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HOWARD RICHARDSON (1917 - 1985) |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Plays by Howard Richardson |
Ark of Safety | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, Inc, 1977 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29482 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy drama with music Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | written with Frances Goforth Based on 'tall Tales From Old Smoky' by C. Hodge Mathes | |||||
Synopsis: | memory play of half forgotten tales of long ago in a tiny Appalachian community | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dark Of The Moon | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1944 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | William Heinemann Ltd, 1978 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29483 | |||
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Genre: | fairy story | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 28 roles | |||||
Notes: | based on the ballad of Barbara Allen. Written by Howard Richardson and William Berney | |||||
Synopsis: | recounts the story of an elfin witch boy who once beheld the beautiful Barbara Allen and immediately fell in love with her | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Design For A Stained Glass Window | ||
| 1st Produced: | Mansfield Theatre, New York | 1950 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Bakers Plays 1951 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #101131 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Written by Howard Richardson and William Berney | |||||
Synopsis: | The arrest and martyrdom of Catholic saint Margaret Clitherow | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Evening Star | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29484 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written with Frances Goforth | |||||
Synopsis: | about a group of elderly actors and actresses living in retirement on a converted Mississippi River showboat | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Laundry, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1966 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1965 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29485 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - David Guerdin | |||||
Synopsis: | Madame Yvonne runs a laundry in a French Provincial Town. Her son, Daniel, is hideously deformed and is kept locked up in the attic. Madame's son-in-law persuades her to sell Daniel to a freak show | |||||
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Protective Custody | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ambassador Theatre, New York | 1956 | ||||
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 | #101132 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Written by Howard Richardson and William Berney | |||||
Synopsis: | A female American reporter is imprisoned on a trumped up charge in an Eastern European prison. When she is released some years later she has become a Communist | |||||
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Thread of Scarlet, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1980 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #29486 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | choral group | |||||
Notes: | written with Ella Gerber Kasakoff | |||||
Synopsis: | portrait of Victoria Woodhull who ran for office with Frederick Douglas on a women's suffrage and free love ticket but who was ruined by her affair with Henry Ward Beecher | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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