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Frank Tarloff

FRANK TARLOFF

  (1916 - 1999)
Nationality:    USA
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Frank Tarloff's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         First Fish, The         Heoine, The         They Should Have Stood In Bed         Uncertain Heroine, The
First Fish, The

Synopsis:
Phil Barr is depressed by his business and fed up with his marriage which has soured. His wife Sylvia hits on a plan to turn him around. She hires a call girl and gets her to seduce her husband. He plan works Phil becomes a new man - the business booms and his marriage is back on track.

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1st Produced:
London     1964

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1965   

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Heoine, The

Synopsis:
Sylvia realises that husband Phil is no longer interested in her - romantically or sexually. She gets a prostitute to pretend that she is innocent of sexual matters and to throw herself at Phil. This enflames Phil and he embarks on a relentless pursuit of innocent young girls

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1st Produced:
Lyceum Theatre, New York     19 Feb 1963

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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They Should Have Stood In Bed

Synopsis:
Al Hartman a small time operator opens a restaurant with three friends. They name it after a famous boxer - Killer Kane. To publicise it they arrange for a boxing match between Killer Kane and the restaurant's chef. The boxing commissioner gets involved and gangsters and gamblers

Notes:
Written by Frank Tarloff, Leo Rifkin And David Shaw

1st Produced:
Mansfield Theatre, New York     1942

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  17            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Uncertain Heroine, The

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Richmond, Surrey     1964

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

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