LIBROS DEL AUTOR: eric chappell

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  • Double Vision
    Eric Chappell
    Ex-boxer Spinks is myopic, poor and lonely, his one companion being the alcoholic Kingsley with whom he has a rather tetchy, exasperated friendship. To gain attention, Spinks pretends to win the National Lottery and he starts receiving freebies and handouts from people hoping to get a share of his fortune. Plain Dawn Pringle who loves Spinks for himself not his money, warns aga...
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    17,69 €

  • Rising Damp
    Eric Chappell
    When Student Alan moves into an attic flat, he does not expect to find it already inhabited by someone else. They mysterious Philip claims to be the son of an African chief with ten wives waiting for him back home, but his presence is the least of Alan’s worries.-1 woman, 3 men ...
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    18,78 €

  • Haggard
    Eric Chappell / Michael Green
    Perennially hard-up, lecherous, conceited, dishonest and drunk, the eighteenth-century Squire Amos Haggard was first conceived by Michael Green and subsequently brought to television screens in Eric Chappell’s much-loved ITV series. ...
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    19,09 €

  • Passing Strangers
    Eric Chappell
    Fickle thing, memory.’ Malcolm discovers how true his words are when he takes his friend Clive to a singles’ evening. Clive, a hospital porter masquerading as a doctor, has just been left by his wife, while Malcolm is a confirmed bachelor and 'big in imports' - really a market stall trader. In the deserted hotel bar, to the depressing soundtrack of the next-door ballroom, they ...
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    18,42 €

  • Side Effects
    Eric Chappell
    Frank Cook, having been taken ill with a rare complaint, has been booked into a private nursing home by his wife June for a week’s respite. Whilst there, he encounters the Reverend Paul Latimer who is recovering from a heart transplant and whose odd behaviour is beginning to alarm his wife, Sarah. The young, attractive Tracey might provide the answer. She is convinced that the ...
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    18,45 €

  • False Pretences
    Eric Chappell
    Estate agent Kevin and his wife Valerie are to be subjected to an extended visit from her brother Victor, a none too successful con artist who has just been released from prison. Victor is delighted to hear that wealthy widow Lucy is also staying with them and it isn’t long before he sets about charming her with a valuable diamond bracelet he’s got on approval from the local je...
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    18,51 €

  • Wife After Death
    Chappell Eric / Eric Chappell
    Comedian and national treasure Dave Thursby has died, and on the day of his funeral, friends and colleagues gather beside his coffin to pay their last respects. There’s Harvey, who wrote Dave’s material; Vi, Harvey’s wife; Kevin, Dave’s agent, and Kevin’s wife Jane. Dave’s glamorous widow Laura has arranged a funeral to remember, complete with a horse-drawn hearse and an attend...
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    18,48 €

  • Father’s Day
    Eric Chappell
    It’s a cold winter’s evening and bitter, irascible divorc� Henry is enjoying a scotch and some classical music in glorious solitude. He is soon disturbed, however, by the unwelcome appearance of his son Matthew, bringing with him his new girlfriend, the unappealing punk/Goth Christine. Matthew is obviously keen for a reconciliation with his father, but Henry is quite happy the ...
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    18,42 €

  • Summer End - A Play
    Eric Chappell
    Emily Baines and May Brewer share a room in a retirement home. Emily’s previous room-mate, Bella, died not long ago. Iron-willed but forgetful, Emily is certain that Bella was murdered by one of the carers, and she has evidence to prove it. When her evidence disappears and Bella’s sapphire ring is found among her possessions Emily cannot remember enough about her own past actio...
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    18,50 €

  • Fiddlers Three
    Eric Chappell
    This is a double bill comprising two one act plays We Don’t Want To Lose You and Cut and Dried. In the offices of Multiple Holdings, Rex, Harry and Osborne form a somewhat uncomfortable alliance against the management, as personified by the devious Fletcher. In the first, Rex, ordered to sack Osborne, offers Fletcher his own resignation in protest. To his horror, it’s accepted!...
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    18,72 €

  • Up and Coming
    Eric Chappell
    Philip Conway, Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the House is attending a party conference. But, tipped to be the new party leader, his campaign for power is in serious danger of collapse. Visits from rivals, fellow conspirators and the all-too-attentive Vicky coincide keeping Philip on his toes; the world’s press is in the lobby; there are threats of assassination; students ...
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    18,67 €

  • Something’s Burning - A Comedy
    Eric Chappell
    This delightful, wry comedy centres on Nell, an attractive and intelligent woman who has been deserted by her husband and feels at the crossroads of her life. Her hopeless love affair with George Rush, a married local teacher and minor poet, seems bound to end in anger and frustration. George insists on conducting their romance in total secrecy until the arrival in Nell’s life ...
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    18,64 €

  • Heatstroke - A Farce
    Eric Chappell
    Assumed identities, breakneck pace and hilarious mishaps of farce mix with the tension and startling plot reversals of a thriller in this clever, amusing play which toured as Snakes and Ladders in 2002. The Spencers arrive for a peaceful holiday in a luxurious Spanish villa, closely followed by actor Howard Booth and his girlfriend. Unfortunately, Sam and Howard have matching h...
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    18,64 €

  • Haywire
    Eric Chappell
    Alec Firth is having an affair with his assistant, Liz, and has organized his domestic life so that they can go to Spain on holiday without making Alec’s wife Maggie remotely suspicious. What could possibly go wrong? Plenty. On the doorstep, in dizzyingly rapid succession, are: Phoebe, Alec’s mother, who has discharged herself from her old people’s home; Alec’s son Jamie, with ...
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    18,54 €

  • It Can Damage Your Health - A Comedy
    Eric Chappell
    Based on the author’s television series Only When I Laugh, this comedy traces the fortunes of a disparate trio in a men’s surgical ward. One is cynical and defensive, one is young and nervous, and the third is a weary hypochondriac. They form an uneasy alliance to combat the confusion and insecurities of hospital life.5 men ...
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    18,57 €

  • Theft
    Eric Chappell
    Imagine returning from a pleasant anniversary celebration to find that your house has been burgled. In this witty thriller, the culprit is still in the house and, for a while, he convinces the returning couples that he is a policeman. Unmasked as the thief, Spriggs reveals that he knows a number of uncomfortable truths that disrupt two seemingly happy marriages and one formerly...
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    18,57 €

  • Haunted - A Play
    Eric Chappell
    Aspiring playwright Nigel Burke is neurotic and agoraphobic and hasn’t written a word for three months, to the chagrin of his wife, agent and friends. A mysterious man who knows of Nigel’s interest in Byron gives him a goblet used by the poet. Drinking from this goblet causes subtle changes in Nigel’s confidence and manner. Then, out of nowhere, Byron himself appears. This flip...
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    18,51 €

  • Natural Causes - A black comedy
    Eric Chappell
    Vincent is a professional suicide merchant. He has been summoned by Walter Bryce and mistakenly assumes that his potion is for Walter’s consumption. Eventually it becomes clear that Walter’s wife Celia is the client or is she? Why are her suicide letters typed and unsigned? Several attempts to do away with various characters result in multiple poisonings of a rubber plant. Will...
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    18,67 €