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IRVING GAYNOR NEIMAN
Nationality: USA
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Irving Gaynor Neiman wrote for radio, television, and the stage. Mr. Neiman, a graduate of City College, got his big break when he sold a radio script to NBC in the early 1940s. He was drafted into the military shortly afterward, but he continued to write and was one of five servicemen whose work was presented on Broadway in 1943 under the title THE ARMY PLAY BY PLAY. Mr. Neiman's contribution was titled BUTTON YOUR LIP and featured Myrna Loy in a bit part. For radio, he wrote HENRY ALDRICH and JOE AND MABEL. In later years, Mr. Neiman did a number of adaptations for television, including the James Thurber short story "The Greatest Man in the World," Sophie Treadwell's play MACHINAL, and the Michel del Castillo novel "Child of Our Time," for which he received a Writers Guild Award.
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Murder Once RemovedMurder Once Removed
Synopsis:
A respected member of the community, Dr. Ronald Cato has prospered in carrying on his father's medical practice. But there are those who harbor suspicions about his past activities-particularly one patient, Walter Manning, who also suspects (correctly) that his wife and Dr. Cato are having a clandestine affair. Manning has engaged a private detective to investigate Cato's past, and the evidence gathered is so damning (although Cato tries at first to discount it) that the doctor's only course is to murder his patient. His clever and coolly executed plan of action shifts suspicion to another patient, and suspense builds as it appears that the good doctor may have committed the perfect crime. In the end this proves to be not so, but the method of Cato's undoing-and the surprising twist which follows it-will keep the audience guessing until the final, shocking moments of the play.
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Dramatists Play Service, NY,
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Drama Mystery Mystery
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Male: 5 Female: 2 Other: -
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