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KATHLEEN BETSKO
(1939 - )Nationality: English
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Literary Agent: Writers and Artists Agency
Kathleen Betsko's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates
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below is a list of Kathleen Betsko's plays - click on a Play Title for more information
Beggar's Choice Johnny Bull Stitchers And Starlight TalkersBeggar's Choice
Synopsis:
a working-class english girl, tired of her drab existence, fantasises about escaping to America
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1st Produced:
O'Neill Theater Center Playwrights Conference 1978
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Genre:
One act
Parts:
Male: - Female: 3 Other: -
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Top of PageJohnny Bull
Synopsis:
Having married an American serviceman during his wartime stint in england, Iris has looked forward to coming to the United States-to the glittering, glamorous world she has seen depicted in Hollywood movies. But her new husband's home turns out to be Willard Patch, Pennsylvania, a grimy, depressed coal mining town where life is drab and hardscrabble. and her new family isn't much better: Her husband, Joe, is content to live on welfare; her father-in-law is a bigoted tyrant who speaks broken english; her slightly retarded sister-in-law, Katrine, is resentful at having to give up her bedroom; and it is only with her stolid, long-suffering mother-in-law, Marie, that Iris senses the possibility of rapport. Centering on the relationship which grows between these two, and which eventually includes Katrine as well, the action of the play moves inexorably and powerfully through a series of crises-some hilarious, some deeply stirring-which bring Iris both the understanding she needs to comprehend her fate, and also the strength to break away and seek a better life for herself and her infant daughter.
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Dramatists Play Service, NY, -
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Genre:
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 3 Other: -
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Top of PageStitchers And Starlight Talkers
Synopsis:
a factory stitcher enters a drawing competition and wins a semester of art classes. She meets a cynical male professor who is contemptuous of her social status. In spite of himself, the teacher becomes interested in the spirit and talent of his student. a relationship emerges which results in an education for both of them
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Genre:
Long 1 act
Parts:
Male: 4 Female: 3 Other: -
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