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Ron Cowen

RON COWEN

  (1944 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Creative Artists Agency NY  represented by Chris Till

Ron Cowen's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Betty Blue Eyes         Book Of Murder, The         Gene & Jean         Lulu Or Inside Lulu         Porcelain Time         Private Function, A         Redemption Center         Saturday Adoption         Summertree         Valentine's Day

Betty Blue Eyes

Synopsis:
Belts are being tightened and the country's long-suffering citizens are being told by the government that there will be fair shares for all in return for surviving austerity Britain. Meanwhile local officials feather their own nests by taking far more than their own fair share. It is of course 1947, and having won the war Britain seems to have lost the peace, and the country is staggering under the burden of acute rationing, unemployment and the coldest winter for decades. the only bright spark on the horizon is the impending marriage of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. With a simply marvellous cast of great British actors headed by Sarah Lancashire and Reece Shearsmith, Betty Blue eyes is like no musical you will have ever seen - but she is worth saving up for!

Notes:
book by Ron Cowen And Daniel Lipman; music by George Stiles; lyrics by Anthony Drewe; Adapted from the original story by Alan Bennett And Malcolm Mowbray

1st Produced:
Novello Theatre, London     13 Apr 2011

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: Warner Brothers UK 2011

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large cast

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Book Of Murder, The

Synopsis:
Henry T aythecliff, a much married and once successful writer, now heavily in debt, summons his three ex-wives to his mansion, his plan being to extort a sizeable amount of money from each of them. He has a secret meeting with each in turn, and when he is discovered murdered the dues indicate that each of his wives (including his present one) could have done the deed - and had a strong motive to do so. Patiently and resourcefully the young detective assigned to do the case sifts through the ingeniously devised evidence - until, in a surprise ending, the truth is finally revealed and the guilty party is apprehended.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Abc Mystery Theater     1974

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1974   -

Music:
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Genre:
Mystery/Drama Mystery

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Gene & Jean

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with Danny Lipman

1st Produced:
Stockbridge, Ma    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Not available,    -

Music:
-

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Lulu Or Inside Lulu

Synopsis:
Lulu embodies the sexual impulse, leading all to disaster; but only..

Notes:
Original Playwright - Frank Wedekind (earth Spirit (1895) And Pandora's Box (1904))

1st Produced:
Section Ten Theatre Co., NYC     1974

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Not available,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  14            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Porcelain Time

Synopsis:
a family gathers after their mother's funeral to clear out possessions from the large old house she occupied until her death. the youngest son, the black sheep, has come home, saying everything she owned has been left to him. He will trade the fortune, however, if, in ex-change, his oldest sister agrees to destroy all of her mother's cherished possessions, and if his older brother agrees to give him his wife. To help the fun and games along, the younger brother has brought with him a transvestite

Notes:
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Music:
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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  1 m/f

Further Reference:
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Private Function, A

Synopsis:
musical version of the 1984 film

Notes:
book by George Stiles And Anthony Drewe; libretto by Ron Cowen And Daniel Lipman

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Redemption Center

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Not available,    -

Music:
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Saturday Adoption

Synopsis:
White college student tutors young black teenager in idealistic dream of overcoming racial barriers

Notes:
televised 1968

1st Produced:
Cbs Playhouse, New York     1978

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1969   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Summertree

Synopsis:
as the New York Times outlines: "Mr. Cowen's hero, just about to turn twenty, is discovered dreaming in the backyard (or is it less friendly territory?) and the action of the play is mostly what happens in his head as he surveys his life up to this particular afternoon. Going backward and forward in time with the swiftness of reverie, we see the young man's relationships with his well-meaning but obtuse father, his loving but possessive mother, his compliant but unsentimental girlfriend. the Father keeps after him to dress better, make a lot of friends, stick to business, 'be a man.' the mother shuttles between a desire to see him out of the nest and a yen to keep him at home. the girlfriend will be faithful to him while he's in the army; but, of course, she'll go to the movies with other fellows. another character is a neighbor boy, in effect the hero's little brother and sometimes in effect, the hero as a kid. and there is a soldier who helps spell out the true location of this friendly summertree." Which i

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
NY: Random House (1968. also, Dramatists Play Service   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  1b

Further Reference:
http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/sixties/HTML_docs/Resources/Bibliographies/VN_drama_bib.php

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Valentine's Day

Synopsis:
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Notes:
music by Saul Naishtat

1st Produced:
Waterford, Connecticut     1968

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
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Further Reference:
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