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Lawrence Ferlinghetti

LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI  (1919 - )

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

 Alegation Impromptu, The         Alligator, The         Customs Collector In Baggy Pants, The         Motherlode         Nose Of Sisyphus         Routines         Soldiers Of No Country, The         Three ThoUSAnd Red Ants         Victims Of Amnesia, The

Alegation Impromptu, The

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Written by Lawrence Ferlingetti And Tad Mosel. "This is the first time we called Cafe La MaMa: La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, or La MaMa E.T.C. We made it A club to Avoid harrasment by the bureau of licenses."

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Alligator, The

Synopsis:
audience is "asked" for help by Blind Indian as woman grapples with her pet alligator.

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part of Unfair Arguments With Existence

1st Produced:
San Francisco    1962

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in "Unfair arguments with Existence", New Directions, New York, 1963   -

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Customs Collector In Baggy Pants, The

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part of Unfair Arguments With Existence

1st Produced:
New York    1964

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in "Unfair arguments with Existence", New Directions, New York, 1963   -

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Motherlode

Synopsis:
Shows the undimmed faith of a dying miner even after the crass commercial Schmucks have despoiled the land.

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part of Unfair Arguments With Existence

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in "Unfair arguments with Existence", New Directions, New York, 1963   -

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Nose Of Sisyphus

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part of Unfair Arguments With Existence

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in "Unfair arguments with Existence", New Directions, New York, 1963   -

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Routines

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New Directions, New York, 1964   -

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Soldiers Of No Country, The

Synopsis:
Silent people in a womb like cave watch an old priest and a young deserter compete for the love of a 35 year-old woman.

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part of Unfair Arguments With Existence

1st Produced:
London    1969

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in "Unfair arguments with Existence", New Directions, New York, 1963   -

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Three ThoUSAnd Red Ants

Synopsis:
an associational conversation between a married couple in bed.

Notes:
part of Unfair Arguments With Existence

1st Produced:
New York    1970

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in "Unfair arguments with Existence", New Directions, New York, 1963   -

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Victims Of Amnesia, The

Synopsis:
Night clerk converses with woman shown at four stages of diminishing age before light bulbs explode leaving one flickering bulb.

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part of Unfair Arguments With Existence

1st Produced:
London    1989

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in "Unfair arguments with Existence", New Directions, New York, 1963   -

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