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FRANK D GILROY (1925 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC |
Born in New York City on October 13, 1925. B.A., Dartmouth College, also attended Yale School of Drama. Has written novels; Private, From Noon till Three. For TV, he wrote for Playhouse 90, Omnibus, Kraft Theatre, etc. Films; The Fastest Gun Alive, Desperate Characters, From Noon till Three, Once in Paris. President of the Dramatists Guild, 1969-71. Recipient: Obie Award, 1962; Pulitzer Prize, 1964; New York Drama Critics Circle Award, 1965; Berlin Film Festival, 1971.
Plays by Frank D Gilroy
Any Given Day | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1990 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573694281 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #13561 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
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| eighteen months in the life of family during 1942 and 1943, follow on to 'The Subject Was Roses' | |||||
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Come Next Tuesday | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1972 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Present Tense, French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #50327 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Louise is reminiscing about their eighteen year marriage with husband Harvey - when he hears a noise coming from the bedroom | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Contact With the Enemy | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573627304 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #50325 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
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| The Smithsonian Holocaust Museum in Washington provokes diametrically different recollections from two men recalling their sight of concentration camps | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dreams Of Glory | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1979 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1980 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573621322 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #13562 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
| Many years ago at the High School Prom the Tommy Dorsey Band was engaged to play. When the piano player fell ill George took his place. Tommy Dorsey gave him his card with his home telephone number and asked George to 'phone him some time. Now in his forties and the chairman of his company George has finally made the telephone call | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Far Rockaway | ||
| 1st Produced: | Chanel 13, NYC | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #57021 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Fore | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1991 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in A Way With Words, French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #50322 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Two screenplay writers are diverted by the game of golf | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Getting In | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573627304 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #50326 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
| A returning GI finds life difficult upon returning from the Second World War | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Give The Bishop My Faint Regards | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1991 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in A Way With Words, French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #13571 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Two squabbling film screenwriters carry on | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Golf Ball | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon '99" published by Faber and Faber 2000 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0571199815 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #134966 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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| George is bored of playing golf each day with a group of his wealthy retired friends. He fantasies about committing great crimes | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Housekeeper, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Apollo, London | 1982 | ||||
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 | #13563 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Lake, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
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 | #58122 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Notes: | Ensemble Studio Theatre presents Project 35, a festival celebrating their 35th Anniversary season. It consists of concert readings of 35 new plays in 35 days by 35 E.S.T. members and guest artists | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Last Licks | ||
| 1st Produced: | Broadway, New York | 1979 | ||||
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 | #13564 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | aka The Housekeeper | |||||
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Match Point | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1990 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in A Way With Words, French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #13565 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Middle World | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dartmouth College, NH | - - - | ||||
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 | #57022 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Next Contestant, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1978 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1978 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #13566 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | a telephone converstion between a jilted girlfriend and a manipulative game-show contestant | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Only Game In Town, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Broadway, New York | 1968 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Random House, New York, 1968 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #13567 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | In Las Vegas a compulsive gambling piano player falls in love | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Piscary | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||||
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 | #84188 | |||
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Genre: | short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | part of the 30th annual marathon of new short plays | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Present Tense | ||
| 1st Produced: | Sheridan Square Playhouse, NYC | 1972 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Present Tense, French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #50330 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | includes Come Next Tuesday, Twas Brilling, So Please Be Kind | |||||
Synopsis: | The wife knows that the person ringing the doorbell is her husband's other woman and refuses to open the door. The husband wont open the door either. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Real To Reel | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1987 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in A Way With Words, French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #13568 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | A film critic has been saved from a mugging by a young film director. The critic has never liked any of his films and is due to review his latest. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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So Please Be Kind | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1972 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Present Tense, French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #50329 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | A man and woman in an hotel room in New York. She is desperately trying to remember the name of an actor and finally telephones her ex to ask him | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Subject Was Roses, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Broadway, New York | 1964 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #13569 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy Drama Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | After three years in the army during the second world war a son returns home. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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That Summer-That Fall | ||
| 1st Produced: | Broadway, New York | 1967 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Random House, New York, 1967 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #13570 | |||
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Genre: | Tragedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The Phaedra-Hippolytus myth transposed to day New York. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Twas Brillig | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1972 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Present Tense, French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #50328 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Bob is the new writer at the film studio. His co-workers drive him mad | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Who'll Save The Plowboy? | ||
| 1st Produced: | Phoenix Theatre, NYC | 09 Jan 1962 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Random House, New York, 1962 | ISBN/ASIN: | B0007I1ICY | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #13572 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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| about a middle aged failure, he was going to be a farmer so his wartime buddies called him Plowboy, but he failed at this as in all else | |||||
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