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W A Frankonis

W A FRANKONIS

  (1937 - 2008)

Nationality:    USA
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W A Frankonis's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of W A Frankonis's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

        Enchantress         Inaginary Report on an American Rock Festival         Killings Tale         Tale Of Cinderella, A



Enchantress

Enchantress
A sailor is wrecked on a rocky shore and meets two mysterious women - Raven and Rowan

Notes:
Music by Will Severin; lyrics and book by W A Frankonis

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Music:
Studio cast recording of the musical: New York State theatre Institute 2000

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Inaginary Report on an American Rock Festival

Synopsis:
Jozsef is travelling from New York to the Montana Rock Festival. He picks up a young man - Boy -but throws him out of the car when he realises that he is gay. He picks up a woman who offers him sex. At the Rock Festival he searches for his wife Eszter but cannot find her. He falls asleep. Eszter finds him but does not wake him. A Hell's Angel who has been hired as security stabs a young black man through the heart. Jozsef continues to search for Eszter. Boy gives Eszter heroin. When Jozsef finds her she has died of an overdose. Boy stabs Jozsef

Notes:
Music by Gabor Presser; lyrics by Anna Adamis; book by W A Frankonis. Based on the novel by Tibor Derry

1st Produced:
The Egg, Albany, New York    14 Mar 1986

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Genre:
Musical

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Killings Tale

Killings Tale
1606 in London. Someone is committing murders that are just like the ones in William Shakespeare's plays. Shakespeare himself is the main suspect

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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York   978-0573627903

Music:
Original cast recording: N Y S theatre Institute (9781892613127)

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Genre:
Mystery

Parts:
Male:  12            Female:  3            Other:  1 boy

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Tale Of Cinderella, A

Tale Of Cinderella, A
Set in Venice. CinderElla tries to free her Father from her step-mother's evil grip

Notes:
by W A Frankonis; Music by Will Severin And George David Weiss; lyrics by George David Weiss

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York   978-0573627989

Music:
Original New York cast: Atlantic (82845) 1995

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  5 children

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