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RAY BRADBURY (1920 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: Don Congdon |
Full name, Ray Douglas Bradbury; born August 22, 1920, in Waukegan, IL; son of Leonard Spaulding (an electric company linesman) and Esther Marie (maiden name, Moberg) Bradbury; married Marguerite Susan McClure, September 27, 1947 (died November 24, 2003); children: Susan Marguerite, Ramona, Bettina, Alexandra
Plays by Ray Bradbury
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| 1st Produced: | 05 Aug 2010 | |||||
Company: | Gallimaufry Performing Arts | |||||
| 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 | #118125 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
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Notes: | book and lyrics by Ray Bradbury and Steve Josephson. Music by John Hooke | |||||
Synopsis: | Hauntingly beautiful, lyrical, cautionary tale for the age of technology. Told by 'Mr Marionette's Shadow Show' - robots, dancers, marionettes, fugitives from the law | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Anthem Sprinters, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Beverly Hills | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Anthem Sprinters and Other Antics" published by Dial Press 1963 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98131 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
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| An American in a small Irish town gets involved in the local sport - anthem running. The cinema is on one side of the road and the pub on the other. At the end of the film as the national anthem is played the audience makes a dash to the pub the first to get there is the winner. | |||||
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Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1968 | ||||
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 | #98132 | |||
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Synopsis: | 1929 and grandma has a new lodger - Mr Dickens. Grandson Ralph changes his name to Pip and helps transcribe "A Tale Of Two Cities" | |||||
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Bless Me Father For I Have Sinned | ||
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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 | #126246 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
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Synopsis: | Christmas Eve in the church confessional. The priest listens to a confession about events fifty years ago | |||||
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Chrysalis | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | B000GRFNPE | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98113 | |||
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Genre: | Science fiction | |||||
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Cistern | ||
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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 | #126247 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
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Synopsis: | A young woman wants to explore the cistern that runs under the city and meet the young undead couple who live there | |||||
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Clear View Of An Irish Mist | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Anthem Sprinters and Other Antics" published by Dial Press 1963 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #126248 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
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Colonel Stonesteel's Genuine Homemade Truly Egyptian Mummy | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #126249 | |||
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Synopsis: | The colonel is persuade to talk about his war experiences | |||||
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Come Into My Cellar | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | B000GRFNPE | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98114 | |||
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| Just what has the boy got in the cellar? | |||||
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Dandelion Wine | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lincoln Center's Forum Theatre | 1967 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing Company | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98134 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 8 | ||
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Notes: | based on his novel of the same title; music composed by Billy Goldenberg | |||||
Synopsis: | Grandpa gets his two grandsons to pick dandelions for him to make into wine. Drinking the wine can take you back to the year that it was made. One of the grandsons - now 38 - Doug drinks the wine made in June 1938. He goes back to a time in his teenage years. A Mr Forester has just arrived in town and he befriends Doug. They talk of time machines and Para Lightfoot tennis sneakers. Doug hopes that going back will put life back into him as he is now | |||||
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Dark They Were And Golden Eyed | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | B000GRFNPE | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98115 | |||
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Day It Rained Forever - The Musical | ||
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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 | #126250 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Music by Tom Gire; William Whitefield; lyrics by Ray Bradbury; Tom Gire; William Whitefield; book by Ray Bradbury; Tom Gire | |||||
Synopsis: | At Joe Terle's Desert Inn there have been two residents who have been there for 21 years - Mr Fremely and Mr Smith. They are looking forward to January 29th the day it rains. But this year it does not. In the evening a car breaks down outside and Miss Blanche gets out. She has a harp. She plays it for the old men and it turns into a beautiful young woman. The young woman sings and dances and the heavens open and it pours with rain | |||||
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Day It Rained Forever, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc (1966) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98135 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Three old men in rocking chairs in an hotel in the middle of the desert. It only rains on one day of the year. Today is that day - but it does not rain. One man decides to pack up and leave, another to give up and die. Then a strange woman arrives by car. She has a harp and when she plays it rains | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Death and the Maiden | ||
| 1st Produced: | Court Theatre, Hollywood | 18 Mar 2003 | ||||
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 | #126251 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
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Synopsis: | Old Mam is ninety. One day a young man knocks at her door. He has a green elixir if she drinks it she will be sixteen again - but only for twenty four hours | |||||
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Device Out Of Time, A | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing, 1986 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #4228 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Two brothers have "invented" a time machine - a jar full of fireflies. They take the jar to old Colonel Freeleigh. The fireflies light up and they find themselves transported back | |||||
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Down Wind From Getysburg | ||
| 1st Produced: | New Place Theatre, Hollywood | Feb 2006 | ||||
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 | #126252 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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End Of The Beginning | ||
| 1st Produced: | Fremont Center Theater, Pasadena | Dec 2006 | ||||
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 | #126253 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Fahrenheit 451 | ||
