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George Sklar

GEORGE SKLAR  (1908 - 1988)

 Nationality:    African USA
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Literary Agent:    ICM Partners  


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

 And People All Round         Brown Pelican         Laura         Life And Death Of An American         Memory Room, The         Merry-Go-Round         Peace On Earth         Stevedore

And People All Round

Synopsis:
Life in the pleasant Southern town of Leucadia has been suddenly disrupted by the arrival of a group of civil rights workers, mostly white and Northern, who seek to improve the lot of the local blacks. Their activities have stirred deep-seated animosities, and threats and intimidations have begun to build-particularly on the part of the Redeemers, a white supremist organization that operates with fascist-like secrecy. Even those who rue this sort of ugly behavior are reluctant to speak out against it for fear of reprisal, but one of the local bluebloods, a young architect named Don Tindall, cannot go on submerging the sense of outrage he feels at such bigotry and unfairness. Through his boyhood friendship with Lloyd Lewis, a black activist, he is drawn into open sympathy for those at the COFO Center-and into increasing disrepute with his lifelong friends and neighbors. As conditions worsen and the battle lines are more closely drawn, Don's engagement is broken off, his house is burned to the ground, his career is ruined, and when he resolves to give evidence in the triple murder he has witnessed, his very life is forfeited. But his martyrdom becomes an inspiration to those who remain to carry on the fight and the symbol of a better day, when justice, fair play and equality of opportunity will be extended and supported throughout the land.

Notes:
Music by Booker T Bradshaw Jr; lyrics by Booker T Bradshaw Jr; book by George Sklar

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Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  12            Female:  5            Other:  doubling

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Brown Pelican

Synopsis:
Having organized "Project Noah" to protect endangered species, Jeff Tanager (curator of the local zoo) is appalled when several rare birds are mysteriously murdered in their cages-and doubly shocked when he is accused of the crime. As he fights to defend himself and his family against increasingly scurrilous attack, Jeff receives support from a disembodied "Voice," and as the action moves on to a bizarre courtroom scene the "Voice" gives Jeff the absolute power to control the forces of nature. In the resulting chaos, machines stop, animals talk, the heads of state confer desperately on ways for a man to regain domination of his environment. But, as the exciting denouement makes chillingly clear, it may already be too late-unless mankind reverses its present ecological destructiveness and seeks out its true and proper place within the overall balance of nature.

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Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Laura

Synopsis:
When Mark McPherson first falls in love with Laura, he knows he's in love with a phantom-for Laura is dead, and he's in charge of her murder investigation. From her portrait, her letters, her personal effects and from his contacts with the three men who loved her, Mark has created an image of a woman tantalizingly alive and real. When she appears in the midst of a thunderstorm, very much alive after all, it is revealed that Laura's best friend (and rival) was the true victim of the crime. But now, all evidence seems to point to Laura's guilt. Despite his growing love for her-a love which Laura seems to return-Mark is about to pin the crime on her, when the real murderer appears and tries to do away with the girl he meant to kill in the first place-Laura.

Notes:
Based on the novel by Vera Caspary. / written by Caspary, Vera And Sklar, George

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Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

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Genre:
Mystery

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Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Life And Death Of An American

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Maxine Elliott's Theatre, New York    19 May 1939

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1st Published:
Literary Licensing 2012   978-1258475383

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Memory Room, The

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Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Dep.256/Box 61/4

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Merry-Go-Round

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Written by George Sklar And Albert Maltz

1st Produced:
Provincetown Playhouse, New York    22 Apr 1932

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Peace On Earth

George Sklar
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Notes:
Written by George Sklar And Albert Maltz

1st Produced:
Civic Repertory Theatre, New York    29 Nov 1933

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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York 1934   -

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Genre:
Drama

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Stevedore

George Sklar
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Notes:
Written by George Sklar And Paul Peters

1st Produced:
Civic Repertory Theatre, New York    18 Apr 1934

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Proletarian Literature In The United States - An Anthology" published by International Publishers 1935
Covici Friede 1936   -

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