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The Return of A. J. Raffles, the Glossary

The Return of A. J. Raffles, first produced and published in 1975, is an Edwardian comedy play in three acts, written by Graham Greene and based somewhat loosely on E. W. Hornung's characters in The Amateur Cracksman.^[1]

48 relations: A. J. Raffles (character), Albany (London), Aldwych Theatre, Alice Arnold (broadcaster), BBC World Service, Benedict Nightingale, Brian Protheroe, Bunny Manders, Burlington Arcade, Clive Francis, David Jones (director), David March (actor), Denholm Elliott, E. W. Hornung, Edward de Souza, Edward VII, Edwardian era, Gordon Gostelow, Gordon Reid (actor), Graham Greene, Guy Woolfenden, Henry Stamper, Hertfordshire, Jane How, Jeremy Child, Jeremy Clyde, John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, John Neville (actor), Kaleidoscope (British radio series), Lord Alfred Douglas, Louis Botha, Martin Esslin, Melanie Hudson, Michael Bryant (actor), Michael Cochrane, Oscar Wilde, Oxford Playhouse, Paul Rogers (actor), Peter Blythe, Raffles (radio series), Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Second Boer War, Sherlock Holmes (play), The Amateur Cracksman, The Listener (magazine), Theatre New Brunswick, Watford Palace Theatre.
1975 plays
Comedy thriller plays
Plays by Graham Greene
Works based on A. J. Raffles

A. J. Raffles (character)

Arthur J. Raffles (usually called A. J. Raffles) is a fictional character created in 1898 by E. W. Hornung, brother-in-law of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes.

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Albany (London)

The Albany, or correctly, Albany, is an apartment complex in Piccadilly, London.

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Aldwych Theatre

The Aldwych Theatre is a West End theatre, located in Aldwych in the City of Westminster, central London.

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Alice Arnold (broadcaster)

Alice Arnold (born 1962) is a British broadcaster and journalist.

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BBC World Service

The BBC World Service is an international broadcaster owned and operated by the BBC.

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Benedict Nightingale

William Benedict Herbert Nightingale (born 14 May 1939) is a British journalist, formerly a regular theatre critic for The Times newspaper.

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Brian Protheroe

Brian Protheroe (born 16 June 1944) is an English singer, songwriter, narrator and actor.

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Bunny Manders

Harry Manders (almost exclusively known as Bunny Manders) is a fictional character in the popular series of Raffles stories by E. W. Hornung.

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Burlington Arcade

Burlington Arcade is a covered shopping arcade in London, England, United Kingdom.

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Clive Francis

Clive Francis (born 26 June 1946) is a British stage, television and film actor.

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David Jones (director)

David Hugh Jones (19 February 1934 – 19 September 2008) was an English stage, television and film director.

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David March (actor)

David March (18 February 1925, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire – 25 August 1999, London) was an English actor who had a prominent career on British radio from 1953 until his death 45 years later.

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Denholm Elliott

Denholm Mitchell Elliott (31 May 1922 – 6 October 1992) was an English actor.

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E. W. Hornung

Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London.

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Edward de Souza

Edward James de Souza (born 4 September 1932) is a British character actor and graduate of RADA, who is of Portuguese-Indian and English descent.

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Edward VII

Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.

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Edwardian era

In the United Kingdom, the Edwardian era was a period in the early 20th century, that spanned the reign of King Edward VII from 1901 to 1910.

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Gordon Gostelow

Gordon Massey Gostelow (14 May 1925 – 3 June 2007) was an Australian actor.

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Gordon Reid (actor)

James Gordon Reid (8 June 1939 – 26 November 2003) was a Scottish actor.

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Graham Greene

Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading novelists of the 20th century.

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Guy Woolfenden

Guy Anthony Woolfenden (12 July 1937 – 15 April 2016) was an English composer and conductor.

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Henry Stamper

Henry Stamper (2 March 1937 – 18 January 2009) was a Scottish actor known for his mastery of almost all British regional dialects.

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Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire (or; often abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and one of the home counties.

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Jane How

Carolyn Jane Onslow How (born 21 December 1950) is an English actress with a range of television, film, and stage credits.

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Jeremy Child

Sir Coles John Jeremy Child, 3rd Baronet (20 September 1944 – 7 March 2022) was a British actor.

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Jeremy Clyde

Michael Jeremy Thomas Clyde (born 22 March 1941) is an English actor and musician.

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John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry

John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (20 July 184431 January 1900), was a British nobleman of the Victorian era, remembered for his atheism, his outspoken views, his brutish manner, for lending his name to the "Queensberry Rules" that form the basis of modern boxing, and for his role in the downfall of the Irish author and playwright Oscar Wilde.

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John Neville (actor)

John Reginald Neville, CM OBE (2 May 1925 – 19 November 2011) was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned more than sixty years, he was renown for his roles on both stage and screen in genres ranging from classical theatre, to fantasy and science fiction.

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Kaleidoscope (British radio series)

Kaleidoscope was a BBC Radio 4 arts programme which ran for 25 years from 1973.

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Lord Alfred Douglas

Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas (22 October 1870 – 20 March 1945), also known as Bosie Douglas, was an English poet and journalist, and a lover of Oscar Wilde.

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Louis Botha

Louis Botha (27 September 1862 – 27 August 1919) was a South African politician who was the first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, the forerunner of the modern South African state.

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Martin Esslin

Martin Julius Esslin OBE (6 June 1918 – 24 February 2002) was a Hungarian-born British producer, dramatist, journalist, adaptor and translator, critic, academic scholar and professor of drama, known for coining the term "theatre of the absurd" in his 1961 book The Theatre of the Absurd.

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Melanie Hudson

Melanie Hudson is an English actress and comedian.

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Michael Bryant (actor)

Michael Dennis Bryant (5 April 192825 April 2002) was a British stage and television actor.

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Michael Cochrane

Michael Dundonald Cochrane (born 19 May 1947) is an English actor.

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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright.

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Oxford Playhouse

Oxford Playhouse is a theatre designed by Edward Maufe and F.G.M. Chancellor.

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Paul Rogers (actor)

Paul Rogers (22 March 1917 – 6 October 2013) was an English actor of film, stage and television.

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Peter Blythe

Peter Blythe (14 September 1934 – 27 June 2004) was an English character actor, probably best known as Samuel "Soapy Sam" Ballard in Rumpole of the Bailey.

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Raffles (radio series)

Raffles is a British radio programme including eighteen episodes that first aired on BBC Radio 4 from 1985 to 1992, and an additional radio play that aired in 1993 on the BBC World Service. The Return of A. J. Raffles and Raffles (radio series) are Works based on A. J. Raffles.

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Royal Shakespeare Company

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England.

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Royal Shakespeare Theatre

The Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST) (originally called the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre) is a Grade II* listed 1,040+ seat thrust stage theatre owned by the Royal Shakespeare Company dedicated to the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare.

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Second Boer War

The Second Boer War (Tweede Vryheidsoorlog,, 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and Orange Free State) over the Empire's influence in Southern Africa.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_of_A._J._Raffles

Also known as The Return of A.J. Raffles, The Return of A.J.Raffles.

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See also

1975 plays

Comedy thriller plays

Plays by Graham Greene

Works based on A. J. Raffles

References