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Edgar Wallace

EDGAR WALLACE

  (1875 - 1932)
Nationality:    British
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Edgar Wallace's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         All Except their Sun         Are You There?         Case of the Frightened Lady, The         Forest Of Happy Dreams, The         Man Who Changed His name, The         Mouthpiece         On the Spot         Pins and Needles         Ringer, The         Sign of the Leopard         Smoky Cell         Switchboard, The         Yellow Mask, The
All Except their Sun

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1st Produced:
London     1966

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Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Are You There?

Synopsis:
Sylvia takes a job at a telephone exchange in the hopes of learning government secrets which she hopes will help her father obtain a baronetcy. He meantime takes a job as a mechanic at a government building. Gregory Lester a young gentlemen is intrigued with Sylvia's voice and comes to the exchange to find her. He whisks her off to the South of France

Notes:
Music by Ruggiero Leoncalvo; lyrics by Edgar Wallace; book by Albert de Courville

1st Produced:
Prince of Wales Theatre, London     01 Nov 1913

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Case of the Frightened Lady, The

Synopsis:
There has been a murder in an ancestral home. Inspector Tanner is called in to investigate. There are many suspects - two footmen, a groundskeeper with a grudge and a bloodline obsessed patriarch

Notes:
Also known as "Criminal At Large"

1st Produced:
Wyndhams Theatre, London     1931

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1932   

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Genre:
Crime Thriller

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Forest Of Happy Dreams, The

Forest Of Happy Dreams, The
A Saunders of the River story

Notes:
Based on the short story "The Forest Of Happy Thoughts" by Edgar Wallace

1st Produced:
Princess Theatre, New York     17 Oct 1914

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "One Act Play Parade - Twelve New One Act Plays" published by Allen & Unwin 1935   

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Man Who Changed His name, The

Synopsis:
Bored housewife Nita lives in the country with husband Selby. She meets Frank and goes to an hotel with him but when she finds out he is only interested in one thing she leaves and goes home. Later Nita and Frank are going through papers in Selby's desk and discover that he changed his name by deed poll. They convince themselves that he knows about their tryst in the hotel and is out to murder them

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1st Produced:
Apollo Theatre, London     1928

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1st Published:
Hutchinson 1934   

Music:
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Genre:
Thriller

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Mouthpiece

Synopsis:
A criminal gang discover that a young woman is about to inherit a fortune - but she is unaware of this. They plan to get their hands on the money by one of them marrying her

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1st Produced:
Wyndhams Theatre, London     20 Nov 1930

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1st Published:
Hutchinson 1950   

Music:
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Genre:
Thriller

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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On the Spot

Synopsis:
about gangsters in prohibition Chicago

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1st Produced:
Wyndhams Theatre, London     02 Apr 1930

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Genre:
Thriller

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Pins and Needles

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Frederick Chappelle; James Hanley; lyrics by Rupert Hazel; Ballard MacDonald; book by Albert de Courville; Wal Pink; Edgar Wallace

1st Produced:
Schubert Theatre, New York     01 Feb 1922

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Ringer, The

Synopsis:
"The Ringer" a serial killer who only kills for personal revenge

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1st Produced:
-     1926

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Crime drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Sign of the Leopard

Synopsis:
An ex-detective goes undercover

Notes:
Also known as "The Squeaker"

1st Produced:
National Theatre, New York     11 Dec 1928

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Crime drama

Parts:
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Smoky Cell

Synopsis:
A group of detectives are in pursuit of a gang of racketeers

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1st Produced:
Wyndhams Theatre, London     16 Dec 1930

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Thriller

Parts:
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Switchboard, The

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Princess Theatre, New York     '14 Mar 1914

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1st Published:
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Yellow Mask, The

Synopsis:
A criminal attampts to sreal the Crown Jewels

Notes:
Music by Vernon Duke; lyrics by Desmond Carter; book by Edgar Wallace

1st Produced:
Carlton Theatre, London     08 Feb 1928

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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