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Norman Beim

NORMAN BEIM

  (1923 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Trained for the Theatre at Ohio State University, the Institute of Contemporary art in Washington, DC, and the Hedgerow Repertory Theatre School in Philadelphia, Mr. Beim has worked in professional Theatre for 25 years and has been writing plays even longer. His efforts have been rewarded by prizes in the New england Theatre Conference and the Metropolitan Short Play Contest as well as a number of productions. He attends every opening of his plays, not only in Off Off Broadway, New York, but in asHLAnd, Oregon or the Netherlands.

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

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         All American         Archie's Comeback         Battle Of Valor, The         By the Rivers Of Babylon         Chessman         Choices         Cock Of the Walk         Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are         Costume Ball, The         Dancing In the Dark         Dark Corner Of An Empty Room, The         David And Jonathan         Death Amid the Rich And Famous         Deep In the Heart Of Texas         Deserter, The         Disintegration Of Delia Longstreet, The         Dora Goes To A Funeral         Dorst         Double Take, The         Dracula         Dreams         Emergency Meeting, An         Emigrants, The         Establishment, The         Failure, The         Fancy Meeting You         Fandango Tango, The         First Mistake, The         For Crying Out Loud         Fritz & Froyim         Goya         Guess Who's Not Coming To Dinner         Haircut, The         Hedda Gabler         Hit, The         Hostages         I Went To A Marvelous Party         Ida the Indomitable         Impossible Cure, An         Improvisations For Mr X         Inseparable, The         Inside         Iriook And the Sun         Jewel Thieves         Journeymen, The         Just the Echo Of A Sigh         Kidding Around         Kingdom By the Sea         Leg Of the Journey, A         Liberation Of Linda Dworkin, The         Literary Lesson, The         Lively Art, The         Lonely Places         Love Among The Artists         Luck Of the Draw         Marriage Of Convenience, A         Marvelous Party         My Dinner With Mark         On A Darkling Plain         Pickled Peppers         Politics As Usual         Professor Graduates, The         Proper Technique, The         Pygmalion And Galatea         Queen Of Persia, The         Queen's Revenge Plus Two, A         Race In America         Reluctant Critic, The         Road Not Taken, The         Rose Of Sharon, A         Salvador         Second Chance         Shakespeare Revisited         Skinflint         Someday I'll Find You         Stranger then Fiction         Success         Summing Up, The         Three Black Comedies         Tinsel On the Tree, The         Trumpet For Nap, A         Tyranny Of Love, The         Un Crie De Coeur         Under Coyote's Eye         Unheard Melodies         Waiting For Gaudreault         Walk Among the Flowers, A         Why?         Women Are Women         World Of Dracula, The         Zygielbaum's Journey

All American

Synopsis:
an American athlete is the object of hero worship

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Play/Drama

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Archie's Comeback

Synopsis:
woman believes husband has drowned and falls in love again when up pops archie rescued from his desert island and native girls

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Samuel French, NY,    -

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Genre:
Comedy

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Battle Of Valor, The

Synopsis:
Bob Carter is dishonourably discharged from the army in World War Two for engaging in an homosexual act. He returns home too ashamed to let anyone know the reason. His sister has dumped her bisexual boyfriend Greg. Bob and Greg spend the night together. This leaves Bob frightened and confused about his sexuality

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1st Produced:
Rooftop Repertory Company, Off Off Broadway     1969

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1st Published:
in "Plays: at Home and abroad" French, New York,    -

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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By the Rivers Of Babylon

Synopsis:
memory play, the author's uncle a Jewish immigrant from Poland arrives in 20s America lost and confused

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Samuel French, London,    -

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Genre:
Comedy/Drama Comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Chessman

Synopsis:
a free form play about Caryl Chessman who was executed at San Quentin after twelve years on Death Row

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1st Produced:
Reading, Victory Gardens Theatre, Chicago, Il     1981

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Choices

Choices
In Paris. Producer of Boulevard Comedies, Henri is apprehensive about putting on his first tragedy. It is a play about his late father a legendary actor. Although he has little interest in the theatre, Henri's son has agreed to play the lead

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Cock Of the Walk

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1st Produced:
Staged Reading The Cast Theatre, La     1985

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Genre:
Biographical

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Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are

Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are
Edith is having an affair with Brenda but is still mourning for her dead lover Kenneth

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Contained in: "Three Bi-Sexual Comedies Plus an Assortment of Plays" published by New Concept Press 2013   978-0931231223

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Genre:
Lesbian one act

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Costume Ball, The

Synopsis:
Harry's business is in trouble and Wilbur's account is the only thing that can save it. Harry will go to any lengths to get it and a costume party snafu causes the client's true desire to be exposed. according to a review, "a froth of mistaken identities. . . a gentle spoof on the politics of big business."

