JEROME LAWRENCE   (1915 - 2004)


Jerome Lawrence
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Plays by Jerome Lawrence

JEROME LAWRENCE
Angels Weep, The
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in Studies in American Drama 1945 to the Present, Columbus, Ohio, 1992
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Annie Laurie
1st Produced:
Los Angeles, CA
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Company:
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1st Published:
Harms, Inc. c/o Warner Bros., Inc., 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10019,
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Genre:
Musicplay
Musical
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Notes:
written by Robert E Lee and Jerome Lawrence
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Auntie Mame
1st Produced:
New York
1956
Company:
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1st Published:
Vanguard Press, New York, 1957
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Adaptation
Parts:
Male
25
Female
12
Parts Other:
3 boys (these include numerous bit parts, and extensive doubling is possible): 20 total
Notes:
written with Robert E Lee, aka Mame, work by Patrick Dennis
Synopsis:
This fabulously successful hit hardly needs introduction. Besides being the source for one of America's most popular musicals, AUNTIE MAME set a standard for Broadway comedy that's been sought after ever since. "Auntie Mame was a handsome, sparkling, scatterbrained and warm-hearted lady who brightened the American landscape from 1928 to the immediate past by her whimsical gaiety, her slightly madcap adventures and her devotion to her young nephew, who grew up to be Patrick Dennis. Through fortunes that rose and fell and a pleasant but brief marriage to a likable Southerner, who had the bad luck to tumble down from the Matterhorn, Auntie Mame's chief concern was that nephew, whom she raised&[the play's] central figure is a woman of spirit, innate kindness and undefeatable courage&"-NY Post.
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Call On Kuprin, A
1st Produced:
New York
1961
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1962
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Adaptation
Parts:
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
written with Robert E Lee, novel by Maurice Edelman
Synopsis:
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Checkmate
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,
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Genre:
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Melodrama
Parts:
Male
20
Female
9
Parts Other:
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Notes:
written with Robert E Lee; novel by Maurice Edelman
Synopsis:
an American tourist in Russian during the cold war endeavours to help old university friend defect
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JEROME LAWRENCE
City Has Lost Its Angels, The
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Parts:
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
written by Robert E Lee and Jerome Lawrence
Synopsis:
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Crocodile Smile, The
1st Produced:
Flatrock, North Carolina
1970
Company:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1972
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
11
Female
2
Parts Other:
1 boy, extras
Notes:
written with Robert E Lee. As The Laugh maker, Hollywood, 1952. as Turn On The Night, Philadelphia, 1962
Synopsis:
Tells of two inspired French comedians, both popular favorites. A beautiful woman, in love with both of them, agrees to build them their ideal theatre. Then the rivalry begins: for she agrees to marry the "better actor." In tour-de-force roles which truly give actors a chance to show their talents, each goes to extravagant extremes to prove his mettle. The second act brings the deeply human awareness that genius cannot be handed over, gift-wrapped, to another generation. It is a fierce indictment against retirement, and offers a challenge to continue living in the living theatre
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Dear World
1st Produced:
Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York
1969
Company:
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1st Published:
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ISBN
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Music:
Original cast recording: Sony (48220)
1969
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Genre:
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Adaptation
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Giraudoux (The Madwoman of Chaillot); with Robert E Lee, music by Jerry Herman
Synopsis:
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Diamond Orchid
1st Produced:
New York
1965
Company:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1969
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
16
Female
6
Parts Other:
extras
Notes:
written with Robert E Lee, aka Sparks Fly Upwards
Synopsis:
Even in her early days as an obscure radio actress, the natively keen-minded Felicia exploits every opportunity to obtain personal recognition. She meets a young army Colonel, who launches her into the stratosphere of society, and who, after a coup, becomes President of the Republic. Arranging to become his wife and the First Lady, Felicia accumulates more and more power for herself, becoming lady bountiful to her adoring "Strongbacks." She begins to overshadow her husband, dominating the wealth and politics of her country and moving toward a kind of sainthood which will make her position unassailable. But despite her triumphant rise, Felicia is unable to gain what she wants most-acceptance by the social and intellectual elite of the nation. Rejection by the Pope is the final indignity which breaks her spirit and health. Her husband falls heir to an empty empire; as the play ends, there are intimations that, without her exotic aura, all will be lost as quickly and dramatically as it was created.
