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MARTIN SHERMAN (1938 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Casarotto Ramsay and Associates Ltd |
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Plays by Martin Sherman |
Absolutely! (Perhaps) | ||
| 1st Produced: | Wyndham's Theatre, London | 2003 | ||||
Company: | Sonia Friedman Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 9780413773661 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #31897 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (Cosi e, si vi pare). Version by Martin Sherman | |||||
| No one has ever seen Signor Ponza's wife and her mother, Signora Frola together. Also, the neighbours have become suspicious because Signora Ponza never leaves her home and start asking questions. Ponza claims that this wife is really his second wife, the first having died in an earthquake that destroyed all records. Meanwhile his wife only pretends to be Signora Frola's daughter to humour Signora Frola, who, he claims, is insane. Thoroughly bewildered, Agazzi demands to meet Ponza's wife, who arrives heavily veiled proclaiming herself as both the daughter of Signora Frola and the second wife of Signor Ponza. Absolutely! {Perhaps} is brilliant comedy on the elusive nature of identity and reality and, like all of Pirandello's work, shows truth as subjective and relative and drama itself a mystery. | |||||
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Aristo | ||
| 1st Produced: | 11 Sep 2008 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 9781408110751 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #81285 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Based On Material Innemesis By Peter Evans | |||||
| Based on the last years of the life of the wealthy shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis who after a notorious affair with Maria Callas married Jacqueline Kennedy, widow of US President John F. Kennedy, in 1968. The play explores his complex interwoven relationships with Callas, Kennedy and his son by Callas, Alexandros, who died in a plane crash in 1973. Based in part on Peter Evans' book Nemesis, Aristo is an explosive account of how those in positions of enormous power and wealth often live lives detached from the realities and moral codes of everyday existence. | |||||
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Bent | ||
| 1st Produced: | Waterford, Connecticut | 1978 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Amber Lane Press, Ambergate, Derbyshire, 1979 | ISBN/ASIN: | 9780413773746 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #31898 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
| seminal gay play. In 1930s Berlin Max and his lover/flatmate Rudy begin a nightmare odyssey through Nazi Germany, which placed homosexuals on a lower scale than Jews. Max refuses to abandon Rudy and soon they're caught. Fn route to Dachau, Rudy is killed and Horst, another homosexual prisoner, warns Max to deny Rudy, which he does. Max opts for the label 'Jew' rather than 'queer' but he and Horst are attracted to each other; when Horst is callously killed Max declares himself before committing suicide. | |||||
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Blackout | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1978 | ||||
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 | #31899 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Boy From Oz (American Version) | ||
| 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 | #56039 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | 1b, ensemble 18 mixed | |||||
Notes: | Based on "The Boy From Oz" by Nick Enright. Music by Peter Allen | |||||
Synopsis: | Life and music of singer/songwriter Peter Allen | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Chain Play, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2001 | |||||
Company: | Conceived and commissioned by Angus Mackenchnie | |||||
| 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 | #31900 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Written By Terry Johnson, Philip Ridley, Charlotte Jones, Lee Hall, Sebastian Barry, Zinnie Harris, Kevin Flyot, Nick Dear, Tanika Gupta, Frank McGuinness, Nick Stafford, Stephen Sondheim, Colin Teevan, Patrick Marber, David Lan, Sarah Daniels, Martin She | |||||
Synopsis: | One off performance of chain writing to celebrate the National Theatre's 25th anniversary. A scene each from all the authors for a performance on one night | |||||
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Cracks | ||
| 1st Produced: | Waterford, Connecticut | 1975 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Gay Plays 2", Methuen, London, 1985 | ISBN/ASIN: | 9780413773746 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #31901 | |||
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Genre: | Adult Comedy Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| a comedy set in the gay scene in California of the 70s where an assassin is on the loose. | |||||
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Fat Tuesday | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1966 | ||||
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 | #31902 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Madhouse In Goa, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1989 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Amber Lane Press, Oxford, 1989 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0906399965 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #31903 | |||
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Genre: | Double Bill Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | includes A Table for a King and Keeps Rainin' All the Time | |||||
| Part 1 blackmail scheme to persuade guest to move for the King; Part 2 expatriate's existence ruptured by volcanic eruption on Santorini | |||||
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Messiah | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1982 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Amber Lane Press, Oxford, 1982 | ISBN/ASIN: | 9780413773746 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #31904 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
