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TITLE/AUTHOR LISTING: M

AUTHOR/TITLE

M

Macalpine, Joan

• Christopher Columbus* ISBN 978 0 573 05102 9
• Tom Jones (from the novel by Fielding)* ISBN 978 0 573 11439 7
  

McColl, John

• Sandcastles on the Beach* ISBN 978 0 573 12237 8
  

McConnell, Jean

• Deckchairs I* (comprising Shoppers, Early Blight, Dancers, Late Frost, Doggies) ISBN 978 0 573 10003 1
• Deckchairs 2* (comprising Day Trippers - The Guilt Card - Short Changed - Theatrical Digs) ISBN 978 0 573 10004 8
• Deckchairs 3* (comprising Cupboard Love - Last Post - Cruise Missile) ISBN 978 0 573 10010 9
  Deckchairs 4* (comprising Garden Pests - Grannies - Outdoor Pleasures - Remember Me) ISBN 978 0 573 10021 5
  
• A Lovesome Thing* ISBN 978 0 573 13269 8
  
• Millie's Tale* ISBN 978 0 573 02375 0

McConnell, Jean and Tripp, Miles

• Death Is Catching (based on Kilo Forty by Miles Tripp) ISBN 978 0 573 01977 7

McGillivray , David and Zerlin Jr, Walter

• Chase Me Up Farndale Avenue, S'il Vous Plaît* ISBN 978 0 573 01732 2
• Farndale Avenue Housing Estate TWG Dramatic Society's Murder Mystery* ISBN 978 0 573 11141 9
• Farndale Avenue Housing Estate TWG Dramatic Society's Production of A Christmas Carol* ISBN 978 0 573 01680 4
• Farndale Avenue Housing Estate TWG Dramatic Society's Production of Macbeth* ISBN 978 0 573 11269 0
• Farndale Avenue Housing Estate TWG Operatic Society's Production of The Mikado* ISBN 978 0 573 08097 5
• Haunted Through Lounge and Recessed Dining Nook at Farndale Castle* ISBN 978 0 573 01615 8
• They Came From Mars and Landed Outside the Farndale Church Hall in Time For the TWG Coffee Morning* 978 0 573 01665 3
• We Found Love and an Exquisite Set of Porcelain Figurines Aboard the SS Farndale Avenue* ISBN 978 0 573 01933 3
  

McGregor, Andrew and Pickthall, David

• Waldo (and Sons)* ISBN 978 0 573 08087 6
  

MacIlwraith, Bill

• Anniversary* ISBN 978 0 573 11007 8
• Last Gamble* ISBN 978 0 573 01821 9

Macrae, Arthur

• Living For Pleasure (sketches)* ISBN 978 0 573 07013 6
  

Madgwick, Donald

• Year After the Fair* ISBN 978 0 573 01683 7
  

Magee, Wes

• Real Spirit of Christmas* ISBN 978 0 573 06613 9
  

Mallatratt, Stephen and Hill, Susan

• Woman in Black* ISBN 978 0 573 04019 1
  

Malleson, Miles

Translated from Molière :

• Imaginary Invalid* ISBN 978 0 573 01200 6
• Miser* ISBN 978 0 573 01279 2
• Prodigious Snob* ISBN 978 0 573 01359 1
• School for Wives* ISBN 978 0 573 01399 7
• Tartuffe* ISBN 978 0 573 01437 6
  

Mander, Charles

• Getting Along* ISBN 978 0 573 12128 9
• Shop for Charity* ISBN 978 0 573 12247 7
• Sparrows* ISBN 978 0 573 12258 3
• World Première* ISBN 978 0 573 12284 2
  

Mankowitz, Wolf

• Bespoke Overcoat* ISBN 978 0 573 04223 2
  

Manktelow, Bettine

• Charity Begins ... * ISBN 978 0 573 03396 4
• Curtain Call* ISBN 978 0 573 01918 0
• Curtain Up on Murder* ISBN 978 0 573 01749 8
• Death Walked In* ISBN 978 0 573 11127 3
• Murder Weekend* ISBN 978 0 573 02000 1
• Proscenophobia (Stage Fright)* ISBN 978 0 573 01973 9
• They Call It Murder* ISBN 978 0 573 11449 6
• The White Cliffs* ISBN 978 0 573 11588 2
  

