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Anthony Ernest Gallo

ANTHONY ERNEST GALLO

  (1939 - )
Nationality:    USA
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anthony E. Gallo is a playwright. screenwriter, librettist, and essayist whose fourteen copyrighted, published, work shopped, and produced dramas include Margherita, Eugenio, Better than the Best, Vandergrift!, Lincoln and God, Charleston Revisited, The Botticelli Cruise, Paul, and , the Dynastic Trilogy(The Agony of David, The Last Days of King Solomon, The Tragedy of King Saul, The Springfield Boys, and Peggy. . In addition, he has authored the screenplay Charleston Revisited and two folk opera librettos, Lincoln and God and David . He is director of the Seventh Street Playhouse and Chairman of Eastern Market Studios and Browns Court Publishing Company in Washington, DC. Gallo Music Company handles Mr. Gallo's musicals. His works have been performed about 120 times in nearly forty venues .

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2016)

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         Agony Of David, The         Better Than the Best         Botticelli Cruise, The         Charleston Revisited         David: the Opera         Eaton Woman, The         Eugenio         Heathcliff in America         Jonathan         Joshua, Billy, Mary and Abraham         Last Days Of King Solomon, The         Lincoln And God         Lincoln and God: the Musical         Luther         Margherita         Medley         Mr Morris! Mr Morris!         Paul         Robert         Shakespeare and Lincoln         Speed and Herndon and Lincoln         Springfield Boys, The         Team of Friends         Teresa         Tragedy Of King Saul, The         Vandergrift!
Agony Of David, The

Synopsis:
This two-act tragedy of faith and sin is totally based on the life of David, second king of Israel, and pivotal to the two Davidic religions, Christianity and Judaism. David, mighty King of Israel, rules the entire region after being crowned King of Israel in 1010 BCe. He has put together a kingdom against all odds. But this providentially endowed military and political genius, poet, spiritual, harpist, sportsman, and dancer is beset by tragedy. He has proven to be a less than satisfactory Father and husband, and while called upon create a kingdom for God on earth, has incurred God's wrath. His is a life of faith and struggle reflected by conflicts with his God, political and military enemies, his children, family of origin, and the House of Saul. He must face the tragic consequences of his decisions but in the end is sustained by a remarkable faith, reflected in the enduring fifty psalms which he wrote three thousand years ago.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Sanctuary     2007

Organisations:
Seventh Street Playhouse

1st Published:
Browns Court Publishing Company, Washington, DC, 2007   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  4            Other:  2

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Better Than the Best

Synopsis:
This two act play is about the rise, growth and fall of the Industrial age in the United States. at the end of the nineteenth century, Pittsburgh steel executives build the world's largest steel plant and a worker's paradise to house workers in Pennsylvania. Workers are essentially required to purchase lots in the new town at inflated prices. the town grows with the rise of the steel industry, and nearly five thousand workers, mostly immigrant, are employed. But the town must adjust to automation and the collapse of the steel industry in the twentieth century the play begins In the early 1890's, when a steel tycoon Tom McDowell, tries to produce a unique marriage between architecture and industrialism to build a workingman's paradise. But his goal is also to destroy strikers and keep compliant workers happy. He hires Nicholas Law Lathrap, the Nation's preeminent architect, to design the town of Jenner, named after his partner, Captain Jacob J. Jenner. Ida Tarbell, who will someday expose J. D. Rockefeller, is intrigued by the idea and visits the town. She and McDowell clash over his flawed idealism and her subconscious biases. She revisits the town many times over the next half a century, each time reexamining her own and McDowell's ideals as the Nation goes through wars, depressions, the New Deal, the Union movement, and the final collapse of the steel industry

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Seventh Street Playhouse, Washington     2007

Organisations:
Seventh Street Playhouse

1st Published:
Browns Court Publishing Company, Washington, DC , 2007   

Music:
-

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Genre:
period comedy Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Botticelli Cruise, The

