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Jack Roffey

JACK ROFFEY

  (1916 - 1996)
Nationality:    English
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Jack Roffey was the name he wrote under - his name being Harry James Roffey Pratt. He was an officer of the Central Criminal Court, London. He died in Brighton

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

         Hostile Witness         Justice Is A Woman         Night Of the Fourth
Hostile Witness

Synopsis:
A successful barrister believes that his next door neighbour was responsible for the death of his daughter. When the neighbour is killed in a staged burglary the barrister is the prime suspect

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Brighton     1964

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Evans Bros, London, 1965   

Music:
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Genre:
Courtroom Drama Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  20            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Justice Is A Woman

Synopsis:
Barrister Julia Stanford is defending a teenage boy accused of the rape and murder of his sixteen year old girlfriend. She had accused him of rape before at the behest of her father when he found out she was having sex. Allan Harper the accused will say nothing about what had happened

Notes:
written with Ronald Kinnoch

1st Produced:
Brighton     1966

Organisations:
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1st Published:
English Theatre Guild, London, 1967   

Music:
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Genre:
Thriller

Parts:
Male:  16            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Night Of the Fourth

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with Gordon Harbord. Adapted From the Play "Sprechstunde" By H. Bratt

1st Produced:
Westminster Theatre, London     1956

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1957   

Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  2            Other:  -

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