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Djuna Barnes

DJUNA BARNES  (1892 - 1982)

 Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Authors League Fund  


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below is a list of Djuna Barnes's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Antiphon, The         Dove, The         Five ThoUSAnd Miles         Irish Triangle, The         Kurzy Of The Sea         Little Drops Of Rain         She Tells Her Daughter         Three From The Earth         To The Dogs

Antiphon, The

Djuna Barnes
augusta betrays her aristocratic family by marrying an American Mormon

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    1961

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Faber and Faber 1959   978-0571193912

Music:
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Genre:
Verse play

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Dove, The

Synopsis:
a younger sister taunts her two older sisters about their collection of guns and knives

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Genre:
One act. - - Lesbian, one act

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Five ThoUSAnd Miles

Synopsis:
a couple of castaways are on an uninhabited island. Whilst walking on the beach they discover an egg beater

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Genre:
Drama

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Irish Triangle, The

Synopsis:
The woman pretends to be shocked when she learns that her husband is giving sexual favours to the lord and lady of the manor

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1st Produced:
-    1921

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1st Published:
-   -

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Genre:
Gay theme/character, full length Drama

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Kurzy Of The Sea

Synopsis:
a sailor catches a mermaid and he falls in love with her. But it is an unnatural love so he throws her back in to the sea. She transforms in to a barmaid

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    1919

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Genre:
Drama

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Little Drops Of Rain

Synopsis:
Mitzi is outraged by Lady Lookover's opinions of her and her generation

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Genre:
Drama

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She Tells Her Daughter

Synopsis:
Madame Deerfont tells her daughter about her murderous past

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1st Produced:
-    1923

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Three From The Earth

Synopsis:
a woman is confronted by her three brothers who demand she return letters written to her by their father. The letters reveal the true parenthood of the youngest brother.

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1st Produced:
-    1919

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1st Published:
Contained in: "a Century Of Plays By American Women" published by Richards Rosen Press 1979   -

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Genre:
One act

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To The Dogs

Djuna Barnes
a woman's neighbour jumps through her open window and declares he is in love with her.

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1st Produced:
-    1923

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1st Published:
Press Of The Good Mountain, New York 1982   -

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Genre:
One act

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