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Donald Driver

DONALD DRIVER  (1923 - 1988)

 Nationality:    USA
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below is a list of Donald Driver's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Broadway Follies     Oh, Brother     Status Quo Vadis     Your Own Thing

Broadway Follies

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Walter Marks; Lyrics by Walter Marks; Conceived by Donald Driver

1st Produced:
Nederlander Theatre, NY    1981

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Genre:
Musical

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Oh, Brother

Donald Driver
Setting: The Persian Gulf, today.

Notes:
Music by Michael Valenti; *Book by Donald Driver; *Lyrics by Donald Driver; *Litigation pending: William Shakespeare And Plautus

1st Produced:
anta Theater, New York    1981

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1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: Original cast records (915) 1981

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Genre:
Musical

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Status Quo Vadis

Synopsis:
Utilizing the simple yet most imaginative theatrical techniques, and taking all of america as its target, the play offers scathing comments on the rigid socio-economic stratification of modern society. The catalyst is one Horace Elgin, a Candide-like hero who begins as an apprentice hole-maker but whose gift for writing poetry gives him the means to aspire to higher education and upward mobility on all fronts (including romance). Inevitably Horace overreaches himself, and falls victim to the relentless status quo, but not before racial and religious prejudice, class snobbery and even short-sighted literary censorship have come in for their share of biting, revealing and very funny examination.

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1st Produced:
Brooks atkinson Theatre, NY    1973

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

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Genre:
full legth Comedy

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Your Own Thing

Donald Driver
Orson is a theatrical agent and Olivia runs a discotheque. Rock singers Viola and Sebastian have lost all their music in a shipwreck. Viola learns that Orson is looking for a male singer for a rock group and so dresses as a boy and calls herself Charlie. Orson sends her to Olivia with a love letter. . . . .

Notes:
Music And lyrics by Danny Apolinar And Hal Hester. Based on "Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare.

1st Produced:
Orpheum Theater, New York    24850

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1st Published:
Contained in: "The Best Plays of 1967 - 1968" published by Dodd Mead   63582-2

Music:
Original cast recording: RCa (63582-2) 1968

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  7    Female:  3    Other:  -

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