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Janet McReynolds

JANET MCREYNOLDS

  (1933 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Born in Bluffton, AR on July 19, 1933. Ph.D. in English, minor in Theater at the University of MinnesotA. Author of novel, I Have a Great Desire (Houghton Mifflin, 1961). Screenplay, Commencement, Sunshadow Films, 1979. Reci-pient: NEA GrANT for Creative Writing, 1978.
Address (in 1981): 2990 18th St., Boulder, CO 80302 (303) 443-8566

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

         Fight Like Hell 'til You Get To Heaven         Hey, Rube         Man Who Knew John Dillinger, The         Mothernight

Fight Like Hell 'til You Get To Heaven

Synopsis:
the story of Mother Jones, the militant labor agitator. the play uses the occasion of Mother Jones's 100th birthday party to recapitulate her tumultuous career. It is panoramic in scope, using incidents from major labor conflicts from the 1880's through the 1920's.

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Cottonwood Press, Crawford, NB,    -

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full length Play/Drama

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Male:  14            Female:  8            Other:  8c

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Hey, Rube

Synopsis:
This play was suggested by a crime which occurred in the '60s. A young girl was tor-tured over a period of months and finally murdered by a woman with whom she was board'd and the woman's two daughters. the play starts with a courtroom scene and the story is told in flashbacks. the focal point of the play is the close identity the woman feels with her victim. She keeps insisting, "I am the one who was murdered." A carnival atmosphere adds a bizarre element.

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Mark Taper Forum Lab, Los Angeles, CA    -

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Male:  4            Female:  10            Other:  -

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Man Who Knew John Dillinger, The

Synopsis:
Jimmy Macintosh is a man in his seventies, a victim of amnesia. He believes that he is the last surviving member of the Dillinger gang and has been look-ing for "Johnny" the past forty years. He falls into the clutches of a practical nurse, Rosie Freeman, who first befriends him then betrays him to the police in a replay of "the woman in red." Rosie's patient, Esther and two children from upstairs contribute their own poignant stories to the theme of lost identities.

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Changing Scene, Denver, CO    -

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  2c

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Mothernight

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