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ROGER KARSHNER |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: Samuel French Inc |
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Plays by Roger Karshner |
Clothes Encounters | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #35030 | |||
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Genre: | Farce | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | When Alan Masters, a real estate broker, shows a property to Betty Parker, she is inadvertently soaked by a misdirected shower requiring her to disrobe. Unbeknown to Alan, his wife, Kathy, also a broker, arrives to show the property to Betty's husband, Ralph, who also falls victim to the goofy shower. Betty and Ralph, scantily clad in the homeowners' clothing, must be kept out of each otheršs way by the artful, ridiculous machinations of Alan and Betty. The farce is a mixture of double meanings, mistaken identities and sexual innuendo whose plot is further intensified by the presence of Heinz, a well-meaning but bumbling handyman. The situation is a riotous whirlwind that resolves itself to the satisfaction of all. | |||||
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Don't Say Goodbye, I'm Not Leaving | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #89448 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Herb has just been admitted to the hospital with a non-specific illness where his wife, Edna, confronts him regarding a will, his options, and insists he see her brother, Bruce, a high-powered attorney. Herb is reluctant, but agrees to see Bruce who, during the confrontational visit, passes out and lapses into a coma. Bruce is now hospitalized and Herb appoints himself as his watch-dog to assure the medical "idiots" don't pull the plug. Herb and Edna invite Bruce's wife, Blanche, to move in with them during Brucešs confinement, all agreeing to take round-the-clock shifts with Bruce. After a month, Bruce's condition remains static and the situation becomes stressful, leading to humorous conflict. A human lesson regarding mortality and the inability to change. | |||||
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Dream Crust, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1982 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #18642 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | selected by Burns Mantle as one of America's best. | |||||
Synopsis: | man would be happy to do nothing but tend his farm and reap whatever profit it might generate, but the lure of big money in the factory is too great to ignore | |||||
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Hot Turkey At Midnight | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #18643 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | couple finally can't stand one another's foibles any more, wife moves out but both regret the move | |||||
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Love on the Cusp | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1979 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #18644 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | difficulties for man as his wife, an astrologer nut, informs him they can't have sex for thirty days because her planet is in retrograde | |||||
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Man with the Plastic Sandwich, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1982 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #18645 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | fired after 20 years, man encounters three provocative characters while contemplating his options on a park bench | |||||
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Monkey's Uncle | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1975 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #18646 | |||
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Genre: | Farce | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | a whirlwind of apes, leaves, worms, ant farms, blackmail, misunderstandings and madness | |||||
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To Live At The Pitch | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #89449 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Adamdong Klosterhagen, a lovable eccentric and self-proclaimed scientist, has a goal of resuscitating one of his frozen animals. Assisted in his endeavors by his sex-obsessed companion, Ophelia Rass, and wacky dentist friend, Jackson P. Langworthy, he brings to life a squirrel who manifests itself as life-size species named Pascal Dillday, a world-wise character in one of his many reincarnations. Throw into this dizzy mix a live-in cheerleader and an IRS agent who comes to collect back taxes and you have a madcap romp of outrageous proportions. | |||||
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Where There's a Will There's a Relative | ||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 9780573663932 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #93121 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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| Sam Price, a wealthy entrepreneur, has just recently passed away and, at his request, has been laid out in his townhouse. With the corpse in the bedroom, his immediate family-sister, brother, nephew and niece-have gathered to discuss their inheritance, a meeting that descends into acrimony over the division of property. Much to their chagrin, they learn that Sam has left his entire estate to the church, a discovery that results in them reluctantly seeking the advice of a person they deem to be of unsavory moral character. His advice seemingly solves their dilemma until they realize that the solution involves compromise. Many reversals drive a story that comically reveals avarice, mistrust and chicanery. | |||||
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Who Killed The Sausage King? | ||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-573-69607-7 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #96033 | |||
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Genre: | murder mystery farce | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
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| The police are baffled after Wilbur Smith, The Sausage King, is strangled with a roll of his own sausage. After several months, the authorities, unable to unscramble the dilemma, call in the services of Farlow Cranston, ace private investigator and renowned solver or arcane cases. Cranston, with unflappable grandiloquence and fractured logic, unravels the mystery via a farcical route that leads to its conclusion. Expect the unexpected in this delightful melange. | |||||
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