Mann, Charlotte and Fidler, Michael. Based on original ideas by Johanna Allitt, Simon Curtis, Michael Fidler and Charlotte Mann

• Saucy Jack* ISBN 978 0 573 08125 5

Marber, Patrick

• After Miss Julie* ISBN 978 0 573 11577 6
• The Musicians* ISBN 978 0 573 05253 8

Marcus, Fiz

• Matchstick Dreams* ISBN 978 0 573 12157 9

Marcus, Frank

• Killing of Sister George* ISBN 978 0 573 03017 8
  

Marriott, Anthony and Chapman, John

• Shut Your Eyes and Think of England* ISBN 978 0 573 11411 3
  

Marriott, Anthony and Foot, Alistair

• No Sex Please, We're British* ISBN 978 0 573 01309 6

Marriott, Anthony and Grant, Bob

• Darling Mr London* ISBN 978 0 573 11113 6
• Home Is Where Your Clothes Are* ISBN 978 0 573 01789 6
  

Marshall, Brian

• Blah Blah Blah* ISBN 978 0 573 15210 8
  

Maschwitz and Grun

• Pink Champagne* ISBN 978 0 573 08022 7
  

Maschwitz, Eric and Posford, George

• Goodnight Vienna* ISBN 978 0 573 08035 7
  

Maschwitz, Eric and Craft, Hy

• Summer Song* ISBN 978 0 573 08026 5
  

Maskell, Valerie

• Alas, Dear Reader* ISBN 978 0 573 13202 5
• It's All in the Game* ISBN 978 0 573 12116 6
  

Matthews, Seymour

• Anagram of Murder* ISBN 978 0 573 11487 8
• Dead Man's Hand* ISBN 978 0 573 016128 9
• Who Dies Wins* ISBN 978 0 573 01960 9
  

Maugham, W Somerset

• Circle ISBN 978 0 573 01071 2
• Constant Wife ISBN 978 0 573 01077 4

Maurette, M (adapt. by Bolton, G.)

• Anastasia: Recognition Scene* ISBN 978 0 573 03203 5
  

Mawdsley, Simon

• Audacity* ISBN 978 0 573 11039 9
  

Mayall, John

• Festival Play* ISBN 978 0 573 12109 8
  

Mayer, D and Scott, M

• Four Bars of "Agit": incidental music for Victorian and Edwardian melodrama* ISBN 978 0 573 09010 3
  

Meakin, Pete

• The Tales of Hans Andersen (From the stories of Hans Christian Andersen)* ISBN 978 0 573 05131 9

Mellor, Kay

• A Passionate Woman* ISBN 978 0 573 01866 4
  

Melly, George

• Mixed Doubles (with other authors)* ISBN 978 0 573 01584 7
  

Meyer, Michael

• Odd Women (from the novel by George Gissing)* ISBN 978 0 573 01852 7
  

Miles, Bernard

• Lock Up Your Daughters* ISBN 978 0 573 08036 4
• Treasure Island (from R.L. Stevenson)* ISBN 978 0 573 04017 7
  

Millar, Ronald

• Abelard and Heloise* ISBN 978 0 573 01013 2
• Bride and the Bachelor* ISBN 978 0 573 01054 5
• Robert and Elizabeth* ISBN 978 0 573 08038 8
  

Miller, Brian

• Mum's the Word* ISBN 978 0 573 12172 2
  

Mills, Clifford and Ramsay, John

• Where the Rainbow Ends* ISBN 978 0 573 05021 3
  

Milne, A.A.

• Toad of Toad Hall (from Grahame, K.) ISBN 978 0 573 05019 0
• Ugly Duckling (from Andersen, H.C.) ISBN 978 0 573 05238 5
• Winnie the Pooh (adapt. by Robbins, G.)* ISBN 978 0 573 05086 2
  

Milne, A.A. and Burton, C.E.

