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Woody Allen

WOODY ALLEN

  (1935 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    International Creative Management LA  represented by John Burnham

Born in Brooklyn in 1935, allen started as a gag writer for other stand-up comics before becoming one himself. This led to his stage plays, and he now makes movies.

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

         Central Park West         Death         Don't Drink the Water         Floating Light Bulb, The         From A To Z         God         Hollywood Motel         Old Sybrook         Play It Again Sam         Riverside Drive         Second Hand Memory, A

Central Park West

Synopsis:
a chronicle of dysfunction.

Notes:
part of Death Defying Acts

1st Produced:
Off Broadway, New York    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
American Theatre Magazine, New York - July, 1995   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Death

Synopsis:
reflects an allegorical undercurrent reflecting the author's view of deat

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-     1975

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1975   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  18            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Don't Drink the Water

Synopsis:
Young American ambassador helps New York caterer who is mistaken for a spy in a Communist country

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Broadway, New York     1966

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1967   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  12            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Floating Light Bulb, The

Floating Light Bulb, The
Family troubles cause son to retreat into the world of magic in a 1945 Brooklyn neighbourhood.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Lincoln Centwe, NYC     1982

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Random House, New York, 1982   978-0394524153

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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From A To Z

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Book by Woody Allen, Herbert Farjeon And Nina Warner Hook; Featuring songs by Jerry Herman, Jay Thompson, Dickson Hughes, everett Sloane, Jack Holmes, Mary Rodgers, Paul Klein, Fred ebb, Norman Martin, William Dyer And Charles Zwar; Featuring songs with lyrics by Jerry Herman, Jay Thompson, Dickson Hughes, everett Sloane, Jack Holmes, Marshall Barer, Fred ebb, Norman Martin, Don Parks, Lee Goldsmith And Alan Melville

1st Produced:
Plymouth Theatre, NY     24/1960

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Revue sketches Musical

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  7            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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God

Synopsis:
companion piece to Death

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-     1975

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1975   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Satire 1 act

Parts:
Male:  17            Female:  8            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Hollywood Motel

Synopsis:
In HONeYMOON MOTeL, Woody allen invites you to the sort of wedding day you won't forget.

Notes:
part of Relatively Speaking is the collective title for three one Act plays by Ethan Coen, elaine May And Woody Allen

1st Produced:
Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 256 West 47th Street, New York, NY 10036     22 Oct 2011

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in Relatively Speaking, Dramatists Play Service, NY,    978-0822226321

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Old Sybrook

Synopsis:
the convivial atmosphere of Sheila and Norman's wedding anniversary celebration at their summer retreat is disturbed when a couple arrive and prompt the subsequent revelation of secrets. . .

Notes:
part of Death Defying Acts

1st Produced:
Off Broadway, New York    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
American Theatre Magazine, New York - July, 1995   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Play It Again Sam

Play It Again Sam
after wife leaves insecure young man he seeks love with affair of best friend's wife.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Broadhurst Theatre, New York     1969

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Random House, New York, 1969   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Romantic Comedy Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  9            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Theatre Record Volume XXXI (2011) Issue 11 Page 593

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Riverside Drive

Synopsis:
a dark comedy about a homeless genius who has been stalking a screenwriter for weeks, convinced that the man has stolen his idea-in fact, his life-to create a successful movie plot. the two have it out on Riverside Drive while the screenwriter is waiting to meet with his mistress so that he can tell her that he has to go back to his wife.

Notes:
part of Death Defying Acts

1st Produced:
Off Broadway, New York    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
American Theatre Magazine, New York - July, 1995   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Second Hand Memory, A

Synopsis:
alma is our narrator. She begins by explaining that she can go anywhere in time and space, because the play we are about to see, set in 1950's Brooklyn, is memory - not even her memory. This memory is a fantasy of certain events described to her in letters by her kid brother, Eddie. the good child. Not the one who had an abortion and ran off to europe. But she says little else of herself and instead explains that the first act is about the dreams the family has pinned to Eddie that he'll take over and revive his father's jewelry business, that he'll be a good husband to his new wife and a good Father to the child or children in her womb; in the second act, alma promises to show us what she terms the rude awakening. the transformation that we are supposed to witness is Eddie's slow turn from a docile boy who lives with his parents and works full time at the family store to the restless and resentful young man who has seen the world (i.e., Los Angeles) and come to realize that the old neighborhood is a maze of dead ends. Maybe Fay, his mother, shouldn't have called her Hollywood-agent-brother, Phil, and asked him to take Eddie under his wing. For upon arrival, Eddie is assigned a job in the mailroom and promptly falls in love with his uncle s secretary, Diane (who is having an affair with her boss). This last bit of devastating news, along with his father's frantic reports of some serious trouble at the jewelry store, swiftly puts Eddie's angsty butt on the next flight home. Needless to say, he's now a different man, and his old clothes don't fit anymore.
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Atlantic Theatre Company, New York     2004

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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