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Paddy Chayefsky

PADDY CHAYEFSKY

  (1923 - 1981)
Nationality:    USA
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Paddy Chayefsky's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Bachelor Party         Big Deal         Gideon         Holiday Song         Latent Hetrosexual, The         Marty         Middle Of the Night         Passion Of Josef D, The         Printer's Measure         Tenth Man, The
Bachelor Party

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Collected Plays of Paddy Chayefsky volume One the Stage Plays" published by Applause 1995   

Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Big Deal

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Collected Plays of Paddy Chayefsky volume One the Stage Plays" published by Applause 1995   

Music:
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Gideon

Synopsis:
as outlined by John McClain: "the people of Israel, having worshipped a succession of gods with small success, are about to be overwhelmed by the hordes of the Midianites. Gideon, pursuing his inept labors in the fields, is visited by a stranger in elegant robes who has a difficult time establishing himself as Jehovah, and an even more arduous task in convincing Gideon that he, Gideon, has been appointed the redeemer of his people. But the transformation is finally achieved, and Gideon, now inspired by the Lord's might, leads his army in the miraculous massacre of the enemy. Whenever his devotion to God wavers, it is restored by a miracle, and after the victory there is a sincere love scene between the man and the almighty. It is a rare and touching moment. But God is an unrelenting and jealous leader, and he demands that his disciple kill the old men of Manasseh and Succoth, who worshipped false gods and prophets. Gideon finds himself powerless to carry out his command, holding human life too dear. Instead h

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1st Produced:
Plymouth Theatre, New York     1961

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  18            Female:  6            Other:  1b

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Holiday Song

Holiday Song
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1st Published:
Contained in: the Collected Works of Paddy Chayefsky volume One" published by Applause Theatre Book Publisher 1994    

Music:
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Latent Hetrosexual, The

Synopsis:
apparently all a gay man needs to be cured is a wife. . . . .

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1st Produced:
Dallas, Texas     1968

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in Stage Plays, Applause,    

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, theme/character, full length

Parts:
Male:  12            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Marty

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Music by Lee Adams; Charles Strouse; book by Paddy Chayefsky. Based on the movie "Marty" screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky

1st Produced:
Huntigton Theatre, Boston     01 Oct 2002

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Genre:
Musical

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Middle Of the Night

Middle Of the Night
does a 53 year old lonely widower have a right to love a beautiful girl nearly 30 years his junior who has had an unhappy marriage

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1st Produced:
Anta Playhouse, New York     1956

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1957   

Music:
Studio cast recording: La theatre Works 2008

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Passion Of Josef D, The

Synopsis:
the beginning of communism from the Bolsheviks and the rise of Stalin a former seminarian

Notes:
music by David Amran

1st Produced:
Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York     1964

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    

Music:
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Genre:
History

Parts:
Male:  20            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Printer's Measure

Printer's Measure
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Collected Works of Paddy Chayefsky: the Stage Plays" published by Applause 1995   

Music:
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Tenth Man, The

Synopsis:
a Rabbi convinced a young girl has a dybbuk, arranges an exorcism but at the culmination of the ritual it is a young man who is exorcised of the one that has prevented him loving anyone

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1st Produced:
Booth Theatre, New York     1959

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1960   

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  12            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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