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ROBERT ARDREY (1908 - 1980) |
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Robert Ardrey (b. October 16, 1908, Chicago, Illinoisd. January 14, 1980, South Africa) was an American playwright and screenwriter who returned to his academic training in anthropology and the behavioral sciences in the 1950s. Educated at the University of Chicago, 1927-30, Ph.B. 1930 (Phi Beta Kappa). Married Helene Johnson in 1938 (divorced, 1960); Berdine Grunewald, 1960; has three children. Theatre and film writer until 1958. Lecturer and consultant on the evolutionary origins of human behaviour, 1958-80. Recipient: Sergel Drama prize, 1935; Guggenheim fellowship, 1937; Sidney Howard Memorial prize, 1940; Theresa Helburn memorial award, 1961; Willkie Brothers grant, for anthropology, 1963. Fellow, Royal Society of Literature
Plays by Robert Ardrey
Casey Jones | ||
| 1st Produced: | Fulton Theatre, NY | 1938 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1047 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 3 | ||
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God and Texas | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1938 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, nd | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #43263 | |||
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How To Get Tough About It | ||
| 1st Produced: | Martin Beck Theatre, NY | 1938 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1048 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 4 | ||
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Jeb | ||
| 1st Produced: | Martin Beck Theatre, NY | 1946 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in Plays of Three Decades, Atheneum, NY, 1968 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1049 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 3 | ||
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Shadow Of Heroes | ||
| 1st Produced: | London ( as Stone and Star) | 1958 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Collins, 1958 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1050 | |||
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Genre: | Historical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 2 | ||
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| Story of the Hungarian uprising and of the events leading to it. | |||||
Further Reference: | Wearing 58.266 | |||||
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Sing Me No Lullaby | ||
| 1st Produced: | Phoenix Theatre, NY | 1954 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1051 | |||
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Synopsis: | As Atkinson tells it, "some Illinois college friends of 1938 who have a country reunion at Christmas of the present time. As students, most of them had what were known as progressive political ideas in 1938. One of them, a brilliant mathematician, placed his faith in Soviet Russia then. The Stalin-Hitler pact shook all that faith out of him in 1939. By the present time he is one of the dispossessed. Because of his college political associations, no one will employ him, no one will rent him an apartment, no one will associate with him, no one will clear him, no one will adjudicate his case. Mr. Ardrey doesn't solve the problem. But the contribution he has made in the last act is a clear and perceptive statement of this nameless, formless situation and an estimation of what it is doing to America. . .Mr. Ardrey. . .is a man of principle and taste. In SING ME NO LULLABY he has performed the function of a writer. He has found the words to describe something that is vague and elusive but ominous. And he has got far en | |||||
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Spar Spangled | ||
| 1st Produced: | John Golden Theatre, NY | 1936 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1936 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1052 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 2 | ||
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Stone and Star | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Best Plays 1961 - 1962" published by Dodd Mead | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #140037 | |||
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Thunder Rock | ||
| 1st Produced: | Mansfield Theatre, NY | 1939 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1940 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1053 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | The action passes in a lighthouse on Lake Michigan. Charleston, the keeper, has taken a job there to flee from a detestable world. Opposing Charleston's pessimism, Streeter, his friend, says he is giving up his job to become an active member of society again. Streeter believes our world can be brought out of its chaos if people do something about it. Filled with this determination, he leaves to become an aviator. Charleston retreats further into a fantastic world of his own building. The people of this world are half a dozen of the 60 who were shipwrecked 90 years ago. Believing that "Mankind's got one future-in the past," Charleston breathes life into these creatures of his imagination. They live again on the stage. As he talks to them we see passengers as they really were, each seeking sanctuary from a disturbed Europe, running away from life, yet needing the same hope and strength as Charleston himself. Charleston's sincerity convinces these creatures that he really has the courage to lead his fellowmen in | |||||
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