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Frank Manley

FRANK MANLEY  

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

 Cockfighter, The         Two Masters

Cockfighter, The

Synopsis:
Inspired by the courage and fierceness he associates with fighting cocks, a young man rebels against an adult world tainted by his father's flawed vision of manhood. animated by a highly theatrical rendition of the ancient bloodsport of cockfighting, this Drama moves through the turbulent landscape of adolescence and traces the steps by which a boy becomes a man, not on his father's terms, but on his own

Notes:
adapted by Vincent Murphy

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1st Published:
Humana Festival 1999: The Complete Plays, ed Michael Bigelow Dixon & amy Wegener, Smith & Kraus, 1999   -

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Genre:
Short Play One act

Parts:
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Two Masters

Synopsis:
explores Southern hospitality and the performing of Good Works. The first concerns the confession of a rural couple who entertain a murderer, and the second reveals the awkward attempt of two well-intentioned women who try to comfort a bedridden hospital patient

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    -

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Genre:
Two thematically linked scenes

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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