• Make Believe* ISBN 978 0 573 05014 5
  

Minghella, Anthony

• Two Planks and a Passion ISBN 978 0 573 01604 2
• Whale Music ISBN 978 0 573 13015 1
  

Mitchell, Adrian

• Tom Kitten and His Friends (from Potter, Beatrix) ISBN 978 0 573 05116 6
  

Molière

• see: Malleson, Miles
• Bolt, R. R.
  

Montgomery, L.M.

• Anne of Green Gables* ISBN 978 0 573 08039 5
  

Moon, Gerald

• Corpse!* ISBN 978 0 573 11014 6
  

Moore, Simon

• Misery (from King, Stephen)* ISBN 978 0 573 01850 3

Morgan, Diana

• My Cousin Rachel (from du Maurier, D.)* ISBN 978 0 573 11305 5
  

Morgan, Elaine

• Soldier and the Woman* ISBN 978 0 573 06234 6
  

Morgan, John

• Kids* ISBN 978 0 573 12142 5
  

Morgan, Verne

Pantomimes :

• Babes in the Wood* ISBN 978 0 573 16414 9
• Dick Whittington* ISBN 978 0 573 16422 4
• Old King Cole, or King Cole In Space* ISBN 978 0 573 06470 8
  

Morley, John

• Aladdin* ISBN 978 0 573 06462 2
• Dick Whittington* ISBN 978 0 573 16435 4
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears* ISBN 978 0 573 06464 7
• Jack and the Beanstalk* ISBN 978 0 573 06436 0
• Pinocchio* ISBN 978 0 573 11345 1
• Robinson Crusoe* ISBN 978 0 573 06468 5
• Sinbad the Sailor* ISBN 978 0 573 16441 5
• Wind in the Willows* ISBN 978 0 573 05073 2
  

Morris, Ade

• I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls (from a short story by Bryan Gallagher) ISBN 978 0 573 11570 7

Morrison, Blake

• Cracked Pot (trans. and adapt. The Broken Jug )* ISBN 978 0 573 01734 6
  

Morrow, Geoff

• Share and Share Alike* ISBN 978 0 573 08063 0
  

Mortimer, John

• Christmas Carol* (adapt.) ISBN 978 0 573 01733 9
• Collaborators* ISBN 978 0 573 01558 8
• Come As You Are* ISBN 978 0 573 01052 1
• Dock Brief ISBN 978 0 573 04209 6
• Fear of Heaven* ISBN 978 0 573 12070 1
• Flea In Her Ear (translator)* ISBN 978 0 573 01148 1
• Knightsbridge* ISBN 978 0 573 12130 2
• Little Hotel on the Side (trans.) ISBN 978 0 573 01616 5
• Lunch Hour* ISBN 978 0 573 02149 7
• One to Another ( sketches; co-author)* ISBN 978 0 573 07021 1
• Voyage Round My Father ISBN 978 0 573 01481 9
  

Moss, Roger S.

• Nightmare: The Fright of Your Life* ISBN 978 0 573 01842 8
  

Muller, Hans and Charell, Erik

• White Horse Inn* ISBN 978 0 573 08034 0
  

Munro, Rona

• Bold Girls ISBN 978 0 573 13006 9
  

Murdoch, Helen

• Alan and the King's Daughters* ISBN 978 0 573 05028 2
• Dragon For Dinner* ISBN 978 0 573 15203 0
• Jenny and the Lucky Bags* ISBN 978 0 573 05059 3
  

Murray, Braham and Cogo-Fawcett, Robert

• Keep an Eye on Amelie (from Feydeau, G.)* ISBN 978 0 573 01813 8

Murray, Brendan

• Eliza's House* ISBN 978 0 573 02367 5

TITLE/AUTHOR

M

Magician's Nephew (Glyn Robbins/C.S Lewis)

Magistrate (Arthur Wing Pinero)

Mail Order Bride (James Robson)

Maintenance Man (Richard Harris)

Make and Break (Michael Frayn)

Make Way for Lucia (John van Druten, based on the novels by E. F. Benson)

Make-Believe (A.A. Milne)

Making It Better (James Saunders)

