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Peter Ekstrom

PETER EKSTROM

  
Nationality:    USA
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Peter Ekstrom's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Doctors And Diseases         Gift Of the Magi         Kiss Me Quick Before the Lava Reaches the Village         Last Leaf, The         Matrimonium         Pride And Prejudice

Doctors And Diseases

Synopsis:
features songs about health ranging from death to hypochondria

Notes:
music And lyrics by Peter ekstrom, Additional lyrics And material by David DeBoy. (rtitled Doctor! Doctor!)

1st Produced:

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

Music:
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Genre:
Cabaret type entertaimnet

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Gift Of the Magi

Gift Of the Magi
Christmas eve 1905. the husband and wife are too poor to buy each other a present. So she sells her long hair to buy him a watch chain. He pawns his watch to buy her a tortoiseshell comb

Notes:
Music And lyrics by Peter ekstrom. Based on the short story by O. Henry

1st Produced:
Victor Jory Theater, Louisville, Kentucky    1981

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in "an O. Henry Christmas" published by Samuel French Inc, New York,    -

Music:
Studio cast recording: Harbinger Records (HaR1709) 1998

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Kiss Me Quick Before the Lava Reaches the Village

Synopsis:
a pastiche of a Hollywood South Sea Island Movie.

Notes:
Music by Peter ekstrom; lyrics by Peter ekstrom And Steve Hayes

1st Produced:
Village Theater, New York    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Last Leaf, The

Last Leaf, The
Two poor female artists live in an apartment block. One of them contracts pneumonia. the doctor says she has not long to live. She lies in bed and looks at the tree outside her window and predicts that she will die when the last leaf falls off the tree. That night there is a terrific storm and in the morning only one leaf remains on the tree.

Notes:
Music And lyrics by Peter ekstrom. Based on the short story by O. Henry

1st Produced:
Barter Theatre, abingdon, Va    1994

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in "an O. Henry Christmas" published by Samuel French Inc, New York,    -

Music:
Studio cast recording: Harbinger Records (HaR1709) 1998

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Matrimonium

Synopsis:
musical based on George Bernard Shaw's indulgent one-acts, Overruled, 2m,2f; and Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction, 4m, 2f.

Notes:
retitled Close Your eyes And Think Of england

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contact Peter ekstrom, 128 West 82nd Street, New York, NY 10024,    -

Music:
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Genre:
Stylised musical Musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Pride And Prejudice

Pride And Prejudice
all of the wit and romance of Jane austen's classic 1813 novel come to life in this refreshingly fast-paced and engaging new adaptation. Finding a husband is hardly Elizabeth Bennet's most urgent priority. But with four sisters, an overzealous match-making mother, and a string of unsuitable suitors, it's difficult to escape the subject. When the independent-minded Elizabeth meets the handsome but enigmatic Mr. Darcy, she is determined not to let her feelings triumph over her own good sense -- but the truth turns out to be slipperier than it seems. In a society where subtle snubs and deceit proliferate, is it possible for Elizabeth and Darcy to look beyond his pride and her prejudice, and to make the best match of all? (a one-act version of this play,Darcy and Elizabeth, is also available.)

Notes:
Music and lyrics by Peter Ekstrom; book by Jon Jory. Based on the novel "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

1st Produced:
Arizona Theatre Company (Tucson and Phoenix, aZ, United States)    2005

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
120-130 min Romantic comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  8            Other:  6 males, 8 females (13-40 actors possible: 5-20 males, 8-20 females)

Further Reference:
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