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AUTHOR/TITLE LISTING: D 

TITLE/AUTHOR LISTING: D 

AUTHOR/TITLE

D

Dahl, Roald

• BFG* ISBN 978 0 573 05094 7
• Danny the Champion of the World* ISBN 978 0 573 15016 6
• Fantastic Mr Fox* ISBN 978 0 57305133 3
• Giraffe, the Pelly and Me* ISBN 978 0 573 05109 8
• James and the Giant Peach* ISBN 978 0 573 05109 8
• The Twits* ISBN 978 0 573 05125 8
• Witches* ISBN 978 0 573 05099 2
  

Daniels, Sarah

• The Gut Girls* ISBN 978 0 573 01965 4
• Taking Breath* ISBN 978 0 573 05252 1

Darbon, Leslie

• Cards on the Table (adaptor)* ISBN 978 0 573 11540 0
• Murder Is Announced (adaptor)* ISBN 978 0 573 11295 9
• Time to Kill* ISBN 978 0 573 11445 8
  

Darbon, Leslie and Harris, Richard

• Two and Two Make Sex* ISBN 978 0 573 01548 9
• Who Goes Bare ?* ISBN 978 0 573 01546 5
  

Darby, Katy

• Half-Life* ISBN 978 0 573 02373 6
• Open Secrets* ISBN 978 0 573 02370 5

Davies, Andrew

• Prin* ISBN 978 0 573 01861 9
• Thermal Underwear* ISBN 978 0 573 12273 6
  

Day, Doris M.

• Gathering of Doves* ISBN 978 0 573 03355 8
  

De Angelis, April

• Playhouse Creatures* ISBN 978 0 573 13007 8
  

De Marne, Denis and Pember, Ron

• Jack the Ripper* ISBN 978 0 573 08042 5
  

Deegan, Denise

• Daisy Pulls It Off* ISBN 978 0 573 11117 4
  

Derrett, Bridget

• A Light Lunch* ISBN 978 0 573 12314 6
  

Dewhurst, K

• Lark Rise to Candleford (adaptor)* ISBN 978 0 573 10011 6
  

Dickens, Charles

Adaptations of his works:

• Christmas Carol (musical) adapt. Bedloe* ISBN 978 0 573 08050 0
• Christmas Carol (play) adapt. Mortimer* ISBN 978 0 573 01733 9
• Christmas Carol (play) adapt. Sutton* ISBN 978 0 573 01070 5
• David Copperfield (play) adapt. Francis* ISBN 978 0 573 01775 9
• Dickens' Children (play) adapt. Warburton* ISBN 978 0 573 02374 3
• Great Expectations (play) adapt. Leonard* ISBN 978 0 573 01778 0
• Hard Times (play) adapt. Jeffreys* ISBN 978 0 573 01659 2
• Oliver Twist (play) adapt. Brock* ISBN 978 0 573 01851 0
• Pickwick Papers adapt. Brittney* ISBN 978 0 573 01860 2
• Tale of Two Cities (musical) adapt. Ross, Mullane, Carter, Parker* ISBN 0 573 08093 7
• Tale of Two Cities (play) adapt. Francis* ISBN 978 0 573 01942 5
  

Dighton, John

• Happiest Days of Your Life* ISBN 978 0 573 01169 6

Dinsdale, Stephen

• Anorak of Fire* ISBN 978 0 573 14201 7
  

Dobbs, Georgia

• The Spider and the Bird* ISBN 978 0 573 12259 0
  

Dole, John

• Shock Tactics* ISBN 978 0 573 11391 8
  

Donnellan, Declan (adapt.)

