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ARCHIBALD MACLEISH (1893 - 1982) |
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Archibald MacLeish was born on May 7th 1892 and educated at Yale and Harvard. He joined up and served in the Army from 1917 to 1919. In 1916 he married Ada Hitchcock and they had two children who survived beyond infancy. Among the many occupations he had were lecturer, attorney and Director of the United States Office of Facts and Figures
Plays by Archibald MacLeish
Air Raid | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #45047 | |||
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Genre: | Poetic Drama Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 11 | ||
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Notes: | The poet has combined lyric poetry, superb drama, and a strange, moving quality of terseness into an original and powerful preachment on modern warfare | |||||
Synopsis: | In a small town people are busy and happy at work and play. The women chatter and gossip and sing; the lovers murmur; the children shout in play. But they are warned of a possible attack. The sound of an enemy plane cuts through the air. Planes circle over the town, nearer and nearer. As the women rush into the square, the attack is launched. The climax is tremendously moving. | |||||
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American Bell, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Philadelphia | 1962 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in "Think", Armonk, New York, July-August, 1961 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #21920 | |||
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Notes: | includes Our Lives, Our Fortunes, Our Sacred Honor; music by David Amram | |||||
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Colloquy for the States | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1943 | ||||
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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 | #94168 | |||
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Evening's Journey To Conway, Massachusetts: An Outdoor Play | ||
| 1st Produced: | Conway | 1967 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Gehenna Press, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1967 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #21921 | |||
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Fall Of The City, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #21922 | |||
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Genre: | Poetic Drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | An announcer is broadcasting from the square of a city. A crowd has gathered to witness the repeated appearance at noon each day of a dead woman. It is expected she will speak. On this day she does, prophesying: "The city of masterless men / Will take a master./ There will be shouting then:/ Blood after!" After her disappearance a messenger announces the arrival on the coast of a Conqueror. An orator makes a spirited address, urging the people not to oppose him. A second messenger announces his advance. Priests urge the people to take refuge with their gods. Fires set by the Conquerer appear on the hills beyond the city. The conqueror enters the square dressed in armor, his helmet closed. The people fall on their faces. The Conquerer mounts a platform, opens his helmet and the announcer sees that the helmet is empty, but the people do not. As the Conquerer raises his arm, they cheer like troops at a victory. The announcer's voice dryly closes the play: "The city has fallen." | |||||
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Great American Fourth Of July Parade | ||
| 1st Produced: | Pittsburgh | 1975 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, 1975 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #21923 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 7 | ||
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Herakles: A Play In Verse | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ann Arbor, Michigan | 1965 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1967 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #21924 | |||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Euripides. Based on "Herakles" | |||||
Synopsis: | An American scientist receives a prestigious prize. He travels to Athens. His wife and son go to Delphi and watch a performance of Euripides' "Herakles". | |||||
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JB | ||
| 1st Produced: | Washington, D.C. | 1958 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #21925 | |||
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Genre: | verse Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 9 | ||
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Synopsis: | we are deep in the unanswered problems of man's relationship to God in an era of cruel injustices | |||||
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Land of the Free | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 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 | #94169 | |||
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Nobodaddy | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dunster House, 1926 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #109043 | |||
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Notes: | Inspired by William Blake's poetry | |||||
Synopsis: | The word "nobodaddy" and invention of William Blake - "nobody" = man "daddy = God. When God seems to have absented himself it is up to Eve to try and hold things together. | |||||
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Panic | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1935 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Houghton Mifflin 1935 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #94170 | |||
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Genre: | Verse play | |||||
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Synopsis: | Banker McGafferty through many dodgy deals has wronged many a good number of people. His bank collapses and that precipitates panic. Then almost against character McGafferty shoots himself | |||||
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Scratch | ||
| 1st Produced: | Boston | 1971 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1971 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #21926 | |||
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Notes: | suggested by The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benst | |||||
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Secret Of Freedom, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #21927 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Joe and Jill go along their quiet way until the day a badly needed school bond, which they worked so hard on, is voted down by an overwhelming majority. Bitterly concerned about what this means for their children's education, they begin to question the attitudes of the people and a way of life that would allow such a thing to happen. Their search for answers runs into the cynicism of today's youth, the hard "mole-eye-view" of one man's realism, the blind optimism of another. They find hope in the person of the philosophical town librarian, who sees the secret of freedom as "each man's courage to believe. To believe in himself, his town&the future of the country." Back at his home, Joe thinks he finally has the secret: "Courage&to dream your dream and do your duty." Strengthened by this, he and Jill set out in earnest to work for another school bond vote, and this time they are going to win. | |||||
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This Music Crept By Me On The Waters | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1953 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Harvard University Press 1953 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #94171 | |||
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Synopsis: | Enchanted by the moon Peter and Elizabeth vow to leave their spouses and set up together. Then Peter's wife disappears | |||||
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Trojan Horse | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1952 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Houghton Mifflin 1952 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #94172 | |||
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Synopsis: | The people of Troy ignore Cassandra's warnings and bring the Wooden Horse into the city | |||||
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Wild Old Wicked Man | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 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 | #94173 | |||
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