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Richard Byrne

RICHARD BYRNE

  
Nationality:    USA
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Richard Byrne's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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

         Burn Your Bookes         Nero/Pseudo         Untangling Ava

Burn Your Bookes

Synopsis:
Burn Your Bookes explores the sex, drugs and baroque'n'roll behind notorious alchemist Edward Kelley's pursuit of the Philosopher's Stone.

Notes:
One Act version of the play won first prize in 2007 Prague Playwriting Festival; produced in March 2007 At Divadlo Minor in Prague.

1st Produced:
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th Street, Se, Washington, D.C. 20003    30 Apr 2010

Organisations:
Taffety Punk Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Nero/Pseudo

Synopsis:
a glam rock musical that explores a fake Emperor Nero and the collision of power, sex and celebrity.

Notes:
part of emerging Artist theatre's New Works Festival. music by Jon Langford and Jim Elkington

1st Produced:
TADA! Youth theater
15 West 28th Street, 3rd floor, New York, NY 10001    07 Mar 2013

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
music by Jon Langford and James elkington

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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Untangling Ava

Synopsis:
Seeking refuge from the conflict and conundrums of Catholic life in mid-60s America, ava locks herself in a confessional and refuses to come out.

Notes:
Winner of first prize in the 1989 A.e. Hotchner Playwriting Festival

1st Produced:
Drama Studio, Washington University    Apr 1989

Organisations:
Washington University Drama Department

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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