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Eddie Lawrence

EDDIE LAWRENCE

  
Nationality:    USA
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Born in Brooklyn, NY. attended Brooklyn College B.A.; Atelier Leger, Paris; Academie de Ia Grande Chaumiere, Paris. Mr. Lawrence is best known for his irreverent and outrageous character creation, "the Old Philosopher." His major acting credits on the legitimate stage in-clude acclaimed roles in Bells are Ringing, the Threepenny Opera and Sherry. He has done many TV talk shows. among the people that he has written for are Victor Borge, Louis Nye, Carl Reiner, Jack e. Leonard, Sid Caesar, and Leo Durocher. He can be seen on the movie screen in act of Love and in the Night they Raided Min-sky's. He wrote the French film the Ladies and the Men, consisting of four Maupassant short stories and a series of twenty-five comedy shorts for Paramount Pictures as well as being a contributor to esquire and Mad magazines. Mr. Lawrence is also an accomplished painter, having studied under Fernand Leger. Mr. Lawrence paints under the name Lawrence eisler and has taught acting, with emphasis on comedy. Recipient: Mystery Writers of America award.
address (in 1981): 435 east 57th St., New York, NY 10022 (212) 688-7774

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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

         Adventure Of Eddie Greshaw, The         Animals         Beautiful Mariposa, The         Colonel Is An Emigre, The         Evening Of Courteline, An         Expressionist, The         Jonas         Kelly         Loule And the Elephant         Natives Were Restless, The         Nose For A Nose, A         Pistols In the Park

Adventure Of Eddie Greshaw, The

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Animals

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3 One-acts One act

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Beautiful Mariposa, The

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Colonel Is An Emigre, The

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Evening Of Courteline, An

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Expressionist, The

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a musical inspired by the life of Paul Gauguin, who, at forty-five, gave up what most men aim for in life and plunged into the unknown world of painting. the time between his two trips to the islands and his futile attempt to become successful in Paris. It is as comic as it is tragic.

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book And lyrics; music by Moose Charlap

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Jonas

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adapted from French

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Kelly

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Kelly boasts that he jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge and survived

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book And lyrics; music by Moose Charlap

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Shubert Theatre, Philadelphia    06 Dec 1965

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Studio cast recording: Original Cast Records (8802) 1998

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Loule And the Elephant

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Natives Were Restless, The

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a restless band of ex-Gis, mostly painters, in Paris after World War II. La Vie Boheme isn't what it seems to be.

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2 acts Comedy

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Nose For A Nose, A

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a woman "in search of herself" joins a band of self-styled vigilantes who mete out punishment to evil-doers everywhere. almost everyone is hoist by his own petard.

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Farce, 2 act

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Pistols In the Park

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