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Janet Smith

JANET SMITH  

 Nationality:    English
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Janet Smith is a freelance writer, working mostly within the realms of feature writing. Her most recent stage play is 'The Thief of Time', which is suitable for youth groups or as a community play. She has written stories for radio and her R4 afternoon play for Moonday, celebrating the anniversary of the landing of man on the moon, was a Radio Times Pick of the Week.

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 Bridge, The         Heirs and disGraces         Thief of Time, The

Bridge, The

Synopsis:
A group of oddly matched people accidentally meet at The Bridge one fine spring morning, each with a diverse motive in mind; love, murder, suicide - and bird-watching! But even those who have come for darker reasons fall under the spell of the dawn chorus.

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New Theatre Publications (2007)   978-1840946147

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Genre:
Full Length Comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Heirs and disGraces

Synopsis:
A Murder Mystery - audience participation. The family of Lord John Barleycorn Withers are summoned urgently to Withering Hall. Imagining the elderly Lord to be dying, they rush home to find, instead of the deathbed scene they had anticipated, the old squire preparing to marry a Land Army girl! This news is not greeted with universal delight. That evening his Lordship gives a grand banquet in honour of his bride to be - and despite tears and refUSAls the family all attend - but for one, it will be their last supper.

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New Theatre Publications (2007)   978-1840945928

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Genre:
One Act Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Thief of Time, The

Synopsis:
Approaching the eve of the changes from the 'Old Style' Julian, to the 'New Style' Gregorian method of timekeeping in 1752, a storyteller on his way to Goose Fair, finds himself in a rural hamlet. Events surrounding his arrival conspire to transport the villagers into a frenzy of fear and dread about the coming night, when 11 days and nights are to be plundered from the calendar, and their lives. Before them looms a yawning cavern of limbo and darkness, and one through which they all have to pass before they wake. Add to the dimension of time, a love story, singing, dancing, and a dragon. Suitable for youth groups, drama schools or even a community play. Room for lots of fun and directorial inventiveness.

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Jasper Publishing Ltd 2007   978-1-905993-51-2

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Genre:
Play - Full Length, Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  7            Other:  -

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