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JEAN KLEIN (1938 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Plays by Jean Klein |
Devil's Due, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Generic Theatre | 1991 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | HaveScripts.com, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39234 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | A neat psychological conundrum. | |||||
Synopsis: | In The Devil's Due, play, an artist, Eric Talmadge, confronts the decline of his aesthetic powers and the possible dissolution of his marriage. In a satiric tour de force, a visitor-possibly a neighboring psychiatrist and possibly a more fearsome presence-offers him a possible way out of his dilemma. A comic turn on both psychiatry and demonic powers, The Devil's Due examines man's choices in an uncertain world. | |||||
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Inside and Out | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ohio State University School of Music | 2008 | ||||
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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 | #128067 | |||
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Genre: | Short Play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Limbo | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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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 | #128068 | |||
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Genre: | Short Play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Nightside | ||
| 1st Produced: | Kempsville Playhouse | 1992 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | HaveScripts.com, 2003 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39235 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Part of a trilogy taking place in a house in Berkeley, Virginia, this play appeals to our better instincts of caring and compassion. | |||||
Synopsis: | Set in the Berkley neighborhood of Norfolk, Virginia, Nightside looks at the desperate attempts of an older Jewish man to save his home from condemnation by the city. An African-American bag lady who has also borne the brunt of a hard life intrudes on his struggle and affects his destiny. | |||||
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Pinch Hitter, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Barn Theatre | 1993 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | HaveScripts.com, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39236 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | A woman looks at the role she has played in life and re-examines it. | |||||
Synopsis: | Set in a domestic household, The Pinch Hitter pokes gentle humor at a woman pushed to the limits by the needs of her family. Her husband is overwhelmed by a new business venture, two of her children are self-absorbed, and her eldest son copes, with her help, with mild mental retardation. As a result, she wears herself out by becoming the pinch hitter for the entire team. It has been produced at the Kempsville Playhouse and the Generic Theater in Virginia and as a finalist in a playwriting competition at the Barn Theater in New Jersey. | |||||
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Three Thieves, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Generic Theatre | 2002 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | HaveScripts.com, 2003 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39237 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Family Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | Easy to stage and tour. Appeals to children and their families | |||||
Synopsis: | The Three Thieves is a comical yet touching musical adaptation of several medieval French folk tales. It follows the escapades of a farmer in his attempt to pay back two former thieving companions who attempt to take advantage of him and his family in a mischievous romp through the forest, complete with disguises and skullduggery. It has been produced at the Center Theatre and Riverside Theatre in Norfolk, Virginia, and at the Kempsville Playhouse in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where critics described it as a "delightful romp." | |||||
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