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John Forster

JOHN FORSTER

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

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Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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

         Dream Team, The         Eleanor - the Musical         How To Eat Like A Child         Ice Bridge         Into the Light

Dream Team, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Tom Tierney; lyrics by John Forster; book by Richard Wesley

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Eleanor - the Musical

Eleanor - the Musical
eleanor Roosevelt from a shy young girl to First Lady

Notes:
Music by Thomas Tierney; lyrics by John Forster; book by Jonathan Bolt. represented by the Rodgers and Hammerstein Library

1st Produced:
Village Theatre, Issaquah, Wa    32021

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Music:
Original Washington D.C. cast recording: ValKill Productions (VK2001) 1999

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Genre:
Musical

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How To Eat Like A Child

Synopsis:
How to torture your sister, how to beg for a puppy and what to do when you are sent to your room

Notes:
Written by Delia ephron, John Forster And Judith Kahan

1st Produced:
One Act Musical    -

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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York   -

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Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  7            Other:  -

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Ice Bridge

Synopsis:
Five enlisted men on an isolated outpost in Greenland. they are guarding American nuclear warheads. the group's leader becomes increasingly unbalanced. He can see and talk to a giant polar bear (that has a Russian accent).

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1st Produced:
Public Theater, New York    1984

Organisations:
Vietnam Veterans ensemble Theater Company

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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

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Into the Light

Synopsis:
a sceptical physicist is asked to authenticate the Turin Shroud

Notes:
Book by Jeff Tambornino; Music by Lee Holdridge; Lyrics by John Forster

1st Produced:
Neil Simon Theatre, Broadway, NY    22 Oct 1986

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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