When their wealthy half-brother cheats them of their fortune, the Dashwood sisters are left penniless. Meeting John Willoughby convinces them that their fortunes will change forever.
Category: Tony Parkinson
2019
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She Stoops To Conquer
She Stoops to Conquer takes a comedic, often farcical, look at the behaviour and marital expectations of the upper classes in 18th century England.
2018
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Murder on the Nile
Fatal circumstances await a newlywed couple as they embark on their honeymoon voyage down the Nile but fatal circumstances await when the idyllic surroundings.
2018
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Single Spies
Single Spies is the collective name for this double bill of one-act plays about two of the most celebrated spies of modern times: Guy Burgess and Anthony Blunt.
2017
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Travels With My Aunt
Henry Pulling leads a boringly conventional life as a retired bank manager when he meets his long-estranged Aunt Augusta at his mother’s funeral.
2017
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Much Ado About Nothing
Count Claudio falls in love with Hero, the daughter of his host. Hero’s cousin Beatrice and Benedict are each duped into believing the other is in love with them.
2016
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Habeas Corpus
The antics at the Wicksteed home are a satirical merry-go-round. Family, friends and the sexual satisfaction of the “corpus” (body) are the ruling passions in this farcical comedy of ill-manners.
2015
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The Hollow
An unhappy game of romantic follow-the-leader explodes into murder one weekend at The Hollow, home of Sir Henry and Lucy Angkatell, arguably Christie’s finest comic grande dame
2015
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The Ladykillers
The Ladykillers is a classic black comedy; a sweet little old lady, alone in her house, is pitted against a gang of criminal misfits who will stop at nothing.
2014
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Present Laughter
Garry Essendine is the star of the London theatrical scene at the height of his fame and adored by legions of admirers. Fans regularly throw themselves at Garry’s feet.
2012
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Hay Fever
Judith Bliss, a retired actress, her writer husband David, and their two grown-up children have all privately invited guests for the weekend, unbeknownst to anyone else.
2012
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Enchanted April
Feeling lost in the shadows of marriage and forgotten in the rush of 1920s post-war society, two London housewives pool their savings to rent a villa in Italy for a ladies-only holiday away.