Synopsis:
Only three bizarre and confused characters, plus an elusive captain, appear in this two-act Drama about a cruise on a small exclusive cruise ship, the Botticelli, which sails around the east coast of Africa along the warm Indian Ocean. Bernard angus Berrington Sheed Chesterton Churchill Montmartre Phillips, late forties, is taking his fortieth cruise. Bergthora "Boo" Brodersen, BOO , now on her tenth cruise, early forties five times married likes her gin. Cognac, scotch, bourbon, martinis, but anything will do. and arthur, the accommodating Somalian waiter is very obliging toward both. they seem to like him too. all three appear to be what is on the surface, then more. Bernard proclaims he's more than one person. She enjoys being on deck and reading her favorite novelist and philosophic guru, J. B. Roehard. Bernard likes her legs. arthur seems secretive. they cruise toward dangerous ports with revolutions, terrorists, and pirates. all rumors of course. they each claim they want nothing. But then pirates invade the ship. and more happens

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Corner Store Stage     26 Aug 2010

Organisations:
Seventh Street Playhouse

1st Published:
Browns Court Publishing Company   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Charleston Revisited

Synopsis:
This two-act mystery-comedy takes place on Logan Street in the heart of the renowned Charleston Historic district. Indomitable Charleston matron Charlotte Hamilton, raises thousands of flowers to the hum of classical music, cultivates birds, plays championship bridge, ballroom dances daily, cleans her own house, and tolerates her loose neighbor LouElla (Whiskey) Hutton. Whiskey's latest flame is the distinguished former New Hampshire Congressman Mark Moncure, now a Logan Street resident, who appears to have a curious interest in Lou. When Whiskey has to cancel one of their dates because of an emergency in Savannah, Mark slips in and visits Lou. We then learn that the visit is more than a mere curiosity, as we find out that these two bizarre people have much in common. She even reveals her true age to him, as they stroll through Old Charleston to St Phillips' Cemetery.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Cosmos Theatre     2009

Organisations:
Seventh Street Playhouse

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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David: the Opera

Synopsis:
This opera of faith and sin is totally based on the life of David, second king of Israel, and pivotal to the two Davidic religions, Christianity and Judaism. David, once a shepherd boy and now the mighty King of Israel, rules the entire region after being crowned King of Israel in 1010 BCe. He has put together a kingdom against all odds. even his enemies admit that he is God's chosen. But this providentially endowed military and political genius, poet, spiritualist, harpist, sportsman, and dancer is beset by tragedy. This husband of eight carefully chosen wives and Father of seventeen children has proven to be a less than satisfactory Father and husband, and while called upon to be the first to create a kingdom for God on earth, has incurred wrath. His is a life of faith and struggle reflected by conflicts with his God, political and military enemies, family of origin consequences of his decisions but in the end is sustained by a remarkable faith and strength of inner

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Seventh St Playhouse

1st Published:
Browns Court Publishing Company, Washington, DC, 2011   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Opera

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  7

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Eaton Woman, The

Synopsis:
The Eaton Woman is not well suited for people who hate gossip. But the play dispels any notion that Washington was once a kinder, gentler city. This historically based two act dramedy is all about morals, adultery, lies, deception, women's roles in Washington Society, the quasi downfall of the Jackson Administration, and the most beautiful woman in Washington history. Others say the most immoral and abrasive. All agree on one thing. She and her husband, the US Secretary of the Army, Jackson biographer, and Tennessee Senator (elected at age 28) created more controversy than any other power couple in Power Washington's political history. Andrew Jackson defeated the British in New Orleans and the Adams family of Massachusetts, vanquished Native American Indians, was involved in at least twelve duels, and was a loved and respected hero of the American people. But how was he to handle the Petticoat Rebellion brought on by the Cabinet wives who objected to the de facto first lady and boycotted the White House? But it was a matter of honor. Beloved Rachel Jackson died shortly following her husbands election to the presidency of the United, killed by hurtful attacks on her morality. The seventh President therefore would defend his Margaret O' Neal Timberlake Eaton. Through 79 years she goes though three husbands raises more eyebrows when she marries in her late fifties, and spends her last days reminiscing and defending her morality. Was she responsible for Marin Van Buren's ascendancy to the presidency? And how about John Calhoun?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Cosmos Theatre, 2121 Massachusetts AVenue, Nw, Washington , Dc     18 Oct 2014

