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JOHN GLINES (1933 - ) |
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Plays by John Glines
Body and Soul | ||
| 1st Produced: | Courtyard Playhouse, New York City | 1991 | ||||
Company: | The Glines | |||||
| 1st Published: | Two monologues from this play were published in Smith and Kraus' BEST MEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES OF 1991, 1991 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #63097 | |||
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Genre: | gay romantic comedy Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | A young professor and a fashion photographer fell in love, but it didn't work out. Now, five years later, they meet again on a summer night at a lakeside country house. Also involved are a horny young nephew, a charming male nurse and the witty but wicked host | |||||
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Butterflies and Tigers | ||
| 1st Produced: | Trilogy Theatre, New York City | 1998 | ||||
Company: | The Glines | |||||
| 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 | #63101 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | The narrator, Old Hundred Names, can be played by a man or a woman. In the original production it was played by a man. | |||||
Synopsis: | Scenes of life in China during the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976. | |||||
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Chicken Delight | ||
| 1st Produced: | Courtyard Playhouse, New York City | 1992 | ||||
Company: | The Glines | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dialogus Play Service, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #63118 | |||
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Genre: | gay farce Farce | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Swimmer Splash Gordon and southern gentleman Brockley Spears have arranged a weekend with a pair of hustlers who are passing themselves off as college boys. They are attended in their efforts of seduction by a hunky houseboy and his jealous Latin lover. The action takes place in a Manhattan loft that is pure nooky nest. | |||||
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Fickle Fingers | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #63121 | |||
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Genre: | autobiography One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | The Three Fates (Bertha, Destine and Mortadella), played by three drag queens, have given up weaving and are now computerized. They're discussing the past and future of the author. | |||||
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Gulp! | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Glines, New York | 1977 | ||||
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 | #63034 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Written with Stephen Greco. Music by Scott Kingman. Lyrics by Robin Jones & J B Hamilton ("J.B. Hamilton was one of the pseudonyms in creating GULP!. I didn't want the critics to attack me for having done so much on the show. Producing & directing it seemed quite enough. BTW, the ruse worked." - John Glines | |||||
Synopsis: | Homer is a lifeguard at the beach on Coney Island. Chris is in love with Homer but Homer is straight. In a fit of depression Homer has arranged for a hit man to shoot him during a firework display.Chris goes for a dip but cannot swim and Homer rescues him. Having Chris in his arms stirs something in Homer. The hit man arrives disguised as a priest and Homer now has to persuade him not to fulfill his conract so that he and Chris can get together. | |||||
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Heavenly Days | ||
| 1st Produced: | Grove Street Playhouse, New York City | 1996 | ||||
Company: | The Glines | |||||
| 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 | #63122 | |||
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Genre: | gay comedy Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The great god Zeus has his eye on a student, Mark, who's vacationing with his lover on the island of Mykonos. With the help of Hermes, Zeus plans turn himself into the lover and seduce Mark. Also in on the game is the houseboy with an extraordinary past. | |||||
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How, Now Voyager | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #47152 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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In Her Own Words (A biography of Jane Chambers) | ||
| 1st Produced: | Courtyard Playhouse, New York City | 1989 | ||||
Company: | The Glines | |||||
| 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 | #63120 | |||
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Genre: | drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | This play may be performed by two to five actresses. It was conceived and written for two but was adapted by the original director, Peg Murray, for five, which is this script that was premiered by The Glines | |||||
Synopsis: | Jane Chambers was the author of many well known lesbian works. This play is written in her own words, using quotes from interviews, her books and poetry, and scenes from her plays. | |||||
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In The Desert Of My Soul | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #13685 | |||
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Genre: | drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | The setting is a shack in the desert, where a lone traveler, George, stops by hoping to get food. He is greeted by Yang, an elderly Chinese man, and then Ma, the owner of the establishment, and finally meets Josie, a young girl of uncertain background whom Ma has taken in. An intriguing aura of reality vs. unreality grows as the salty-tongued Ma, the philosophic Yang, and the two vulnerable young people probe into each other's lives, and draw ever closer together, as though creating a separate and protected cosmos in the vast desert wilderness. Then George and Josie, having found love, decide to leave-sure that this time life will be good to them, but also knowing that a place of refuge will remain open to them should the world beyond the "desert" prove too harsh. | |||||
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Key West | ||
| 1st Produced: | Courtyard Playhouse, New York City | 1994 | ||||
Company: | The Glines | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dialogus Play Service, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #63119 | |||
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Genre: | gay comedy Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | A gay marriage is about to take place in Key West. The grooms-to-be are a flamboyant ex-drag queen and a hunk with a roving eye. The best men are a proud TV star from Hollywood and a prejudiced hard hat from Chicago. Making sure that everything comes out as it should are a Scottish yenta of indomitable spirit and her co-conspirator, an innocent young man who unwittingly brings things to a climax. | |||||
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Men of Manhattan (Scenes of New York City Gay Life) | ||
| 1st Produced: | Courtyard Playhouse, New York City | 1990 | ||||
Company: | The Glines | |||||
| 1st Published: | Christopher Street Magazine published Scene 2 ( The Demonstration ) and Scene 4 ( On the Telephone"), 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #63098 | |||
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Genre: | Gay comedy Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Although written as a single work, this play is made up of vignettes, most of which are complete unto themselves. Scene 2 ("The Demonstration"), Scene 4 ("On the Telephone") and Scene 6 ("At the Porn Palace" have all been produced individually as one-act plays. | |||||
Synopsis: | This is a series of 11 vignettes in which 6 or more actors play 25 various characters, including yuppy lawyers, bodybuilders, a fragrance model, a stripper, and a political activist in drag. | |||||
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Murder in Disguise | ||
| 1st Produced: | Courtyard Playhouse, New York City | 1992 | ||||
Company: | The Glines | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dialogus Play Service, 1992 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #63100 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy mystery Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | The part of Leslie can be played by a man in drag or a woman. The parts of the twin brothers are played by the same actor. | |||||
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On Tina Tuna Walk | ||
| 1st Produced: | Courtyard Playhouse, New York City | 1988 | ||||
Company: | The Glines | |||||
| 1st Published: | Aran Press, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #63099 | |||
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Genre: | Gay comedy Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Four former college roommates are together in the Pines of Fire Island. One is a famous playwright who's blocked emotionally by the loss of his lover, so the others have hired an actor, who looks exactly like the lost lover, to seduce the playwright back into life. The conspirators include a ditzy set designer, a straight stage manager, and a recreational drag queen. | |||||
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