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William Alfred

WILLIAM ALFRED  (1922 - 1999)

 Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Toby Cole  

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

         Agamemnon         Annunciation Rosary, The         Cry For Us All         Curse Of An Aching Heart, The         Hogan's Goat         Holy Saturday         Nothing Doing         Who To Love

Agamemnon

Synopsis:
based on the legend of the murder of agamemnon by his wife and her lover after the Trojan war

Notes:
Original Playwright - Aeschylus

1st Produced:
Cambridge, Massachusetts    1953

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Knopf, NY, 1954   -

Music:
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Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  4            Other:  extras

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Annunciation Rosary, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    1948

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1st Published:
Sower Press, New Jersey, 1948   -

Music:
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Cry For Us All

Cry For Us All
Brooklyn May 1890. In those days Brooklyn had its own mayor. Matt Stanton becomes the protege of the Mayor, steals his mistress and makes a bid to take over the Irish gangs. then Stanton's wife steps in with plans of her own

Notes:
Music by Mitch Leigh; Book by William Alfred And Albert Marre; Lyrics by Phyllis Robinson And William Alfred; Based on the play "Hogan's Goat" by William Alfred

1st Produced:
Broadhurst Theater, New York    08 Apr 1970

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Original Broadway cast: TS (1000) 1970

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Genre:
Musical

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Curse Of An Aching Heart, The

Synopsis:
Brooklyn 1923 to 1942 portrait of a lower class Irish Catholic woman as a survivor

Notes:
music by Claibe Richardson

1st Produced:
Chicago    1979

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1983   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Hogan's Goat

Hogan's Goat
19 C American Irish-Catholic politician kills wife of his secret marriage to ruin political ambitions.

Notes:
revised version, As Cry for Us All, with Albert Marre, music by Mitch Leigh (produced 1970).

1st Produced:
New York    1965

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Farrar StrAus, New York, 1966   -

Music:
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Genre:
Drama in verse

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  5            Other:  extras

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Holy Saturday

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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Boston    1980

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1st Published:
Canto vol3 no1, 1979   -

Music:
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Nothing Doing

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    1982

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Who To Love

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Musical version of "Hogan's Goat"

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
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