Man and Boy (Terence Rattigan)

Man For All Seasons (Robert Bolt)

Man of Letters (Tim Firth)

Man of the Moment (Alan Ayckbourn)

Mansfield Park (Jane Austen/Willis Hall)

Mantrap (Paul Reakes)

Map of the Heart (William Nicholson)

Maria Marten (Constance Cox)

Marking Time (Michael Snelgrove)

Maskerade (Terry Pratchett, adapted by Stephen Briggs)

Matchgirls (Bill Owen)

Matchstick Dreams (Fiz Marcus)

Me and Mamie O'Rourke (Mary Agnes Donoghue)

Me and My Friend (Gillian Plowman)

Me and My Girl (L. Arthur Rose/Douglas Furber/Stephen Fry)

Meat and Two Veg (Paul Beard)

Meg and Mog Show (David Wood/Helen Nicoll/Jan Pienkowski)

Melons at the Parsonage (Nick Warburton)

Men of the World (John Godber)

Men Should Weep (Ena Lamont Stewart)

Merry Gentleman (Dorothy Reynolds/Julian Slade)

Miasma in Mostyn Mews (Alan Ogden)

Millie's Tale (Jean McConnell)

Miser (Molière/Miles Malleson)

Les Misèrables (Jonathan Holloway, adapted from the novel by Victor Hugo)

Misery (Stephen King/adapt. Simon More)

Miss Roach's War (Richard Kane, adapted from The Slaves of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton)

Mixed Doubles (Alan Ayckbourn, John Bowen, Lyndon Brook, David Campton, George Melly, Alun Owen, Harold Pinter, James Saunders, Fay Weldon)

Moll Flanders (Claire Luckham)

Monkey in the Stars (Jamila Gavin)

Monkey's Paw (see Darkness Falls)

Monmouth (Charles Mander)

Monster That Ate 3B (Randall Lewton)

Month of Sundays (Bob Larbey)

More Adventures of Noddy (Blyton, Enid/adapt. Wood, David)

Mother Goose

(John Crocker/Eric Gilder)

(Trudy West)

Mother Goose's Golden Christmas: family musical (David Wood)

Mothering Sunday (Olwen Wymark)

Mountain Language (Harold Pinter)

Mousetrap (Agatha Christie)

Moving (Hugh Leonard)

Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays (Alan Ayckbourn)

Mr Macaroni and the Exploding Pizza Pie (John Gardiner/Fiz Coleman)

Mr Quigley's Revenge (Simon Brett)

Mr Whatnot (Alan Ayckbourn)

Mr Wonderful (James Robson)

Mrs Meadowsweet (David Campton)

Mum's Army (see Dad's Army)

Mum's the Word (Brian Miller)

Murder by Appointment (Frank Williams)

Murder by Misadventure (Edward Taylor)

Murder by the Book (Duncan Greenwood/Robert King)

Murder Game (Constance Cox)

Murder Has Been Arranged (Emlyn Williams)

Murder in Company (Philip King/John Boland)

Murder in Mind (Terence Feely)

Murder in Neighbourhood Watch (Stewart Burke)

Murder in Play (Simon Brett)

Murder Is Announced (Agatha Christie/Leslie Darbon)

Murder on the Nile (Agatha Christie)

Murder Play (Brian J. Burton)

Murder Weekend (Bettine Manktelow)

Murder with Love (Francis Durbridge)

Murderer (Anthony Shaffer)

Music for Amelia (Derek Rhodes)

Music Lovers (Georges Feydeau/Reggie Oliver)

Musical Importance of Being Earnest (Sean O'Mahony)

The Musicians (Patrick Marber)

My Brilliant Divorce (Geraldine Aron)

My Cousin Rachel (Daphne du Maurier/Diana Morgan)

My Friend Miss Flint (Peter Yeldham/Donald Churchill)

My Mother Said I Never Should (Charlotte Keatley)

My Three Angels (Sam and Bella Spewack)

My Very Own Story (Alan Ayckbourn)

The Mysterious Mr Love (Karoline Leach)

Mystery at Greenfingers (J.B. Priestley)