SAM BOBRICK (1932 - )
| Nationality: | American |
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Plays by Sam Bobrick
Annoyance |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 2005 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: A very annoying man goes to see two therapists with the hopes of becoming less annoying. In his pursuit of mental stability he drives both therapists over the edge | ||||
Are You Sure? |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1993 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
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Synopsis: a play of shifting realities, how much is happening, how much isn't; do people really want to kill each other - did they do it? | ||||
Companion Piece |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | One act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
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Notes: Written by Sam Bobrick and Julie Stein | ||||
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Crazy Time, The |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: At the start of the play a man in his mid-fifties seems to have it all a successful business, a young trophy wife, a happily married daughter, a complacent ex-wife and then life steps in. Does everything work out happily ever after? Unfortunately in this particular play, not if youre a guy | ||||
Death in England |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1992 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 |
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Synopsis: Another Inspector Mirabelle Adventure (As Well As His Favourite) | ||||
DeeDee and Danny |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
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Notes: Music by George Robertson Jr; music by Ritchie Breman; lyrics by George Robertson Jr; book by Sam Bobrick; book by Ron Clark | ||||
Synopsis: Two singers from the height of their popularity in the 1950s to their later decline ending their days in a nursing home. | ||||
Driving Love Nuts |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | One act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: A socially conscious writer life is changed by love | ||||
Flemming |
| 1st Produced: | Germany | - | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | AmericThriller | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Getting Sara Married |
| 1st Produced: | To Be Produced | 2005 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Hamlet II |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: mad zany parody of the original with a much happier ending | ||||
Happiness of Lewis, The |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 |
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Synopsis: Lewis has realised that he needs a different woman to satisfy his different needs. Xenia for sex, Emma for mothering and Sarah for friendship and he has all three living in the same house. | ||||
Lenny's Back |
| 1st Produced: | US | - | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | Solo | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
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Synopsis: About Lenny Bruce | ||||
Little Bit Wicked, A |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Mystery | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: A wealthy older man is just starting his third marriage to a woman much younger than himself. Her brother turns up for a visit and shows no interest in leaving. | ||||
Murder At The Howard Johnson's |
| 1st Produced: | Boston, MA | - | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: written with Ron Clark | ||||
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New York Water |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: A misfit accountant and receptionist decide that New York is holding them back and try to make a go of it together in several other towns, Davenport Iowa and Los Angeles, California. The receptionist turns out to be a dynamo, soon becoming a major player in the movie business while the accountant finds himself falling further down the ladder of success | ||||
No Hard Feelings |
| 1st Produced: | Boston, MA | - | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 |
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Notes: written with Ron Clark | ||||
Synopsis: a middle aged electrical fixtures tycoon's life falls apart as his wife leaves him for a young lover and he is forced to confront his chauvinism, egocentrism and paranoia | ||||
Norman Is That You |
| 1st Produced: | Lyceum Theatre New York | 1970 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
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Notes: written with Ron Clark | ||||
Synopsis: Norman and Garson are living happily in their New York apartment when Norman's father Ben turns up. He tells Norman that his mother, Beatrice, has run off with his uncle, Julius, and that he has come to stay whilst getting over the shock. Norman persuades Garson to move out whilst he father is in New York. Ben is aghast at finding out his son is gay and he takes an instant dislike to Garson. He tries to split them up. Then he tries to "straighten" Norman by hiring Mary a prostitute. Norman is so angry he leaves. Garson decides not to stay away whilst Ben is in the apartment and returns making up a bed on the couch for Ben. During the next few days they continue to "snipe" at each other and wondering when Norman will come back. Ben hires Mary again so that this time she can "straighten" Garson. Whilst she is getting ready in the bedroom, Beatrice arrives. She has had enough of Julius' and has come to stay with her son. Ben tells her that Norman is gay and living with another man. Beatrice says that she will not be returning to Ben. When Mary comes out of the bedroom Beatrice thinks that she is Norman. Norman returns and says that he has enlisted in the Navy for three years. Beatrice agrees to return home as long as Garson comes too. The two parents start to conspire - they will try and get Garson off with the gay son of an acquaintance and keep a look out for a nice professional - doctor or dentist for Norman. | ||||
Outrageous Adventures Of Sheldon & Mrs Levine, The |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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Notes: written by Sam Bobrick and Julie Stein | ||||
Synopsis: A 31 year old son runs away from his overbearing mother. The play is a series of letters between them as each searches desperately to make sense of their relationship. We are taken to places like Tibet, Bismark, North Dakota, Graceland and Yuma, Arizona. | ||||
Remember Me? |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
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Sheldon and Mrs Levine |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: Written by Sam Bobrick and Julie Stein | ||||
Synopsis: Told in letters from a Mother and Son. She is overbearing and cannot see why he is upset that she broke up his marriage. | ||||
Slow Night in Elk City |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 3 |
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Synopsis: Most businesses have moved to another part of town so there is not much trade at the Esquire Bar. Frances wants her husband to relocate too but he is unwilling. She hopes to get her way by getting someone to burn the bar down. | ||||
Splitting Issues |
| 1st Produced: | To Be Produced | 2005 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Stanway Case, The |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | Psychological thriller | - | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: Two jurors on a murder case get involved romantically only to discover that not only are they are at opposite ends about the verdict, but each is not the person the other thought they were. Simultaneously but at a different time, another couple with ties to the murder case, occupy the same space | ||||
Tolstoy In Jersey |
| 1st Produced: | Germany | - | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Two Single People |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: A man is pursued by a woman but she eventually gives up. It is then that he realises he wanted her all along. | ||||
Wally's Cafe |
| 1st Produced: | Broadway | - | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1982 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: written with Ron Clark | ||||
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Weekend Comedy |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
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Notes: written with Jeanne Bobrick | ||||
Synopsis: two couples rent the same Catskills cabin for the same weekend by mistake, one couple are staid and middle age the other young and free wheeling | ||||