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JOHN CHODES (1939 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Charles Ryweck |
John Chodes has had a number of plays produced including The Longboat, Slaves, Avenue A Anthology and Frederick II, and the musical, Molineaux. He was advisor to Dustin Hoffman for the Paramount Pictures film Marathon Man as a result of his book Corbitt, the biography of Ted Corbitt, a marathon runner. Chodes a also wrote the book, Jenner, a biography of Bruce Jenner, Olympic decathlon gold medalist. His most recent book is Jabez Curry and the Re-Education of the Old South.
Plays by John Chodes
Avenue A Anthology | ||
| 1st Produced: | Henry Street Playhouse, NYC | - - - | ||||
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 | #6831 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | modern version of Spoon River Anthology | |||||
Synopsis: | The living and dead occupants of a century-old tenement describe their lives in monologue form, directly to the au-audience. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Frederick Two | ||
| 1st Produced: | unproduced | 1994 | ||||
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 | #53033 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by David Reiser and John Chodes | |||||
Synopsis: | A musical based upon Frederick II, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire in the 1200s and his dealings with the various popes who are in power during his reign. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Molineaux | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Row Theatre, New York City | 1995 | ||||
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 | #6832 | |||
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: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by David Reiser and John Chodes | |||||
Synopsis: | a musical based upon the true story of a former American slave, Tom Molineaux, who battled his way to London in the early 1800s to challenge the world boxing champion, Thomas Cribb. Cribb, however, wants to retire and refuses to fight. Undaunted, Molineaux defeats all the contenders to the crown (while having a secret love affair with Cribb's mistress) and becomes one of the most popular sports figures in London. Boxing fans, however, don't want a foreigner (and especially a black man) to be their new champion and persuade Cribb to come out of retirement and defeat the young upstart. In what was hailed as "the battle of the century", Cribb actually beats Molineaux but loses the match because of cheating on the part of Cribb's manager and the timekeeper. Denied the championship, Molineaux falls into alcoholism and dies in Ireland. | |||||
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