Organisations:
Seventh Street Playhouse

1st Published:
Browns Court Publishing Company, Washington, DC, 2014   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Historic Drama

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  12            Other:  -

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Eugenio

Synopsis:
This two-act Drama examines forgiveness amidst three conversions. Rome's aloof and scholarly Chief Rabbi Zolli loses faith following the apparent slaughter of his Polish family during the Holocaust. He receives asylum in the Vatican, where he comes to appreciate Jesus as God suffering for humanity. the Rabbi re-finds faith and converts to Roman Catholicism. This is seen as a betrayal of his spiritual duty and a defection to the age-old enemy. Was his conversion one of conviction or merely gratitude? What does he demand at his baptism that eventually removes a major symbol of discrimination? Like Jonah, in choosing a Christian path to God, the Rabbi is faced with forgiving the slaughtering enemy. How will he meet the challenge? then the next two conversions are as shocking as the first. He clashes with other characters as they too are forced to deal with forgiveness. Zolli's housekeeper will neither forgive nor forget the Nazi atrocities. a Nazi officer transports hundreds to auschwitz and then seeks forgiveness through contrition and good works. a Cardinal attempts to assassinate Hitler, provides asylum to thousands, saves the Vatican, but should he have broken the diplomatic neutrality? a Catholic intellectual clEric has his faith severely tested by the death of his family. Does He forgive God? the secular head of the Roman Jewish community, a former fascist, must make choices that will affect his community, but can he forgive a converted rabbi? the gutsy Calabrian Prioress valiantly hides refugees, but can she forgive her past?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Dorothy Strelsin Stage, New York City     2003

Organisations:
Seventh Street Playhouse

1st Published:
Browns Court Publishing Company, Washington, DC , 2005   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Tragedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  3

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Heathcliff in America

Synopsis:
Heathcliff (yes, that one) has become the world's richest and most powerful man and now lives mostly in America. He is a trillionaire. He loves his 48 bedroom cottage (Thrushmont Grange) in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, one of nearly forty homes he owns around the world. The well protected cottage has twenty servants, and of course

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Cosmos Theatre, 2121 Massachusetts AVenue, Nw, Washington , Dc     2015

Organisations:
Seventh Street Playhouse

1st Published:
Browns Court Publishing Company, Washington, DC, 2005   

Music:
-

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Genre:
absurdist comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Jonathan

Synopsis:
A play about the tragic Jewisgh hewro.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Cosmos Theatre    

Organisations:
Seventh Street Playhouse

1st Published:
Browns Court Publishing Company   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Joshua, Billy, Mary and Abraham

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
[reading / workshop] Cosmowriters. Washington, DC     22 Feb 2016

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
-

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Last Days Of King Solomon, The

Synopsis:
his trusted butler, Hindley but he is more than just a servant, and they both share a dead wife. Mr. eatcliff's great joy is wife Cathy,who although dead many years, is still with him although he has been married four times.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Universalist Stage, Washington, Dc     2005

Organisations:
Seventh Street Playhouse

1st Published:
Browns Court Publishing Company, Washington, DC, 2005   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Dramedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Lincoln And God

Synopsis:
Poor Heathcliff faces incessant demands made on his time bynearly all world political and financial leaders. He even considers the President of the United States, prime ministers of Great Britain, Germany, Japan, France, and China, and the Pope as pests. He hires a special assistant, one humble Nellie Smith who is also on a spiritual journey, as a personal assistant. Wait till you find out about her. Oh well.And then the fireworks begin.A distant biological cousin, Guru Ruhan, a complicated and perhaps questionable man admired by the world, visits. Heathcliff's mother, who is neither biological nor adopted also comes into the picture. They both complicate matters

