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RICHARD ALFIERI (1952 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: Entpro (US) |
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Plays by Richard Alfieri |
Sisters, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-573-69946-7 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #133354 | |||
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: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 5 | ||
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Notes: | based on Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters | |||||
| Using a college on New Yorks Upper East Side as their surrogate home and sanctuary, four siblings struggle to banish the ghost of their dead father and create some semblance of harmony as adults. Suggested by Chekhovs Three Sisters, this unflinchingly honest drama with comedy explores and explodes the myths about family and friendship. But in contrast to Chekhovs family, who yearn to leave the staid provinces for the excitement of Moscow, Alfieris modern siblings long to escape the chaos of Manhattan for the simpler life they left behind in their childhood home in Charleston. As they strive to reconcile their individual desires, they expose each others deceptions with barbed wit and candor escalating to moments of shocking power. Their final realization is that violence and chaos reside within the walls of their sanctuary -- and within the heart. | |||||
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Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2001 | |||||
Company: | Entpro Plays Inc | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573602795 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #58958 | |||
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: | 135 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | This witty and touching comedy is the uplifting story of an unlikely acquaintance between a sprightly retiree and her young dance teacher. After a heart-breaking move from his beloved New York City to the Gulf Coast of Florida, the acerbic 'Michael' is hired for six weeks by 'Lily' a lonely but formidable minister's wife with a flair for dancing What begins as an antagonistic relationship becomes a remarkable friendship as two people with very different backgrounds reveal their secrets, hopes and fears while they do the Foxtrot, the Cha-Cha, the Tango and the Waltz. | |||||
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