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William Hauptman

WILLIAM HAUPTMAN  (1942 - )

 Nationality:    USA
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 Big River         Comanche Cafe         Domino Courts         Durango Flash, The         Gillette         Great Unknown, The         Heat         Shearwater

Big River

William Hauptman
Huckleberry Finn has been taken away from his abusive father and placed in the care of Widow Douglas. He is told that he will not get to Heaven if he does not learn to read. He meets his friend Tom Sawyer in their hideaway cave and with some other boys plan to be a gang of robbers. On his way back to the Widow his father grabs him and takes him to his cabin where in a delusional state he tries to kill him. Next day Huck decides to runaway. He kills a pig a splashes its blood around the cabin to make it look like he really has been murdered. He goes to Jackson's Island to hide out. There he discovers Widow Douglas' slave Jim. Huck agrees to help him escape to the North and they set off on the Mississippi

Notes:
by William Hauptman, Music And lyrics by Roger Miller; based on the novel "adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain

1st Produced:
Cambridge, Massachusetts    1984

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Grove Press, New York, 1986   -

Music:
Original cast recording: MCa (MCaD-6147) 1985

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Genre:
adaptation Musical

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Comanche Cafe

Synopsis:
a regretful virgin wonders about the future in talk with friend who had a fling but has now settled for minimal creature comforts

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1st Produced:
New York    1976

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1977   -

Music:
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Genre:
Playlet

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Domino Courts

Synopsis:
Set in Oklahoma during the Great Depression, the play depicts the reunion of two formerly famous bank robbers and their wives at a rural cabin. Floyd went straight and married Ronnie, the waitress. Roy joined a northern mob. The reunion turns into an ugly confrontation as the realities of their lives are revealed

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1st Produced:
New York    1975

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1977   -

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Genre:
Playlet

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Durango Flash, The

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1st Produced:
New Haven, Connecticut    1977

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Gillette

Synopsis:
1981 Wyoming two men drift in search of freedom, love and big coin; American idealism equating to greed and patriotism

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Cambridge, Massachusetts    1985

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Theatre Communications Group, New York, 1985   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Great Unknown, The

Synopsis:
This show is part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival. The Great Unknown is a jubilant Americana musical about big dreams and even bigger risks. Hoping to inspire and revive a fractured nation, one-armed Civil War veteran John Wesley Powell leads a daring expedition of veterans down the Colorado River to the Grand Canyon, in the spring of 1869. aware of the physical dangers, Major Powell barely anticipates the emotional and spiritual challenges of the trip, leading back to the War. The guide of the expedition is Somers, who escaped from slavery and embraced the new world of the West. Major Powell's wife Emma Dean, a noted environmentalist of the day, is present in the minds and hearts of both Major Powell and his brother Walter, a survivor of andersonville prison; as they are in hers.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
Book by William Hauptman; Music And Lyrics by Jim Wann

1st Produced:
Theatre at St. Clement's
423 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036    05 Oct 2010

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Heat

Synopsis:
The story of serial killer Terry Schmidt

Notes:
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1st Produced:
New Haven, Connecticut    1972

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1977   -

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Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Shearwater

Synopsis:
British yachtsman Donald Crowhurst is taking part in a round the world yacht race. However, he is faking his position reports and not actually taking part. Then the reports stop. His empty yacht is found drifting a few hundred miles from the finish line

Notes:
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1st Produced:
New Haven, Connecticut    1973

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1st Published:
in "Performance, 1, 5", March, 1973   -

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