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JOSEPH HELLER
(1923 - 1999)
Nationality:
USA
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Literary Agent:
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Writer who turned his wartime experience into one of the best-selling novels of the century, and added Catch-22 to the language.
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Catch 22
Synopsis:
American World War II pilot tries to get out of flying any more missions
Notes:
from Author's novel
1st Produced:
Long Island 1971
Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1971 -
Music:
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Genre:
Comedy
Parts:
Male: - Female: - Other: Large Cast
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Clevinger's Trial
Synopsis:
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Notes:
from Chapter 8 of Catch 22
1st Produced:
London 1974
Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1974 -
Music:
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We Bombed In New Haven
Synopsis:
Play within a play, actors are seen performing as military airmen.
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1st Produced:
New Haven, Connecticut 1967
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1st Published:
Knopf, New York, 1968 -
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Genre:
anti war Drama
Parts:
Male: 11 Female: 1 Other: extras
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