• Vanity Fair (adapt. from the novel by William Makepeace Thackeray* ISBN 978 0 573 01974 6
  

Donoghue, Mary Agnes

• Me and Mamie O'Rourke* ISBN 978 0 573 01844 2
  

Doust, Paul

• Amphibious Spangulatos* ISBN 978 0 573 01717 9
• Lady Bracknell's Confinement* ISBN 978 0 573 12504 1
  

Doust, Paul and Gibbons, Stella

• Cold Comfort Farm* ISBN 978 0 573 01737 7

Downing, Martin

• Demon* ISBN 978 0 573 12090 9
• Frankenstein's Guests* 978 0 573 12150 0
• The House of Dracula* ISBN 978 0 573 01790 2
• The House of Frankenstein* ISBN 978 0 573 11356 7
• Out for the Count, or How Would You Like Your Stake?* ISBN 978 0 573 12189 0
  

Dowsett, Kevin

• Dream Date (musical)* ISBN 978 0 573 08065 4
  

Dryden, Ellen and Taylor, Don

• Burston Drum* ISBN 978 0 573 08082 1
• Summer in the Park* ISBN 978 0 573 08089 0
  

du Maurier, Daphne

• Little Photographer (adapt. Hoddinott, D.)* ISBN 978 0 573 11237 9
• My Cousin Rachel (adapt. Morgan, D.)* ISBN 978 0 573 11305 5
• Rebecca* ISBN 978 0 573 01373 7
• Rebecca (adapt. Williams, Clifford)* ISBN 978 0 573 11365 9
• September Tide (adapt. Rayment, Mark)* ISBN 978 0 573 01905 0
  

Duffield, Neil

• The Firebird* ISBN 978 0 573 05136 4
• Secret Garden (adapt. from Frances Hodgson Burnett)* ISBN 978 0 573 05120 3

Dumas, Alexandre

• Three Musketeers (adapt. Hall, Willis)* ISBN 978 0 573 01909 8
  

Dunn, Bernard and Littler, Emile

• Belle of New York* ISBN 978 0 573 08004 3
  

Dunne, Peter

• The Geometry of Love* ISBN 978 0 573 11177 8
  

Durbridge, Francis

• Deadly Nightcap* ISBN 978 0 573 01627 1
• Fatal Encounter* ISBN 978 0 573 01962 3
• Gentle Hook* ISBN 978 0 573 11153 2
• House Guest* ISBN 978 0 573 11178 5
• Murder with Love* ISBN 978 0 573 11302 4
• Small Hours* ISBN 978 0 573 01897 8
• Sweet Revenge* ISBN 978 0 573 01904 3
• Suddenly at Home* ISBN 978 0 573 01452 9
• Touch of Danger* ISBN 978 0 573 11464 9
  

Durrenmatt, Friedrich (trans. Kirkup, J.)

• Physicists* ISBN 978 0 573 01340 9
  

Dyer, Charles

• Lovers Dancing* ISBN 978 0 573 11265 2
• Rattle of a Simple Man* ISBN 978 0 573 01372 0
• Staircase* ISBN 978 0 573 04011 5

TITLE/AUTHOR

D

Dad's Army (Jimmy Perry and David Croft)

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (Cyril Connolly)

Daisy Pulls It Off (Denise Deegan)

Damsels in Distress (trilogy comprising FlatSpin, GamePlan, RolePlay. Published separately - see individual listings) (Alan Ayckbourn)

Dancing at Lughnasa (Brian Friel)

Dancing Years (original version) (Ivor Novello/Christopher Hassall)

Dancing Years (revised version) (Novello/Hassall/Clarke/Arnold)

Dandelion Time (Patricia Wood)

Dangerous Corner (J. B. Priestley)

Dangerous Obsession (N. J. Crisp)

Daniel and the Lions (Dave Culling)

Danny the Champion of the World (David Wood/Roald Dahl)

The Dark (in the volume Darkness Falls) (Jonathan Holloway)

Dark River (Alexa Romanes)

Darkness Falls (Jonathan Holloway/W. W. Jacobs)

Darling Buds of May (H. E. Bates)

Darling Mr London (Anthony Marriott/Bob Grant)

Darlings, You Were Wonderful! (Derek Lomas)

Daughters of Venice (Don Taylor)

David Copperfield (Matthew Francis/Charles Dickens)

David's Birthday (Gillian Plowman)

Dawn on our Darkness (Richard Tydeman)

