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Walter Marks

WALTER MARKS

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC  

Walter Marks's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

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

         Bajour         Butler Did It, The         Golden Rainbow         Langston In Harlem         Peterpat
Bajour

Bajour
Bajour is a gypsy word meaning "a con trick". Cockeye Johnny Dembo needs $9,000 to purchase Anyanka as a bride for his son Steve. Anyanka proposes a bajour sting to get the money

Notes:
by ernest Kinoy; Music And lyrics by Walter Marks

1st Produced:
Shubert Theater, New York     23 Nov 1964

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Music:
Original cast recording: Sony (48208) 1964

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Butler Did It, The

Synopsis:
the scene is the set where Anthony J. Lefcourt, writer and director, is rehearsing his new play, a "classic whodunit" (in which all the characters are named Butler) with which he hopes to regain the success that has eluded him in recent seasons. Desperately eager to stimulate his cast to their best efforts, he has deliberately withheld the final scene of the play from them, but his patience is worn thin by the petty jealousies and romantic rivalries that detract from their concentration. In an effort to spur them on he "stages" the murder of one of the actresses, after which the plot begins to twist and turn with such dazzling ingenuity-and hilarity-that soon actors and audience alike have lost track of what is real and what is make-believe-until a surprise ending sets matters straight in a most bizarre and ironic way.

Notes:
written by Marks, Peter And Marks, Walter

1st Produced:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Golden Rainbow

Golden Rainbow
In Las Vegas after the death of his wife a man is left to raise his son alone. His sister-in-law arrives to bring stability to them but falls in love with her brother-in-law

Notes:
Music by Walter Marks; lyrics by Walter Marks; book by ernest Kinoy. Based on the play "A Hole In the Head" by Arnold Schulman

1st Produced:
Shubert Theatre, New York     04 Feb 1968

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1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: RCA (K003-1001) 1968

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Langston In Harlem

Synopsis:
Langston in Harlem is a new musical about one of America's most honored poets, Langston Hughes. Set in the African American cultural capital of Harlem from the Harlem Renaissance through the Civil Rights movement, Langston in Harlem tells the story of Langston Hughes's journey into manhood and his emergence as one of the most beloved and forward thinking artists of our time. This musical is filled with jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, swing, dance, and spoken word that sings, jumps, stomps and shouts. Langston Hughes's glorious words and poetry of love, loss, joy and the blues and the people of Harlem who inspired him, come to life.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
Lyrics by langston Hughrs; Adapted by Langston Hughes, Walter Marks And Kent Gash

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Genre:
Musical, Gay historical character full length

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  7            Other:  -

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Peterpat

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music And lyrics by Walter Marks; book by enid Rudd

1st Produced:
Longacre Theatre, New York     06 Jan 1965

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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