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MARTIN DUBERMAN (1930 - ) |
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Martin Duberman was born on August 6th 1930 in New York City. His father was a Jewish Ukrainian immigrant who worked in the garment industry. He went to Yale and Harvard. He went on to teach history at both Yale and Princeton. He is the author of a number of academic history books including one on Charles Adams. "In White America" was his first stage play and was an international hit. It draws on documents from two hundred years of the suffering of Black Americans. He later went on to write plays that were not based on historical documents. These were collected together in the book "Male Amor". They were not commercial success at the time dealing with androgyny and homosexuality. Duberman had become dissolution with Princeton, he felt that he did not fit in there and his suggestions for some reforms were rejected. He took a job at a New York City college - so that he could be nearer to the theatre district. Whilst at Yale he had realised that he was gay - but this filled him with self loathing. Whilst trying to pass himself off as a heterosexual young man he was cruising the parks and the bath houses. He underwent psychotherapy to be cured. In 1970 he stopped the therapy and threw himself into the burgeoning gay rights scene. He was part of the National Gay Task Force and was a founder of the Gay Academic Union. He wrote the definitive book on the Stonewall riots and edited "Hidden From History: Reclaiming The Gay And Lesbian Past"
Plays by Martin Duberman
Colonial Dudes, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1969 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in "Male Armour", Dutton, New York, 1975 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10144 | |||
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Dudes | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1972 | ||||
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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 | #10145 | |||
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Elagabalus | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1973 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in "Male Armour", Dutton, New York, 1975 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10146 | |||
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| Eric is a "self indulgent and affluent androgynst" whose self loathing leads him to stab himself fatally in the groin | |||||
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Electric Map, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1970 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Dial Press, New York, 1970 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10147 | |||
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Genre: | Melodrama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | In turning to his brother for help in a personal crisis man establishes details of their respective pasts. | |||||
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Groups | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1968 | ||||
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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 | #10148 | |||
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Guttman Ordinary Scale, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in "Male Armour", Dutton, New York, 1975 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10149 | |||
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In White America | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1963 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1964 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10150 | |||
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Genre: | Documentary Play Documentary | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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| Examination of the role of black Americans in the countries history | |||||
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Memory Bank, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1970 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Dial Press, New York, 1970 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10151 | |||
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Metaphors | ||
| 1st Produced: | Cafe Au Go Go, New York | 1968 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Random House, New York, 1968 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10152 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Paul is applying to Yale but as he is a borderline case the Interviewer must find out if he has any talents that could be useful. Paul tells him that he can find the key to unlock people's minds. He tells of the man who taught him the technique tried it with a married doctor and they ended up having an affair. The Interviewer thinks this is terrible but Paul says it was what the doctor wanted. Paul then tells him of how he was seduced at the age of nine by a priest. Again the Interviewer is aghast but Paul tells him that he is looking at things incorrectly again as he had enjoyed the experience. | |||||
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Mother Earth | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Radical Acts: Collected Political Plays" published by New Press, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #91513 | |||
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Synopsis: | The story of Emma Goldman | |||||
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Payments | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1971 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in "Male Armour", Dutton, New York, 1975 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10153 | |||
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| A self styled straight masculine man works as a gay hustler | |||||
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Posing Naked | ||
| 1st Produced: | Manbites Dog Theater, Durham, NC | 1998 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Radical Acts: Collected Political Plays" published by New Press, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #91514 | |||
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Synopsis: | The story of Newton Arvin a famous literary critic and closeted gay man. He was investigated by the police when they discovered that he was receiving soft gay porn photographs through the mail. He was forced into naming other gay colleagues. | |||||
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Recorder, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1970 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Dial Press, New York, 1970 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10154 | |||
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Genre: | History | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Historian confuses his own life and experiences with that of the man he is researching. | |||||
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Soon | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ritz, New York | 1971 | ||||
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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 | #10155 | |||
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Genre: | Rock Opera Opera | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 15 | Female | 8 | ||
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Notes: | music Joseph Martinez Kookoolis and Fagan, story Kookoolis, Fagan and Greenwald | |||||
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Sunken Land | ||
| 1st Produced: | Stage Left Theatre, Chicago | 19 Mar 1993 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #127693 | |||
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Visions Of Kerouac | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1976 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Little Brown, Boston, 1977 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10156 | |||
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