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Booth Tarkington

BOOTH TARKINGTON

  (1869 - 1946)
Nationality:    USA
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Booth Tarkington's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Beasley's Christmas Party         Beaucaire         Beauty and the Jacobin         How's Your Health?         Seventeen         Trysting Place

Beasley's Christmas Party

Synopsis:
From Booth Tarkington, the American author of the Magnificent Ambersons, comes Beasley's Christmas Party, the story of a curious journalist and his extremely unusual next door neighbors-a turn-of-the-last-century Midwestern gubernatorial candidate, his amazing houseguest, and their wide circle of very special friends
- press release

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Clurman Theatre, NY    2008

Organisations:
Keen Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Beaucaire

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Also known As "Monsieur Beaucaire"

1st Produced:
Herald Square Theatre, New York    1901

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Beauty and the Jacobin

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Belasco Theatre, New York    1924

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Historical Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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How's Your Health?

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Vanderbilt Theatre, New York    1929

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Seventeen

Synopsis:
a comedy of youth and the tale of courting in your father's dress suit

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

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Trysting Place

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Twelve One Act Plays For Study And Production" published by Ginn 1929   -

Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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