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Henry Reed

HENRY REED

  (1914 - 1986)
Nationality:    British
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Henry Reed's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Advertisement, The         Burnt Flower-Bed , The         Corruption in the Palace of Justice         Crime On Goat Island         Queen And the Rebels, The         Summertime         Very Great Man Indeed

Advertisement, The

Synopsis:
Separated woman takes in student lodger for company

Notes:
Original Playwright - Natalia Ginzburg

1st Produced:

Organisations:
National Theatre Company

1st Published:
Faber and Faber, London, 1969   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Tragicomedy Translation

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Burnt Flower-Bed , The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Ugo Betti

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1957   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Corruption in the Palace of Justice

Corruption in the Palace of Justice
A judge in the High Court is instrumental in causing the daughter of another judge to commit suicide.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Ugo Betti

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in: "the New theater of Europe" published by Dell, New York,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Crime On Goat Island

Synopsis:
Three sisters Agata, Pia and Sylvia have been left on Goat Island when their Father and the husband of one of them went away to war. they have been alone for three years. One day Angelo a young good looking man arrives. He says that he was in a prisoner of war camp with the Father and husband - but they both died. He is feted by the sisters and waited on hand and foot. It seems that Agata has attracted his attention - but he has seduced all three. Angelo falls down the dried out well. Agata insists that her sisters leave and she sits by the well listening to Angelo as he dies.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Ugo Betti

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1960   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Queen And the Rebels, The

Queen And the Rebels, The
After a revolution the Queen is in hiding. As she was seldom seen in public she has managed to evade her pursuers because they do not know what she looks like. Two women are brought in for questioning. One suspects that the other is in fact the Queen

Notes:
Original Playwright - Ugo Betti

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1957   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  4            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
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Summertime

Synopsis:
Alberto and Francesca have grown up together. Alberto hardly notices her and does not realise that she is in love with him. Francesca determines to win Alberto over on the village's annual picnic but then finds out that Alberto is not going - he is to leave for the city and a new job. Alberto has been seeing a young widow Noemi and she has mistaken his friendship for more. Her brother is upset that her feelings have been trifled with and they both set of after him. Alberto runs up into the mountains to hid with the picnickers. He meets Francesca who accidentally pushes him off a cliff.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Ugo Betti

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1957   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Very Great Man Indeed

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in: "Hilda Tablet And Others" published by BBC 1971   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Radio play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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