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Dancing In the Dark

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1st Produced:
Optioned For Off-Broadway     1984

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Dark Corner Of An Empty Room, The

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David And Jonathan

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1st Produced:
Assembly Theatre, Off Off Broadway     1969

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Death Amid the Rich And Famous

Synopsis:
a journalist must face up to the suicide of her daughter

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Dark Comedies (Plus 5 One act Plays and 13 mini plays)" published by New Concept Plays, 2007   -

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Genre:
Short play

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Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Deep In the Heart Of Texas

Synopsis:
Two friends discover why one of their sons killed himself

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Dark Comedies (Plus 5 One act Plays and 13 mini plays)" published by New Concept Plays, 2007   -

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Short play

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Deserter, The

Synopsis:
In the darkened room of a deserted French chateau during World War II, Private Eddie Slovik awaits execution. Written with great perception and sensitivity . . . the author ranks With the best in America today" . . . WHBI Radio.

Notes:
Winner of Metropolitan Short Play Contest 1979

1st Produced:
Troupe Theatre, NYC     1979

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1978   -

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Genre:
comedy One act

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Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Disintegration Of Delia Longstreet, The

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Dora Goes To A Funeral

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Dark Comedies (Plus 5 One act Plays and 13 mini plays)" published by New Concept Plays, 2007   -

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Dorst

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Little Angel Marionette Theatre, London     1968

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1st Published:
Playwrights Coop, playscript, 1976   -

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Double Take, The

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a play by Luigi Pirandello Adapted for radio; broadcast by CBC, 1958

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Dracula

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Troupe Theatre, NYC     1978

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Genre:
modern fable

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Dreams

Synopsis:
tells the story of legendary Broadway stars, Lily and archie Lowe, (read alfred Lunt & Lynn Fontanne) who are coming out of retirement, after being away from the stage for so many years. How will these aged troupers, who were adored by millions of fans in their day, fare today?

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1st Produced:
Turtle's Shell Theater     2008

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    -

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Genre:
Comedy Drama Comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Emergency Meeting, An

Synopsis:
Feathers are ruffled during the process of choosing the next season's plays

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Dark Comedies (Plus 5 One act Plays and 13 mini plays)" published by New Concept Plays,    -

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Genre:
Comedy

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Emigrants, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Slawomir Mrozek

1st Produced:
Saidye Bronfman Centre Theatre, Montreal     1981

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, New York, 1984   -

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Genre:
Translation

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Establishment, The

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Failure, The

Synopsis:
Despite all odds a middle aged writer still peruses his goals

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Genre:
Comedy

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Fancy Meeting You

Fancy Meeting You
Jessica is going with her sister Patricia to meet a man that Patricia has been chatting to on the internet. It turns out to be Jessica's husband

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Contained in: "Three Bi-Sexual Comedies Plus an Assortment of Plays" published by New Concept Press 2013   978-0931231223

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Fandango Tango, The

Synopsis:
a female detective posses as a rich woman to trap a serial killer - even going as far as marrying him.

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Genre:
Comedy

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First Mistake, The

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For Crying Out Loud

Synopsis:
a play for young people that blends science fantasy with dream vision

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1st Produced:
Char-Lan Theatre Workshop, Williamstown     1975

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1st Published:
Canadian Drama, Volume 1, Number 2, 1975 and in Cues and entrances, Gage Publishing Ltd., 1977   -

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Genre:
Youth audience

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Fritz & Froyim

Synopsis:
Fritz, a former SS trooper, is visited by Froyim, the ghost of a Jewish comedian. Unfortunately the visitor seems to have no intention of leaving. Fritz resorts to all sorts of subterfuge to rid himself of this supernatural imp since its presence is wreaking havoc with his life. But how can one get rid of a presence who no one else can see? Is it possible for Fritz to come to terms with this thorn in his side? there is also a ventriloquist act, a tap dancing ghost, electric shock treatment, and a phony exorcist with a magic act.
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Notes:
book And lyrics by Norman Beim; music by Mark Barkan And Rolf Barnes

1st Produced:
Turtle Shell Theater, NY     2007

Organisations:
Turtle Shell Productions

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Goya

Synopsis:
a violent celebration of life that will drain your guts out, and "Beissel's play is an absorbing theatrical portrait of a rebel genius," are from the reviews

Notes:
Dallas theatre Center, 1981.

