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Paul Shyre

PAUL SHYRE  (1929 - 1989)

 Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    ICM Partners  


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 Ah! Men!         Child Buyer, The         Drums Under The Windows         Hizzoner!         I Knock At The Door         Pictures in the Hallway         USA         Whitman Portrait, A         Will Rogers' USA

Ah! Men!

Synopsis:
Man - the son, the lover, the husband, the father

Notes:
by Paul Shyre, Music And lyrics by Will Holt

1st Produced:
South Street Theater, New York    1981

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Child Buyer, The

Synopsis:
A giant corporation buys child prodigies have their memories wiped and then set them to work. One boy refuses to be bought but eventually gives in believing he can subvert the company from the inside

Notes:
Adapted From The Novel By John Hersey

1st Produced:
Garrick Theatre, New York    21 Dec 1964

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1962   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Drums Under The Windows

Synopsis:
Following the technique he utilized so brilliantly in I Knock at the Door, Paul Shyre has again adapted the rich and imaginative writings of Sean O'Casey into theatre of great variety and dramatic impact. In the present instance, Mr. Shyre has conceived his work in a modified play form, with narration and stage action cleverly interbalanced. The effect achieved is unique. Great prose and striking theatre combined into an experience of humor, pathos and moving power.

Notes:
from the third of six Autobiographical volumes by Sean O'Casey

1st Produced:
Off Broadway    -

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

Music:
-

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Genre:
staged reading

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Hizzoner!

Synopsis:
The last days in office of Mayor Fiorella LaGuardia, New York, 1945

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    1989

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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I Knock At The Door

Synopsis:
I Knock at the Door brings Johnny Cassidy into the world-the world of 19th century Dublin, with its horse-drawn trams and outdoor toilets, its pubs and parades, its Catholics versus its Protestants. Where did the boy with the diseased eyes find the pluck, guts, and humor to shoulder his way into productive life? We get to know the mother who stood guard over him, the scholar father who died so young but left his books, the doctors who helped the boy, and those who greatly hindered him.

Notes:
first of the six Autobiographical volumes by Sean O'Casey

1st Produced:
rehearsed reading at The Belasco Theatre, New York    29 Sep 1957

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama One Act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Pictures in the Hallway

Synopsis:
Pictures in the Hallway brings us the lively tale of an adolescent Johnny initiated into the rough and tumble of Dublin's adult world by a series of life-changing events. First job-in his early teens, because it's a fatherless home where every penny counts; first politics-in a society where even the singing of certain songs was a punishable offense; first sex-a reaching out for freedom in a world still gripped by repressive morals and sexual fear. O'Casey shares his joys, pain, discoveries and hopes as he traverses these rites of passage. As we vicariously join him, we relive our own initiations

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1956   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama One Act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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USA

Synopsis:
a panorama of the first third of the 20th century as man falls in love with beautiful girl and works his way to the top of the heap

Notes:
written with John Dos Passos form Dos Passos' novel

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Whitman Portrait, A

Synopsis:
about Walt Whitman

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Gramercy Theatre, New York    11 Oct 1966

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay/Lesbian, historical characters

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Will Rogers' USA

Synopsis:
"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts." Before Stephen Colbert, before Jon Stewart...there was Will Rogers. His wise-cracking, folksy humor and philosophical observations made him the most popular entertainer of his day.

Notes:
Adapted from the words of Will Rodgers by Paul Shyre

1st Produced:
-    1974

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Monologue play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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