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Basil Thomas

BASIL THOMAS

  (1912 - 1957)
Nationality:    British
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Basil Thomas, playwright, died February 1957

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

         Babes In the Wood         Book Of the Month         Dick Whittington         Fancy Free         Humpty Dumpty         Knight Was Bold, The         LoveBirds, The         Shooting Star         Springtime         This Blessed Plot         Two of Everything

Babes In the Wood

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Notes:
written by Basil Thomas And Barbara Gordon

1st Produced:
Paladium, London    23 Dec 1950

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Genre:
pantomime, 14 Sc

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large cast

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 50.319

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Book Of the Month

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Notes:
Wearing gives 1st production As Pleasure Gardens, Folkestone, 30 Aug 1954

1st Produced:
Royal Hippodrome, Preston    1954

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1st Published:
Evans Bros, London, 1958   -

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Genre:
Comedy 2 acts Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 54.250

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Dick Whittington

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Notes:
written by Basil Thomas And Barbara Gordon

1st Produced:
Paladium, London    23 Dec 1952

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Genre:
pantomime, 16 Sc

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large cast

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 52.299

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Fancy Free

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Notes:
written by Basil Thomas And Barbara Gordon

1st Produced:
Hippodrome, Birmingham    01 May 1951

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Genre:
musical revue 2pt

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 51.104

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Humpty Dumpty

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written by Basil Thomas And Barbara Gordon

1st Produced:
Paladium, London    22 Dec 1951

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Genre:
pantomime, 14 Sc

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large cast

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 51.313

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Knight Was Bold, The

Synopsis:
Sir Guy de Vere has numerous guests at his castle for the annual regatta. This includes Otis B Lloyd a rich American who wants to buy the castle. As the castle is heavily mortgaged Guy is willing to sell. At the regatta Guy gets soaked. His manservant insists he take a mustard bath. Guy falls asleep in the bath and wakes up to find himself in Medieval England.

Notes:
Music by Harry Parr-Davies; lyrics by Barbara Gordon; Basil Thomas; book by Thomas Browne; Harriet Jay; Emile Littler. Based on the play "When Knights Were Bold" by Charles Marlow

1st Produced:
Piccadilly Theatre, London    01 July 1943

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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LoveBirds, The

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1st Produced:
Memorial, Stratford-Upon-Avon    05 Feb 1957

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1st Published:
Evans Brothers 1958   -

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Genre:
Laughter and nonsense Show 2 acts

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 57.88

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Shooting Star

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1st Published:
Deane's Series of Plays, Kenyon-Deane, London, 1949   -

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Genre:
Comedy in Three Acts Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Springtime

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1st Published:
Evans Bros, London, 1957   -

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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This Blessed Plot

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1st Published:
Deane's Series of Plays, Kenyon-Deane, London, 1949   -

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Genre:
3 Act Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Two of Everything

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1st Published:
Deane's Series of Plays, Kenyon-Deane, London, 1954   -

Music:
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Genre:
3 act Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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