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Irwin Shaw

IRWIN SHAW

  (1913 - 1984)
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Arthur B Greene  

Irwin Shaw's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Assassin, The         Bury the Dead         By the Old Moulmein Pagoda         Children From their Games         Choice Of Wars, A         Gentle People, The         Patate         Quiet City, New York         Retreat To Pleasure         Siege         Sons And Soldiers         Survivors, The         War Several Years Ago, A

Assassin, The

Synopsis:
An admiral is assassinated

Notes:
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1st Produced:
National Theatre, New York     17 Oct 1945

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Bury the Dead

Bury the Dead
the time is "the second year of the war that is to begin tomorrow night," and a military burial detail goes about its sad duties. the chaplains arrive to say prayers for the dead-but then a groan is heard from the newly dug graves, and then another. Slowly the dead soldiers rise up, pleading not to be buried, asking to be allowed to rejoin the living. Word of their insurrection spreads rapidly-to the soldiers in the field, the generals, the news media, with alarming effect. In a series of touching scenes the dead men talk with their loved ones of the days of living, now lost forever. But must the dead yield so easily? As the play ends, the corpses rise and move away, while a shaken general stands by helpless to stop them.

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1st Produced:
Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York     18 Apr 1936

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

Music:
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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  20            Female:  8            Other:  -

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By the Old Moulmein Pagoda

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Dep.256/Box 59/8

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Children From their Games

Synopsis:
a modern misanthrope has countless grievances against the world, he decides the end it all by persuading a friend to kill him, but difficulties ensue

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1st Produced:
New York     1963

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1964   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Choice Of Wars, A

Synopsis:
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Notes:
includes A War Several Wars Ago And By the Old Moulmein Pagoda

1st Produced:
Salt Lake City, Utah     1967

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  extras

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Gentle People, The

Synopsis:
Two middle-aged cronies love to fish in their off hours. Each of them has his domestic and financial difficulties, but when they go fishing the world is their own. Just as they are planning a glorious jaunt in southern waters, a tough young gangster appears to extort "protection" money from them. they pay, knowing that otherwise their boat will be destroyed. But the gangster meets one of their daughter's and learns the old men have saved a large sum toward the purchase of a new boat. He demands the full amount of these savings, and the despairing fishermen appeal to the law. In court, however, they are victimized again by a crooked judge, who dismisses the case. Knowing the gangster will stop at nothing, they realize they must take justice into their own hands. the take him for a short boat ride, from which he does not return. And in the end the fishermen, contented and reasonably secure, again plan their dream cruise off the coast of Cuba where "the water's warm and the sun shines for eleven months a year."

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1st Produced:
Belasco Theatre, New York     05 Jan 1939

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

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Patate

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Marcel Achard

1st Produced:
New York     1958

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Quiet City, New York

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Belasco Theatre, New York     1939

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Retreat To Pleasure

Synopsis:
A woman executive is courted by a playboy, a wealthy businessman and an unemployed idealist. She rejects them all

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-     1940

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Siege

Synopsis:
the final assault by a group of fighters in the Spanish Civil War

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-     1937

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Sons And Soldiers

Synopsis:
A woman is told that if she ever gets pregnant she will die during child birth. She goes ahead and gets pregnant hoping she will survive

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1st Produced:
-     1943

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Survivors, The

Synopsis:
the authors are demonstrating the futility of killing. But instead of presenting it as a political argument, they have embodied it in a rousing gun Drama laid in Missouri after the Civil War." -NY Times.

Notes:
written by Peter Viertel And Irwin Shaw

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

Music:
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Genre:
MeloDrama

Parts:
Male:  13            Female:  2            Other:  -

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War Several Years Ago, A

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Parts:
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Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Dep.256/Box 59/8

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