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Arkady Leokum

ARKADY LEOKUM

  (1915 - 2008)
Nationality:    USA
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Arkady Leokum is a writer of stage, screen, and childrens literature. Television credits include Neighbors, Enemies, and Freunde und Feinde. His play NEIGHBORS debuted on Hollywood Television Theatre in 1971 and a collection of short plays entitled "Friends and Enemies" was published in 1961. Leokum is, however, best known as a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of Arkady Leokum include A Little Giant Book: Weird & Wacky Facts (Little Giant Books), The Little Giant Book of Weird & Wacky Facts (Little Giant Books), More Tell Me Why (Bounty), and Lots More Tell Me Why (Bounty), among dozens of others.

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

         Enemies         Friends         Neighbors

Enemies

Enemies
An imperious gentlemen dines daily in a restaurant and constantly complains to the waiter about everything. He considers the waiter indebted to him because he taught the man his profession. The waiter claims he is now part owner of the restaurant and has other investments. The diner begs him for financial help and, when the waiter says it was all a pipe dream, the diner is humiliated.

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1st Produced:
Theatre East, NYC    16 Sep 1965

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1977   978-0573642067

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Genre:
one act play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Friends

Friends
A tutor lives by the sea and from his window he sees the yachts of the wealthy. His charge is a forlorn boy whose parents haven't time for him and who comes from his family's yacht to study. The boy doesn't need to learn; he's going to inherit millions, so why sweat? In truth, they need each other. The boy has learned to read while pretending otherwise and the tutor is dependent on the boy for the income to keep himself alive

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1st Produced:
Theatre East, NYC    16 Sep 1965

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1977   -

Music:
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Genre:
one act comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Dep.256/Box 40/7

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Neighbors

Synopsis:
Chuck and Mary Robinson, anxious to promote the cause of integration, have decided to sell their house to blacks. the house is quite expensive and the neighborhood exclusive, but Chuck and Mary (who are moving to a smaller house nearby) are resolved to face whatever problems may result and to stand firm for their principles. When their buyers, an affluent black couple, arrive, all goes with surprising ease-at first-and a check is accepted as down payment. But then, gradually but inexorably, the unspoken tensions emerge-the black couple stripping away at the facade of self-conscious affability which their hosts have assumed, and flaunting the essential "blackness" which they have no intention of modifying. In the explosive climax of the play all pretense vanishes-on both sides-having a wreckage of good intentions from which only remorse can arise.

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    978-0-8222-0809-9

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Genre:
Play/Drama One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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