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Oscar Mandel

OSCAR MANDEL  

 Nationality:    USA
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below is a list of Oscar Mandel's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Adam Adamson         Amphitryon         Don John or The Libertine         Land Of Upside Down         Playboy Of Seville, or, Supper With A Statue         Prince Poupon Needs A Wife         Punished Libertine, The         Rebels Of Nantucket, The         Virgin And The Unicorn, The

Adam Adamson

Synopsis:
World War Two. a German soldier in occupied territory decides he would rather stay alive than be a hero

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Oscar Mandel Collected Plays volume Two" published by Unicorn Press 1972   -

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Amphitryon

Oscar Mandel
Jupiter disguises himself as amphitryon in order to enjoy the favors of amphitryon's beautiful wife; chaos ensues.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Moliere. This play is called, And in fact is, A "licentious translation" of the farce by Moliere which bears the same title.

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Los Angeles: Spectrum Productions, 1996   978-0914502036

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Genre:
Farce, translation

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Don John or The Libertine

Oscar Mandel
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Moliere

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Classic Don Juan Plays" published by University of Nebraska Press 1971   978-0803257399

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Genre:
Translation

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Land Of Upside Down

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Notes:
Original Playwright - Ludwig Tiek

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Genre:
Translation

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Playboy Of Seville, or, Supper With A Statue

Oscar Mandel
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Tirso de Molina

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Classic Don Juan Plays" published by University of Nebraska Press 1971   978-0803257399

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Genre:
Translation

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Prince Poupon Needs A Wife

Synopsis:
The Prince of Pouponaco wants a sturdy peasant-wife in order to regenerate the feeble line of the Poupons. The girl he chooses is unfortunately engaged to a handsome peasant lad. an inconvenient peasant can be hanged, but the prince chooses psychological warfare instead.

Notes:
This play is printed in: Reinventions: Four Plays by Oscar Mandel, After Homer, Cervantes, Calderon And Marivaux. It is A "reinvention" of the latter's La Double inconstance.

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Los Angeles: Spectrum Productions, 2002   -

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Punished Libertine, The

Oscar Mandel
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Lorenzo da Ponte

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Classic Don Juan Plays" published by University of Nebraska Press 1971   978-0803257399

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Genre:
Translation

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Rebels Of Nantucket, The

Synopsis:
In 1776, on the island of Nantucket, the rebels, led by an American colonel and a not entirely genuine French marquise, outwit the British garrison.

Notes:
This play is printed in Two Romantic Plays: The Spaniards in Denmark And The Rebels of Nantucket

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Los Angeles: Spectrum Productions, 1996   -

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Genre:
Romantic historical comedy Comedy

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Virgin And The Unicorn, The

Synopsis:
a beastly unicorn is ravaging the lands of the Earl of Dumfrey; all-around wickedness is the cause, and the play shows plenty of it.

Notes:
This play Appears in The Virgin And the Unicorn: Four Plays by Oscar Mandel

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1st Published:
Los Angeles: Spectrum Productions, 1993   -

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Genre:
miraculous drawing-room comedy Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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