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WILLIAM GLEASON  

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

 $39 Man         All Through The House         Breaker Calling Cinderella         Calamityville Terror, The         Clumsy Custard Horror Show, The         Coolest Cat In Town, The         Ed Opus (Rex)         Happy Daze         Hit And Misdemeanor         Louder I Can't Hear You         Mr Winkler's Birthday Party         No Crime Like The Present         Not Fit To Print         P J's Meteor         Perils Of Lulu, The         Pink Panther Strikes Again, The         Prime Time Crime         Saturday 14Th         They Came From Somewhere         They'd Hang You In Nashville         Trudy's Two Faces Or Take A Schizophrenic To Lunch         Werewolf?         Worst High School Play In The World, The

$39 Man

Synopsis:
When Milo falls foul of the evil Dr Draino he only has $39 for the doctor to sew him back together again

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  -

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All Through The House

Synopsis:
Three friends have started a Shakespeare Club. It is just a front so that they can play poker without their wives knowing. On this particular evening the local vicar drops by to discuss The Bard

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Breaker Calling Cinderella

Synopsis:
Poor Rose Lee her step mother makes her do all the work from scrubbing to feeding the pigs whilst she and her two daughters live a life of luxury. Rose Lee's only moments of happiness are when she is broadcasting on her CB radio

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  9            Other:  -

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Calamityville Terror, The

Synopsis:
a girls High School is moving into new premises - an old manor house. Mysterious things start happening

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Genre:
Mystery

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  7            Other:  -

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Clumsy Custard Horror Show, The

Synopsis:
a tale of valiant heroes, damsels in distress and cowardly villians.

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Ferndale Public School, Michigan    2005

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Genre:
Comdey

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  9            Other:  -

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Coolest Cat In Town, The

Synopsis:
Back in the 1950s Billy Dee Bumpers was about to eclipse Elvis in popularity when he disappeared. after a performance he climbed into the theatre attic space to escape enthusiastic fans and was never seen again. Thirty years later the antiquated air conditioning system at the theatre blows up revealing Billy Dee - frozen in a block of ice in a duct

Notes:
Music by Diane Leslie; lyrics by William Gleason

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Ed Opus (Rex)

Synopsis:
at West Thebes High School Ed Opus is student president. an unknown stranger has done away with Teen angel. Yo Yo Costa tries to solve the mystery of the birth marks and Ty Reesias knows what happened to angel

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  extras

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Happy Daze

Synopsis:
JT just wants to be popular at High School but fails. after a row with his parents he is sent to his room. He starts watching old programmes on his television set. The 1950s seem to be a much better time and JT suddenly finds himself back there and now he is popular

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  16            Female:  17            Other:  -

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Hit And Misdemeanor

Synopsis:
a prime time cops show featuring two women police officers is a huge success. There are only two problems - the two women playing the police officers hate each other and someone is trying to kill them

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Louder I Can't Hear You

Synopsis:
People just don't listen to each other any more.

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Mr Winkler's Birthday Party

Synopsis:
The family turn up to celebrate Mr Winkler's birthday but when will they notice that he is dead?

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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No Crime Like The Present

Synopsis:
Cassandra Dumont a news reader has clawed her way to the top - making many enemies. So when she is found dead there are an enormous number of suspects

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  7            Other:  -

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Not Fit To Print

Synopsis:
When her father looses his job a journalism student has to get a job to support herself and her family. The only job she can find is with a sleazy tabloid

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  10            Other:  -

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P J's Meteor

Synopsis:
P J is an astronomer and she believes that there is a huge meteor heading for Earth and that everything will be destroyed when it hits. She invites her parents, sister and fiance over for a meal and reconciliation

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Perils Of Lulu, The

Synopsis:
as Lulu skips to her Granny's house she hardly notices the things going on around her - plane crashes, fires, killer bees and terrorists

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  7            Other:  -

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Pink Panther Strikes Again, The

William Gleason
Dreyfus is insane and determined to kill Chief Inspector Clouseau with the aid of the Doomsday Machine

Notes:
Based on the screenplay by Blake Edwards And Frank Waldman

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1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing Company    871293846

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  8            Other:  extras

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Prime Time Crime

Synopsis:
a group of television crime fighters are all at Shropshire Manor when members of the family start turning up dead

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  17            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Saturday 14Th

Synopsis:
Thirty years ago Camp Slippery Floors was closed down after all but one counsellor was massacred. She has not spoken since. Now there are plans to re-open the Camp. But who is that lurking in the shadows?

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  7            Other:  -

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They Came From Somewhere

Synopsis:
a meteor streaks across the sky and lands near a small Texas town. The locals believe aliens have landed and look out for Creatures. They don't realise that what they find are visitors from New York

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  7            Other:  -

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They'd Hang You In Nashville

Synopsis:
Two recent college graduates try to make it in the song writing business. Unfortunately they are no good at it

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Trudy's Two Faces Or Take A Schizophrenic To Lunch

Synopsis:
Trudy is desperate for a date. She decides that her girl-next-door image is cramping her style. So she decides to act more like the good time girl in a television soap

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Werewolf?

Synopsis:
Harold is a loser. He thinks that if he becomes a werewolf things would be different - but even as a werewolf he is a looser

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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Worst High School Play In The World, The

Synopsis:
Whilst the King is fighting in the CrUSAdes and looking for nice porcelain he leaves his son and brother to rule in his place

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  8            Other:  -

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