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Colin Higgins

COLIN HIGGINS  

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

 Harold And Maude         Iks, Les

Harold And Maude

Synopsis:
Harold is a 19 year old rich kid bored with wealth and obsessed with death. He regularly stages mock suicides to shock his socialite mother, attends funerals and drives a hearse. Maude is a 79 year old widow who takes the best from any situation, even funerals. Harold meets Maude at a funeral and their extraordinary friendship begins to blossom. I like you Harold- I like you Maude. Maude teaches Harold how to grasp life and live it to the full. - Reach out, take a chance. Get hurt even. But play as well as you can.

Notes:
adaptation of the cult 1971 movie Harold And Maude

1st Produced:
New York    1980

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Genre:
adaptation - Gay/Lesbian, of interest

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Iks, Les

Synopsis:
These people, forced from their hunting grounds by a mindless government, are in a chronic state of near starvation, a culture of hunger, mutual hostility and suspicion. The writers strip this incredible story to its agonizing essentials. as Newsweek critic Jack Kroll writes, "The play moves with the quiet rhythm of inexorable catastrophe punctuated by explosions of perverse comedy." This is a play with a terrifying relevance to the reality of our world. area staging.

Notes:
written by Dennis Cannan And Colin Higgins, based on the book Mountain People byColin Turnbull. As The Ik - Round House, London 15 Jan 1976

1st Produced:
Paris    1975

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1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing Company, Chicago, 1984   -

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Genre:
Documentary Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  children

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