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Elinor Jones

ELINOR JONES

  (1930 - 2007)
Nationality:    USA
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Elinor Jones's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         6:15 On the 104         Box Office         Colette         If You Were My Wife I'd Shoot Myself         Not On This Night         Out Of Season         Under Control         Voice Of My Own, A         What Would Jeanne Moreau Do?

6:15 On the 104

Synopsis:
a shy young woman takes the same New York bus to work each day. One day as she is sitting in her seat someone dabs lipstick on the end of her nose

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Short Plays by elinor Jones" published by Dramatists Play Service   978-0822210368

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Box Office

Synopsis:
a gay guy has worked at the box office of a long running Off-Broadway hit for many years. He has just had his 32nd birthday lost his lover of six years and is convinced he will go mad if he has to say "Jellybeans can I help you?" once more

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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York,    -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, one act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Colette

Colette
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Notes:
Music by Harvey Schmidt; lyrics by Tom Jones; book by elinor Jones. Based on the book "earthly Paradise" by Colette

1st Produced:
ellen StewArt Theatre, New York    06 May 1970

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1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: MIO (3001) 1970

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Genre:
Musical

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If You Were My Wife I'd Shoot Myself

Synopsis:
a young American actress in Rome gets a bartender to help her write a letter to Franco Zefferelli asking for a part in his new movie

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Short Plays by elinor Jones" published by Dramatists Play Service   978-0822210368

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Not On This Night

Synopsis:
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1st Published:
Published,    -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Out Of Season

Synopsis:
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Under Control

Synopsis:
after the funeral of the Father the son, daughter and step-mother must decide how to dispose of the ashes

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Short Plays by elinor Jones" published by Dramatists Play Service   978-0822210368

Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Voice Of My Own, A

Synopsis:
the derision and triumphs of women writers through the ages

Notes:
Original title: "the Other Half"

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service   978-0822212126

Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  5            Other:  -

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What Would Jeanne Moreau Do?

Synopsis:
On the day her divorce becomes final, a soap opera writer sits in a bar composing a novel in her head.

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York,    -

Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  1 voice only

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