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LANCE TAIT
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Lance Tait works in the following genres: comedy, historical Drama, musical theatre (in particular, 'Helen'), experimental theatre, and epic theatre. Among his many full-length and one-act plays are his 15 plays based on short stories by Edgar Allan Poe. Many of his plays are published in the United States by Enfield Publishing Company. His work has been presented in the U.S., the U.K., France, Canada, and Spain. In 2002 Tait founded Theatre Metropole, an English-language theater troupe, in Paris. Tait received his B.A. from Bard College, where he majored in music composition. He recieved his M.A. in the playwriting at Boston University, studying with Nobel laureate Derek Walcott. He earned a Ph.D. after theater and literature studies, first in Toronto, and then in Ohio - where he studied with "the father of Literary Ecology," Joseph Meeker.
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Comedy Sketches from Theatre Metropole (first season) Synesthesia Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, adapted for the theatreComedy Sketches from Theatre Metropole (first season)
Synopsis:
A variety of sketches influenced by French sketch writing. Always for 2 performers, ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime.
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14 comedy sketches. Average length of a sketch: 9 minutes. Cast requirements: 2m or 2w or 1m/1w. Some of these sketches were filmed and in the aggregate received over 1.5 million views online at places like YouTube. (The sketch "Sex in Advertising", by T). Influenced by the French sketches written by Roland Dubillard in the book, 'Les Diablogues'.
1st Produced:
Petit Theatre du Bonheur, Paris, France www.petittheatredubonheur.com> 2012
Organisations:
Theatre Metropole
1st Published:
http://www.amazon.com/Little-Black-Book-Comedy-Sketches/dp/1470129221/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1377812639&sr=1-2 2012, Theatre Metropole Books, Los Angeles, California 978-1470129224
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Genre:
Comedy Sketches
Parts:
Male: 1 or 2 Female: 1 or 2 Other: -
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Synopsis:
Two unexplained deaths. A titanic struggle between a detective desperate to find a suspect and a witness who has her own mysterious reasons to conceal what she knows
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Organisations:
Moving PArts / Theatre Metropole co-production
1st Published:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E1SP9IK, Theatre Metropole Books (July 18, 2013) B00E1SP9IK
Music:
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Genre:
Drama, 110 min
Parts:
Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Synopsis:
Build your own show from a total of 180 minutes of drama/comedy adaptations.
Notes:
These 10 one-act plays, ranging from 10 mins to 35 mins in length, are for 4 (or in some cases fewer than 4) performers. These titles: The Fall of the House of Usher, The Imp of the Perverse, Landor's Cottage Revisited, Spectacles, Hop-Frog, The Man of the Crowd, The Power of Words, The Man That Was Used Up, Some Words with a Mummy, The Oval Portrait.
1st Produced:
DR2 Theatre, New York http://darylroththeatre.com 2006
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1st Published:
http://www.amazon.com/House-Usher-Other-Plays-Inspired/dp/1893598055/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1377814456&sr=1-1 2005, Enfield Publishing, Enfield, New Hampshire, USA 978-1893598058
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Genre:
Drama, comedy, anthology of short plays
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: -
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