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Peter Marshall Theater     2007

Organisations:
Seventh Street Playhouse

1st Published:
Browns Court Publishing Company, Washington, DC, 2006
New Theatre Publications, Cheshire, UK (2009)   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Historic Drama Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  3

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Lincoln and God: the Musical

Synopsis:
the opera traces King David's conflict with God through his defeats, triumphs, and tragedies as he heard God in the dialogue and actions of those closest to him. From his arrival in Washington dancing to the Mary Lincoln Polka to the emancipation Proclamation and Second Inauguration, we follow the president as he clashes with other characters in the cast. He struggles with his moral decisions with Gurley. He falls upon God with the collapse of his beloved wife Mary and death of son Willie. Faithful chief of staff John "Nico" Hay wants him to do the politically and morally right thing. Lincoln must even confront depression, allegations of homosexuality, and seances. the play ends with the congregation and cast (audience) singing the final sermon in Lincoln's honor.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Seventh Street Playhouse, Washington     2007

Organisations:
Seventh Street Playhouse

1st Published:
Browns Court Publishing Company, Washington, DC, 2011   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  2            Other:  5

Further Reference:
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Luther

Synopsis:
This play examines the life of Germany's leading theolo gian.

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1st Produced:
[reading] Cosmowriters. Washington, DC     24 Oct 2016

Organisations:
Seventh Street Playhouse

1st Published:
Browns Court Publishing Company   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Fantasy Drama

Parts:
Male:  16            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Margherita

Synopsis:
Margherita Sarfatti and Benito Mussolini, former lovers, meet after a three-year separation. Il Duce suddenly appears at her door as she attempts to leave the country. What does he want? What does she want? the play takes place during a three-day encounter in 1939. Margherita is trying to leave the country when a mysterious man wearing a mask arrives. He is her former lover, Benito Mussolini. they spar back and forth, and then we immediately learn that there is a love hate relationship, with more hate than love on Margherita's part. a number of bizarre incidents follow. She is well aware of what he wants--the 1300 letters he has sent her during their 25-year affair. He knows she wants out of the county. and he does play with her mind. Margherita Sarfatti, (protagonist) fifties, Benito Mussolini's first biographer, former mistress of 25 years, advisor, and speechwriter, She is one of the wealthiest women in Italy, patron of the Arts, and was once called the uncrowned queen of Italy. She is Jewish, which is why Il Duce had to break the relationship when he allied Italy with Germany in 1936.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Gamba Fraturra

1st Published:
Browns Court Publishing Company, Washington, DC, 2003
New Theatre Publications, Cheshire, UK (2009)   

Music:
-

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Genre:
mystery romance

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Medley

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
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1st Produced:
[reading]A rlington Mill Stage. Arlington, VA     18 May 2016

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
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Mr Morris! Mr Morris!

Synopsis:
Alexander Hamilton revered him. Benjamin Franklin prized this fellow-Philadelphian. None appreciated him more than both President and General George Washington. Thomas Jefferson thought he was a fox. But in 1781 they all agreed that only Robert Morris could become the Superintendent of Finance and save the new nation from financial destruction. And he did. General Washington won the War, but never ceased in his praise of Morris' indispensable financial and economic acumen in confronting Great Britain, the world's greatest economic power. But the mention of his name today elicits a "Who?" response. Surely, he is the most underappreciated founding Father. And his critics argue that Robert Morris did not finance the Revolutionary War. The Revolutionary War financed Robert Morris.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
[reading] Cosmos Theatre     18 May 2016

Organisations:
Seventh Street Playhouse

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
two-act dramatization

Parts:
Male:  14            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Paul

