MEL ARRIGHI   (1933 - 1986)


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Plays by Mel Arrighi

MEL ARRIGHI
Castro Complex, The
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Dramatists Play Service, NY,
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Comedy
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Male
2
Female
1
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Synopsis:
Smitten by fantasies of Fidel Castro, Betsy finds that she cannot respond to the advances of her fiance, Hadley, unless he assumes the guise of the Cuban leader-beard, army cap, cigar and all. Hadley has reached the point of suggesting psychiatric help when onto the scene bursts Paco, a bearded revolutionary, seeking refuge from (he says) the CIA men who are pursuing him. Betsy's immediate attraction to the debonair stranger is the last straw for poor Hadley-and from there on the plot, twists and turns hilariously until the truth is out (or is it?) and Betsy's hang-up has (or has it?) been overcome for good.
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MEL ARRIGHI
Ordinary Man, The
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Play/Drama
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8
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4
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As A.D. Coleman comments: "On the first level-that of intention-the play is a provocative statement. Set in the near future, it is structured as a series of flashbacks which take place during the trial of one Andy Neff for crimes against humanity. The flashbacks reveal the following narrative: The inexorable increase of racial tensions brings to power in America a right-wing, racist political party, the Liberal Party, and the nation becomes a virtual dictatorship. . .The other nations of the world band against the United States. With war and revolution about to break out any moment, the Party orders the internment in concentration camps of all blacks, half-a-million of whom die while imprisoned. World War Three is, shortly thereafter begun-and lost-by the United States, and an International Court calls to account all those responsible for the genocide. Neff, as the play's title indicates, is an ordinary man. Basically apolitical, he was a promising, talented film director, a typical Good German. He rose to nati
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