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FRANK MARCUS (1928 - deceased) |
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Nationality: British Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Casarotto Ramsay and Associates Ltd USA agent International Creative Management |
Frank Marcus was born on June 28th 1928 in Breslau, Germany. He came to England in 1939 and was studying in Kent when he was evacuated to Shropshire due to the War. He studied at St Martin's School of Art from 1943 to 1944. He married Jacqueline Sylvester in 1951 and had two sons and a daughter.
Plays by Frank Marcus
Anatol | ||
| 1st Produced: | Open Space, London | 11 Feb 1976 | ||||
Company: | presented by The Open Space Theatre with assistance from the Goethe Institute | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #22379 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Arthur Schnitzler | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ballad Of Wilfred II | ||
| 1st Produced: | Almost Free Theatre, London | 1978 | ||||
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 | #22380 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | aka Wilfred the Second | |||||
Synopsis: | A lonely widow invites an equally lonely librarian to share her life on the understanding he assumes her dead husband's identity | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Beauty And The Beast | ||
| 1st Produced: | Oxford | 1975 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays of the Year 46", Elek, London, 1978 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #22381 | |||
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Genre: | Childrens Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | beauty falls for beast etc | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Blank Pages | ||
| 1st Produced: | Soho Poly, London | 1972 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #22382 | |||
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Genre: | Monologue Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | a girl recounts her disastrous experiences as an au pair in France | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Blind Date | ||
| 1st Produced: | King's Head Theatre, 115 Upper Street, Islington, London N1 1QN >>> | 1977 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1977 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #22383 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | a blind date produces fruitless chatter as the characters go their separate ways, never in fact discovering they had intended to meet | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Christmas Carol | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1972 | |||||
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 | #22384 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | aka Carol's Christmas | |||||
Synopsis: | A young SOHO call girl mistakes Father Christmas for a fetish client. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Cleo | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bristol | 1965 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "London Magazine", February, 1966 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #22385 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | aka Cleo and Max/David/Roy | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Formation Dancers, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1964 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays Of The Year Vol.28", Elek, London, 1965 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #22386 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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From Morning To Midnight | ||
| 1st Produced: | Poly, London | 1987 | ||||
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 | #22387 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Georg Kaiser | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Guardsman, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Watford, Hertfordshire | 1969 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Eyre Methuen, London, 1978 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #22388 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Ferenc Molnar | |||||
Synopsis: | An old, theatrical warhorse, otherwise known as a 1911 sex-war comedy by the Hungarian playwright, Molnar. A flighty actress has her fidelity tested by an insecure actor-husband who decides to test her by donning a disguise and wooing her in the persona of a moustachioed, splendidly uniformed soldier | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Keyholes | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1973 | ||||
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 | #22389 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Killing Of Sister George, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bristol | 1965 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Hamish Hamilton, London, 1965 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #22390 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | fictional character of radio soap is killed off much to the chagrin of actress playing the role | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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La Ronde | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1991 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #22398 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Arthur Schnitzler; Written in collaboration with Jacqueline Marcus | |||||
Synopsis: | popular roundelay of love as practised in Old Vienna, each scene is interlinked | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Man Who Bought a Battlefield | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1963 | ||||
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 | #109053 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Merman Of Oxford, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario | 1978 | ||||
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 | #22392 | |||
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Genre: | Mime | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Merry-Go-Round | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1952 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1953 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #22393 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Arthur Schnitzler, aka Reigen-La-Ronde | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Minuet For Stuffed Birds | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1950 | ||||
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 | #22394 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mrs Mouse, Are You Within? | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bristol | 1968 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays of the Year 35", Elek, London, 1969 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #22395 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A woman finds she is pregnant after a dalliance with a black neighbour - who promptly leaves when he finds out. She has been engage for eight years to a boring man who does not understand and she dumps hi. When her Marxist landlord proposes she accepts | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Notes On A Love Affair | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1972 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays Of The Year Vol.42", Elek, London, 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #22396 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A novelist is writing a play but is getting nowhere with it. She deliberately sets up an ex-lover with an assistant at her dentists so that she can observe an affair and use it for the play | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Portrait Of The Artist | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1976 | ||||
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 | #22397 | |||
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Genre: | Mime | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Studies Of The Nude | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1967 | ||||
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 | #22399 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Weavers, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1980 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #22400 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 28 | Female | 11 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Gerhart Hauptmann | |||||
Synopsis: |
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Window, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ambiance Lunchtime Theatre, London | 1969 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1968 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #22401 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | televised 1966 | |||||
Synopsis: | Psychological study of a blind voyeur, who hires a male nurse to watch through binoculars the activities of the girl in the flat opposite who had driven him to attempt suicide | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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