Synopsis:
This two-Drama examines the complex life of Christianity's second leading theological architect, superseded only by Jesus of Nazareth. the play traces Paul's condemnations of the new Jewish Cult to his role as chief apostle and death for the new cult he has joined. Saul of Tarsus is Jerusalem's most prosperous tentmaker. He is a prestigious citizen of Israel and Rome, a Pharisee, a righteous man, a great athlete runner a lover of the law, and an eligible bachelor. He is charitable. He is patriotic. and he is zealous in all of these pursuits. Lately his public service is totally dedicated to stamping out a dangerous element in Jewish society, a cult of Judaism founded by a formerly troubled youth named Jesus of Nazareth. these lunatics are followers of a fraudulent megalomaniac who claimed he was God and executed for treason. and what does Saul proceed to do?

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Cosmos Theatre, 2121 Massachusetts AVenue, Nw, Washington , Dc     2011

Organisations:
Seventh Street Playhouse

1st Published:
Cosmos Theatre 2012   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Robert

Synopsis:
This surrealistic drama looks at the life of Robert Todd Lincoln, oldest and only surviving son of President Linco

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1st Produced:
Cosmos Theatre    

Organisations:
Seventh Street Playhouse

1st Published:
Browns Court Publishing Company   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Two Act Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Shakespeare and Lincoln

Synopsis:
This two act drama is all about the very real and imagined relationship between America's greatest President and England's greatest playwright. separated only by three centuries and the Atlantic Ocean.

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1st Produced:
Cosmos Theatre    

Organisations:
Seventh Street Playhouse

1st Published:
Browns Court Publishing Company   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Surrealistic Drama

Parts:
Male:  24            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Speed and Herndon and Lincoln

Synopsis:
Abraham Lincoln was an extraordinary president who managed to end the Civil War, abolish slavery and preserve the Union. Historians agree that he succeeded by being able to effectively manage and work worth his "team of rivals" and bring unity to his administration.

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-    

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-

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Springfield Boys, The

Synopsis:
This two-act dramedy by playwright) traces the historically significant relationship among Abraham Lincoln, his very closest friend Joshua Fry Speed, and his law partner William H.(Billy) Herndon, from 1837 to 1891 (26 years after the Lincoln assassination). Both Speed and Herndon played important roles in the legacy of the 16th president. Oh yes, the Springfield Girls also have their say. And the boys even help one another on their roads to marriage. How did the pro-slavery Speed, who shared a bed with Lincoln for four years, help preserve the Union? How did he deal with Mr. Lincoln's "blue periods"? Why did Mr. Lincoln choose this man as his only complete friend ever? Where is the Bible Mr. Speed's mother gave young Mr. Lincoln (during one of his blue periods) located today?

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Cosmos Theatre, 2121 Massachusetts AVenue, Nw, Washington , Dc     17 May 2014

Organisations:
Seventh Street Playhouse, Washington

1st Published:
Amazon   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Team of Friends

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
[reading] Cosmowriters.Washington, DC     25 Jan 2016

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Teresa

Synopsis:
Teresa is not meant for solemnly religious sourpuss types. Agnostics, atheists and feminists are very welcome. And "deep" messages are only meant for humans of all beliefs. She has enemies (gads of them) She has friends(even more). All agree that she will end up appearing before the Dreaded Holy Inquisitor. Some say she has visions. Others say hallucinations. Some say she is divinely inspired. Others call her a heretic and some speak of "Our Lady of the Histrionics." Spies within the convent are watching her. Two lusty friars, a hog farmer, an intrusive duchess, and some spies present even more surprises. This two-act comedy is about a determined feminist, mystic, and one of the most brilliant and liberated women of all time. She joke, tricks, deceives, manipulates, bribes, strategizes, lies, triumphs. Yet today this unpredictable woman is known as St. Teresa of Avila, and a Doctor of the Church. This granddaughter of a noble Marrano( that Jewish woman) confronts everyone around her to achieve her goals: complete her writing, found the Discalced order, and get closer to God. She succeeds in a male dominated world during one of the most intense periods in Christian History: the Spanish Inquisition. She even reprimands God: No wonder you have so few friends. You treat us so badly The charges are many including- heresy and even sex, . She herself claimed that she was bribable and driven, but only saved by Gods grace. She almost aces the Inquisition. but is sentenced to two years I prison and silence. Philip of Spain does nothing to help her, but is one of her readers.

