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Shepard Kerman

SHEPARD KERMAN  (1928 - )

 Nationality:    USA
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Born in Brooklyn, NY on august 26, 1928. B.S.S. in English, C.C.N.Y. Member, New Dramatists Committee, 1952-56; Dramatists Guild; Equity; aFTRa; SaG. President of "In-Perspective Com-munications, Inc.," multi-media productions. Broadway and film actor. Narrator of TV com-mercials. Creator of scenic projections for See-saw; Mary Martin/Ethel Merman Special; Beatle-mania; Sunset and Platinum. TV credits include Danger, Matinee Theater, Studio One, Camera 3. author of poetic work The Candy Man. Lyricist to Marvin Hamlisch, Lee Pockriss, John Strauss. Creator of over one-hundred multi-media works for industry including musicals, motivational pieces and speeches. Producer and director. Recipient: Showbusiness awards, Best actor 1950 and 1951 as Everyman and Marc antony in Dryden's all for Love; Obie award for Mr. Simian; Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle award, for visual design concept (Beatlemania).
address (in 1981) : 41B Dunes Lane, Port Washington, NY 11050 (516) 883-2813
agent (in 1981) : Bret Adams, 36 East 61st St., New York, NY 10019 (212) 752-7864

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 Bilby's Doll         Cut Of The Axe         Dark And The Day, The         Distant Relations         Husband-In-Law, The         Mr Simian: A Plague In Lisbon Forces An Exodus         Nine Rebels         Players On A Beach         Tune Of The Time, The

Bilby's Doll

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Cut Of The Axe

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Dark And The Day, The

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Distant Relations

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Husband-In-Law, The

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Mr Simian: A Plague In Lisbon Forces An Exodus

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The play involves five passengers, including a trained chimpanzee, en route to South America and safety on board a vessel. The desire of the "simian" to become a man, thus escaping the bonds of his cage, is the main thrust of the play. In comic and theatrical fashion, and through a series of confrontations with the extreme views of the passengers and crew, "Mr. Simian" succeeds in his metamorphosis. In symbolic fashion, he becomes the master of his own fate

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astor Place Playhouse, NYC    -

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Drama, full length

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Nine Rebels

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Written in the form of La Ronde, the play studies, with humor, satire and drama, the attempt at nine forms of rebellion (from criminal to religious activities) and their limitations. Theatrically philosophical in nature, it offers wide scope to actor, director and scenic designer

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Drama, 2 acts

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Players On A Beach

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a highly stylized comic-poetic summary of aspiration, particularly in the theater. a play is being rehearsed on a beach. a novice is chosen for the leading role. He is expos-ed to the amusing machinations of director, producer, leading lady, critics and other members of the "company." His hopes are dashed when the play is suddenly converted to a musical (Our hero can't sing). The play has been called "a classic of its genre

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70 mins One act

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Tune Of The Time, The

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