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Dakin Matthews

DAKIN MATTHEWS

  (1940 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Dakin Matthews is an actor, playwright, director, translator, Dramaturge, and Shakespeare scholar. He has performed on Broadway and in most professional Theatres throughout California, as well as appearing in over twenty films and two hundred television shows. He writes original plays, translates classics, and adapts Shakespeare plays for performance. He has won numerous awards for his scripts, including a Drama Desk Award for the Broadway adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry IV.

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

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

         Don Juan - Trickster Of Seville         Great Fugue, The         Henry V         Liar, The         Liberty Inn         Liberty Inn         Magic Christmas, A         Menaechmus Twins, The         Prince Of La, The         Proof Of the Promise         Savannah Option, The         Shakespeare's Henry Iv         Spite For Spite         Truth Cannot Be Trusted         Uncommon Players         Walls Have Ears, The

Don Juan - Trickster Of Seville

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Notes:
Original Playwright - Tirso de Molina

1st Produced:
Lalace Studio Theatre, Los Angeles    

Organisations:
Andak Stage Company

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Genre:
Translation

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Great Fugue, The

Synopsis:
Four members of a string quartet, who have been friends since Juilliard, meet every year to work through one of the Beethoven string quartets. On this their seventeenth meeting to perform the Great Fugue, one couple springs a surprise on the other.

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1st Produced:
Studio Theatre, Geary Street, San Francisco     1987

Organisations:
American Conservatory Theatre

1st Published:
Andak theatrical Services, Hollywood, 1987   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Henry V

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Genre:
Adaptation

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Liar, The

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Notes:
Original Playwright - Juan Ruiz de Alarcon

1st Produced:
Secret Rose Theater, North Hollywood     2000

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Genre:
Translation

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Liberty Inn

Synopsis:
A new American translation of Goldoni's La Locandiera (the Mistress of the Inn) relocated in post-Revolutionary America. In Liberty, New York. a very strong woman keeps four suitors at arm's length while she runs her inn and earns her independence.

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1st Produced:
Old Town Theatre, Los Gatos, Ca     1979

Organisations:
California Actors Theatre

1st Published:
Andak theatrical Services, Hollywood, 2009   -

Music:
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Genre:
Classic Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Liberty Inn

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Music by B T Ryback; lyrics And book by Dakin Matthews. Based on "the Landlady" by Carlo Goldoni

1st Produced:
Newplace Studio Theatre, North Hollywood     05 Mar 2010

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Genre:
Musical

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Magic Christmas, A

Synopsis:
Three magicians (and one female assistant) from the East Coast attend a magic convention in Lake Tahoe at Christmastime, where their housekeepers, Jose and a very pregnant Maria, turn out to be the targets of a Homeland Security investigation run by one Harold King. A child is born, gifts are exchanged, and some special magic ensues.

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1st Produced:
Lalace Studio Theatre, Los Angeles     2005

Organisations:
Andak Stage Company

1st Published:
Andak theatrical Services, Hollywood, 2005   -

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Genre:
Holiday Comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Menaechmus Twins, The

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Notes:
Original Playwright - Plautus

1st Produced:
Deaf West Theatre, North Hollywood     08 Jul 2006

Organisations:
Antaeus Company

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Music:
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Genre:
Translation

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Prince Of La, The

Synopsis:
the Cardinal Archbishop of Los Angeles, in the middle of building his new cathedral, is forced to investigate financial irregularities in a neighboring diocese, only to discover that his best friend form the seminary, the bishop of that diocese, is having an affair with one of his priests, and a major lawsuit is about to hit the news. Winner of Ted Schmitt Award for World Premiere Play from Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle.

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1st Produced:
Lalace Studio Theatre, Los Angeles     2004

Organisations:
Andak Stage Company

1st Published:
Andak theatrical Services, Hollywood, 2004   -

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Genre:
Comedy/Drama in Rhyming Verse

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Proof Of the Promise

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Juan Ruiz de Alarcon

1st Produced:
Secret Rose Theater, North Hollywood     2002

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Genre:
Translation

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Savannah Option, The

Synopsis:
A female professor of biology and a visiting male poet argue about religion, sonnets, and evolution, while his wife lies dying of cancer. She's witty, attractive and Italian, and he's lonely and grieving until finally they fall in love. When his wife dies, the affair ends badly, and they part.

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1st Produced:
Lalace Studio Theatre, Los Angeles     2005

Organisations:
Andak Stage Company

1st Published:
Andak theatrical Services, Hollywood, 2005   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Shakespeare's Henry Iv

Synopsis:
A one evening, three-act adaptation of the two parts of Shakespeare's Henry IV, which won a 2003 Drama Desk Award for adaptation when it was staged in a multiple Tony Award winning production at Lincoln Center theater starring Kevin Kline. This script (in various versions) has been produced across the country, both before and after the Globe production (starring John Goodman). the published text is of the NY version.

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1st Produced:
Festival Stage, San Diego     1995

Organisations:
Old Globe Theatre, San Diego

1st Published:
Andak theatrical Services, Hollywood, 1995   -

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Genre:
Historical Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Spite For Spite

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Notes:
Original Playwright - Augustin Moreto

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1st Published:
Smith and Kraus, 1995   -

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Genre:
Translation

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Truth Cannot Be Trusted

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Juan Ruiz de Alarcon

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1st Published:
Andak theatrical Services, Hollywood, 1997   -

Music:
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Genre:
Translation

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Uncommon Players

Synopsis:
A recently departed Laurence Olivier finds himself trapped in Purgatory with Charlotte Cushman, Ellen Terry, and Edwin Forrest, where they must all atone for their acting sins by performing Shakespearean scenes. Cameo appearances by Orson Welles, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Sarah Bernhardt, and Will Kemp.

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1st Produced:
Cassius Carter Theatre     1997

Organisations:
Old Globe, San Diego

1st Published:
Andak theatrical Services, Hollywood, 1997   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy/Revue

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Walls Have Ears, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Juan Ruiz de Alarcon

1st Produced:
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1st Published:
Andak theatrical Services, Hollywood, 1998   -

Music:
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Genre:
Translation

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