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Dilly
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-
Parts:
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
score, Vernon Duke, Lawrence & Lee
Synopsis:
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Eclipse
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Parts:
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Notes:
written by Robert E Lee and Jerome Lawrence
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Familiar Stranger, The
1st Produced:
Los Angeles, CA
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Company:
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1st Published:
Harms, Inc. c/o Warner Bros., Inc., 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10019,
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written by Robert E Lee and Jerome Lawrence
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JEROME LAWRENCE
First Monday In October
1st Produced:
Cleveland
1975
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1979
ISBN
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Genre:
Comedy Drama
Comedy
Parts:
Male
14
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
written with Robert E Lee
Synopsis:
confrontation as President appoints a conservative woman to the previously exclusive all male Supreme court
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Gang's All Here, The
1st Produced:
New York
1959
Company:
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1st Published:
World, Cleveland, 1960
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
15
Female
4
Parts Other:
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Notes:
written with Robert E Lee
Synopsis:
Hastings, the easy going President in the White House, presides over corruption
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Houseboat in Kashmir
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-
Parts:
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
written by Robert E Lee and Jerome Lawrence
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Incomparable Max, The
1st Produced:
Abingdon, Virginia
1969
Company:
-
1st Published:
Hill and Wang, New York, 1972
ISBN
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Genre:
Comedy/Drama
Comedy
Parts:
Male
9
Female
4
Parts Other:
doubling
Notes:
written with Robert E Lee
Synopsis:
The play begins with the appearance of "the incomparable Max" himself-critic, wit, caricaturist and satirist of matchless brilliance. The action then moves smoothly on to Max's encounter with Enoch Soames, a down-and-out poet whose arrogance far outstrips his accomplishments. But Soames, convinced of his genius, makes a pact with the devil to discover what posterity will say of him one hundred years hence. His ensuing adventure, which takes him to the eerily computerized reading room of the British Museum in 1997, is funny, touching, and concluded with the kind of masterly ironic twist for which the Beerbohm stories are so justly celebrated. In the second portion of the play, Max meets one A.V. Laider, a young man deeply interested in palmistry, and the glimpses of the future it reputedly can provide. Their casual discussion of the subject turns steadily more gripping-and horrifying-as the action of the play depicts the dreadful moment when Laider, aware that a train is about to be wrecked, lacked the will po
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Inherit The Wind
1st Produced:
Dallas TX
1955
Company:
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1st Published:
Random House, New York, 1955
ISBN
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Genre:
Human Drama
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
17
Female
5
Parts Other:
extras
Notes:
written with Robert E Lee
Synopsis:
The critics talk about the play: "Magnificently written&one of the most exciting dramas of the last decade." -NY News. "A tidal wave of a drama&More than any other play in memory based on history and aiming at a contemporary parallel, INHERIT THE WIND makes its point immediately applicable." -NY World-Telegram & Sun. "A new play of power, humanity and universal truth." -Dallas Morning News. "Brilliant&a colorful, picturesque and absorbing exciting essay in dramatic Americana&As exciting and absorbing a show as we have been privileged to see in recent seasons." -NY Post. "A masterpiece. This is the test: to see a play once, twice, three times. And each time to leave the theatre as deeply moved, as enlightened, as lifted up, as magnificently entertained. And as convinced that it is one of the truly great American dramas of this century." -Columbus, Ohio, Citizen.
