Arts Council Competition    1967

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
30 min One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Different Worlds

Synopsis:
shows the different attitudes to life by three generations of the same family

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    1979

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1980   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Inside Story

Synopsis:
set in a prison

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
AmatEur    1976

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
New Playwrights' Network, 1976   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
30 min One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  6            Other:  -

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-

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Just A matter Of Time

Synopsis:
A man in his 70's is dying of terminal illness, his family cannot accept this.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    1981

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Tragi-comedy Tragedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  5 characters

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Man In the Shadows, The

Synopsis:
An escaped lunatic takes refuge in a lonely house but unfortunately for him another escapee from the same institute has taken over

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Little Theatre Club    1968

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Poles Apart

Synopsis:
a family reunion after twenty years and the family is still poles apart

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    1982

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
New Playwrights' Network, 1982   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
40 min One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Sea Breeze

Synopsis:
a dolly bird inherits an old fashioned boarding house in a decaying seaside resort. Much to chagrin of her boyfriend she decides to try and make a go of it with very surprising results

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Norwich    1979

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Snappy Families

Synopsis:
Henry, a semi-retired children's entertainer, had a flutter on the lottery for the first time and came up trumps - on a rollover week! He decides to treat his whole family to a cruise. they originate from Deddington, a small North Country town. At first they are a little out of their element on a cruise ship, but things soon change. . . the family meet up with a gold-digging Cockney charlady, a rather camp cabin steward, and a shy radio officer, among others. This comedy generated over 350 laughs at its premiere performance. the audience thoroughly enjoyed it - and so did the cast!

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    1982

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
New Theatre Publications (1999)   978-1840942323

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Some Enchanted Evening

Synopsis:
Monica, a lonely widow, answers a personal ad` in her local paper. the Advertiser describes himself as 6ft, dark-haired and late 40`s. She invites him to dinner; moments before he is due an old neighbour turns up, Marge. Monica gets rid of her. the man is nothing like his self-description - balding, short, dumpy and nearly sixty. He has a nasal voice, takes snuff, has no sense of humour whatsoever and is addicted to TV soaps. Whilst Monica is in the kitchen, Marge returns. It is apparent that she has answered the same personal ad. . .

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
New Theatre Publications (2003)   978-1840944358

Music:
-

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Genre:
One Act Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Stella

Synopsis:
Running away from a broken marriage, Stella decides to drive solo across the desert where she is taken hostage. Incarcerated in a windowless cell, she is forced to look inwards and examine her life. How free was she before? How free is she now? How free shall she ever be again?

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Birmingham: Crescent Theatre    22 Sep 2006

Organisations:
Lionhead Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Surprise Package

Synopsis:
a family's package holiday to Spain proves to be an even greater change from Blackpool than expected

Notes:
written with Duncan Greenwood

1st Produced:
Tithe Farm Players, Rayners Lane, London    1975

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1975   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Farcical Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  7            Other:  -

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Threat!

Synopsis:
dying man blackmails embezzler only for all the tables to be turned

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Slough    1979

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1980   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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