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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, AEnchantress
A sailor is wrecked on a rocky shore and meets two mysterious women - Raven and Rowan
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Music by Will Severin; lyrics and book by W A Frankonis
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Studio cast recording of the musical: New York State theatre Institute 2000
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Top of PageInaginary Report on an American Rock Festival
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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
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Music by Gabor Presser; lyrics by Anna Adamis; book by W A Frankonis. Based on the novel by Tibor Derry
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The Egg, Albany, New York 14 Mar 1986
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Top of PageKillings 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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Samuel French Inc, New York 978-0573627903
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Original cast recording: N Y S theatre Institute (9781892613127)
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Mystery
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Male: 12 Female: 3 Other: 1 boy
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Top of PageTale Of Cinderella, A
Set in Venice. CinderElla tries to free her Father from her step-mother's evil grip
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by W A Frankonis; Music by Will Severin And George David Weiss; lyrics by George David Weiss
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Samuel French Inc, New York 978-0573627989
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Original New York cast: Atlantic (82845) 1995
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Male: 5 Female: 5 Other: 5 children
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