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GEORGE SKLAR (1908 - 1988) |
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Nationality: African USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: International Creative Management |
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Plays by George Sklar |
And People All Round | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1967 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #32436 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | Music by Booker T Bradshaw Jr; lyrics by Booker T Bradshaw Jr; book by George Sklar | |||||
Synopsis: | Life in the pleasant Southern town of Leucadia has been suddenly disrupted by the arrival of a group of civil rights workers, mostly white and Northern, who seek to improve the lot of the local blacks. Their activities have stirred deep-seated animosities, and threats and intimidations have begun to build-particularly on the part of the Redeemers, a white supremist organization that operates with fascist-like secrecy. Even those who rue this sort of ugly behavior are reluctant to speak out against it for fear of reprisal, but one of the local bluebloods, a young architect named Don Tindall, cannot go on submerging the sense of outrage he feels at such bigotry and unfairness. Through his boyhood friendship with Lloyd Lewis, a black activist, he is drawn into open sympathy for those at the COFO Center-and into increasing disrepute with his lifelong friends and neighbors. As conditions worsen and the battle lines are more closely drawn, Don's engagement is broken off, his house is burned to the ground, his career is ruined, and when he resolves to give evidence in the triple murder he has witnessed, his very life is forfeited. But his martyrdom becomes an inspiration to those who remain to carry on the fight and the symbol of a better day, when justice, fair play and equality of opportunity will be extended and supported throughout the land. | |||||
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Brown Pelican | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #32437 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 5 | ||
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Synopsis: | Having organized "Project Noah" to protect endangered species, Jeff Tanager (curator of the local zoo) is appalled when several rare birds are mysteriously murdered in their cages-and doubly shocked when he is accused of the crime. As he fights to defend himself and his family against increasingly scurrilous attack, Jeff receives support from a disembodied "Voice," and as the action moves on to a bizarre courtroom scene the "Voice" gives Jeff the absolute power to control the forces of nature. In the resulting chaos, machines stop, animals talk, the heads of state confer desperately on ways for a man to regain domination of his environment. But, as the exciting denouement makes chillingly clear, it may already be too late-unless mankind reverses its present ecological destructiveness and seeks out its true and proper place within the overall balance of nature. | |||||
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Laura | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #32438 | |||
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Genre: | Mystery | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Based on the novel by Vera Caspary. / written by Caspary, Vera and Sklar, George | |||||
Synopsis: | When Mark McPherson first falls in love with Laura, he knows he's in love with a phantom-for Laura is dead, and he's in charge of her murder investigation. From her portrait, her letters, her personal effects and from his contacts with the three men who loved her, Mark has created an image of a woman tantalizingly alive and real. When she appears in the midst of a thunderstorm, very much alive after all, it is revealed that Laura's best friend (and rival) was the true victim of the crime. But now, all evidence seems to point to Laura's guilt. Despite his growing love for her-a love which Laura seems to return-Mark is about to pin the crime on her, when the real murderer appears and tries to do away with the girl he meant to kill in the first place-Laura. | |||||
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Life And Death Of An American | ||
| 1st Produced: | Maxine Elliott's Theatre, New York | 19 May 1939 | ||||
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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 | #118730 | |||
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Memory Room, The | ||
| 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 | #103912 | |||
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Further Reference: | National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Dep.256/Box 61/4 | |||||
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Merry-Go-Round | ||
| 1st Produced: | Provincetown Playhouse, New York | 22 Apr 1932 | ||||
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 | #118731 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Written by George Sklar and Albert Maltz | |||||
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Peace On Earth | ||
| 1st Produced: | Civic Repertory Theatre, New York | 29 Nov 1933 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York 1934 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #118732 | |||
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Genre: | Drama | |||||
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Notes: | Written by George Sklar and Albert Maltz | |||||
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Stevedore | ||
| 1st Produced: | Civic Repertory Theatre, New York | 18 Apr 1934 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Proletarian Literature In The United States - An Anthology" published by International Publishers 1935 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #118733 | |||
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Notes: | Written by George Sklar and Paul Peters | |||||
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