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1st Produced:
Cosmos Theatre, 2121 Massachusetts AVenue, Nw, Washington , Dc     27 Jul 2015

Organisations:
Seventh Street Playhouse

1st Published:
Browns Court Publishing Company, Aug 2015   

Music:
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Genre:
dramedy

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  7            Other:  -

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Tragedy Of King Saul, The

Synopsis:
This play is the third in the dramatist's Dynastic Trilogy (includes the Agony of David and the Last Days of King Solomon) of three monarchs whose legacy is still pervasive both in the Abrahamic religions and the modern secular world. As in the other two, Samuel 1, Chronicles and Joseph are the basic sources of historical memorial. Saul was Israel's first king, following two hundred years of being ruled by judges or seers. God, speaking through Samuel, warned against a kingship, but eventually allowed the people to have their way. This play deals with Saul's tragic kinship. A mighty warrior who succeeded in the battlefield, Saul aroused the enmity of an already jealous Samuel because he (Saul) had disobeyed God's Will by not killing all the Amalakites rather than just some of them. . Saul eventually looses both human and divine favor because of his character flaws. He comes into conflict with his biological son Jonathan, adopted son David (eventually king), daughter Michal and all others around him as he deals with his own melancholy and eventual destruction while creating and defending the nation of Israel. Samuel secretly anoints a remarkable young shepherd boy, David, to be the next king. Following this downfall, life for Saul get's worse. Samuel never speaks to him again. Saul wins battle after battle, but David outshines him in battle, even killing the ferocious giant Goliath. Saul's children submit tothis new warrior-fighter, poet, harpist, lover, and warrior, to Saul's chagrin. Saul becomes depressed, and becomes melancholic. He even visits the Witches of Endor who lead him to the dead soul of Samuel, who gives Saul no comfort. Saul finally dies in battle, falling on his own sword-essentially a suicide. His sons died with him, and David becomes king. the ingredients in this play make for intense drama more in line with the ancient Greek tragedies: murder, betrayal, power, depression, fighting, military battles, insecurity, and jealousy. All based on Samuel 1 and Josephus. Even the occult has a role in the play.

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1st Produced:
Cosmos Theatre, 2121 Massachusetts AVenue, Nw, Washington , Dc     16 Nov 2013

Organisations:
Seventh Street Playhouse

1st Published:
Browns Court Publishing Company, Dec 2013   

Music:
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Genre:
drama

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Vandergrift!

Synopsis:
In the early 1890's, steel tycoon George McMurtry, tries to produce a unique marriage between architecture and industrialism to build a workingman's paradise in southwestern Pennsylvania. But his goal is also to destroy strikers and keep compliant workers happy. He hires Frederick Law Olmsted, the Nation's preeminent architect, to design the town of Vandergrift, named after his partner, Captain Jacob J. Vandergrift. Ida Tarbell, who will someday expose J. D. Rockefeller, is intrigued by the idea and visits the town. She and McMurtry clash over his flawed idealism and her subconscious biases. She revisits the town many times over the next half a century, each time reexamining her own and McMurtry's ideals as the Nation goes through wars, depressions, the New Deal, the Union movement, and the final collapse of the steel industry

Notes:
Play can be performed with 4 males And 2 females.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Seventh Street Playhouse

1st Published:
Browns Court Publishing Company, Washington, DC, 2006
New Theatre Publications, Cheshire, UK (2009)   

Music:
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Genre:
Historic Dramedy Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  3            Other:  -

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