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Lily Poritz Miller

LILY PORITZ MILLER  

 Nationality:    USA
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Lily Poritz Miller was born in Cape Town, South Africa, and came to the United States with her family when she was fifteen. She began her editorial career in book publishing in New York at The Macmillan Company and later McGraw-Hill, then moved to Toronto, where she was senior editor at McClelland and Stewart for eighteen years. She has written three plays, which were performed in New York and Toronto, and received a Samuel French national award for her play The Proud One. Her short stories were published in the anthology American Scene: New Voices. She has also written for film. In 2009 her novel In a Pale Blue Light was published to critical acclaim. She presently divides her time between Toronto and Mexico. Photo: Paul Gauvin

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below is a list of Lily Poritz Miller's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Greater Love, A     My Star Of Hope     Proud One, The

Greater Love, A

Synopsis:
In a hall populated by thousands, two strangers are drawn together as though by a magnet. What powerful force is at play? Explore this mysterious phenomenon which indelibly marks the lives of a man and a woman.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Toronto's Alumnae Theatre Company    2004

Organisations:
New Ideas Festival

1st Published:
Kindle edition can be accessed and ordered from www.lilyporitzmiller.com   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1    Female:  2    Other:  -

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My Star Of Hope

Synopsis:
Set in New York City in the late 1950s, this is the story of Amie Sweetbriar, an innocent young girl from a small town who comes to the big city in search of stardom. A part-time job in the garment district thrusts her into a bewildering relationship with the owner of the firm, David Phillips, a streetwise ladies' man whose prey has been the show girls of Radio City Music Hall. Against the background of New York's garment district, the ill-fated lovers struggle to bridge the irreconcilable differences of their worlds.

Notes:
under the direction of George Kondolf, executive producer of the Theatre Guild's U.S. Steel Hour.

1st Produced:
New School, New York    1959

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Kindle edition can be accessed and ordered from www.lilyporitzmiller.com   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3    Female:  3    Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Proud One, The

Synopsis:
A domestic drama set in Little Falls,U.S.A. Over the course of a July 4th weekend, one daughter of the house gets married, and another loses her virginity to the best man. An accurate and compassionate account of the disintigration of a well-to-do Jewish family

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Toronto    1974

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Kindle edition can be accessed and ordered from www.lilyporitzmiller.com   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2    Female:  6    Other:  -

Further Reference:
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