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Jan de Hartog

JAN DE HARTOG  (1914 - 2002)

 Nationality:    Dutch
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 Fourposter, The         Skipper Next To God

Fourposter, The

Synopsis:
chronicle of husband and wife from their wedding night in 1890 until they pack and move 35 years later

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Clurman Theatre, NY    2008

Organisations:
Keen Company

1st Published:
Contained in: "the Tony Winners" published by Doubleday 1977   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Skipper Next To God

Synopsis:
the play is a timely and powerful Dramatic fable about a pious and idealist Dutch captain with a shipload of Jewish refugees who are refused admittance wherever they go. the captain, who takes his Christianity seriously, is determined to give his passengers a decent chance of finding a safe home, so-after fruitless efforts to get them into America legally-he wreck his ship, thus allowing the refugees to be rescued and taken ashore.

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  15            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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