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J P DONLEAVY
(1926 - )Nationality: Irish
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James Patrick Donleavy (born April 23, 1926 New York City) is an Irish American author, born to Irish immigrants
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Beastly Beatitudes Of Balthazar B, The Fairy Tales Of New York Ginger Man, The Interview, The Saddest Summer Of Samuel S Singular Man, A Venereal In the Vernacular, TheBeastly Beatitudes Of Balthazar B, The
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from own novel
1st Produced:
Duke Of Yorks, London
39/1981
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Genre:
adaptation
Parts:
Male: 10 Female: 12 Other: -
Further Reference:
Theatre Record Vol I (1981) Page 0509
Top of PageFairy Tales Of New York
American widower is confronted by unreal American society when he returns from england to bury his wife in New York
Notes:
from own novel
1st Produced:
Pembroke Theatre In The Round, Croydon, Surrey
06 Dec 1960
Organisations:
Spur Productions Ltd
1st Published:
Penguin, London, 1961
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Genre:
Satire
Parts:
Male: 12 Female: 4 Other: doubling possible
Further Reference:
Theatre Record Vol XI (1991) Page 0537
Top of PageGinger Man, The
Loveable Dublin rogue encounters marriage difficulties to go with his impoverishment.
Notes:
from own novel
1st Produced:
Fortune Theatre, London
15 Sep 1959
Organisations:
Spur Productions Ltd
1st Published:
What they Did in Dublin (with) the Ginger Man - a play, Cloth | MacGibbon & Kee Ltd, London, 1961
Random House, New York, 1961
Random House, New York, 1961
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Genre:
Comedy
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: -
Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 59.199; Theatre Record Vol XV (1995) Page 0615
Top of PageInterview, The
Synopsis:
Mad men-era portrait of a young man on the make.
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part of "Scenes Unseen" an eight play compendium of unperformed miatures by established writers alonfside new works by younger voices
1st Produced:
Glasgow: Tron Theatre, Scotland, Eur >>>
08 Mar 2013
Organisations:
New Inck Theatre / Tron Theatre Company
1st Published:
in "Theatre Today" Longmans, London, 1965
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Genre:
short piece
Parts:
Male: 3 Female: 1 Other: -
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Top of PageSaddest Summer Of Samuel S
Synopsis:
In an attempt to become capable of marriage a psychoanalysis' patient is persuade to forgo his analysis.
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from own novel. the Saddest Summer of Samuel S - the only known Attempt to produce the Saddest Summer of Samuel S was by Ivor David Balding who planned to produce And direct. Date not determined, but was probably sometime Around the late 60s. the play was to open Off-Broadway At the New theatre, but Balding suffered medical problems And the production was shut down. Casting had just begun And the only part firmed up was the female lead - exceptionally talented Lee Stephanie Roscoe. Many thanks to Lee for providing the details of this production Attempt.
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Delacorte Press, New York, 1972
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Genre:
Play/Drama
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageSingular Man, A
New York businessman's sexual liaisons with three women.
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from own novel
1st Produced:
Cambridge Arts Theatre
06 Oct 1964
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1st Published:
Bodley Head, London, 1965
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Genre:
Comedy
Parts:
Male: 6 Female: 4 Other: -
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Top of PageVenereal In the Vernacular, The
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