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John Ford Noonan

JOHN FORD NOONAN

  (1943 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    ICM Partners  

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         All She Cares About Is the Yankees         All The Sad Protestants         Club Champion's Widow, The         Concerning the Effects Of Trimethylchloride         Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking, A         Critic And His Wife, A         Drowning Of Manhattan         Effects Of Trimethylchloride, The         Getting Through the Night         Goodbye And Keep Cold         Green Mountain         Hetrosexual Temperature In West Hollywood         Lazarus Was A Lady         Linger         Listen To the Lions         Mom Sells Twins For Two Beers         Monday Night Varieties         Music From Down the Hill         My Daddy's Serious American Gift         Noonan Night, A         Nothing But Bukowski         Older People         Pick Pack Pock Puck         Rainbows For Sale         Raunchy Dame In the Chinese Raincoat         Recent Developments In Southern Connecticut         Sneaky Bit To Raise the Blind         Some Men Need Help         Spanish Confusion         Stay Away A Little Closer         Talking Things Over With Chekhov         What Drove Me Back To Reconsidering My Father         When It Comes Early         Where Do We Go From Here?         Why Can't You Be Him?         Year Boston Won the Pennant, The

All She Cares About Is the Yankees

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Agoraphobic woman peoples her world with the New York Yankees

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Samuel French, NY, 1988   -

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All The Sad Protestants

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Club Champion's Widow, The

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New York     1978

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Concerning the Effects Of Trimethylchloride

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New York     1971

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Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking, A

Synopsis:
About unexpected friendship between two women of widely different backgrounds. Set in Westchester, worlds collide when uptight Maude meets her new neighbor, sexed-up Southerner Hannah Mae. Throughout this zany romp, the mismatched pair fight, scheme, cheat, laugh and love. Can a modern Odd Couple find common ground?

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written by John Ford Noonan And Loudon Wainwright III

1st Produced:
New York     1979

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Samuel French, NY, 1981   -

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Critic And His Wife, A

Critic And His Wife, A
Len Oppenheim New York's biggest theatre critic takes a sabbatical to write a novel. Broadway actors and directors implore him to come back. Then he is nominated for a prestigious award for drama criticism

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Applause, NY, 1997   978-1557833259

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Drowning Of Manhattan

Drowning Of Manhattan
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Contained in: "the Best American Short Plays 1992 - 1993" published by Applause Theatre Books 1993   978-1557831675

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Effects Of Trimethylchloride, The

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1st Produced:
Lincoln Center Library, New York     1972

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Getting Through the Night

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New York     1976

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Goodbye And Keep Cold

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1st Produced:
New York     1973

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Green Mountain

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Los Angeles     1987

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Hetrosexual Temperature In West Hollywood

Synopsis:
Dink an enormous fan of Charles Bukowoski throws herself at Bukowoski impersonator Arno in the belief he is the real thing

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part of Nothing But Bikowski

1st Produced:
New York     1987

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Lazarus Was A Lady

Synopsis:
A young woman with a terminal illness uses it a manipulate people

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New York     1970

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Linger

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Listen To the Lions

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New York     1979

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Mom Sells Twins For Two Beers

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1st Produced:
Los Angeles     1987

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Monday Night Varieties

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1st Produced:
New York     1972

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Music From Down the Hill

Synopsis:
a psychiatric clinic where a young schizophrenic loves Bruce Springsteen to death

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1st Produced:
Wpa Theatre, Off Broadway, NY     1993

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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York   -

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Genre:
Comedy/Drama Comedy

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My Daddy's Serious American Gift

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1st Produced:
Los Angeles     1989

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Noonan Night, A

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1st Produced:
New York     1973

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Nothing But Bukowski

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includes the Raunchy Dame in the Chinese Raincoat, the Hetrosexual Temperature in West Hoolywood

1st Produced:
New York     1987

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Genre:
Double Bill Play/Drama

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Older People

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1st Produced:
New York     1972

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Pick Pack Pock Puck

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1st Produced:
New York     1974

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Rainbows For Sale

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1st Produced:
New York     1971

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1st Published:
in "the Off-Off-Broadway Book", Bobbs Merrill, Indianapolis, 1972   -

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Raunchy Dame In the Chinese Raincoat

Raunchy Dame In the Chinese Raincoat
Two down and out room mates discover a blonde bound and gagged and wrapped in a carpet

Notes:
part of Nothing But Bikowski

1st Produced:
New York     1987

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Best American Short Plays 2003 - 2004" published by Applause Books   978-1557836960

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Recent Developments In Southern Connecticut

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Cincinnati     1990

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Sneaky Bit To Raise the Blind

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1st Produced:
New York     1974

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Some Men Need Help

Synopsis:
an oddball version of the Good Samaritan parable as ex Mafioso neighbour tries to save drunk from himself

Notes:
Richard Weinstock, Original Music

1st Produced:
47th Street Theatre, Off Broadway, NY     1982

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1983   -

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Spanish Confusion

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1st Produced:
Los Angeles     1987

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Stay Away A Little Closer

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New York     1990

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Talking Things Over With Chekhov

Synopsis:
Weird Dramatist, who talks aloud to Chekhov, casts ex-girlfriend in starring role

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1st Produced:
Burbank     1987

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Samuel French, NY, 1991   -

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Comedy

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What Drove Me Back To Reconsidering My Father

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Contained in: "the Best American Short Plays 1998-1999" published by Applause Books,    -

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When It Comes Early

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Contained in: "the Best American Short Plays 1995 - 1996" published by Applause   -

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Short play

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Where Do We Go From Here?

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Kirk Nurock, Music

1st Produced:
Joseph Papp Public Theater/Newman Theater, Off Broadway, NY     1974

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Why Can't You Be Him?

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1st Produced:
Saratosa, Florida     1987

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Year Boston Won the Pennant, The

Synopsis:
A baseball player suffers an arm injury

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1st Produced:
Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Off Broadway, NY     1969

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1st Published:
Grove Press, New York, 1970   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  9            Female:  4            Other:  -

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