1st Produced:
Montreal Theatre Lab     1976

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Guess Who's Not Coming To Dinner

Synopsis:
A northeast town. The action alternates between Stacey's home and his office. It's 1968. Stacey Cooper, a successful Afro-American neuro-surgeon married to Jennifer, a white woman, is cleared of molesting a young patient, when it's discovered that the accusation was false and racially motivated. Stacey is deeply shaken by the ordeal and plans to join the Black Panther movement in Burbank, led by Jeremiah Jones. Margaret Kimberley, Stacey's white mother-in-law, tries to encourage the move, hoping to break up her daughter's marriage which has alienated Jennifer from the family and broken the father's heart. Jennifer, meanwhile, does her best to save her marriage.

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1st Produced:
Off Off Broadway     1970

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Genre:
Full Length Play, Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Haircut, The

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Hedda Gabler

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Original Playwright - Henrik Ibsen

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Saidye Bronfman Centre     1982

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adaptation

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Hit, The

Synopsis:
a young man is inducted into the Mafia

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Hostages

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-

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Workshopped Banff Centre For The Arts     1984

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I Went To A Marvelous Party

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Ida the Indomitable

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Impossible Cure, An

Synopsis:
a psychiatrist's patient has a problem

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Improvisations For Mr X

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-

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staged reading Actors Studio, New York, 1979.

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Workshopped Montreal Playwrights Workshop     1978

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Inseparable, The

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play by Walter Bauer Adapted for radio; broadcast by CBC, 1959

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Inside

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Hedgerow Theatre School Workshop     1948

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Iriook And the Sun

Synopsis:
a Canadian classic with fundamental patterns of life and death

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1st Produced:
Stratford Festival     1973

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Playwrights Coop, playscript, 1973 and book, 1974; anthologized in Delacorte anthology of Plays for Young People, 1982   -

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Jewel Thieves

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a mysterious stranger is invited into the elegant country home of aging film legend Gloria Desmond, where he encounters a lovely young countess and a substitute butler. But is anyone really who they claim to be, especially when their names are alfred, Lynne and Harold Busby? Or is it Busby Harold? the intrigue builds as their attention focuses on Gloria's precious jewel, the legendary Mandarin necklace."

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Comedy Mystery Mystery

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Journeymen, The

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-

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Off Broadway     1950

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Just the Echo Of A Sigh

Synopsis:
a man is visited by the daughter of his ex-wife

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Kidding Around

Kidding Around
A group of High School students have been bullying a female student who has killed herself

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Kingdom By the Sea

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-

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Reading, St. Clements, NYC     1976

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Leg Of the Journey, A

Synopsis:
success of man's book leads to offer to become Dean at University where he teaches, but his wife is unwilling to enter the arena of public life

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in "Plays: at Home and abroad" French, New York,    -

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Liberation Of Linda Dworkin, The

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Literary Lesson, The

Synopsis:
based on a story by Henry James

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Lively Art, The

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radio Adaptation broadcast by CBC

1st Produced:
Toronto Factory Lab     1975

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Playwrights Co-op (1976)   -

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Lonely Places

Synopsis:
about the People's Temple and the Guyana Massacre.

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-

1st Produced:
Staged Reading, San Francisco Playwrights Center     1982

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Love Among The Artists

Love Among The Artists
Keith Garrick runs a summer stock company. The two productions they are doing are "Hamlet" and "Othello". In an effort to prove colour blind casting makes no sense he has cast a black actor as Hamlet and a white actor as Othello

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Luck Of the Draw

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Marriage Of Convenience, A

Synopsis:
What happens when an urbane, successful author wants to run for the Senate and happens to be gay? advised by his PR man that his sexual identity will lead to his defeat he is persuaded to take a wife. Ironically the woman he chooses, his secretary, happens to be a lesbian, just one of the many twists and turns in Norman Beim's comedy that spoofs sex and marriage, and offers commentary on the political scene today

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-

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Troupe Theatre, NYC    

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-

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in "Plays: at Home and abroad" French, New York,    -

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Marvelous Party

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-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Troupe Theatre, NYC     1978

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-

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-   -

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My Dinner With Mark

Synopsis:
story of immigrant Jew's initiation into American business and the harrowing tale of his escape from the Nazis as a child

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-

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Samuel French, NY,    -

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On A Darkling Plain

Synopsis:
in 1964 dilEmma for actor who has been blacklisted then offered a part by the man who reported him to McCarthy

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Samuel French, NY,    -

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Pickled Peppers

Synopsis:
Who poisoned Peter Pepper's wife?

