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William F Brown

WILLIAM F BROWN

  (1928 - 2019)
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Gurman Agency LLC  

William F Brown'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 William F Brown's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Broadway Musical, A         Damon's Song         Girl In the Freudian Slip, The         How To Steal An Election         New Faces Of 1968         On Borrowed Time         Single Thing In Common, A         Straight Up With A Twist         Tallulah         Wilbur & Me         Wiz, The
Broadway Musical, A

Synopsis:
An unscrupulous white Broadway producer puts on a musical based on a serious play by two black playwrights

Notes:
Music by Charles Strouse; Lyrics by Lee Adams; Book by William F. Brown

1st Produced:
Theatre Of The Riverside Church, New York     1978

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Damon's Song

Synopsis:
a pop-Elizabethan musical. Music and Lyrics by George Robertson. a today musical although the action takes place in 1610. it involves Lady Beth, a hopeless romantic and three men in her life: Michael, a professional jock of the period: Shala Hadra, a rhinestone Cowboy devil; and Damon, a shy but loveable minstrel

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1st Produced:
Rodale Theater, Allentown, Pa    

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Genre:
Pop-Elizabethan Musical

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  8 in chorus

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Girl In the Freudian Slip, The

Synopsis:
a staid New York psychiatrist has problems with a nymphomaniac patient

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1st Produced:
Booth Theatre, New York     1967

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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How To Steal An Election

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Pocket Theater, New York     13 Oct 1968

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1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: RCa (1153) 1968

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New Faces Of 1968

Synopsis:
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Notes:
sketch & continuity writer

1st Produced:
Broadway     1968

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Genre:
Sketches Sketch

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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On Borrowed Time

Synopsis:
An old man traps the Grim Reaper in a tree

Notes:
Music and lyrics by John Clifton; book by William F Brown; Bruce Peyton

1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading at John Houseman Theatre, New York     13 Sep 1998

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Single Thing In Common, A

Single Thing In Common, A
about being divorced, being single again, and finding one's self

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1st Produced:
Stock Productions    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York, 1978   

Music:
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Genre:
Romantic Comedy Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Straight Up With A Twist

Synopsis:
a contemporary revue running the gamut of today's foibles from the Joy of sex to the agony of media events. about six sketches and sixteen musical numbers.

Notes:
Words And music by Lesley Davison And Michael Brown

1st Produced:
Pheasant Run Playhouse, Chicago, Il    

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Genre:
Revue Show

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Tallulah

Synopsis:
a highly-stylised musical entertainment about certain events in the life and loves of Tallulah Bankhead; her triumphs and failures; her quest to be loved at all costs. a tour de force for the starring role

Notes:
Lyrics by Mae Richard, music by Ted Simons

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Genre:
Musical entertainment Musical

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  plus Tallulah

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Wilbur & Me

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Wiz, The

Wiz, The
Wizard of Oz updated to the platform-shoed, huge-haired, wackily psychedelic 1970's

Notes:
Music by Charlie Smalls; Lyrics by Charlie Smalls; Book by William F. Brown; the new musical version of "the Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum

1st Produced:
Majestic Theatre     05 Jan 1975

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York, 1974   

Music:
Original cast recording: Atlantic (18137) 1975

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Genre:
Musical Play Musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  6            Other:  -

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