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EVE MERRIAM (1916 - 1992) |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: International Creative Management |
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Plays by Eve Merriam |
And I Ain't Finished Yet | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1982 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23977 | |||
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Genre: | Play with Music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | celebrates the fortitude of black women in history who overcame racism and/or indifference to succeed in their chosen fields | |||||
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At Her Age | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1979 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23978 | |||
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Genre: | one act play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | plus 1 m. or f. pianist | |||||
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Synopsis: | At Her Age is a one act play with music, but the performers need not be accomplished singers. Set in the "Feminine Futures Boutique", it takes an affectionate, humorous look at five of the most prevalent stereotypes about older women in our society, and offers some choices and ideas for changing our attitudes. | |||||
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Club, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1977 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23979 | |||
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Genre: | musical diversion | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Eve Merriam. With songs from the period of 1894 1905 arranged by Alexandra Ivanoff. | |||||
Synopsis: | Members of a stuffy, all male club, circa 1905, tap dance and sing fourteen songs of the era, all indicative of male smugness and superiority. During the finale, the audience discovers that the top hats, white ties and rails are actually being worn by women. | |||||
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Dialogue For Lovers | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23980 | |||
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Genre: | Platform reading | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | optional musicians | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | sonnets of Shakespeare arranged for dramatic presentation | |||||
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Inner City | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York | 19 Dec 1971 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: RCA (LSO-1171) 1971 | doollee no | #23981 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Helen Miller; lyrics by Eve Merriam; book by Lawrence Kasha; book by Joseph Kipness; book by Tom O'Horgan | |||||
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Inner City Jam | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
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 | #59028 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by Eve Merriam and Helen Miller, British adaptation by Paul J Medford | |||||
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Lady Macbeth Of Westport | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1972 | ||||
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 | #23982 | |||
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Out Of My Father's House | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1975 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1975 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573633263 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #45692 | |||
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Genre: | play with music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by Eve Merriam, Paula Wagner and Jack Hofsiss | |||||
| Based on Eve Merriam's Growing Up Female in America. Arranged for the stage by Paula Wagner, Jack Hofsiss and Eve Merriam. Music by Ruth Crawford Seeger, adapted by Daniel Schrier. With additional music by Daniel Schrier and Marjorie Lipari. 3 f. to play 6 roles, musicians. Int. This moving play is drawn from the diaries, journals and letters of women: a schoolgirl-- founder of the Women's Suffrage Movement, an astronomer, a labor organizer, a minister, a doctor and a woman from the Jewish ghetto. They are seen as they grow up, marry, bear children and face being ostracized for wanting careers. | |||||
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Plagues For Our Times, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
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 | #102839 | |||
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Street Dreams | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1981 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23983 | |||
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Genre: | A Street Cantata | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book and Lyrics by Eve Merriam. Music by Helen Miller. | |||||
Synopsis: | This version of the Broadway show originally produced as Inner City in 1971 is based on the bestselling book The Inner City Mother Goose by Eve Merriam. This revised version musically updates these modern-day nursery tales through the use of songs and character studies, presenting the urban landscape of our modern American cities in an evocative and theatrical way. | |||||
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Viva Reviva | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 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 | #23984 | |||
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Notes: | music Amy D Rubin | |||||
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