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Perry Pontac

PERRY PONTAC  

 Nationality:    UK/USA
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Literary Agent:    Micheline Steinberg Associates  


Perry Pontac was born in California. He has been living and writing in London for over forty years. His first play, The Old Man's Comforts, was produced in 1973 by Kenneth Tynan. Since then, he has written numerous plays and sketches including for the Royal Shakespeare Company (The Shakespeare Revue) and the National Theatre (Metropolis Kabarett). His many radio plays have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and 4, three of which  in new stage versions  comprise Codpieces.

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 Bards of Bromley, The         Fatal Loins         Hamlet Part II         Lunchtime Of The Gods, The         Metropolis Kabarett         Old Man's Comforts, The         Prince Lear         Shakespeare Revue, The         Three Seagulls, The

Bards of Bromley, The

Bards of Bromley, The
The Bards of Bromley,the first meeting of a writers workshop is attended by a group of unusually promising authors: William Wordsworth, George Eliot, August Strindberg, A A Milne and Johan Wolfgang von Goethe.

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1st Produced:
BBC Radio 4    2004

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Genre:
comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Fatal Loins

Fatal Loins
in Fatal Loins, the question answered by the play is directly posed in the prologue: 'If Juliet and Romeo survive / Will their eternal passion stay alive?'

Notes:
Included in the book, Codpieces

1st Produced:
BBC Radio 4    2001

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Genre:
Stage Play

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Hamlet Part II

Hamlet Part II
To be or not to be?' may be The Question, but it is not the only one. Hamlet, Part II answers a question about Hamlet that has plagued scholars, readers and play-goers for over four hundred years: What happened next?

Notes:
Included in the book, Codpieces

1st Produced:
BBC Radio 3    1992

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Genre:
Stage Play

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Lunchtime Of The Gods, The

Lunchtime Of The Gods, The
The Lunchtime of the Gods is Wagners Ring recycled into a thirty-minute play telling the entire story,plus several jokes not in the original.

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1st Produced:
BBC Radio 4    1994

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Genre:
Wagner's Ring recycled

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Metropolis Kabarett

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1st Produced:
National Theatre    -

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Old Man's Comforts, The

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1st Produced:
-    1973

Organisations:
Produced by Kenneth Tynan

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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Dep.256/Box 55/4

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Prince Lear

Prince Lear
Prince Lear tackles yet another conundrum: What happened just before the start of King Lear, setting in motion the improbable events of Act I, scene 1?

Notes:
Included in the book, Codpieces

1st Produced:
BBC Radio 3    1994

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Genre:
Stage Play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Shakespeare Revue, The

Synopsis:
An enchanting collection of witty music and skits about the Bard. Devised for, and first performed by, the Royal Shakespeare Company, this show has been a hit with audiences all over the world. It includes songs and sketches by Alan Bennett, Noel Coward, Stephen Sondheim, Fry and Laurie, Monty Python, Victoria Wood and many more.

Notes:
Two sketches: And How Is Hamlet? And Othello in Earnest

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Organisations:
Royal Shakespeare Company

1st Published:
Nick Hern Books   978-1854592590

Music:
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Genre:
Revue Show

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  1, pianist

Further Reference:
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Three Seagulls, The

Three Seagulls, The
The Three Seagulls is a Chekhovian comedy with representative characters drawn from each of Chekhovs major plays, as well as a selection of his plot-lines.

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Genre:
Chekhovian comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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