| set in Poland in 1665 following the Cossack uprising in which over a third of the once thriving Jewish community has been slaughtered | |||||
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Next Year in Jerusalem | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1968 | ||||
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 | #31905 | |||
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Further Reference: | National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Dep.256/Box 60/2 | |||||
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Night Before Paris, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1969 | ||||
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 | #31906 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Further Reference: | National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Dep.256/Box 60/2 | |||||
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Onassis | ||
| 1st Produced: | 14 Sep 2010 | |||||
Company: | Derby LIVE | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1408139998 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108976 | |||
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Genre: | Biographical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | musicians, ensemble | |||||
Notes: | Based On Material Innemesis By Peter Evans. Revised version of Aristo | |||||
| Onassis portrays the last years of the life of the wealthy shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, who after a notorious affair with Maria Callas, married Jacqueline Kennedy, widow of US President John F. Kennedy, in 1968. A millionaire at 25, he had become one of the world's richest men, but it was the glamour of the women in his life which brought him real fame, causing him to pursue personal vendettas and amassing empires on an international scale. Based in part on Peter Evans' book Nemesis, Onassis is an explosive account of one man's voracious appetite for sex, money and power. The play depicts Onassis' complex interwoven relationships with women and his family, as well as his long-running feud with the Kennedy family and the American establishment. With hints of Greek tragedy and hubris, it explores how those with great wealth and political influence live their lives detached from the moral code and realities of ordinary mortals. | |||||
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Passage To India, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Milton Keynes/tour | 2002 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Methuen Drama, London >>>, 2002 | ISBN/ASIN: | 9780413772893 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #31907 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | from novel by F M Foster | |||||
| Before deciding whether to marry Chandrapore''s local magistrate, Adela Quested wants to discover the 'real India' for herself. Newly arrived from England, she agrees to see the Marabar Caves with the charming Dr Aziz. This adaptation explores the absurdity of Anglo-Indian life in the 1920s. | |||||
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Passing By | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1974 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Gay Plays 1", Methuen, London, 1984 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #31908 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Simon and Toby meet in a cinema - but will it be love ever after? | |||||
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Rio Grande | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1976 | ||||
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 | #31909 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Rose | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 9780413740502 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #31910 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
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| Rose is a survivor of the Warsaw ghettos. She arrives on the boardwalks of Atlantic City, the Arizona canyons and salsa-flavoured nights in Miami beach. The play is sharply drawn reminder of some of the events that shaped the century | |||||
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Soaps | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1975 | ||||
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 | #31911 | |||
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Solitary Thing, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Oakland, California | 1962 | ||||
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 | #31912 | |||
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Notes: | music by Stanley Silverman | |||||
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Some Sunny Day | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1996 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Amber Lane Press, Oxford, 1996 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #31913 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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Things Went Badly In Westphalia | ||
| 1st Produced: | Storrs, Connecticut | 1971 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "The Best Short Plays 1970", Chilton, Philadelphia, 1970 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #31914 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
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When She Danced | ||
| 1st Produced: | Guildford, Surrey | 1985 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Amber Lane Press, Ambergate, Derbyshire, 1988 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #31915 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | 3m non speaking | |||||
Notes: | Sergei Esenin, Isadora Duncan | |||||
Synopsis: | Isodora Duncan in Bohemian Paris, 1923, tries to escape a living in the twilight of her prime | |||||
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