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Stanley Rutherford

STANLEY RUTHERFORD

  
Nationality:    USA
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Stanley Rutherford's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         2 Brothers Drinking         2 Sisters Drinking         32 Pairs of Gloves         Bad Gums         Billy Nobody         Chinese Art of Placement         Garden Of Blue Chairs, The         Miss Pussy and Miss Stein         Pencil For Miss Sapington, A         Red Tulips         Tables and Chairs         Texas Fox Trot         Walls Of Glass
2 Brothers Drinking

Synopsis:
Psychotic brother/brother relations

Notes:
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1st Produced:
The Marsh, San Francisco     09 Jan 2009

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   

Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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2 Sisters Drinking

Synopsis:
Psychotic sister/sister relations

Notes:
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1st Produced:
The Marsh, San Francisco     09 Jan 2009

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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32 Pairs of Gloves

Synopsis:
Willa was a one time media darling. Now she is on the skids and has taken to drink and drugs

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
www.stanleyrutherford.com/plays/32_Pairs_of_Gloves   

Music:
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Genre:
Monologue plays

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Bad Gums

Synopsis:
Artists Mickey and Randall live together - they are artists and lovers. They paint together exhibiting the works as by "Randall-and-Mickey". Things are not going well. They have had a disastrous holiday in Mexico. Now back they cannot finish the final painting for an exhibition Carmen. Mickey has had enough - it is the end of the ten year relationship and the end of their art. Meanwhile friend Celia has arrived to stay with them. Celia becomes sexually interested in Carmen. Whilst packing his things Mickey is shocked to find a stash of heterosexual porn. It seems that Randall and Celia has a fling many years ago. Mickey wonders whether they have got back together again

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Washington D C     1999

Organisations:
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1st Published:
www.stanleyrutherford.com/plays/Bad_Gums   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play - Gay full length

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Billy Nobody

Synopsis:
Agoraphobic Billy is found wandering in a panic attack on the streets. Aurora comes to his rescue and takes him home. They are opposites - he is a virgin, she is experienced; he is an introvert, and she is an extrovert. Billy is beset by problems with his ex-wife, landlord and piano teacher. All want money and the piano teacher is not happy that Billy has lost his piano

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-     1992

Organisations:
Woolly Mammoth

1st Published:
www.stanleyrutherford.com/plays/BillyNobody   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Chinese Art of Placement

Chinese Art of Placement
Sparky was a poet. Sparky was an intelligence operative. Now feng-shui rules his life as he obsesses about Tina Turner and has problems with ants

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Phoenix Theatre, San Francisco    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Plays From Woolly Mammoth" published by Broadway Play Publishing   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Monologue play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Garden Of Blue Chairs, The

Synopsis:
Catherine has recently attempted suicide. Now she is having an affair with a married man and making a garden with lavender, rosemary and thyme and blue plastic chairs

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Magic Theatre, San Francisco     17 Dec 2007

Organisations:
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1st Published:
www.stanleyrutherford.com/plays/Garden_of_Blue_Chairs   

Music:
-

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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Miss Pussy and Miss Stein

Synopsis:
Gertrude Stein and Alice Toklas

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
www.stanleyrutherford.com/plays/Miss_Pussy-and_Miss_Stein   

Music:
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Genre:
Gay/Lesbian historical characters

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Pencil For Miss Sapington, A

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
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Red Tulips

Synopsis:
Sydney 85 and his brother 83 move into The Manor - a care home. Their mother who is 105 has been a resident there for twenty years. The brothers are pursued by the other women of the home including one who is dead

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
www.stanleyrutherford.com/plays/Red_Tulips   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Tables and Chairs

Synopsis:
Howard, Spencer and Naomi inveigle their way into the life of rich spinster Alice. They are con artists. Alice falls madly in love with Howard

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading at Second Stage Theatre, New York    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
www.stanleyrutherford.com/plays/Tables_and_Chairs   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Texas Fox Trot

Synopsis:
Journalist Mrs Settlemeyer is coming to interview Aldous. His wife Leona tries to dress him. Aldous' memory is failing fast. Leona makes lady fingers and dresses. They wait for Mrs Settlemeyer

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Dark Horse Theater, Nashville     1992

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
www.stanleyrutherford.com/plays/Texas_Fox_Trot   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Walls Of Glass

Synopsis:
Alexa and Raul by a condo on the 29th floor of an all glass building. They are concerned about their privacy. They hire Serena and Mario. Alexa and Raul want to recreate the Poet's House in Pompeii

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
www.stanleyrutherford.com/plays/Walls_of_Glass   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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