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BEN HECHT (1894 - 1964) |
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Plays by Ben Hecht |
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| 1st Published: | Davis Poynter, London, 1975 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16105 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 17 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by Charles Hecht and Charles MacArthur | |||||
Synopsis: | Thrills and do-derring in the newsroom of a big-city newspaper | |||||
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Hazel Flagg | ||
| 1st Produced: | Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York | 11 Feb 1953 | ||||
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: | Original cast recording: Sepia (1035) 1953 | doollee no | #128986 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Bob Hilliard; book by Ben Hecht | |||||
| Wallace Cook persuades his editor to invite small town girl Hazel Flagg to New York for a series of articles. Hazel is dying after being exposed to radium. Just before she sets off to New York she discovers she has been mis-diagnosed and is quite well. But she has always wanted to go to New York. In New York she is feted by everyone and becomes a celebrity | |||||
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Jumbo | ||
| 1st Produced: | Hippodrome Theatre, New York | 1935 | ||||
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 | #107770 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart; book by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Ladies And Gentlemen | ||
| 1st Produced: | Martin Beck Theatre, New York | 1939 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16107 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 13 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Charles MacArthur | |||||
Synopsis: | Whilst on jury service two jurors fall in love. | |||||
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Seven Lively Arts | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ziegfeld Theatre, New York | 07 Dec 1944 | ||||
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 | #131289 | |||
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Genre: | Revue | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music and lyrics by Cole Porter; book by Ben Hecht; George S Kaufman | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Swan Song | ||
| 1st Produced: | Booth Theatre, New York | 1946 | ||||
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 | #103684 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Written by Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Twentieth Century | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #107771 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Written by Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht. Based on a play by Charles Bruce Miholland | |||||
Synopsis: | A big Broadway producer's career is in decline. He is on the Twentieth Century - a train that goes between New York and Chicago. Also on board is the chorus girl he made a star who left for Hollywood. If he can persuade her to do his show he will be back on top | |||||
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