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Michael Gardner

MICHAEL GARDNER

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

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

         Kung Fu Importance Of Being Earnest, The         Memoirs Of My Nervous Illness         Notes From Underground

Kung Fu Importance Of Being Earnest, The

Synopsis:
unusual take on Oscar Wilde's classic comedy the Importance of Being earnest. Two english gentlemen in the 1890s secretly use the name 'ernest' in their double lives. . .until they fall for english ladies who cherish honesty. they settle their differences according to the ancient methods of the Shaolin monks.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Oscar Wilde

1st Produced:
Sellout festival, NY    2006

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Memoirs Of My Nervous Illness

Synopsis:
Daniel Schreber was a judge in the 1800s. He began to suffer delusions - he thought he was God and he thought he was turning into a woman. He was incarcerated. He kept a journal of his time in the asylum

Notes:
Written by Daniel Paul Schreber; Adapted for stage by Michael Gardner

1st Produced:

Organisations:
the Brick Theater, Inc.

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Notes From Underground

Synopsis:
Notes from Underground is a five-part Dramatic oratorio exploring the Underground Man's desperate masochism. Four actors voice both the character's inner critics and participants in his story. Robert Honeywell, performing Dostoyevsky's legendary anti-hero, returns their fire. each line is timed to a complex soundtrack of Russian tavern songs and string quartets
- press release

Notes:
adaptation of Dostoevysky's dark story

1st Produced:
FringeNYC Festival    1999

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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