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KEN LUDWIG (1950 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC |
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Plays by Ken Ludwig |
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Minskoff Theatre, New York | 26 Apr 2001 | ||||
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 | #89860 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music and lyrics by Don Schlitz; book by Ken Ludwig. Based on the book by Mark Twain | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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American In Paris, An | ||
| 1st Produced: | Alley Theatre, Houston, Texas | 2006 | ||||
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 | #109791 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music by George Gershwin; lyrics by Ira Gershwin; book by Ken Ludwig | |||||
Synopsis: | Monumental Pictures, Paris. Michel Girard fails to turn up for the first day's shooting for a new musical. Head of the studio sends his secretary to find him. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Be My Baby | ||
| 1st Produced: | Alley Theatre | 2005 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #80798 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The play tells the story of John, an irascible Scotsman and an uptight English woman, Maude, both in their late 50s, who take on the journey of a lifetime. They are brought together when his ward marries her niece. Then, when the young couple decides to adopt a new born baby, the older couple has to travel 6,000 miles to California to pick up the child and bring her safely home to Scotland. The problem is, John and Maude despise each other. To make matters worse, they get stranded in San Francisco for several weeks and are expected to jointly care for the helpless newborn. There they form a new partnership and learn some startling lessons about life and love. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Beaux' Stratagem, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington DC | 2006 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #89486 | |||
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Genre: | comedy Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | with doubling | |||||
Notes: | adapted by Thornton Wilder and Ken Ludwig from the play by George Farquhar | |||||
Synopsis: | The play tells the story of two young bucks who, having spent all their money by living too well, leave London and roam from town to town in search of love and fortune. In order to find a wealthy heiress for at least one of them, they pose as master and servant - exchanging roles from one town to the next. In Lichfield, Aimwell is the master and Archer the servant, and there they meet the lovely, wealthy Dorinda and her equally desirable sister-in-law, Mrs. Kate Sullen. They set their caps for these women, but problems abound. Kate is married to a drunken sot who despises her; the innkeeper's saucy daughter, Cherry, has set her cap for Archer; Dorinda's mother, Lady Bountiful, mistakenly believes herself to be a great healer of the sick, and she guards her daughter like a dragoness; and a band of brigands plans to rob the house of Lady Bountiful that very night, putting all schemes in jeopardy. This is a play in the great tradition of Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer and Sheridan's The Rivals and The School for Scandal. It is classic, formal, robust and hilarious. | |||||
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Class Night | ||
| 1st Produced: | Haverford, Pennsylvania | 1970 | ||||
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 | #21501 | |||
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Genre: | Sketches Sketch | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
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Crazy For You | ||
| 1st Produced: | Washington D.C. | 1991 | ||||
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: | cap-54648 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Capitol: (54618) 1992 | doollee no | #21502 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by George Gershwin; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin; Book by Ken Ludwig; Conceived by Ken Ludwig and Mike Ockrent; Inspired by material by Guy Bolton and John McGowan | |||||
| Setting: New York City and Nevada in the 1930s. Bobby Child the heir of a wealthy banking family is hooked on the theatre. He has been told by his family he must marry Irene but he does not want to. He sent to Deadrock to foreclose a theatre because the mortgage payments are over due. Polly Baker is the daughter of the theatre's owner and she has threatened to see off anyone who comes from the bank. When she meets Bobby it is love at first sight. . . | |||||
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Divine Fire | ||
| 1st Produced: | Washington D.C. | 1979 | ||||
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 | #21503 | |||
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Dramatic License | ||
| 1st Produced: | Cleveland, Ohio | 1985 | ||||
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 | #21504 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Fox on the Fairway | ||
| 1st Produced: | 12 Oct 2010 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-573-69934-4 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #120996 | |||
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Genre: | Farce | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| A tribute from Ken Ludwig (Lend Me A Tenor, Moon Over Buffalo) to the great English farces of the 1930s and 1940s, The Fox On the Fairway takes audiences on a hilarious romp which pulls the rug out from underneath the stuffy denizens of a private country club. Filled with mistaken identities, slamming doors, and over-the-top romantic shenanigans, it's a furiously paced comedy that recalls the Marx Brothers' classics. A charmingly madcap adventure about love, life, and man's eternal love affair with. . . golf. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Leading Ladies | ||
