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C ROBERT JONES |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: Robert A Freedman Dramatic Agency |
Born in Rock Hill, SC. B.A., University of South Carolina; M.A., University of Georgia; M.F.A., Catholic University of America. Resident Direc-tor, Little Theatre, Savannah, GA. Chairman, Founder, Department of Theatre Arts, Gardner-Webb College. Currentl
Plays by C Robert Jones
Belonging Place, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre | - - - | ||||
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 | #18336 | |||
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Genre: | Play with Music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | 3c | |||||
Notes: | Etchings in Firelight, collective title for trilogy | |||||
Synopsis: | , begins during World War I at Kate's death in the flu epidemic. Hilda Marx, a German opera singer and one of 2,000 German nationals interned in the town, becomes nurse to ten-year-old Marcie Ammons. A love story between Abel and Hilda is complicated by the fact that Abel's son, Ben, is a soldier in France and Hilda's fiance is one of the other interned Germans | |||||
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Blabbermouth | ||
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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 | #116539 | |||
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Genre: | One act Childrens play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
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Synopsis: | Lanky and Pruella work in the General Store. Pruella challenges Lanky to speak nothing but the truth for a whole morning | |||||
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Catbird Seat | ||
| 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 | #116560 | |||
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Genre: | Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | After a fifty year ministry as the head of a religious sect Andy decides on his 70th birthday to step down and hand over to his son Wesley. Before this can happen Wesley is killed in a car crash. Wesley's wife wants to take over - but Andy feels that his people are not ready for a woman leader. His other son Jeff is suggested - but Andy has spurned Jeff because he is gay. | |||||
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Clown, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Little Theatre of Savannah, GA | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Bakers Plays, Boston, MA, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #44461 | |||
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Genre: | full length Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Coming Out IN Atlanta | ||
| 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 | #116540 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Originally performed with three other short plays under the title of: "The Love Quartet" | |||||
Synopsis: | Rosa and Sol go to see a show that includes a drag impersonation of the young Lisa Minnelli. They are shocked to discover that the drag artist is their son Lenny. They confront him in his dressing room and Lenny has another surprise for them too - he is gay | |||||
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Double Wedding | ||
| 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 | #116541 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Sequel to "Taking A Chance On Love" | |||||
Synopsis: | Ned's wedding is about to take place. He has invited his grandmother who turns up with Madeleine's (Madeleine is his much older bride to be) ex-husband. Granny says she wants to marry him - so they plan a double wedding. Meanwhile Edgar has decide to re-marry one of his ex-wives | |||||
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Heart of the Tiger | ||
| 1st Produced: | Licklog Players, NC | - - - | ||||
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 | #44462 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Etchings in Firelight, collective title for trilogy | |||||
Synopsis: | tells the story of Abel Am-mons and his first wife, Kate, whose marriage is disapproved by a domineering father. A power-play ensues between father and daughter with unexpected results | |||||
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Love is Better Than the Next Best Thing | ||
| 1st Produced: | Numerous productions | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Bakers Plays, Boston, MA, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #44463 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Makeover | ||
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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 | #116542 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Originally performed with three other short plays under the title of: "The Love Quartet" | |||||
Synopsis: | Caitlin has written a book and her publishers want her to promote it. The book is called "How To Make A Man Happy" and Caitlin is a nun&. | |||||
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Making Pleasure A Business or The Pun Of It All | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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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 | #116543 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Originally performed with three other short plays under the title of: "The Love Quartet" | |||||
Synopsis: | A computer geek and an older woman find that they have a lot in common | |||||
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Mandy Lou | ||
| 1st Produced: | Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing Co., 4150 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #44464 | |||
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Genre: | musical comedy, full length Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 9 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | a seventeen-year-old debutante, returns from finishing school to find her father in jail, wrongly accused of forgery, and crafty overseer Rufus Tattnall, try-ing to wrest away her home, Bellemaison Plantation. To top it all, there is a mix-up in Mandy Lou's cotillion partners, an unknown baby left on the doorstep, and some surprising news about a Ship-wreck twenty years before. Family show with fourteen songs. The play holds the attendance record for the theater that premiered it. | |||||
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Marked for Murder | ||
| 1st Produced: | Numerous productions | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Bakers Plays, Boston, MA, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #44465 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | 1880 Ellie is sailing to Europe with her aunt Lucinda. Her fiance Mark warns her that Lucinda plans to murder her for her inheritance. But Mark is in league with Lucinda. Then Mark is murdered | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Nocturne | ||
| 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 | #116544 | |||
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Genre: | Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original title: "Chiaroscuro" also known as "Nocturne For A Southern Lady" | |||||
Synopsis: | A white artist from America's South goes to live in New York. She is blinded in an accident and can no longer paint. She asks to have someone come and read to her and is sent a streetwise young black guy | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Rivals | ||
| 1st Produced: | Owen Theatre, Mars Hill College, NC | - - - | ||||
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 | #44466 | |||
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Genre: | full length Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Musical comedy adaptation of Sheridan's comedy updated to 1889. Mrs. Malaprop has spirited her nieces, Lydia Languish and Juliette Melville, away from London to stave off the atten-tions of young suitors, Absolute and Faulkland. The plot closely follows the original, ending hap-pily with even Mrs. Malaprop getting her man. Twenty-three songs. Original cast album available. | |||||
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Senator's Wife, The | ||
| 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 | #116545 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The widow of a Democrat Senator has agreed to marry a Republican Senator. Both families are up in arms over it | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Something Beautiful | ||
| 1st Produced: | Numerous productions | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Bakers Plays, Boston, MA, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #44467 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Spelling Bee, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Gardner-Webb College | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Bakers Plays, Boston, MA, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #44468 | |||
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Genre: | full length Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Taking A Chance On Love | ||
| 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 | #116546 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Edgar runs a newspaper. It has been run by his family for eighty years. Edgar and his mother plus Edgar's two ex-wives are the joint owners. A newspaper conglomerate wants to buy it and Edgar invites the three women co-owners for the weekend to discuss the matter. It will also be their first chance to met Ned's (Edgar's son) fiancee. Everyone is shocked to discover she is as old as Ned's mother. | |||||
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Teacher | ||
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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 | #116547 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Originally performed with three other short plays under the title of: "The Love Quartet" | |||||
Synopsis: | Charlie is having trouble writing a one act play for his passing grades. He is willing just to scrape through but his tutor has other ideas | |||||
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Time for Singing, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Gardner-Webb College | - - - | ||||
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 | #44469 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Etchings in Firelight, collective title for trilogy | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Wednesday's Children | ||
| 1st Produced: | Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre | - - - | ||||
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 | #44470 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | 3c | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | set between 1929 and 1932, is the story of Abel's two children, Marcie and Ben, and the complications brought into their lives by their neighbor, Laura Lee Ledbetter, and a handsome young school principal, Clay Delaney, who is loved by both girls. Laura Lee's rejection by Clay sets up a chain of events which changes the lives of everyone in a wrenching and devastating way | |||||
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