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LORENZO SEMPLE
(1923 - 2014)Nationality: USA
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Lorenzo Semple Jr. (born 27 Mar 1923 - died 28 Mar 2014), a playwright and screenwriter who would probably be best known for his scripts for films like 'Papillon' and 'Pretty Poison' if he hadnt put the Zap! and the Pow! in the original episodes of the arch, goofy 1960s television show 'Batman,'
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Golden Fleecing Tonight in SamarkandGolden Fleecing
When the Navy pays a courtesy call in Venice, a lieutenant, an ensign and a civilian scientist take up residence in a plush hotel to execute a fantastic scheme: with the aid of a spotter in a local roulette palace they are going to relay numbers from one particular wheel to the secret computer aboard a cruiser and use the scientific calculation of odds to break the bank. A couple of lovely girls prove too distracting for the schemers. The lieutenant falls for the one who turns out to be the admiral's daughter. When the admiral himself appears, all their plans are compromised. The scientist runs into his old fiancee who is now engaged to a pompous windbag. The noose tightens on the schemers: a blaze of signal lights and counter espionage brings the curtain down on a peak of hilarity and innocent resolution.
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Incidental music by Dana Suesse
1st Produced:
Shubert, New Haven 1959
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1960 978-0573609442
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Genre:
Farce
Parts:
Male: 11 Female: 2 Other: -
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The mystifying adventure of circus magician and seer who foresees the death of the lady lion tamer. She has three loves: a circus gadabout, a respectable rich man, and the magician. She envisions her life with each of the first two, and in each instance foresees her death on the exact same day. To avoid death, she marries the magician and moves to another land-only to find that she has run straight into the embraces of death itself, again on the same day.
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From the Play "Ce Soir A Samarcande". written by Jaques Deval and translated by Lorenzo Semple
1st Produced:
Morosco Theatre, NY 16 Feb 1955
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1956 978-0573616860
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Genre:
melodrama
Parts:
Male: 7 Female: 5 Other: -
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