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CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR
(1926 - 2008)Nationality: n/a
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Actor and playwright Christopher Taylor was noted for his play The Velvet Shotgun, an adaptation of Henry James' Wings of a Dove. He was a close associate and friend of the late director Frith Banbury and worked with him many times during his career. He died on August 18, 2008, aged 82.
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Velvet Shotgun, TheVelvet Shotgun, The
Synopsis:
Set in England in the 1920s, an impoverished British woman, who gives up her fancy and powerful lifestyle for her journalist boyfriend, befriends a terminally ill American heiress hoping she and her boyfriend will come into access with wealth and power again. Kate Croy and Merton Denver are engaged in a passionate clandestine live affair. Kate is desperately in love with Merton, who has all the qualities of a potentially excellent husband: he's handsome, witty and idealistic - the one asset he lacks is money, which ultimately renders him unsuitable as a mate. By chance Kate befriends a young American heiress, Milly theale. When Kate discovers that Milly suffers from a mysterious and fatal disease she hatches a plan that can give all three characters something that they all want - but at a price! there are many angles in the play: tales of deception, social hypocrisy, conflict between our hearts desire and conscience. . . However, in the heart of his gripping story lies an unforgettable love triangle. A night of complexities and irony, moral treachery and more.
Notes:
adapted from Wings of a Dove the novel by Henry James
1st Produced:
Organisations:
Stage Further Productions
1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1964 -
Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 3 Other: -
Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 58.132
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