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Mark Bramble

MARK BRAMBLE

  (1950 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Mark Bramble's plays including biography, 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 Mark Bramble's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         42nd Street         Barnum         Fat Pig         Grand Tour, The         Guardian Angel         Nothing But the Truth         Notre Dame - A Musical Thriller         Pieces Of Eight         Three Musketeers, The

42nd Street

42nd Street
andy Lee is auditioning girls for the chorus in a new show. the girls are chosen and the writers of the show Bert and Maggie approve of their performance. then Peggy Sawyer arrives having just summoned up enough courage to audition - but it is too late. Billy Lawlor the young romantic lead arranges for her to sing - she is very good. Producer Julian Marsh is desperate for a hit after the Wall Street crash. Dorothy the leading lady breaks her ankle during the try out for the show. Where will they get a replacement at such short notice?

Notes:
Music by Harry Warren; lyrics by Al Dubin; book by Michael Stewart; book by Mark Bramble. Based on the novel by Bradford Ropes

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Contained in: "the Best Plays 1980 - 1981" published by Dodd Mead   -

Music:
Original Broadway Cast: RCa (3891) 1980

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Genre:
Musical

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Barnum

Barnum
P T Barnum - showman believes that there is a sucker born every minute. At his circus he has the oldest woman alive and Tom Thumb. His wife Charity urges him to get a proper job. He hires singer Jenny Lind and when she goes on tour goes with her. He finally returns to Charity. His circus travels all over the world. After Charity dies he combines with another circus show and becomes Barnum and Bailey

Notes:
by Mark Bramble; Music by Cy Colemen. Lyrics by Michael Stewart

1st Produced:
St James Theater, New York    30 Apr 1980

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Original cast recording: Sony (36576)

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Genre:
Musical

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Fat Pig

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Notes:
Based on the book by Colin McNaughton

1st Produced:
Haymarket Theatre, Leicester    1987

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Musical

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Grand Tour, The

Grand Tour, The
Jacobowsky a Polish-Jewish intellectual has a car but cannot drive. Stjerbinsky an aristocrat can drive but has no car. they combine to try and escape the approaching Nazis.

Notes:
Music by Jerry Herman; Lyrics by Jerry Herman; Book by Michael Stewart And Mark Bramble; Based upon the original play "Jacobowsky And the Colonel" by Franz Werfel; Based upon the American play "Jacobowsky And the Colonel" by S. N. Behrman

1st Produced:
Palace Theater, New York    11 Jan 1979

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Music:
Original cast recording: Broadway Redux (Fa-2139) 1979

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Musical

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Guardian Angel

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Notes:
written by Mark Bramble And Jennifer Wells

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Play/Drama

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Nothing But the Truth

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Musical

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Notre Dame - A Musical Thriller

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1st Produced:
Lillian Baylis Theatre, London    1991

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Musical

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Pieces Of Eight

Synopsis:
Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of rum

Notes:
Music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Susan Birkenhead; book by Michael Stewart; book by Mark Bramble. Based on "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson

1st Produced:
Citadel Theatre, Edmonton    1985

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Genre:
Musical

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Three Musketeers, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Rudolph Frimi; lyrics by Clifford Grey And P G Wodehouse. Book by Mark Bramble. Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas. (This production has A new book by Mark Bramble. the original production in 1928 had A book by William Anthony McGuire)

1st Produced:
Broadway Theatre, New York    1984

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Genre:
Musical

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