| 1st Produced: | Colony Theatre | 1979 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing, 1986 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #48184 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 | ||
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Notes: | based on his story of same title | |||||
Synopsis: | The system was simple. Everyone understood it. Books were for burning along with the houses in which they were hidden. Guy Montag was a young fireman whose job it was to start fires. And he enjoyed his job. He had been a fireman for ten years, and he had never questioned the pleasure of the midnight runs nor the joy of watching pages consumed by flames. . .never questioned anything until he met a 17-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid. Then Guy met a professor who told him of a future in which people could think. And Guy Montag suddenly realized what he had to do. . .. | |||||
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Falling Upward | ||
| 1st Produced: | Melrose Theatre, Los Angeles | 1988 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing, 1989 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #69155 | |||
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Synopsis: | The regulars at a small Irish pub are surprised when a dandified group of Italian tourists come in | |||||
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Finnegan, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Fremont Center Theater, Pasadena | 2006 | ||||
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 | #126254 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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First Night Of Lent, The | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Anthem Sprinters and Other Antics" published by Dial Press 1963 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #126255 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
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| Most evenings the writer has discussions with the film producer. His driver, Nick, waits for him at the pub and then drives him home at a good speed, smoothly and with no trouble. Nick says as it is Lent he will give up cigarettes. The next night Nick drives at high speeds and erratically. He has given up drinking for Lent instead and before he was driving drunk | |||||
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Flying Machine, The | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | B000GRFNPE | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98116 | |||
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| In Ancient China a man has invented a flying machine. The Emperor thinks it will be a threat to China's security and orders the execution of the inventor and the machine destroyed | |||||
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Foghorn, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1977 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | B000GRFNPE | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98123 | |||
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Notes: | based on his story of same title | |||||
| A sea monster mistakes a fog horn for a mating call | |||||
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Gotcha | ||
| 1st Produced: | New Place Theatre, Hollywood | Feb 2006 | ||||
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 | #126256 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Great Collision Of Monday Last, The | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Anthem Sprinters and Other Antics" published by Dial Press 1963 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #126257 | |||
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| An American is drinking in the bar of a pub in a small Irish town when a man comes in covered in blood and with his clothes torn. He has been in an accident in the fog. The American is mystified because he had not heard any car engine or sounds of a crash. A doctor explains that outside of Dublin most crashes are between bicyclists. | |||||
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Green Town | ||
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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 | #69156 | |||
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Synopsis: | 1929 Green Town, Illinois. Ralph works part time at the local barber shop sweeping up. One day a man comes in claiming he is Charles Dickens and calling Ralph "Pip". He takes Ralph to the library and there they meet Emily Dickinson. | |||||
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Hail And Farewell | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | B000GRFNPE | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98117 | |||
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| Willie is a boy who cannot grow up. He spends a few years with one family and then before they realise about him he moves on. He is about to leave his latest adoptive parents - but stays to tell them about his life | |||||
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I Will Arise And Go Now | ||
| 1st Produced: | Court Theatre, Hollywood | 18 Mar 2003 | ||||
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 | #126258 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
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Synopsis: | The husband who is seventy-five threatens to go into the cold wet forest and lie down and die. His wife tells him to do just that. However, once in the forest he remembers the love he has for his wife and her roast dinners and so goes back home | |||||
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Icarus Montgolfier Wright | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | B000GRFNPE | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98118 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
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Invisible Boy, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | South Pasedena Fremont CentreTheatre | 19 Jan 2008 | ||||
Company: | Pandemonium Theatre Group | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | B000GRFNPE | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98119 | |||
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| 1920s. A lonely backwoods woman tries to entice her cousin's son, Charley, to stay with her. She tells him that she has put a spell on him and he is invisible. He says he will stay until the spell wears off. So that she cannot see where he is Charley takes off his clothes and wanders around naked. This is too much for the woman and she tells him the spell has worn off. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Kaleidoscope | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | B000GRFNPE | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98122 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
| Millions of miles from Earth a space ship is hit by a meteor and breaks apart. The seven man crew are left floating in space with only their communicators to keep them in contact with each other | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Let's All Kill Constance | ||
| 1st Produced: | Court Theatre, Los Angeles | - - - | ||||
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 | #119240 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Hollywood 1960. Constance Rattigan an ageing star believes that someone wants to murder her and she goes on the run - persuade by a devoted fan who is also an amateur detective | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Leviathan 99 | ||
| 1st Produced: | Stage 9 Theatre | 1972 | ||||
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 | #98136 | |||
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Genre: | Science Fiction | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | BBC 1966 | |||||
Synopsis: | The space ship captain looses his sight when he got too close to a comet. He vows to destroy it even if that means putting his crew and ship in danger | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Machineries Of Joy | ||
| 1st Produced: | Fremont Center Theater, Pasadena | 2006 | ||||