| 1st Produced: | Cleveland Playhouse, Ohio | 2004 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573632884 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #89461 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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| In this hilarious comedy by the author of LEND ME A TENOR and MOON OVER BUFFALO , two English Shakespearean actors, Jack and Leo, find themselves so down on their luck that they are performing "Scenes from Shakespeare" on the Moose Lodge circuit in the Amish country of Pennsylvania. When they hear that an old lady in York, PA is about to die and leave her fortune to her two long lost English nephews, they resolve to pass themselves off as her beloved relatives and get the cash. The trouble is, when they get to York, they find out that the relatives aren't nephews, but nieces! Romantic entanglements abound, especially when Leo falls head-over-petticoat in love with the old lady's vivacious niece, Meg, who's engaged to the local minister. Meg knows that there's a wide world out there, but it's not until she meets "Maxine and Stephanie" that she finally gets a taste of it | |||||
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Lend Me A Tenor | ||
| 1st Produced: | Milford, New Hampshire | 1986 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1985 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #21505 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | aka Opera Buffa | |||||
Synopsis: | A meek understudy replaces the drunken Italian tenor and becomes a star overnight. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Moon Over Buffalo | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573626517 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #21506 | |||
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Genre: | Farce | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | aka Over The Moon | |||||
| Disjointed on-goings backstage through a performance of The Scarlet Pimpernel | |||||
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Over the Moon | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2001 | |||||
Company: | Bill Kenwright | |||||
| 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 | #21507 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | formerly Moon Over Buffalo | |||||
Notes: | Was 'Moon Over Buffalo' | |||||
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Postmortem | ||
| 1st Produced: | Milford, New Hampshire | 1984 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1983 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #21508 | |||
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Genre: | Thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Actor manager famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Homes invites cast back to his Gothic mansion for a seance, only to discover that someone is trying to murder him | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Shakespeare in Hollywood | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York 2005 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573633423 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #88130 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 14 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| The real Oberon and Puck find themselves on the set of Max Reinhardt's 1935 film of "A Midsummer Nights Dream" along with Tarzan, Dick Powell and Groucho Marx. | |||||
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Sullivan And Gilbert | ||
| 1st Produced: | Milford, New Hampshire | 1983 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1989 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #21509 | |||
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Genre: | Play with Music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Three Musketeers, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #89462 | |||
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Genre: | adventure | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | This adaptation is based on the timeless swashbuckler by Alexandre Dumas, a tale of heroism, treachery, close escapes and above all, honor. The story, set in 1625, begins with d'Artagnan who sets off for Paris in search of adventure. Along with d'Artagnan goes Sabine, his sister, the quintessential tomboy. Sent with d'Artagnan to attend a convent school in Paris, she poses as a young man - d'Artagnan's servant - and quickly becomes entangled in her brother's adventures. Soon after reaching Paris, d'Artagnan encounters the greatest heroes of the day, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, the famous musketeers, and he joins forces with his heroes to defend the honor of the Queen of France. In so doing, he finds himself in opposition to the most dangerous man in Europe, Cardinal Richelieu. Even more deadly is the infamous Countess de Winter, known as Milady, who will stop at nothing to revenge herself on d'Artagnan - and Sabine - for their meddlesome behavior. Little does Milady know that the young girl she scorns, Sabine, will ultimately save the day. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Treasure Island | ||
| 1st Produced: | Alley Theatre | 2007 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #77055 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | doubling, flexible casting possible | |||||
Notes: | from book by Robert Louis Stevenson | |||||
Synopsis: | Based on the masterful adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island is a stunning yarn of piracy on the tropical seas. It begins at an inn on the Devon coast of England in 1775 and quickly becomes an unforgettable tale of treachery and mayhem featuring a host of legendary swashbucklers including the dangerous Billy Bones (played unforgettably in the movies by Lionel Barrymore', the sinister two-timing Israel Hands, the brassy woman pirate Anne Bonney, and the hideous form of evil incarnate, Blind Pew. At the center of it all are Jim Hawkins, a 14-year-old boy who longs for adventure, and the infamous Long John Silver, who is a complex study of good and evil, perhaps the most famous hero-villain of all time. Silver is an unscrupulous buccaneer-rogue whose greedy quest for gold, coupled with his affection for Jim, cannot help but win the heart of every soul who has ever longed for romance, treasure and adventure. | |||||
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Twentieth Century | ||
| 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 | #89861 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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