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Politics As Usual

Politics As Usual
A senator has been sending photographs of his private parts to women on the internet

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Professor Graduates, The

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-

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Troupe Theatre, NYC     1979

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Proper Technique, The

Proper Technique, The
To get near her Hollywood idol May Strauss pretends to be a report for her college newspaper. Jack Gardner is stressed out - he is about to make his Broadway debut. May introduces him to her father - a famous guru

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Pygmalion And Galatea

Synopsis:
a wealthy socialite is transformed into a beauty by a famous plastic surgeon whom she marries to devote her whole life to beauty

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Polona Productions, Holland     1983

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-

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Samuel French, NY,    -

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Queen Of Persia, The

Synopsis:
based on the Biblical book of esther

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Queen's Revenge Plus Two, A

Synopsis:
an older gay man plots revenge when he is deserted by his younger lover

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1st Produced:
Troupe Theatre, NYC     1978

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-

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Contained in: "Three Dark Comedies (Plus 5 One act Plays and 13 mini plays)" published by New Concept Plays, 2007   -

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Black comedy. - - Gay, one act

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Race In America

Synopsis:
Race in America

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Reluctant Critic, The

Synopsis:
about a widower picking up pieces of his life after his wife's death

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Road Not Taken, The

Road Not Taken, The
Jeff has broken up with Audrey as she is cynical about his writing career. Jeff's brother Don arrives. When Jeff learns about Don's secret life it changes his perspective on life

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Rose Of Sharon, A

Synopsis:
a religious Jewish mother is upset when her daughter announces plans to marry a Protestant

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Samuel French, NY,    -

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Salvador

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-

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French translation slated for television production in France

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Second Chance

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Shakespeare Revisited

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Skinflint

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1st Produced:
Gesu Theatre With Mirbt Marionettes, Montreal     1969

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Someday I'll Find You

Synopsis:
the daughter of his ex-wife by her second marriage commits suicide when their affair is discovered

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1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Dark Comedies (Plus 5 One act Plays and 13 mini plays)" published by New Concept Plays, 2007   -

Music:
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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Stranger then Fiction

Synopsis:
3 Plays Based on Fact, a program of plays by Norman Beim. the following description is from the show's press release: "the trilogy of one acts, Stranger Than Fiction; 3 Plays Based on Fact include a Love Story, which tells the story of a poignant long-distance relationship between a young girl in Poland and a middle-aged storekeeper in Prague which began during World War I. In a Queen's Revenge, an older gay man is deserted by his younger lover and seeks retribution. the third play, the Deserter, is based on the story of Private Eddie Slovik, the only American soldier shot for desertion during World War II."

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Turtle Shell Studios, NY     2006

Organisations:
Turtle Shell Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Success

Synopsis:
a loving young couple come to New York to forge a career in the theatre, a rueful comment on business principles in America

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1st Produced:
Jacques Senf Productions, Holland    

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:  -

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Summing Up, The

Synopsis:
an ageing socialite wants a journalist to ghost write her memoirs

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Dark Comedies (Plus 5 One act Plays and 13 mini plays)" published by New Concept Plays, 2007   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Three Black Comedies

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Troupe Theatre, NYC    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
1 acts One act

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Tinsel On the Tree, The

Synopsis:
a man is recounting his life story - but is he telling the truth?

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1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Dark Comedies (Plus 5 One act Plays and 13 mini plays)" published by New Concept Plays, 2007   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Trumpet For Nap, A

Synopsis:
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Notes:
adaptation of A play by Tankred Dorst

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op,1976   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

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Tyranny Of Love, The

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Un Crie De Coeur

Synopsis:
a married bisexual man struggles with his gay side

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Dark Comedies (Plus 5 One act Plays and 13 mini plays)" published by New Concept Plays, 2007   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, one act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Under Coyote's Eye

Synopsis:
"an unusual play with an unusual story behind it," and "a poetic rendering with the power of a Greek tragedy," are descriptions by reviewers

Notes:
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1st Produced:
The Other Theatre, Chicago     1978

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Playwrights Coop, playscript, 1978 and by Quadrant Press, 1980   -

Music:
-

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Unheard Melodies

Synopsis:
George Bernard Shaw and his wife

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Dark Comedies (Plus 5 One act Plays and 13 mini plays)" published by New Concept Plays, 2007   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Waiting For Gaudreault

Synopsis:
with arlette Franciere, of a play by Quebec playwright andre Simard

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1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Simon and Pierre, 1978   -

Music:
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Genre:
Translation

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Walk Among the Flowers, A

Synopsis:
a writer visits his Jewish immigrant family in Newark in the thirties showing conflicting patterns and dreams

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1st Produced:
Staged Reading Actors Alley Theatre, La     1985

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

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy/Drama Comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Why?

Synopsis:
a black teenager questions racism

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1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Dark Comedies (Plus 5 One act Plays and 13 mini plays)" published by New Concept Plays, 2007   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Monologue

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Women Are Women

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Troupe Theatre, NYC     1979

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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World Of Dracula, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Troupe Theatre, NYC    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Zygielbaum's Journey

Synopsis:
true story of a Jewish labour leader during World War II who fled from Poland and tried to alert the world to the holocaust

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  3            Other:  -

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