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below is a list of Jack Neary's plays - click on a Play Title for more information
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Alice in Wonderland
Alternate Lifestyle
Big Apple, The
Big Snore, The
Cell Promotion
Christmas Carol, A
Cinderella
Fairy Houses
Fall of the House of Usher, The
Farewell and Adieu
First Night
Five Nickels
Frankenstein
Grand Scheme, The
Hansel and Gretel
Jerry Finnegan's Sister
Keeper of the Curse
Kong's Night Out
Little Match Girl, The
Lunch Money
Night of the Bully
Oral Report
Pinocchio
Porch, The
Rewrite
Robin Hood
Rumplestiltskin
Sandbag, Stage Left
She's Fabulous
Sleeping Beauty
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Talkback
That's Our Mary!
Three-Peat
To Forgive, Divine
Treasure Island
Turn of the Screw, The
Ugly Duckling, The
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Scheherazade enlists the town folk to act out the story of Aladdin
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Bakers Plays
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Childrens play
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Male: - Female: - Other: 10 either sex
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Alice in Wonderland
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Based on the book by Lewis Carroll
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stageadaptations.com
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Adaptation
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Alternate Lifestyle
Gert and Marjorie tell Alma that homosexual is not homeless sexual
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Organisations:
New Century Theatre
1st Published:
in Boston Theatre Marathon of Ten Minute Plays Volume 2, Bakers Plays,
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Genre:
Gay of interest, one act
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Male: - Female: 3 Other: -
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Big Apple, The
Synopsis:
the goings-on in the brain of a playwright as he tries to get his play performed on Broadway
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1st Produced:
C G Mcdonough Arts Magnet Theater, Lowell, Massachusetts
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Image Theater
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Big Snore, The
On live reality television a snubbed pixie curses the king, queen and princess to sleep for a hundred days and then die
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CreateSpace Independent Publishing
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Genre:
Comedy
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Cell Promotion
Synopsis:
The two actresses from "She's Fabulous" are auditioning for the same part via their cell phones
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Genre:
Ten minute play
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Christmas Carol, A
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Based on the book by Charles Dickens
1st Produced:
Foothills Theatre, Worcester, Massachusetts
2002
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Adaptation
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Cinderella
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CreateSpace Independent Publishing
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Genre:
Comedy
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Fairy Houses
Synopsis:
The children are glued to their computers and electronic games. A talking cricket approaches one and tells her that they must make houses for fairies or all magic will leave their town
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Music by Ken Clifton; lyrics and book by Jack Neary. Based on the books by Tracy Kane
1st Produced:
Ogunquit Playhouse, Maine
2007
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Genre:
Childrens musical
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Fall of the House of Usher, The
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Based on the short story by Edgar Allen Poe
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Genre:
Adaptation
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Male: 4 Female: 3 Other: -
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Farewell and Adieu
Synopsis:
The wake of one of the actresses from "She's Fabulous"
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Contained in: "The Best Ten Minute Plays For Two Actors 2008" published by Smith and Kraus
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Genre:
Ten minute play
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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First Night
Long after a teenage school romance a lonely shopkeeper and a lapsed nun find one another again
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1st Produced:
Boston
1987
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1st Published:
Bakers Plays, New York, 1988
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Genre:
Romantic Comedy Comedy
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Male: 1 Female: 1 Other: -
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Five Nickels
Synopsis:
consists of five short comedies, centered around the title piece, the story of a 60-year old church usher with a secret he's trying to keep from a widow who will not be denied the information
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1st Produced:
Latrobe, Pa
2002
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1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing Company in Woodstock, Illinois, 2002
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Genre:
Comedy
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Frankenstein
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Based on the novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
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1st Published:
CreateSpace Independent Publishing
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Genre:
Adaptation
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Grand Scheme, The
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in 2009: the Best 10-Minute Plays for Two or More Actors, Smith & Kraus (December 1, 2009)
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Genre:
Ten Min
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Male: 2 Female: - Other: -
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Hansel and Gretel
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Based on the story by The Brothers Grimm
1st Produced:
Regent Theatre, Arlington
Organisations:
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1st Published:
stageadaptations.com
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Genre:
Adaptation
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Jerry Finnegan's Sister
Synopsis:
a romantic comedy about a young man who has just learned that the secret love of his life, the girl next door, is about to be married. In the play, he decides to finally act on his dream
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1st Produced:
Northampton, Ma
1991
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1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing Company in Woodstock, Illinois,
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Genre:
Comedy
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Keeper of the Curse
Synopsis:
A man claims to have the Curse of the Bambino in his briefcase
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New Century Theatre
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play Ten Min
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Kong's Night Out
Synopsis:
What happens in the hotel room next to the one that King Kong yanked Fay Wray out of
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1st Produced:
Lyric Stage Company, Boston