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Inside A Kid's Head
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
in Radio Drama in Action, ed Erik Barnouw, Farrar and Rinehart, NY, 1945
ISBN
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Parts:
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Female
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Notes:
written with Robert E Lee
Synopsis:
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Jabberwock
1st Produced:
Columbus, Ohio
1972
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1974
ISBN
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
26
Female
17
Parts Other:
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Notes:
written with Robert E Lee
Synopsis:
Improbabilities Lived And Imagined By James Thurber In The Fictional City Of Columbus, Ohio
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Laugh Maker, The
1st Produced:
Hollywood
1952
Company:
-
1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1972
ISBN
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
11
Female
2
Parts Other:
1 boy, extras
Notes:
written with Robert E Lee. As The Laugh maker, Hollywood, 1952. as Turn On The Night, Philadelphia, 1962
Synopsis:
Tells of two inspired French comedians, both popular favorites. A beautiful woman, in love with both of them, agrees to build them their ideal theatre. Then the rivalry begins: for she agrees to marry the "better actor." In tour-de-force roles which truly give actors a chance to show their talents, each goes to extravagant extremes to prove his mettle. The second act brings the deeply human awareness that genius cannot be handed over, gift-wrapped, to another generation. It is a fierce indictment against retirement, and offers a challenge to continue living in the living theatre
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Laugh, God!
1st Produced:
Ohio State University, OH
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Company:
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1st Published:
in Six Anti-Nazi One Act Plays, Contemporary Play Publications, NY, 1939
ISBN
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One Act
Parts:
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Synopsis:
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Live Spelled Backwards
1st Produced:
Beverley Hills, California
1966
Company:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1970
ISBN
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Genre:
Moral Immorality Play 1 Act
One Act
Parts:
Male
4
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
The scene is the American Bar in a sleepy Moroccan town, where a varied group of jaded expatriates gathers each evening seeking respite from the emptiness of their existence. This evening the bartender, Frank, offers them a special treat-a variety of mind-enhancing drugs. Accepting eagerly they are soon experiencing the eerie thrill of expanded awareness, until Frank announces that it is all a hoax, and drugs merely harmless powder. Their reactions vary from anger, to disenchantment, to a sudden determination to return to the mainstream of life. But there are also those who defy his allegation and cling desperately to the joyous release the "drugs" have brought them. As the play ends, an uncertain Frank tentatively samples his own wares-and slowly but surely begins to experience the unearthly sensations for which he had scoffed at the others.
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Look, Ma, I'm Dancin'
1st Produced:
Adelphi Theatre, New York
1948
Company:
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1st Published:
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ISBN
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Music:
Original cast recording: Decca (B0003571-02)
1948
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Genre:
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Musical
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
Music by Hugh Martin; lyrics by Hugh Martin; book by Jerome Lawrence; book by Robert E Lee
Synopsis:
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Mame
1st Produced:
Winter Garden Theatre, New York
1966
Company:
-
1st Published:
Random House, NY, 1967
ISBN
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Music:
Original cast recording: Columbia (3000)
1966
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Genre:
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Adaptation
Parts:
Male
25
Female
12
Parts Other:
3 boys (these include numerous bit parts, and extensive doubling is possible): 20 total
Notes:
written with Robert E Lee, aka Mame, work by Patrick Dennis
Synopsis:
This fabulously successful hit hardly needs introduction. Besides being the source for one of America's most popular musicals, AUNTIE MAME set a standard for Broadway comedy that's been sought after ever since. "Auntie Mame was a handsome, sparkling, scatterbrained and warm-hearted lady who brightened the American landscape from 1928 to the immediate past by her whimsical gaiety, her slightly madcap adventures and her devotion to her young nephew, who grew up to be Patrick Dennis. Through fortunes that rose and fell and a pleasant but brief marriage to a likable Southerner, who had the bad luck to tumble down from the Matterhorn, Auntie Mame's chief concern was that nephew, whom she raised&[the play's] central figure is a woman of spirit, innate kindness and undefeatable courage&"-NY Post.
