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Jimmy Breslin

JIMMY BRESLIN  

 Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    The Artists Agency  


Jimmy Breslin was born in Jamaica, Queens. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Commentary in 1986. His critically acclaimed books include The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, Can't anybody Here Play This Game?, The Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo Gutierrez, Table Money,several anthologies, and a memoir. He lives on Broadway, the Big Street, in New York City. His new book, The Good Rat, comes out in January 2008.

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

 Contract With Jackie         Love Lasts On Myrtle Avenue         Queen Of The Leaky Roof Circuit, The

Contract With Jackie

Synopsis:
What would happen in America if politicians first tested their schemes for our nation at home? Turns out some have, according to playwright/journalist Jimmy Breslin, in this high-spirited send-up of politics brought down to their most personal and revealing level

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Smith & KrAus in Humana Festival '96, The Complete Plays and by Samuel French Inc. in Ten Minute Plays: Volume 4 from actors Theatre of Louisville., 1996   -

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Ten Min

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Love Lasts On Myrtle Avenue

Synopsis:
a romance interrupted by a bombing

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part of Experiments'08

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Genre:
experimental Play/Drama

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Queen Of The Leaky Roof Circuit, The

Synopsis:
On the eve of eviction from her New York tenement, a black welfare mother decides to challenge the system and save her children. Her crusade against corruption and prejudice leads her through a series of startling confrontations with a judge, the police and James Boy - the man who abandoned her

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Genre:
Two acts Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

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