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J M Ritchie

J M RITCHIE  (? - 2013)

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         Antigone         Awakening         Burghers of Calais         Coral, The         David and Goliath         Flight to Venice         From Morning to Midnight         Gas Part One         Gas Part Two         Guardian of the Tomb, The         Hinkemann         Ithaca         Methusalem         Murder the Woman's Hope         Naval Encounter         One Day in October         President, The         Protagonist, The         Raft of the MedUSA, The         Squire Blue Doll         War - a Te Deum         Wolves, The

Antigone

Antigone
A pacifist reworking of "Antigone" by Sophocles

Notes:
Original Playwright - Walter Hasenclever. Translated by J M Ritchie And J D Stowell

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Vision and Aftermath - Four Expressionist War Plays" published by Calder and Boyars 1969   978-0714505992

Music:
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Genre:
Translation

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Awakening

Awakening
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Notes:
Original Playwright - August Stramm

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Seven Expressionist Plays" published by Calder and Boyars, 1968   978-0714543437

Music:
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Genre:
Translation

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Burghers of Calais

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Georg Kaiser. Translated by B J Kenworthy, Rex Last And J M Ritchie

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in "Five Plays by Georg Kaiser" published by Calder and Boyars, 1971   -

Music:
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Coral, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Georg Kaiser. Translated by B J Kenworthy, Rex Last And J M Ritchie

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in "Five Plays by Georg Kaiser" published by Calder and Boyars, 1971   -

Music:
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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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David and Goliath

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Georg Kaiser. Translated by B J Kenworthy, Rex Last And J M Ritchie

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in "Georg Kaiser Plays Volume Two" published by Calder, 1981   -

Music:
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Genre:
Translation

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Flight to Venice

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Georg Kaiser. Translated by B J Kenworthy, Rex Last And J M Ritchie

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in "Georg Kaiser Plays Volume Two" published by Calder, 1981   -

Music:
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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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From Morning to Midnight

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Georg Kaiser. Translated by B J Kenworthy, Rex Last And J M Ritchie

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in "Georg Kaiser Plays Volume Two" published by Calder, 1981   -

Music:
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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Gas Part One

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Georg Kaiser. Translated by B J Kenworthy, Rex Last And J M Ritchie

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in "Five Plays by Georg Kaiser" published by Calder and Boyars, 1971   -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Gas Part Two

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Georg Kaiser. Translated by B J Kenworthy, Rex Last And J M Ritchie

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in "Five Plays by Georg Kaiser" published by Calder and Boyars, 1971   -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Guardian of the Tomb, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Franz Kafka. Translated by J M Ritchie And H F Garten

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in "Seven Expressionist Plays" published by Calder and Boyars, 1970   -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Translation

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Hinkemann

Hinkemann
Emasculated by a soldiers bullet. Hinkemann returns home to face poverty, unemployment; political turmoil and the distressing, albiet symbolic irony, that, though the great German hero, he is no man at all with his bollocks shot away.
- Luke dixon, City limits

Notes:
Original Playwright - Ernst Toller. (written 1922)

1st Produced:
Upstream, London    1984

Organisations:
Floorboards Theatre Company

1st Published:
Contained in: "Vision and Aftermath" published by Calder and Boyars, 1969   978-0714505992

Music:
-

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
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Ithaca

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Gottried Benn

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "German Expressionist Plays" published by Continuum, New York, 1997   -

Music:
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Genre:
Translation

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Methusalem

Synopsis:
1st produced in Berlin in 1922 it looks back in satire to 19th century Romantic german Drama, is influenced by the theatre of the absurd's progenitors and stays close to the surreal and expressionist movements in which Coll worked.
- Nicholas de jongh, Guardian

Notes:
Original Playwright - Ivan Goll. Translated by J M Ritchie And H F Garten

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Seven Impressionist Plays" published by Calder and Boyars, 1980   -

Music:
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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Murder the Woman's Hope

Murder the Woman's Hope
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Oscar Kokoschka

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Seven Expressionist Plays" published by Calder and Boyers, 1980   978-0714505213

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Naval Encounter

Naval Encounter
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Reinhard Goering. Translated by J M Ritchie And J D Stowell

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in "Vision and Aftermath" published by Calder and Boyars, 1969   978-0714505992

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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One Day in October

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Georg Kaiser. Translated by B J Kenworthy, Rex Last And J M Ritchie

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Georg Kaiser Plays Volume Two" published by Calder, 1981   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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President, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Georg Kaiser. Translated by B J Kenworthy, Rex Last And J M Ritchie

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Georg Kaiser Plays Volume Two" published by Calder, 1981   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Protagonist, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Georg Kaiser. Translated by J M Ritchie And H F Garten

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Seven Expressionist Plays" published by Calder and Boyars, 1980   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Translation

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Raft of the MedUSA, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Georg Kaiser. Translated by B J Kenworthy, Rex Last And J M Ritchie

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Georg Kaiser Plays Volume Two" published by Calder, 1981   -

Music:
-

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If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Squire Blue Doll

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Ernst Barlach. Translated by J M Ritchie And H F Garten

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Seven Expressionist Plays" published by Calder & Boyards, 1980   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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War - a Te Deum

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Carl Hauptman. Translated by J M Ritchie And J D Stowell

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Vision and Aftermath" published by Calder and Boyars, 1969   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Wolves, The

Synopsis:
the Reverend Tolkening keeps wolves in a cage in his back garden. One evening he and his wife receive a visit from Doctor John Jolly and his sister Miss Agatha.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Alfred Brust. Translated by J M Ritchie And H F Garten

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Seven Expressionist Plays" published by Calder and Boyars, 1980   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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