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Venable Herndon

VENABLE HERNDON

  (1927 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Born in Philadelphia, Pa on October 19, 1927. Princeton, B.A. 1950, Harvard, M.A. 1951 (French and Russian Literature). Founder (with three others) of literary quarterly, Chelsea Review, for eighteen issues. Film alice's RestaurANT (with arthur Penn), United artists screenplay pub-lished by Doubleday. Commissioned to do the following film scripts: Location; Until the Monkey Comes; Uncle Sam's Wild West Show; Jimmy Shine (after Schisgal play). Biography, James Dean: a Short Life, Doubleday, New American Library, Futura (england), Hayakawa Shobo (Japan). Recipient: Stanley Drama award, 1967.
address (in 1981) : 238 West 22nd Si, New York, NY 10011 (212) 741-0578

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

         Bag Of Files         Independence Night         Sugar Mill         Tom Thumb         Until the Monkey Comes

Bag Of Files

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Cubiculo, New York    -

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Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Dep.256/Box 31/3

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Independence Night

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Loft Theatre, New York    -

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Sugar Mill

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every spring the island of Buenos biggest sugar mill does a pageant celebration in Honor of Jesus Guerra - Guerra's revolution. J. G.-G., a peasant becomes a baseball star, bats ball that hits dictator Moralista in head, is arrested, escapes island in weather ballon, lands on cigar factory roof in Tampa, returns to conquer Bueno; drive out Moralista. While re-enactment of revolution proceeds, J.G.-G's former lieutenants, including nightclub-brothel Madam, now misfits in the new society, learn that Jesus is coming to close brothel. they plot to kill him. at the last minute he saves them and himself. Tone is lyrical, ironic

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composer Ken Guilmartin

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Genre:
full length Musical

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Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  doubling

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Tom Thumb

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after Fielding's Tragedy of Tragedies; with composer Bob Dennis

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full length Musical

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Until the Monkey Comes

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During winter vacation, group of college friends assembles in an absent parent's penthouse to party and battle about lives sophisticated too early by material privilege and psychic hardship. Comedy with undertones of violence. "enter Venable Herndon, playwright, and last night at the Martinique, his Until the Monkey Comes - It is a very unpleasant Drama which quite fascinated your agent from first to last, even in its weaker aspects, and it is going to make a dent. - Jerry Tallmer, New York Post.

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Martinique, New York: Hull House, Chicago; Berlin    -

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Volume 2, New American Plays, Mermaid Dramabook, Hill & Wang, Parrar, StrAus, & Giroux, 19 Union Sq., New York, NY 10003,    -

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Genre:
full length Play/Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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