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John (1) Bishop

JOHN (1) BISHOP  (1929 - 2006)

 Nationality:    USA
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born in Mansfield, Ohio

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 Arizona Anniversaries         Borderline         Cabin 12         Confluence         Elmer Gantry         Great Grandson Of Jedediah Kohler, The         Harvesting, The         Keepin'An Eye On Louie         Musical Comedy Murders Of 1940         Skirmishers, The         Trip Back Down, The         Winter Signs

Arizona Anniversaries

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Borderline

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chronicles the psychic disintegration of Charles Graham, a young advertising/marketing executive who, it would seem, "has it all"-a good job, a loving wife and children, a comfortable home etc. But, beneath the surface, he is beset by a gnawing dissatisfaction, which is triggered into active hostility when an apparently unprovoked double murder is committed in the house next door. Drawing away from wife and children, and allowing his career to falter, Charles becomes embroiled in a series of disastrous extramarital affairs, culminating in the ultimate violence of murder. Meanwhile, a "lecturer," with maps and slides, traces the genealogy of his self-destructive conduct back to his forebears' involvement in the violent border wars of medieval Scotland.

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Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

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Genre:
Short Play One act

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Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Cabin 12

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The place is a motel in a small Virginia town, where a father and son have come to make funeral arrangements for their son and brother. He was a truck driver, formerly a star high school athlete, who was killed when his rig jackknifed on the highway. as they talk about him, and his life, the possibility that perhaps his death was not accidental at all begins to emerge. Gradually the tension between the two men builds, interrupted at one point by an explosive confrontation with a noisy couple in the next room and while they are united in their grief the gap of communication between them, their differing perception of the dead son and brother, is increasingly evident. In the end we know that the death was not an accident but an escape-fleeing from the disappointment and failure which still infuse the lives of the family left behind.

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Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

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One act

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Confluence

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Visiting his young fiancee, who is acting in a summer stock company, Chuck Janola, a former Pittsburgh Steeler, and now a prosperous businessman, picnics with her in a rural park, overlooking the confluence of three Pennsylvania rivers. When the girl goes off to a rehearsal Chuck stays behind, both to contemplate the view and because he knows that the park is also the favorite haunt of Earl Douchette, a former baseball star and Hall of Famer, now living out his final years in a wheelchair. Wary when they first meet, Earl gradually warms to the younger man, who idolized him as a boy, and soon both are swapping tales of their glory days, and commiserating at the wrenching sadness (which only other pros can understand) that comes when time robs them of the unique excellence which has set them apart from others. Poignant and beautifully understated, the play reverberates with echoes of the past-the future-capturing the nuances of a special world which only the few may know and fully share.

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Elmer Gantry

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Music by Mel Marvin; lyrics by David H Bell; John Bishop (1); Bob Satuloff; book by John Bishop (1). Based on the novel by Sinclair Lewis

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Ford's Theatre, Washington D C    10 Jun 1988

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Genre:
Musical

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Great Grandson Of Jedediah Kohler, The

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The contemporary search for "I", in which the corporate maze is set against the simple solutions of the old west.

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in "Plays From Circle Rep", Broadway Play Publishing, New York,    -

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Genre:
Satire

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Male:  9            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Harvesting, The

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The place is Mansfield, Ohio, the time 1976-during the celebration of the nation's bicentennial. as the play begins, a police radio reports the murders of the wife of a leading citizen and her lover, and a team headed by chief detective John Torski immediately swings into action. Suspicion, at first, centers on the victim's husband, a ruthless local businessman named Bim Miller, a classmate and former friend of Torski's-until he too is murdered. Thereafter the fascinating trail of clues leads, step by step, through a series of revealing interrogations which, in the end, piece together a chilling tale of hidden crime, festering guilt, alienation and eventual retribution-violently exacted by a tortured, long-lost son who has never forgiven-or forgotten-the sins of his unloving parents.

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Play/Drama

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Male:  7            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Keepin'An Eye On Louie

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focuses on male violence, but this time the action involves a "stakeout" where two policemen and a policewoman are holed up with a Mafia informer (dressed as a woman) monitoring the comings and goings in an Italian restaurant frequented by the mob. Both policemen are having trouble with their wives-one is impotent, the other suspects his wife of infidelity-and, again, their simmering unease leads both to sexual confusion and destructive, fatal violence, albeit laced with moments of antic humor and wildly funny dialogue

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One act

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Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Musical Comedy Murders Of 1940

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The creative team responsible for a recent Broadway flop (in which three chorus girls were murdered by the mysterious "Stage Door Slasher") assemble for a backer's audition of their new show at the Westchester estate of a wealthy "angel." The house is replete with sliding panels, secret passageways and a German maid who is apparently four different people-all of which figure diabolically in the comic mayhem which follows when the infamous "Slasher" makes his reappearance and strikes again-and again. as the composer, lyricist, actors and director prepare their performance, and a blizzard cuts off any possible retreat, bodies start to drop in plain sight, knives spring out of nowhere, masked figures drag their victims behind swiveling bookcases, and accusing fingers point in all directions. However, and with no thanks to the bumbling police inspector who snowshoes in to investigate, the mystery is solved in the nick of time and the "Slasher" unmasked-but not before the audience has been treated to a sidesplitti

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Greenwich, London    1988

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Warner Chappell Plays, London, 1989   -

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Comedy. - - Gay, theme/character, full length

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Skirmishers, The

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The scene is a small apartment on Manhattan's West Side, the home of Ralph Keptner, a young bachelor and Civil War buff. Reconciled to being alone, and to filling in the hours with an ongoing game in which the Battle of Gettysburg is fought and re-fought, Ralph is pleasantly surprised when alan, a new neighbor from across the court, stops by to borrow some ice and shortly becomes an enthusiastic participant in the board game. But when alan's beautiful young wife, Stoni joins them, a subtle change begins, as drinks are shared and alan's mood moves from affability to inquisitiveness to provocation. The focus of the action is on sexuality-alan's conviction that Ralph has been spying on Stoni and himself in their bedroom, and his disquieting desire to watch his apparently compliant wife have sex with another man. The tension is broken when Stoni, aware of Ralph's anguish, berates her husband and sends him packing. But, when they are alone, Ralph, despite his wish that it were not so, is unable to respond to the i

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Trip Back Down, The

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stock car racer had visions of being the greatest, but he has returned home knowing he isn't and never will be

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Longacre Theatre, NY    1977

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Samuel French, London, 1975   -

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Male:  9            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Winter Signs

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