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Kent Broadhurst

KENT BROADHURST

  (1940 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Henderson-Hogan Agency Inc  

Kent Broadhurst's plays including 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 Kent Broadhurst's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Black Iris         Bound         Eye Of the Beholder, The         Gala         Habitual Acceptance Of the Near Enough, The         Lemons         they're Coming To Make It Brighter

Black Iris

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A mother and grandmother battle for the affections of the mother's teenage son

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Drama

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Bound

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Eye Of the Beholder, The

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the scene is an artist's studio, where two painters, James and Barney, are working from a semi-nude model, Leon. as the two artist are quite different in temperament and style, it is inevitable that their interpretations also differ-resulting in a progressively more heated (and funny) debate about the meaning of art and the superiority of one approach over another. James is controlled, dispassionate and meticulous; while Barney is messy, impetuous and emotionally volatile. Leon, meanwhile, finds it increasingly difficult to maintain his composure as the verbal battle rages about him, and eventually he, too, joins the fray. In the end it is Leon who resolves the dispute by pointing out, quite simply, that if an artist is to truly understand what he is painting he must put himself in the place of the model-which unexpected thought leads to the hilarious and surprising climax of the play.

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20 One-act Plays From 20 Years Of the Humana Festival, edited by Michele Volansky and Michael Bigelow Dixon, Smith & Kraus,    -

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Perspective in 1 act

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Gala

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Habitual Acceptance Of the Near Enough, The

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the scene is the Soho gallery of arthur Demuirgus, a rich and respected art dealer who represents the works of many celebrated and successful contemporary painters. although it has slipped his mind, he has an appointment to look at the portfolio of a young artist from the midwest, Martin Thoth, so he graciously agrees to keep his word, even though it will mean being late for his next appointment. as he studies the slides which Thoth has brought with him much is revealed about the two men: Demuirgus' discernment and taste (and his steely eye for what is salable); and the young painter's broad-ranging talent and sensitivity (and his total lack of concern for the demands of the market place). the older man's appreciation of Thoth's creative genius is genuine and profound but so, alas, is his conviction that until the young artist develops an individual, consistent style, which is distinctly his own, his commercial prospects will be limited. as they part the two men are at an impasse, both convinced that they are

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Lemons

Synopsis:
the scene is the showroom of Beuchel Goodee Motors in a midsized American city, where several of the latest model Edgarand Beamus automobiles are on gleaming display. also on hand are the fast-talking, commission-hungry salesmen who peddle the product; the officious, pants-suited office manager, Desenelle Peplow, who tries to keep them in line; and assorted customers who fall into their clutches. But there are problems beyond selling cars: Bud Goodee, the son of the ailing owner, is trying to fill his father's shoes while keeping a jealous eye on his sexy wife; his best friend, Wade Grady, is both the star salesman and the one Bud's wife is determined to seduce; while Berl Fancher, another salesman, is a recovered alcoholic with an outrageously obvious toupee who frequently wishes he was back on the booze. and as the action of the play races ahead hilariously we can see his point-although, happily enough, things do work out, with those involved remaining as breezily brash, greedy and tacky at the end of the p

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Genre:
Two act Farce

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Male:  8            Female:  5            Other:  -

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they're Coming To Make It Brighter

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On Christmas eve, the art deco lights of an old building in New York City are replaced by modern glaring globes. the employees and other people passing through the lobby have mixed reactions to the new replacing the old

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Genre:
2 acts Play/Drama

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Male:  8            Female:  4            Other:  extras

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