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Eve Merriam

EVE MERRIAM

  (1916 - 1992)
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    ICM Partners  

Eve Merriam's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         And I Ain't Finished Yet         At Her Age         Club, The         Dialogue For Lovers         Inner City         Inner City Jam         Lady Macbeth Of Westport         Out Of My Father's House         Plagues For Our Times, The         Street Dreams         Viva Reviva

And I Ain't Finished Yet

Synopsis:
celebrates the fortitude of black women in history who overcame racism and/or indifference to succeed in their chosen fields

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1982   -

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Genre:
Play with Music

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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At Her Age

At Her Age
At Her Age is a one act play with music, but the performers need not be accomplished singers. Set in the "Feminine Futures Boutique", it takes an affectionate, humorous look at five of the most prevalent stereotypes about older women in our society, and offers some choices and ideas for changing our attitudes.

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1st Produced:
-    1979

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    -

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Genre:
one act play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:   plus 1 m. or f. pianist

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Club, The

Synopsis:
Members of a stuffy, all male club, circa 1905, tap dance and sing fourteen songs of the era, all indicative of male smugness and superiority. During the finale, the audience discovers that the top hats, white ties and rails are actually being worn by women.

Notes:
Eve Merriam. With songs from the period of 1894 1905 Arranged by Alexandra Ivanoff.

1st Produced:
-    1977

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    -

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Genre:
musical diversion

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  7            Other:  -

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Dialogue For Lovers

Synopsis:
sonnets of Shakespeare arranged for Dramatic presentation

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1st Produced:
New York    -

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    -

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Genre:
Platform reading

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  optional musicians

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Inner City

Inner City
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Notes:
Music by Helen Miller; lyrics by Eve Merriam; book by Lawrence Kasha; book by Joseph Kipness; book by Tom O'Horgan

1st Produced:
Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York    19 Dec 1971

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    -

Music:
Original cast recording: RCA (LSO-1171) 1971

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Inner City Jam

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Notes:
written by Eve Merriam And Helen Miller, British Adaptation by Paul J Medford

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Lady Macbeth Of Westport

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1st Produced:
-    1972

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Out Of My Father's House

Out Of My Father's House
Based on Eve Merriam's Growing Up Female in America. Arranged for the stage by Paula Wagner, Jack Hofsiss and Eve Merriam. Music by Ruth Crawford Seeger, adapted by Daniel Schrier. With additional music by Daniel Schrier and Marjorie Lipari. 3 f. to play 6 roles, musicians. Int. This moving play is drawn from the diaries, journals and letters of women: a schoolgirl-- founder of the Women's Suffrage Movement, an astronomer, a labor organizer, a minister, a doctor and a woman from the Jewish ghetto. they are seen as they grow up, marry, bear children and face being ostracized for wanting careers.

Notes:
written by Eve Merriam, Paula Wagner And Jack Hofsiss

1st Produced:
-    1975

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1975   978-0573633263

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Genre:
play with music

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Plagues For Our Times, The

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Street Dreams

Synopsis:
This version of the Broadway show originally produced as Inner City in 1971 is based on the bestselling book the Inner City Mother Goose by Eve Merriam. This revised version musically updates these modern-day nursery tales through the use of songs and character studies, presenting the urban landscape of our modern American cities in an evocative and theatrical way.

Notes:
Book And Lyrics by Eve Merriam. Music by Helen Miller.

1st Produced:
-    1981

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    -

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Genre:
A Street Cantata

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Viva Reviva

Synopsis:
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Notes:
music Amy D Rubin

1st Produced:
-    1977

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