doollee banner
The Playwrights Database
contact doollee


Peter Charles Morris

PETER CHARLES MORRIS

  
Nationality:    USA
email:    Click here to contact     Website:    Click here

Literary Agent:    n/a

Peter Charles Morris's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

please send corrections / additions to doollee as an attachment -> download WORD submission template

Buy Plays with Doollee

Each page of doollee.com has links to play/book outlets, either directly to the Publisher, through Stageplays.com and Amazon to the second hand and 1st editions of AbeBooks. These links will automatically take you to the relevant area obviating the need for further search.
AbeBooks.co.uk   AbeBooks.com   Stageplays.com   amazon.com   amazon.co.uk   amazon.ca
whether you are a Playwright who wishes to make their entry definitive, an unlisted Playwright or a User with a tale to tell - we want to hear from you.
download WORD submission template

below is a list of Peter Charles Morris's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Adventures of Mottel, The         Burly-Q!         Come On-a My House         Desiree of Beverly Hills         Escape From Pterodactyl Island         Frankly Scarlett         Funny Business         Heartbreak Tour, The         Kid Frankenstein         Listen to the Wind         Pancakes         Pop Star         Remarkable Ruth Fields, The         Rhonda Queen of the Amazon         Rose and the Ring, The         Shout! the Mod Musical         Whoop-Dee-Doo!,         World's Longest Kiss

Adventures of Mottel, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Music by Mat Eisenstein; lyrics and book by Peter Charles Morris. Based on the novel "Adventures of Mottel, The Cantor's Son" by Sholom Aleichem

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Burly-Q!

Synopsis:
Burly-Q! is an homage to the classic Borscht-belt burlesque routines, with a different slant
- press release

Notes:
book by Peter Charles Morris, Phillip George, Ernie Lijoi And Tom Orr

1st Produced:
Players Theatre, NY (Staged Reading)     2007

Organisations:
Amas Musical Theatre

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Come On-a My House

Synopsis:
a sweet old woman kidnaps a young man and forces him to join her crazy family

Notes:
original title: "No Place Like Home"

1st Produced:
South Carolina's Trustus Theatre     2004

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Desiree of Beverly Hills

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Music by Mat Eisenstein; lyrics and book by Peter Charles Morris

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act musical

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Escape From Pterodactyl Island

Synopsis:
a tongue-in-cheek homage to the works of Jules Verne & H.G.Wells

Notes:
written by Peter Charles Morris And Michael Jeffrey

1st Produced:
Pleasance, London     1999

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
sci-fi musical adventure

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Frankly Scarlett

Synopsis:
about the making of Gone with the Wind

Notes:
written by Peter Charles Morris And Philip George

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Farce

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Funny Business

Synopsis:
a look at the lives of stand-up comics

Notes:
written with songwriter Hollye Levin

1st Produced:
Los Angeles     2004

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Heartbreak Tour, The

Heartbreak Tour, The
Four young people cope with unrequited love while on a children's theatre tour.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Ubu Rep, NYC    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, Inc. (Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays 15),    

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One-act play with songs

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Kid Frankenstein

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Music by David Mallamud; lyrics and book by Peter Charles Morris

1st Produced:
Theater at the Blessed Sacarament, New York     06 Oct 2017

Organisations:
Vital Theatre

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Listen to the Wind

Synopsis:
revision of 1955 Vivian Ellis musical fantasy

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-     1995

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Licensed by Warner-Chappell in London,    

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
libretto Musical Fantasy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Pancakes

Synopsis:
Two roommates participate in a life and death struggle

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-     2008

Organisations:
Turnip Theater Company and American Festival Theatre

1st Published:
in Best Ten Minute Plays for Two Actors, 2003, Smith & Krause,    

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Pop Star

Synopsis:
A television pop reality programme comes to a High School. Everyone is desperate to be a pop star

Notes:
Music by Ben Morss; lyrics and book by Peter Charles Morris

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act musical

Parts:
Male:  16            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Remarkable Ruth Fields, The

Synopsis:
about the trials and tribulations of a bearded lady

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Off-Broadway As "The Truth About Ruth"     1992

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Musical Comedy Musical

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Rhonda Queen of the Amazon

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Music by Mat Eisenstein; lyrics and book by Peter Charles Morris.

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Rose and the Ring, The

Synopsis:
Two magic talismans render their owners irresistible to the opposite sex, turning two mythical kingdoms topsy-turvy. A fairy tale musical in the tradition of "Once Upon a Mattress" based on the novElla by Thackerary.

Notes:
written by Peter Charles Morris And Michael Jeffrey. Musical Version Of Thackeray

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Shout! the Mod Musical

Synopsis:
a musical revue tracing the changing roles of women in the sixty through the music made popular by British female singers of the time (Petula Clark, Dusty Springfield, Lulu).

Notes:
book by Peter Charles Morris And Philip George; created by Philip George And David Lowenstein

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Music Theatre International,    

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Whoop-Dee-Doo!,

Synopsis:
a zany homage to the gay aesthetic

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Actors' Playhouse, NYC     1994

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, Inc, NY,    

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Musical Revue. - - Gay/Lesbian, musical

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

World's Longest Kiss

Synopsis:
a couple tries to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records

Notes:
Winner of 2003 Tennessee Williams One Act Play competition

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
University of West Florida (Bayou, Issue 42, 2004),    

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page