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Fish Out of Water (Original version)

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  5w, 4m

Derek Benfield

Set in the romantic atmosphere of a sun-drenched hotel on the Italian Riviera, the peace of the holiday makers is shattered by the arrival of a determinedly outspoken widow, Agatha Hepworth and her timid spinster sister, Fiona Francis.

Fish Out of Water (Original version)

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5w, 4m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior
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Fish Out of Water (Revised version)

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Summary

Agatha crushes all protests as she rounds up the hotel guests in communal games and other healthy pursuits. Her unflagging spirit of togetherness invades the private lives of all the characters with riotous results.

  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting

    An hotel lounge

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Derek Benfield

Derek Benfield
Derek Benfield (11 March 1926 – 10 March 2009) was a British playwright and actor. He was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, and educated at Bingley Grammar School. As a playwright, Benfield wrote more than 30 stage plays. Benfield had made his acting debut, in Yorks ...
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