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Sidney Morris

SIDNEY MORRIS  (1929 - 2002)

 Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    TnT Classic Books  


Born Sidney Morris Fineberg in Pittsburgh. In 1948 he met David Topping and they moved to California to pursue careers in the film industry. Sidney was arrested in a police sex entrapment sting. David later committed suicide. Sidney died after a long battle with AIDS on November 7th 2002.

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

 Demolition of Harry Fay, The         Fairy Teller, The or the Secret Life Of Hans Christian Anderson         Good Time Boys         If This Isn't Love         Last Chance At the Brass Ring         Magic Formula, The         Oh, Danny Boy         Pocket Full Of Posies, A         Sitting Shiva         Six O'Clock Boys         So In Love         Statues         Twilight Ladies, The         Uncle Yossil, A Mystery         Video's Child         Wind Beneath My Wings, The         With A Cast Of Thousands

Demolition of Harry Fay, The

Synopsis:
A camp author is held captive by a fan

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Genre:
Comedy. - - Gay, full length

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Fairy Teller, The or the Secret Life Of Hans Christian Anderson

Synopsis:
An old man retells some of Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tales. the Matchgirl becomes a street corner prostitute. the Ugly Duckling a social misfit. the Snow Queen - a drug dealer.

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Genre:
Gay, theme/character, full length

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Male:  5            Female:  -            Other:  doubling

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Good Time Boys

Synopsis:
Back stage at the porno theatre - someone has been murdered.

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Genre:
Gay, full length

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Male:  5            Female:  -            Other:  -

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If This Isn't Love

If This Isn't Love
a touching and meaningful portrait of two men who meet in their teens and become and remain lovers into their forties.

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1st Produced:
Shandol Theatre, NYC    1982

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the Glines

1st Published:
TnTClassic Books >>>, 1982   1886586012

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Last Chance At the Brass Ring

Synopsis:
A young hospital orderly falls in love with the husband of a woman he has helped die

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Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length

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Magic Formula, The

Synopsis:
Dr Buber sends his son to the USA to escape the Holocaust. After the War he joins his son, Ruben, in Hollywood. Ruben is gay and his father sets out to teach him the power of learning to love one person.

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Gay, full length

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Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Oh, Danny Boy

Synopsis:
A hustler seemingly makes the dreams of each man he meets come true

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Genre:
Comedy. - - Gay, full length

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Male:  6            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Pocket Full Of Posies, A

Synopsis:
Four down and outs are saved by a young black man.

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Sitting Shiva

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Six O'Clock Boys

Synopsis:
Gabriella, old and lonely starts entertaining a number of boys all who are as lonely as she is. they must only come on their designated day and at six precisely

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Play/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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So In Love

Synopsis:
Gay love from the 15th Century to the present day

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Genre:
One act. - - Gay, full length

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Statues

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Twilight Ladies, The

Synopsis:
the Depression destroys the lives of five women

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Scenic And Lighting Designer Marshall Seltzer

1st Produced:
Jewish Community Center of Pittsburgh    1996

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Lesbian, theme/character, full length

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Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  1 child

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Uncle Yossil, A Mystery

Synopsis:
A Jewish man uncovers the secrets of his late Uncle

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Genre:
Gay, full length

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Video's Child

Synopsis:
the future. After a civil war New York has been destroyed. Three gay young men break into a theatre. there they are confronted by a super macho young man

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Genre:
Comedy. - - Gay, full length

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Male:  5            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Wind Beneath My Wings, The

Synopsis:
A man in his 40s and a man in his 20s blame the other's generation for AIDS

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - AIDS, full length

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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With A Cast Of Thousands

Synopsis:
A con man deceives a friend when he desperately needs money for a mad scheme

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