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HERMAN WOUK (1915 - )
Nationality:
USA
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Born in New York City on May 27,1915. B.A. frOm Columbia U. Was a radio script writer for leading comedians, 1936-41. Served in the U.S. Navy, 1941 -46. Has written many novels: Aurora Dawn; The City Boy; The Caine Mutiny; Marjorie Morningstar; Youngblood Hawke; Don't Stop the Carnival; The Winds of War; War and Remembrance; Non-fiction: This Is My God. Recipient: Pulitzer Prize (The Caine Mutiny); Hon. L.H.D., Yeshiva U.; Hon. D. Lit., Clark U.; Columbia U., Medal of Excellence; D. Lit. (Hon.), American International College; Alexander Hamilton Medal, Columbia University, NY, 1980.
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Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, The
Synopsis:
about a naval lieutenant on trial for mutiny during wartime
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1st Produced:
- 1954
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York -
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Genre:
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male: 17  Female: 1  Other: -
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Don't Stop the Carnival
A middle aged man gives up the rat race to run an hotel on a Caribbean island
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Music by Jimmy Buffett; lyrics by Jimmy Buffett; book by Herman Wouk
1st Produced:
Coconut Grove Playhouse, Miami, Florida 1997
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Original cast recording: Margaritaville Records (314-524485-2 1998
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Musical
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Nature's Way
Synopsis:
Billy and Maggie Turk have been married for five months. Billy is a highly successful songwriter, they live in an expensive Park Lane penthouse and there is a baby on the way. Then the mother-in-law arrives. Then a huge tax bill. Then playwright Voles whisks Billy off to Europe - he plans to try and break up the marriage by introducing Billy to a European princess.
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Samuel French, NY, 1958 -
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Genre:
Comedy
Parts:
Male: 9  Female: 5  Other: -
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Traitor, The
Synopsis:
The title figure is not a Communist, but a thoughtful young atomic scientist, with no high regard for Marxism, who sincerely believes that the best way to stop the coming of war is to let the Russians in on the secret of the atom bomb. With both sides possessing such a terrible weapon, he feels that they would have to get together to work Out a way to avoid the mutual suicide of a new world struggle. When trapped by Naval Intelligence, he sees the error of his path and helps in the trapping the chief Russian secret agent.
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1st Produced:
48th Street Theatre, New York 31 Mar 1949
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, -
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Male: 15  Female: 3  Other: -
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