Day After the Fair (Frank Harvey/Thomas Hardy)

A Day in Hollywood, A Night in the Ukraine (Dick Vosburgh/Frank Lazarus)

Day in the Death of Joe Egg (Peter Nichols)

Day of Reckoning (Pam Valentine)

Day Trippers (from Deckchairs II) (Jean McConnell)

Dazzle (John Gardiner/Andrew Parr)

Dead End (Richard Parsons)

Dead Guilty (Richard Harris)

Dead Man's Hand (Seymour Matthews)

Dead of Night (Peter Whalley)

Dead-Lock (Hugh Janes)

The Deadly Attachment (see Dad's Army)

Deadly Embrace (Eric Paice)

Deadly Nightcap (Francis Durbridge)

Dear Octopus (Dodie Smith)

Dearly Beloved (Philip Osment)

Death Is Catching (Jean McConnell and Miles Tripp)

Death Walked In (Bettine Manktelow)

Deathtrap (Ira Levin)

Deckchairs I comprising: Shoppers - Early Blight - Dancers - Late Frost - Doggies (Jean McConnell)

Deckchairs 2 (comprising: Day Trippers - The Guilt Card - Short Changed - Theatrical Digs) (Jean McConnell)

Deckchairs 3 (comprising: Cruise Missile - Cupboard Love - Last Post) (Jean McConnell)

Deckchairs 4 (comprising Garden Pests - Grannies - Outdoor Pleasures - Remember Me) (Jean McConnell)

Deep Blue Sea (Terence Rattigan)

Deliver Us From Evil (J.D. Robins)

Demon (Martin Downing)

Demon Headmaster (Paul James/Iain Halstead/Eric Angus/Cathy Shostak)

Departure (Stephen Smith)

Departures (John Godber)

Devil at Midnight (Brian Clemens)

Devils (John Whiting)

Dial M For Murder (Frederick Knott)

Diary of Anne Frank (Frances Goodrich/Albert Hackett)

Dick Turpin (Paul Reakes)

Dick Whittington

(Alan Brown)

(Margaret Carter)

(John Crocker/Eric Gilder)

(Verne Morgan)

(John Morley)

(Norman Robbins)

Dick Whittington and Wondercat: family musical (David Wood)

Dickens' Children (N. J. Warburton/Charles Dickens)

A Different Way Home (Jimmie Chinn)

The Difficult Unicorn (David Cregan)

Dining Room (A. R. Gurney)

Dinosaurs and all that Rubbish (David Wood/Michael Foreman)

Dirty Linen and Newfoundland (Tom Stoppard)

Disappeared (Phyllis Nagy)

Disorderly Women (John Bowen)

Distracted Globe (Nick Warburton)

Divorce Me, Darling! (Sandy Wilson)

Do Gooders (Graham Jones)

Do We Ever See Grace? (Noël Greig)

Do-It-Yourself Frankenstein Outfit (David Campton)

Dock Brief (John Mortimer)

A Dog's Life (Pam Valentine)

A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen/Samuel Adamson)

Domby-Dom (Nick Warburton)

Donahue Sisters (Geraldine Aron)

Donkeys' Years (Michael Frayn)

Don't Blame it on the Boots (Nick Warburton)

Don't Dress for Dinner (Marc Camoletti/Robin Hawdon)

Don't Lose the Place! (Derek Benfield)

Double Double (Eric Elice/Roger Rees)

Double Double (James Saunders)

Double Vision (Eric Chappell)

Dracula Spectacula (John Gardiner/Andew Parr)

Dragon for Dinner (Helen Murdoch)

Dream Date (musical) (Kevin Dowsett)

Dream Jobs (Graham Jones)

Dreams from a Summer House (Alan Ayckbourn/John Pattison)

Dreams of Anne Frank (Bernard Kops)

Droitwich Discovery (Nick Warburton)

Drowning on Dry Land (Alan Ayckbourn)

Drunkard: or Down with Demon Drink! (Brian J. Burton)

Duet for One (Tom Kempinski)

Dumb Waiter (Harold Pinter)