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Jay Presson Allen

JAY PRESSON ALLEN  (1922 - 2006)

 Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    ICM Partners  

Jay Presson Allen (March 3, 1922  May 1, 2006) was an American screenwriter, playwright, stage director, television producer and novelist. Known for her withering wit and sometimes-off-color wisecracks, she was one of the few women making a living as a screenwriter at a time when women were a rarity in the profession. "You write to please yourself," she said, "the only office where theres no superior is the office of the scribe." - Wiki

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below is a list of Jay Presson Allen's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Big Love, The         First Wife         Forty Carats         I And Albert         Little Family Business, A         Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie, The         Tru

Big Love, The

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a revised version of the play originally produced At the Coconut Grove Playhouse, Miami Florida. Based on short stories by Truman Capote

1st Produced:
Plymouth Theatre, New York    1991

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Genre:
Monologue play

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  4 fmale voices off

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First Wife

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Comedy

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Forty Carats

Synopsis:
a 40 year old divorcee whose car breaks down in Greece is introduced to the true romance of the country by a winning youth of 22

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comedy by Jean Pierre Gredy & Pierre Barillet

1st Produced:
New York    1969

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Samuel French, NY,    -

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Genre:
adaptation

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Male:  5            Female:  6            Other:  -

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I And Albert

I And Albert
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by Jay Allen; Music Charles Strouse; lyrics by Lee Adams

1st Produced:
Piccadilly Theatre, London    06 Nov 1972

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LP: TeR 1004 1981

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Genre:
Musical

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Little Family Business, A

Synopsis:
daughter takes over from despotic Father at factory as heart attack forces rehabilitating cruise, she increases profits and Father returns to find himself stripped of power

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comedy by Pierre Barillet And Jean-Pierre Gredy

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Samuel French, NY,    -

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Genre:
adaptation

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Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie, The

Synopsis:
Period 1930, unconventional teacher with clear favourites and a love of Mussolini and Italy incurs disapproval and renunciation

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from novel by Muriel Spark

1st Produced:
Torquay    1966

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Samuel French, NY, 1969   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  8            Other:  11g

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Tru

Tru
Adapted from the words and works of Truman Capote, Tru takes place in the writer's New York City apartment during the week before Christmas 1975. An excerpt from Capote's infamous novel Answered Prayers has recently been published in esquire and the author's friends, recognizing the characters as thinly veiled versions of themselves, have turned their back on the man they once considered a close confidant. Alone and hurting, Capote soothes himself with pills, alcohol, and chocolate truffles while musing about his checkered life and career.

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Booth Theatre, New York    14 Dec 1989

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Genre:
Monolgue play. - - Gay/Lesbian, historical characters

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  various voices

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