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Norman Barasch

NORMAN BARASCH

  (1922 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    ICM Partners  

Norman Barasch's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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

         Beginner's Luck         Daddy, Dear Daddy         Family Secrets         Make A Million         Send Me No Flowers         Standing By

Beginner's Luck

Synopsis:
man caught out in adultery tries to woe his ex wife back but finds he is amongst many suitors

Notes:
written with Carroll Moore

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

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Daddy, Dear Daddy

Synopsis:
Married daughter finally escapes from influence of rich domineering Father and, in consequence, averts parental divorce

Notes:
written with Carroll Moore

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1971   -

Music:
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Genre:
Domestic Comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Family Secrets

Synopsis:
a playwright decides to write a play about the death of his daughter, emotionally unable to deal with his grief in any other way. the play he writes is about a grieving fathers involvement with a deceased daughters college roommate. When in the course of directing the play, the vulnerable playwright is lured into an affair with an aggressive young actress, life suddenly parallels art in this play-with-in-a-play scenario. Meanwhile, the playwrights relationship with his wife and a surviving son is on the verge of falling apart, until long-held family secrets are finally revealed in a bruising but ultimately healing finale.

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Genre:
Full Length, Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Make A Million

Synopsis:
A harried television quiz producer wants two hundred thousand dollars so that he can divorce his wife and re-marry his ex.

Notes:
Written by Carroll Moore and Norman Barasch

1st Produced:
-     1959

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York   978-0573612121

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  19            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Send Me No Flowers

Synopsis:
George Kimball a hypochondriac overhears his doctor talking about another patient but thinks he is talking about him. He prepares for the end

Notes:
Written by Carroll Moore and Norman Barasch

1st Produced:
Chesterfield     1964

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1961   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Standing By

Synopsis:
after an intense four day affair the discover of leukaemia in the woman means the couple learn the meaning of love and courage

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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