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John Lewington

About the author:
I have been writing fiction and non fiction for a time and am an author to a veterinary textbook. Retiring I have continued to write fiction and gone onto writing plays with an 8 year membership of Stages WA where upon Iearnt dramaturgy and play set out and had several plays worked on by directors such as John Aitken, Michael McCall, Ingles Knight, Penny Low etc. I have a stable of plays covering drama, murder mystery, comedy, supernatural, and fantasy in the one act form and the full play of two acts.At the moment I have nine two act plays and 13 one act plays on various topics.
LIST OF PLAYS to 2016
Email: jhlewing@iinet.net.auPhone: 08 9405 1951​
You Scratch My Back
2 Act Murder Mystery in these Times by John Lewington
Synopsis:Two men, Mark Dawn and David Smith, meet in a park with talk of murder. David has done a murder and Mark wants David to murder his wife. They go to Mark’s house where his wife Marian already knows David. Marian and David want to set Mark up as the killer of the man David has already killed. Marian’s friend Liz, living next door, has had a previous affair with Mark. In the past Mark supposedly killed David’s son in a road accident and David has got in with Marian as he wants Mark to be up for murder, as he, David, was overseas at the time of the accident and his wife committed suicide at the death of their son. .Actually Liz was in the car with Mark when the son was killed. Liz had been driving as Mark had been drunk. DI Price and DC Prescott have to sort out the twists.
Cast:David Smith: 40s Handsome and bearded..Suit as Salesman as he has put out to be.Mark Dawn: 35s Good looking.Tends to stutter when stressed. Good business man though.Marian Dawn: 30’s Well dressed. Much better than Liz..Liz Hawthorn: 30s Equally good looking. Rather scatter brain in company.DI Alan Price: 50s Plain clothes detective with rumpled character showing his age.DC Jane Prescott: 30s plain looking with glasses but actually brainy.
Staging Requirements: One set. Lounge of the Dawns House. Basic low back settee stage centre.Few chairs around .Painting on wall rear wall. Tea trolly to come in and go out.Small drinks table. Stage right entry. Stage left exit to rest of house.
Running Time:Approximate performance length in minutes 90 ( 45 min per act)
Performance Rights:These may be obtained from the playwright.E: jhlewing@iinet.net.auPh: 08 9405 1951​
John Lewington, list of Plays to 2016F/P: Two Act plays. Drama: Dramaturgy Stages WA. Directors and Experienced actors.Local theatre readings. (St) Plays staged. Numbers of actors per play shown.DRAMA:F/P BASIL. 8F/P PAST VOICES. 6F/P DIFFERENT WAYS. 10MURDER/MYSTERY:F/P YOU SCRATCH MY BACK. Drama 6F/P MISTAKEN IDENTITY 6F/P HIT AND RUNNING. 4F/P MURDERSHOT. 12
COMEDY:F/P THE INSPECTOR RECALLS. 13F/P SO FAR SO GOOD. 7
ONE ACT COMEDY:PLUMBER’S DELIGHT. {St). Pocket Theatre) 4 A DETECTIVE’S WISH.(St). Marloo Theatre) 7JACK AND JILL CLIMB.(St). Garrick Theatre) 5WHICH WAY? 6PASSING IN THE PARK. 4
ONE ACT DRAMA:TRAIN LINES. 7SOME BODY NEXT DOOR. 5THE ANZAC TAPES.(Accepted OMT2015) 5
SUPERNATURAL:FROM THE GROUND UP. Drama 4HOUSE STORM. Drama 5PORTRAIT OF MY LOVE. Drama 4COMING BACK. Drama 3
FANTASY:THE RIB CAGE. 5
F/P: Two Act plays.Drama: Dramaturgy Stages WA. Directors and Experienced actors.Local theatre readings. (St) Plays staged. Numbers of actors per play shown.