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Gary Beck

GARY BECK

  
Nationality:    USA
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Gary Beck's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Agamemnon         Antigone         Art Is Long         Birds, The         Breaking Point         Caged         Chess Match, The         Clown Show         Culture Clash         Date Rape         Doctor In Spite Of Himself         Elektra         Feast Or Famine         Flying Doctor, The         Funeral Strains         I Like Eyck         Jealous Husband         Lysistrata         Occupy Wall Street         Searching Satyrs         Two Pretentious Maidens Ridicules         Women In Assembly
Agamemnon

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright: Aeschylus. Translated with Carl Caravana

1st Produced:
Sidewalks Theater, New York     1990

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Antigone

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright: Sophocles

1st Produced:
Sidewalks Theater, New York     1998

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Art Is Long

Synopsis:
Tony and Evie have inherited a large sum of money. Evie takes him to an art gallery to buy a painting

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading at Sidewalks Theater, New York    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
https://garycbeck.com   

Music:
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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Birds, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright: Aristophanes

1st Produced:
Sidewalks Theater, New York     1982

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
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Breaking Point

Synopsis:
Fred remains glued to his laptop. His wife, son and daughter all nag him for not getting any food, not getting a job and ignoring him. They leave for work or school. Fred gets up and gets his gun, he loads it. He plans to visit his wife and daughter's places of work and his son's school

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
https://garycbeck.com   

Music:
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Genre:
Short play

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Caged

Caged
A man is tempted to get into a cage at the zoo by a zookeeper. Will he let the tiger in?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Sidewalks Theater, New York    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in "The Big Match and Other One Act Plays" published by Wordcatcher Publishing 2019   

Music:
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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
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Chess Match, The

Synopsis:
A newbie arrives at the Chess Club. He tells the proprietor that he wants to play a strong player as no one else has turned up so the proprietor suggests he play Bobby the computer. The looser pays 25 cents. The newbie looses he keeps increasing the amount but always looses

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
https://garycbeck.com   

Music:
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Genre:
Short play

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Clown Show

Clown Show
Two clowns worry that their show may no longer be needed in the Age of Trump

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in "The Big Match and Other One Act Plays" published by Wordcatcher Publishing 2019   

Music:
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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
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Culture Clash

Culture Clash
A one night stand that leads to violence because of class differences

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading at Sidewalks Theater, New York    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in "The Big Match and Other One Act Plays" published by Wordcatcher Publishing 2019   

Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
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Date Rape

Date Rape
A young woman is drugged at a frat party

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in "The Big Match and Other One Act Plays" published by Wordcatcher Publishing 2019   

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Doctor In Spite Of Himself

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright: Moliere

1st Produced:
Westside Repertory Theatre, New York     1986

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
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Elektra

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright: Sophocles. Translated with Carl Caravana

1st Produced:
Sidewalks Theater, New York     1989

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
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Feast Or Famine

Feast Or Famine
A man tries to hide the fact that he has been totally unable to find a job

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Sidewalks Theater, New York    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in "The Big Match and Other One Act Plays" published by Wordcatcher Publishing 2019   

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
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Flying Doctor, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright: Moliere

1st Produced:
Sidewalks Theater, New York     1979

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
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Funeral Strains

Funeral Strains
A funeral service for a dead gay man. He had been rejected by his father had joined the Marines and died in Afghanistan. A radical anti-gay church group try to disrupt the service. A group of bikers get rid of the protesters and persuade the father to attend the funeral

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in "The Big Match and Other One Act Plays" published by Wordcatcher Publishing 2019   

Music:
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Genre:
Gay one act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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I Like Eyck

I Like Eyck
A greedy art dealer may have found a way to duplicate Old Masters

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in "The Big Match and Other One Act Plays" published by Wordcatcher Publishing 2019   

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
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Jealous Husband

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright: Moliere

1st Produced:
Sidewalks Theater, New York     1979

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Lysistrata

Synopsis:
No sex until there is no war

Notes:
Original Playwright: Aristophanes

1st Produced:
Sidewalks Theater, New York     1982

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Occupy Wall Street

Occupy Wall Street
A mother worries about her young son who is going on an anti-capitalist protest

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in "The Big Match and Other One Act Plays" published by Wordcatcher Publishing 2019   

Music:
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Genre:
Short play

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Searching Satyrs

Synopsis:
Hermes steals the sacred cows of apollo. apollo sends the Satyrs to retrieve them. they find that Hermes has skinned two of them and made a lyre from them. When apollo hears the sweet music that Hermes plays he forgives him

Notes:
Original playwright Sophocles. Original title "Ichneutae"

1st Produced:
Nat Horne Theater, New York     01 Jan 1988

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
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Two Pretentious Maidens Ridicules

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright: Moliere

1st Produced:
Sidewalks Theater, New York     1980

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Women In Assembly

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright: Aristophanes

1st Produced:
Sidewalks Theater, New York    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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