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MARK WESTON |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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MARK WESTON has been writing for over 40 years. His numerous plays include the critically acclaimed, Beckwourth, BeckwourthThe Later Years, Bagels and Luck, The Ninth of April, I'm With You! Shoehorn, Split Infinitive, De Witt C! and the musical Louise. In February 2007, Ed Asner starred in Marks new play Harry and Eddie! The Birth of Israel as Eddie Jacobson in a Reading at the First Stage theater, in Hollywood, at the Himmel Theater in West Palm Beach, Florida, as well as in Kansas City. Screenplays include Beckwourth,"Carnival Magic," "Pershing," "A New Tomorrow,:" "Slade," "Crispus Attucks," and the documentary "Inca Remembered," which was the recipient of over 30 international awards. Mark has written for daytime serials and game shows, including "The College Bowl" and "The Price is Right." His books include Baseball Bloopers, Winning Monologues from the Beginnings Workshop, 101 Winning monologues for Young Performers Including Valuable Acting Hints and 80 Exciting Original Monologues for Adult Performers including Valuable Acting Hints. Mark has been an actor for over 50 years, and was a member of Lee Strasbergs first classes, starting in 1954. Mark is and has been teaching writing at the Screen Actor's Guild conservatory in New York. He is a member of the Dramatist's Guild. Mr. Weston has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in many touring companies, on numerous soap operas and the big screen.
Plays by Mark Weston
Harry & Eddie: The Birth of Israel | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2006 | ||||
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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 | #131899 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | Harry & Eddie! The Birth of Israel has been performed across the country since 2006. Among those who have appeared as Eddie Jacobson were Mr. Ed Asner and Mr. Eli Wallach. The play closed its four month run at the Off-Broadway theaters, The St Lukes and the Actors Temple theatres. | |||||
Synopsis: | Harry & Eddie: The Birth of Israel tells the largely-unknown story of how President Harry S. Truman's friendship with his former business partner, Eddie Jacobson, leads to the creation of Israel in 1948. Eddie Jacobson, a Jewish haberdashery salesman, and Harry Truman initially bonded during World War I where the Missouri men were put in charge of a struggling army canteen. The success of that venture leads to their joining forces after the war to open a haberdashery store in Kansas City, Missouri. When the depression hit and their store failed, Harry went into politics and Eddie went back on the road as a traveling salesman. In 1948, as the Zionists were struggling to convince President Truman to support the United Nation's recognition of Israel, Eddie was asked to push their unlikely friendship to the breaking point. | |||||
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Jim Beckwourth, mountain man | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1995 | ||||
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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 | #138170 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Notes: | It has been placed into the Schomburg Library of Harlem archives among Mr. Weston's other African-American works | |||||
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