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Simon Williams

SIMON WILLIAMS  (1946 - )

 Nationality:    English
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Literary Agent:    United Agents  


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

 Boys Will Be Boys         Double Death         Happy Birthday Me         Hound of the Baskervilles, The         Kiss My Aunt         Kiss of Death         Laying the Ghost         Little Matter of Dirt, A         Nobody's Fool         Nobody's Perfect         Switchback

Boys Will Be Boys

Simon Williams
The plot again concerns Myrtle Banbury, the queen of the romantic novel, who is in fact a divorced man, living with his daughter and his father, faced with the problem of explaining the whereabouts of Myrtle as an investigative journalist cum medium arrives to interview the famous author. Sheila Ballantine brings a nice touch of Louella Parsons' persona to the role. With microphone, ear pieces and speakers, the family sets up a three-way telephone call from Aunt Myrtle, who is supposedly somewhere up the Amazon. When the novelist's former wife arrives, having never met her ex-husband's talented Aunt Myrtle - who decides to put in an appearance - the ensuing scene between the two is beautifully played by Karen Ascoe and Williams. Gareth Thomas is the sympathetic father and Amy Williams - Williams' real daughter - proves she has inherited the family talent.

Notes:
sequel to Nobody's Perfect. Aka Nobody's Fool

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Double Death

Synopsis:
In an isolated house on the cliffs of north Cornwall the sibling rivalry between identical twins Max and Ashley Hennessy is coming to a murderous climax. They both know one of them must die, but, trapped in his wheelchair, Ashley knows the odds are now against him and he is in mortal danger - but does DI Fergus believe him? And can he trust Nurse Malahide, who has been employed to protect him? Poor Lalla, the twins' aunt, is torn between the two boys: which of them is the victim and which is the psychopath? Perhaps they have done it once again - pulled off the final "switch".

Notes:
aka Switchback

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Samuel French, London, 2008   -

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Genre:
Thriller

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Happy Birthday Me

Simon Williams
"It's my birthday. All I wanted was a bottle of Claret and a couple of winners at Sandown." Instead, retired actress Margot Buchanan receives three separate visitors: her ex-husband Leo, an ageing film star fresh from a punch-up with a reporter, Leo's current wife Judy, and his latest mistress Sadie, an aspiring Juliet seeking Margot's acting advice. Just as the inevitable fireworks kick off, Leo suffers a fatal heart attack. Then the kissogram shows up . . .

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Happy Birthday Me is A touching And very funny comedy in one Act based on the Author's earlier full-length play, Laying the Ghost.

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Genre:
short comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Hound of the Baskervilles, The

Synopsis:
When Sir Charles Baskerville dies in mysterious circumstances, his last remaining relative, Sir Henry Baskerville, travels home from America to claim his inheritance - Baskerville Hall, which lies on the edges of the wild moors of Devon. The local legends say that there is a curse on the Baskervilles, caused by Sir Hugo Baskerville's actions many years earlier. The curse has taken the form of a gigantic, ferocious hound, which stalks Dartmoor and has caused the death of successive generations of the Baskervilles. When Sir Henry turns to Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson for assistance, Holmes suspects a fiendish plot, and begins to unravel the mysteries of the moors in a race against time to save Sir Henry from the fate of his ancestors.

Notes:
from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Josef Weinberger Plays,    -

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Kiss My Aunt

Simon Williams
Shy Leonard is anxious to break into print and sends book after book to Love Is All Around, a feminist publisher dedicated to writing "for women by women". Editor Harriet rejects his efforts until Leonard submits a novel, based on his experiences as a single parent, under the pseudonym Myrtle Banbury. Eventually Myrtle must appear and Leonard has no choice but to assume her identity. Then he falls in love with Harriet. . .

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aka Nobody' Perfect

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  1 male extra

Further Reference:
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Kiss of Death

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Samuel French, London, 2005   -

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Laying the Ghost

Synopsis:
A dead actor returns to the world as a ghost intent on mediating his tangled relationships with three women

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London,    -

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Genre:
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Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Little Matter of Dirt, A

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Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Dep.256/Box 69/7

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Nobody's Fool

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see Boys Will Be Boys for details

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Nobody's Perfect

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see Kiss My Aunt for details

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Switchback

Synopsis:
In an isolated house on the cliffs of north Cornwall the sibling rivalry between identical twins Max and Ashley Hennessy is coming to a murderous climax. They both know one of them must die, but, trapped in his wheelchair, Ashley knows the odds are now against him and he is in mortal danger - but does DI Fergus believe him? And can he trust Nurse Malahide, who has been employed to protect him? Poor Lalla, the twins' aunt, is torn between the two boys: which of them is the victim and which is the psychopath? Perhaps they have done it once again - pulled off the final "switch".

Notes:
aka Double Death

1st Produced:
Churchill Theatre, Bromley    1996

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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Thriller

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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