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Howard Richardson

HOWARD RICHARDSON

  (1917 - 1985)
Nationality:    USA
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Howard Richardson's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of Howard Richardson's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Ark of Safety         Dark Of the Moon         Design For A Stained Glass Window         Evening Star         Giselle         Laundry, The         Protective Custody         Thread of Scarlet, A

Ark of Safety

Synopsis:
memory play of half forgotten tales of long ago in a tiny Appalachian community

Notes:
written with Frances Goforth Based on 'tall Tales From Old Smoky' by C. Hodge Mathes

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, Inc, 1977   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy Drama with music Comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
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Dark Of the Moon

Synopsis:
recounts the story of an elfin witch boy who once beheld the beautiful Barbara Allen and immediately fell in love with her

Notes:
based on the ballad of Barbara Allen. Written by Howard Richardson And William Berney

1st Produced:
46th Street Theatre, New York    14 Mar 1945

Organisations:
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1st Published:
William Heinemann Ltd, 1978   -

Music:
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Genre:
fairy story

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  28 roles

Further Reference:
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Design For A Stained Glass Window

Synopsis:
the arrest and martyrdom of Catholic saint Margaret Clitherow

Notes:
Written by Howard Richardson And William Berney

1st Produced:
Mansfield Theatre, New York    1950

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Bakers Plays 1951   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Evening Star

Synopsis:
about a group of elderly actors and actresses living in retirement on a converted Mississippi River showboat

Notes:
written with Frances Goforth

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  7            Other:  -

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Giselle

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Written by William Berney And Howard Richardson

1st Produced:
-    1957

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Laundry, The

Synopsis:
Madame Yvonne runs a laundry in a French Provincial Town. Her son, Daniel, is hideously deformed and is kept locked up in the attic. Madame's son-in-law persuades her to sell Daniel to a freak show

Notes:
Original Playwright - David Guerdin

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1965   -

Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Protective Custody

Synopsis:
A female American reporter is imprisoned on a trumped up charge in an Eastern European prison. When she is released some years later she has become a Communist

Notes:
Written by Howard Richardson And William Berney

1st Produced:
Ambassador Theatre, New York    1956

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Thread of Scarlet, A

Synopsis:
portrait of Victoria Woodhull who ran for office with FredErick Douglas on a women's suffrage and free love ticket but who was ruined by her affair with Henry Ward Beecher

Notes:
written with Ella Gerber Kasakoff

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1980   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  choral group

Further Reference:
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