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Jack Richardson

JACK RICHARDSON

  (1935 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Jack Richardson's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         As Happy As Kings         Gallows Humor         Juan Feldman         Lorenzo         Prodigal, The         Xmas In Las Vegas

As Happy As Kings

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1st Produced:
New York    1968

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Gallows Humor

Synopsis:
tackles conformity not merely as a concept, a large generalised evil but as a particularly nauseating form of human repression

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1st Produced:
Gramercy Arts Theatre, New York    1961

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1st Published:
Dutton, New York, 1961   -

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Genre:
Play One Act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Juan Feldman

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in Pardon Me, Sir, But Is My Eye Hurting Your Elbow?

1st Produced:
New York    1968

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1st Published:
Geis, New York, 1968   -

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Lorenzo

Synopsis:
As described by Variety, "This Drama. . .is a parable about the nobility of artistic aspirations in a world gone berserk. the locale is Renaissance Italy and the story concerns an itinerant acting troupe amid the havoc of a small local war. the director-star and one of the players are murdered and the former's daughter goes off with the victorious general, but the survivors, including the director-star's son and the disillusioned nobleman who hired the army, decide to continue the career of bringing release and inspiration to the people." And, without neglecting one facet of the charm and verve inherent in its costume background, the play combines eloquence with meaning in setting forth a thesis of timeless and compelling significance. the futility and stupidity of war are pitted against the innate, constructive good in men, and the ultimate triumph of the latter is supported in a manner which is not only an unique theatrical experience but a wise, witty and worldly lesson in human values as well.

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1st Produced:
New York    1963

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

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Parts:
Male:  12            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Prodigal, The

Synopsis:
retelling of the Orestes story

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1st Produced:
New York    1960

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1st Published:
Dutton, New York, 1960   -

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Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Xmas In Las Vegas

Synopsis:
All Americans have always been gamblers, certain that nerve and luck would see them through. Once upon a time Mr. Ewell may have been a good bit younger, with fresh decks of cards and he may be getting portly and beneath his fish-tank-green suit he still has hope. And Mr. Ewell has, at the moment, one last mascot, an innocent elderly lady who can, without thinking about it, make nineteen straight passes in a dice game. With her at his side he is going to burn up the town, make everyone rich, provide his daughter with the dental care she's needed these long years and thereafter bask in the admiration of all eyes. A slight hitch develops, philosophically and over honestly dealt cards. Las Vegas is a carefully constructed paradise with creature comforts of every obvious sort available to one and all. the desert blooms with mechanical pleasures. But every comfort, the man who runs the game warns, is designed as one more percentage point stacked against the individual. As the pleasant little mascot begins to grasp this nettling point, she starts to fret; and the moment she starts to fret her luck runs out, taking Mr. Ewell's confidence with it. Confidence is destroyed whenever an innocent learns what the odds really are. In the end our hero is broke and full of self-doubt, but then the gambling fever strikes his son. the dream has become a nightmare, and the nightmare goes on.

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1st Produced:
New York    1965

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1966   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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