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Night Thoreau Spent In Jail, The
1st Produced:
Columbus, Ohio
1970
Company:
-
1st Published:
Hill and Wang, New York, 1970
ISBN
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Genre:
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Biographical
Parts:
Male
11
Female
5
Parts Other:
extras
Notes:
written with Robert E Lee
Synopsis:
The most produced play of our time: the long journey of the soul of Henry David Thoreau from being a hermit to rejoining the human race - during his one night in jail.
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Only In America
1st Produced:
New York
1959
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1960
ISBN
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Genre:
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Adaptation
Parts:
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
written with Robert E Lee, work by Harry Golden
Synopsis:
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Paris, France
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Genre:
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-
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
written by Robert E Lee and Jerome Lawrence
Synopsis:
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Roaring Camp
1st Produced:
Los Angeles, CA
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Company:
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1st Published:
-
ISBN
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Genre:
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-
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
music, Dvorak; lyrics, Lawrence & Lee
Synopsis:
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Shangri-La
1st Produced:
New York
1956
Company:
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1st Published:
Morris Music, New York, 1956
ISBN
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Genre:
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Adaptation
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
written with Robert E Lee and James Hilton, music by Harry warren, novel Lost Horizon by Hilton
Synopsis:
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Short and Sweet
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-
Parts:
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
written by Robert E Lee and Jerome Lawrence
Synopsis:
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Some Say in Ice
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-
Parts:
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
written by Robert E Lee and Jerome Lawrence
Synopsis:
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Sparks Fly Upward
1st Produced:
Dallas
1967
Company:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1969
ISBN
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
16
Female
6
Parts Other:
extras
Notes:
written with Robert E Lee, aka Diamond Orchid
Synopsis:
A scathing portrait of the flammable Evita Peron. Even in her early days as an obscure radio actress, the natively keen-minded Felicia exploits every opportunity to obtain personal recognition. She meets a young army Colonel, who launches her into the stratosphere of society, and who, after a coup, becomes President of the Republic. Arranging to become his wife and the First Lady, Felicia accumulates more and more power for herself, becoming lady bountiful to her adoring "Strongbacks." She begins to overshadow her husband, dominating the wealth and politics of her country and moving toward a kind of sainthood which will make her position unassailable. But despite her triumphant rise, Felicia is unable to gain what she wants most-acceptance by the social and intellectual elite of the nation. Rejection by the Pope is the final indignity which breaks her spirit and health. Her husband falls heir to an empty empire; as the play ends, there are intimations that, without her exotic aura, all will be lost as quickly and dramatically as it was created.
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Tomorrow
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
in "Free World Theatre", Random House, New York, 1944
ISBN
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Notes:
written with Budd Schulberg
Synopsis:
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Top of the Mark
1st Produced:
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ISBN
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Genre:
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-
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
written by Robert E Lee and Jerome Lawrence
Synopsis:
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Turn On The Night
1st Produced:
Philadelphia
1960
Company:
-
1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1972
ISBN
-
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
11
Female
2
Parts Other:
1 boy, extras
Notes:
written with Robert E Lee. As The Laugh maker, Hollywood, 1952. as Turn On The Night, Philadelphia, 1962
Synopsis:
Tells of two inspired French comedians, both popular favorites. A beautiful woman, in love with both of them, agrees to build them their ideal theatre. Then the rivalry begins: for she agrees to marry the "better actor." In tour-de-force roles which truly give actors a chance to show their talents, each goes to extravagant extremes to prove his mettle. The second act brings the deeply human awareness that genius cannot be handed over, gift-wrapped, to another generation. It is a fierce indictment against retirement, and offers a challenge to continue living in the living theatre
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JEROME LAWRENCE
Whisper In The Mind
1st Produced:
Temple, Arizona
1990
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
ISBN
-
To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page
Genre:
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
written with Robert E Lee and Norman Cousins
Synopsis:
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