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Donald Wollner

DONALD WOLLNER

  
Nationality:    USA
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Donald Wollner's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Badgers         Bavarian Humor         Kid Purple         Mr Poulos

Badgers

Synopsis:
Politics versus American football spread over four days at an American University in 1967.

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1st Produced:
New York    1981

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1980   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Bavarian Humor

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Kid Purple

Synopsis:
Benjamin Schwartz was born with "a slight pigmentation abnormality" -i.e., he is purple from the neck up. This naturally leads to problems with the other kids, who call him a "retarded grape," after which fights ensue-invariably won by Ben. In fact he becomes so good at using his fists that his mother's dream of his becoming a lawyer is soon side-tracked by a career in the ring, and an eventual shot at the title. But the progression of his pugilistic successes is also an opportunity for the author to poke hilarious good fun at some abiding cliches of our times, as Kid Purple becomes the great "off-white" hope. His mother may have died of a broken heart when she heard of his first fight, but his sister (now the lawyer in the family) steps in to learn how to smoke cigars and manage his career, and a resourceful black trainer, Willie Hogan, teaches him all the dirty tricks he needs to know to make it to the top. Which he does, culminating in a hard-won victory over Sweet Eddie Kareem, the reigning champ, and some valuable lessons in life for a basically sweet-natured kid from Great Neck who, in the final essence, is only searching for acceptance and happiness in a non-purple world.

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Mr Poulos

Synopsis:
When Jimmy Meadows loses his job after 10 years of loyal service, his once stolid life spirals into ridiculousness. Job interviews lead only to degradation. Aloof from his wife, he takes up with an admiring, beautiful but deeply disturbed young woman. His lonely wife, a nurse, enters into a bizarre relationship with a 90 year old patient under her care. Into this turmoil comes the enigmatic Mr. Poulos, who rents a room in the Meadow's apartment. Is he a seer? A spy? Or is he just an old guy who reads Greek language newspapers all day?

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1st Produced:
(reading) Dramatists Guild
Frederick Loewe Room, 1501 Broadway, Suite 710, New York, NY 10036    12 Apr 2013

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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