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William Trevor

WILLIAM TREVOR  (1928 - )

 Nationality:    Irish
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Literary Agent:    PFD  

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

 57th Saturday, The     Elephant's Foot, The     Girl, The     Going Home     Marriages     Night with Mrs da Tonka, A     Old Boys, The     Perfect Relationship, A     Scenes From An Album

WILLIAM TREVOR
57th Saturday, The

Synopsis:

Notes:
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1st Produced:
London    1973

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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WILLIAM TREVOR
Elephant's Foot, The

Synopsis:

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Nottingham    1965

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Male:  3    Female:  1    Other:  -

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WILLIAM TREVOR
Girl, The

Synopsis:
Felicity arrives at the home of the respectable church going Greens. She tells them that she is Mr Green's illegitimate daughter and that seventeen years ago he had spent the night with her mother - a prostitute. A short while later a number of Felicity's friends turn up - they extort money from the Greens and trash the place. This is their Saturday night entertainment - they choose a house at random and go through the routine

Notes:
televised 1967

1st Produced:
London    1968

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1968   -

Music:
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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  3    Female:  3    Other:  extras

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WILLIAM TREVOR
Going Home

Synopsis:
teenage boy finds himself in a railway carriage with an ageing spinster teacher. They find many disparate similarities.

Notes:
broadcast 1970

1st Produced:
London    1972

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1972   -

Music:
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WILLIAM TREVOR
Marriages

Synopsis:
about a newly widowed middle aged woman meeting the "other woman" in her husband's life.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
London    1973

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1973   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -    Female:  2    Other:  -

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WILLIAM TREVOR
Night with Mrs da Tonka, A

Synopsis:

Notes:
televised 1968

1st Produced:
London    1972

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1972   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2    Female:  1    Other:  -

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WILLIAM TREVOR
Old Boys, The

Synopsis:

Notes:
from own novel

1st Produced:
Mermaid, London    1971

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Davis Poynter, London, 1971   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  11    Female:  4    Other:  -

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WILLIAM TREVOR
Perfect Relationship, A

Synopsis:

Notes:
broadcast 1973

1st Produced:
London    1973

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Burnham House, London, 1976   -

Music:
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WILLIAM TREVOR
Scenes From An Album

Synopsis:
The play is set in County Tyrone in the years 1610, 1907, 1919 and 1973.

Notes:
broadcast 1975

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Abbey Theatre

1st Published:
Co-op Books, Dublin, 1981   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  14    Female:  7    Other:  -

Further Reference:
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