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Frederick Bailey

FREDERICK BAILEY  (1946 - )

 Nationality:    USA
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Born in Dallas, Texas in 1946, Mr. Bailey obtained his BFa in theatre from Southern Methodist in 1967. He h-as directed nearly one hundred plays, working in New York off-off Broadway, in summer stock and regional theatres and in Louisiana and he is now writing screenplays for producer Roger Corman and for director Bob Rafelson.

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

 Bitter Exchange, A         Bridgehead, The         Coyote Hotel         Dirty Ugly People And Their Stupid Meaningless Lives         Gringo Planet         Hooded Gnome, The         Keeper         Lonesome Canyon         Midnight In Topanga         No Scratch         Opposite End Of The Couch, The         Putting On The Dog         Rio Pork         Set It Down With Gold         Unscheduled Appearance, An         Walkie Talkie

Bitter Exchange, A

Synopsis:
a hillbilly down on his luck in New York and the piano recitalist who loves his explosiveness.

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1st Produced:
Warehouse Theatre, Oklahoma City    1974

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Genre:
comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Bridgehead, The

Synopsis:
In 1970, a reconnaissance squad is sent into Cambodia looking for North Vietnamese bases. Surrounded on all sides by their own troops, but isolated from them, they discover that their native guide is a traitor

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play was A co-winner in the Actors Theatre of Louisville First Annual New Play Festival, 1977

1st Produced:
Southern Methodist University, Dallas    1973

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Genre:
2 acts Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  13            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Coyote Hotel

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Dirty Ugly People And Their Stupid Meaningless Lives

Synopsis:
a follow-up of the actors scratching for a living in the Great Depression of the 'BOs.

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Genre:
farce One act

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Gringo Planet

Synopsis:
This comically crazed sci-fi spoof parodies B movies when five chess-mad mechanics fall prey to alien infiltration. When a mysterious Soviet journalist arrives shortly after a UFO crash, the mechanics' eccentricities begin to run amuck.

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Warehouse Theatre, OK    -

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Genre:
science fiction farce Play/Drama

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Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Hooded Gnome, The

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1st Produced:
The Playbox, NYC    -

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1st Published:
The Scene, Vol. 3, The Smith, 5 Beekman St., New York, NY 10038,    -

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Keeper

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in Ten Minute Plays From actors Theatre Of Louisville, Vol 4, Samuel French NY   -

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Genre:
Ten Min

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Lonesome Canyon

Synopsis:
a wistful, poignant play about life in a boarding house in Lonesome Canyon, New Mexico in 1978

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1st Produced:
Krannert Center, University of Illinois    1979

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Genre:
romantic comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  2            Other:  1 dog

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Midnight In Topanga

Synopsis:
a young woman comes to terms with her burgeoning psychic powers

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1st Produced:
New arts Theatre, Dallas    1982

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Genre:
occult comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  6            Other:  -

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No Scratch

Synopsis:
actors scratching to get by in a rundown part of the city during the Great Depression of the '80s.

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1st Produced:
Odyssey Theatre, L.a    1981

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Genre:
radical farce

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Opposite End Of The Couch, The

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Warehouse Theatre, OK    -

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Putting On The Dog

Synopsis:
a romantic comedy of contemporary life in small town, New Mexico. an old woman runs a boarding house with a nest of poor but happy tenants. The local sheriff and his deputy, who is also one of her tenants, must tell her that her driving is becoming a hazard to others. This plot thread is interwoven with a budding romance between two other tenants.

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Krannert Center, University of Illinois    -

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Genre:
Romantic Comedy Comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  2            Other:  1 small dog

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Rio Pork

Synopsis:
Three men in a contest for the only woman in amboy, Texas in 1891

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1st Produced:
The Birdsong and Bluefield, Desert Marvel    1975

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Genre:
bizarre comedy

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Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Set It Down With Gold

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1st Produced:
Charles Playhouse, Ma    -

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1st Published:
The Scene, Vol. 1, The Smith, 5 Beekman St., New York, NY 10038,    -

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Unscheduled Appearance, An

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1st Produced:
New York Theatre Ensemble, NYC    -

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Walkie Talkie

Synopsis:
a metaphysical melodrama set in The Nexus, an underground city. Murder, sex and coffee in the twenty-third century

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1st Produced:
Theatre/Theater, L.a.    1985

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Genre:
neo-science fiction comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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