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 | #126259 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Madrigals for the Space Age | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles | 1973 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Music Publishers, 1972 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98137 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | for chorus and narrator; music composed by Lalo Schifrin | |||||
| n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Man, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | B000GRFNPE | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98120 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
| n/a | |||||
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Martian Chronicles, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Colony Theatre, Los Angeles | 1977 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing, 1986 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98138 | |||
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Genre: | Science Fiction | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | based on his novel of same title | |||||
Synopsis: | One Martian asks another if there is life on Earth. It is thought to be impossible - too much oxygen. A spaceship from Earth crashes on Mars and all on board are killed. A rescue mission is sent - it lands safely but the crew are put in a Martian insane asylum for thinking that they are Earthmen | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Meadow, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Huntington Hartford Theatre, Hollywood | 1960 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Best One Act Plays Of 1947 - 1948" published by Dodd Mead 1948 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98139 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Originally broadcast as a radio drama in 1947 | |||||
Synopsis: | A nightwatchman tries to save a movie studio that is due to be demolished | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Messiah | ||
| 1st Produced: | Fremont Center Theater, Pasadena | Dec 2006 | ||||
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 | #126260 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Million Year Picnic, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | B000GRFNPE | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98121 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
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Parrot Who Met Papa, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Fremont Center Theater, Pasadena | 2006 | ||||
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 | #126261 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Pedestrian, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Coronet Theatre, Los Angeles | 1964 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #69157 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of The World of Ray badbury | |||||
Synopsis: | The future and no one is allowed to leave their rooms. One man persuades another to walk the streets at night. The robot police catch them. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Pillar of Fire | ||
| 1st Produced: | Little Theatre, California State College, Fullerton, CA | 1973 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | B000GRFNPE | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #69158 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
| Lantry wakes up and finds he is in the year 2274. People no longer mourn the dead and the works of Edgar Allen Poe have been destroyed | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Screaming Woman, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | B000GRFNPE | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98124 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
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Smile, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | B000GRFNPE | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98125 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
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Something Wicked This Way Comes | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||||
Company: | Catherine Wheels and the National Theatre of Scotland | |||||
| 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 | #84663 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | Play By Ray Bradbury, From His Own Novel | |||||
Synopsis: | The funfair arrives in town but this one has a more sinister promise: a faustian opportunity to meddle with time in return for your soul. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Swan, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Court Theatre, Hollywood | 18 Mar 2003 | ||||
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 | #126262 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Helen lost her beloved in the 'flu epidemic of 1918. Now she is in her nineties. She meets William in his thirties and invites him home to drink wine | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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That Ghost, That Bride of Time | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1976 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Excerpts from a Play-in-Progress,published by Roy A. Squires Press, 1976 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #69159 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Based on "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Time In Thy Flight | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | B000GRFNPE | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98126 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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To The Chicago Abyss | ||
| 1st Produced: | Coronet Theatre, Los Angeles | 1964 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Bantam Books (1972) | ISBN/ASIN: | B000M7AOZ2 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98127 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 1 boy | |||||
Notes: | part of The World of Ray badbury | |||||
| An old man remembers happier times | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Touched With Fire | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #126263 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Two retired insurance agents try to prevent a murder | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Trolley, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | B000GRFNPE | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98128 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Veldt, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1980 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Bantam Books (1972) | ISBN/ASIN: | B000M7AOZ2 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98129 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 1 boy 1 girl | |||||
Notes: | part of The World of Ray badbury | |||||
| The playroom built by their parents makes the children's dreams come true | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Way in the Middle of the Air | ||
| 1st Produced: | Desilu Gower Studios, Hollywood | 1962 | ||||
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 | #98141 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Coronet Theatre, Los Angeles | 1965 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Bantam Books (1972) | ISBN/ASIN: | B000M7AOZ2 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98130 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
| Six out of luck Mexican young men buy a suit that brings the best out of them all | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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World of Ray Bradbury, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Coronet Theatre, Los Angeles | 1964 | ||||
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 | #98142 | |||
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Genre: | three One Acts | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | three one-acts: The Pedestrian,The Veldt, and To the Chicago Abyss), produced at Coronet Theatre, Los Angeles, 1964, then Orpheum Theatre, New York City, 1965 | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ylla | ||
| 1st Produced: | New Place Theatre, Hollywood | Feb 2006 | ||||
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 | #126264 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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