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Richard B Purdue

RICHARD B PURDUE

  
Nationality:    USA
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the retired founder and President of SuperiorBooks.com, Inc.

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below is a list of Richard B Purdue's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Circumference         Gus         Heaven Is Hard, Mr Lincoln         In Hatred Unsurpassed         Living Backwards
Circumference

Synopsis:
Searching for fame on a previously unconquered wall of rock and ice, Otto and Hans find their destiny. the world watches their progress, then their desperate battle to survive, while among the spectators, a wife sees her own fate and the fate of her children unfold. the mystery of why men attempt to defy death on a mountain and what they feel in their most hopeless moments is etched against the backdrop of a heartless environment and the masculine compulsion to strive against it.

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1st Published:
New Theatre Publications (1999)   

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Genre:
Drama One Act

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Gus

Synopsis:
This one-act play focuses on a marriage plagued by class warfare. A steeplejack and a school teacher drift intensely apart, as the former sticks to his working class habits and his wife aspires to better things. the contest seems to centre on their differences over Gus, a large (and growing) pet parrot whose devilish behaviour brings a quirky end to the marital conflict.

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1st Published:
New Theatre Publications (1999)   

Music:
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Genre:
Drama One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  +1 extra

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Heaven Is Hard, Mr Lincoln

Synopsis:
Heaven is Hard, Mr Lincoln although a play that primarily deals with Abraham Lincoln's alleged mishandling of the Civil War in America, it is, at the same time, a quirky and humorous take on an event that had far reaching consequences for America in general and politics in particular. Set in Heaven including a Lower Lever (Hell), a Middle Level and an Upper Level (Heaven) the play, in the form of a trial, assesses whether Lincoln is guilty of these charges.

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1st Published:
New Theatre Publications (1998)   

Music:
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Genre:
Drama One Act

Parts:
Male:  13            Female:  1            Other:  + extras

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In Hatred Unsurpassed

Synopsis:
Brilliant eccentricity and the prejudices of the media meet head-on in this Drama of great hope and great disappointment. Years of research bring Pearce Miller to the shocking conclusion that Hitler carried out the Holocaust on the basis of his religious convictions. Pearce's frustration and the visceral reaction of the media against him finally bring him to a crisis and an ironic climax.

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
New Theatre Publications (1999)   

Music:
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Genre:
Drama One Act

Parts:
Male:  12            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Living Backwards

Synopsis:
A play that etches in reverse the failed life of an honest man, whose life of struggle involves the subtle, grinding assault of his in-laws and the reluctant support of a Heavenly Soulmate. Despite his resistance to the irresistible forces in his life, the best that can be said at the final curtain is, "What goes around comes around.".

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
New Theatre Publications (1998)   

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Drama One Act

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  2            Other:  +extras

Further Reference:
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