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1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing Company in Woodstock, Illinois,
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Genre:
Comedy
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Male: 5 Female: 4 Other: -
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Little Match Girl, The
Synopsis:
Now set in modern times. Fourteen year old James has run away. He meets Dodge an orphan. Dodge has been given some magic matchsticks by her grandmother
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Based on "The Little Match Girl" by Hans Christian Andersen
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York
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Genre:
Youth play
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Male: 6 Female: 8 Other: -
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Lunch Money
Shy Mikey thinks that class heart throb Harlan has stolen his lunch money
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CreateSpace Independent Publishing
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Genre:
Youth play
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Night of the Bully
An obnoxious talk show host is challenged to prove his family love him
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CreateSpace Independent Publishing
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Genre:
Comedy
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Oral Report
Synopsis:
Gert and Marjorie explain oral sex to Alma
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1st Produced:
Organisations:
New Repertory Theatre
1st Published:
in Boston Theatre Marathon of Ten Minute Plays Volume I, Bakers Plays,
Music:
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Genre:
play Ten Min
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Male: - Female: 3 Other: -
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Pinocchio
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Based on the book by Carlo Collodi
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1st Published:
stageadaptations.com
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Genre:
Adaptation
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Porch, The
Three elderly women sit on a porch discussing the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky scandal. It is Labour Day weekend and they are joined by their long suffering husbands
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CreateSpace Independent Publishing
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Genre:
Comedy
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Rewrite
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Organisations:
New Century Theatre
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Genre:
play Ten Min
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Robin Hood
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CreateSpace Independent Publishing
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Genre:
Comedy
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Rumplestiltskin
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1st Published:
CreateSpace Independent Publishing
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Genre:
Comedy
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Sandbag, Stage Left
Synopsis:
The star of "Hello Dolly" is killed whilst performing the number "So Long Dearie" and her wimp of a husband is put on trial for her murder
Notes:
Written under the name "John Anthony"
1st Produced:
Summer Theatre, Mount Holyoke College
1999
Organisations:
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1st Published:
Bakers Plays
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Genre:
Comedy
Parts:
Male: 7 Female: 13 Other: -
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She's Fabulous
Synopsis:
Two actresses of a certain age go see a friend who is appearing in "Death of a Salesman"
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Organisations:
New Century Theatre
1st Published:
Contained in: "The Best Ten Minute For Two Actors 2006" published by Smith and Kraus
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play Ten Min
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Sleeping Beauty
Synopsis:
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Notes:
The "family" version of "The Big Snore"
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1st Published:
stageadaptations.com
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Genre:
Comedy
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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Genre:
Comedy
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Talkback
Now an annual tradition, the Boston theater Marathon utilizes hundreds of actors and dozens of directors to sponsor 50 ten-minute plays in 10 hours (five plays per hour!), each one supported by a different New England theatre company
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Boston theater Marathon XI - 2009 Anthology - 50 Ten Minute Plays Boston theater Marathon XI - 2009 Anthology - 50 Ten Minute Plays ~ By Kate Snodgrass (ed) - Smith and Kraus, 2010
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Ten Min
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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That's Our Mary!
Synopsis:
Two actresses are in line to play the Virgin Mary in a new movie. Each tries to use the other's personal life against her to ensure getting the part
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1st Produced:
Organisations:
New Century Theatre
1st Published:
in Boston Theatre Marathon of Ten Minute Plays Volume 4, Bakers Plays,
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play Ten Min
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Male: 1 Female: 2 Other: -
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Three-Peat
Gert and Marjorie now have to explain what a menage a trois is to Alma
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1st Produced:
Organisations:
New Century Theatre
1st Published:
in Boston Theatre Marathon of Ten Minute Plays Volume 3, Bakers Plays,
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play Ten Min
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Male: - Female: 3 Other: -
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To Forgive, Divine
Synopsis:
the young parish priest causes profound speculation in a small town about his relationship with a young girl.
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1st Produced:
Boston
1989
Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1990
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Genre:
Comedy
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 3 Other: -
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Treasure Island
Synopsis:
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Notes:
Based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson
1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
stageadaptations.com
Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation
Parts:
Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Turn of the Screw, The
Synopsis:
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Based on the novel "The Turn Of The Screw" by Henry James
1st Produced:
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2005
Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playscripts Inc
Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation
Parts:
Male: 3 Female: 4 Other: -
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Ugly Duckling, The
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1st Published:
CreateSpace Independent Publishing
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Genre:
Comedy
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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