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PRISCILLA B DEWEY (1924 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Freelance Press |
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Plays by Priscilla B Dewey |
Chanticleer | ||
| 1st Produced: | Park School Theater, Brookline MA | 1989 | ||||
Company: | Freelance Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | Freelance Press, 1989 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #9483 | |||
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Genre: | Contemporary | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 18 m or f | |||||
Notes: | music by Katrina Cameron | |||||
Synopsis: | Based on a true story, this is the story of an enchanted Swis sweathervane. An American couple traveling in Europe at the turn of the last century, persuade the caretaker of a Swiss castle to sell them the handsome sculpture of the Coq of Tourbillon, much against the wishes of the town's children The displaced rooster is brought back to America and haunts the Clark family with its longing for home. | |||||
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Dearo Family | ||
| 1st Produced: | Boston Jubilee, Boston Public Library | 1979 | ||||
Company: | Freelance Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | script at Harvard Theater Collection, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #9484 | |||
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Genre: | Boston History | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | Large Cast | |||||
Notes: | written with David Downing, music by Tom megan | |||||
Synopsis: | Honey Fitz rises to political stardom as Irish immigration experience flourishes; the newly powerful forget what it was like to be disenfranchised. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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King Arthur's Knights & Days | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theater by the Sea, Matunick, RI | 1972 | ||||
Company: | Theatre By The Sea | |||||
| 1st Published: | Freelance Press, 1974 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #9485 | |||
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Genre: | Classical Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 6 m or f, many extras | |||||
Notes: | book and lyricsby PBD, music by Tony Hutchins. Adaptation of poem by Robert browning | |||||
Synopsis: | Every kingdom needs a queen' and king Arthur gets one in this romp with the characters from the court of Camelot. Arthur develops the Round Table code; "Might for Right and Be Polite," but is almost overthrown by Mordred and sorceress morgan leFey. An off-beat solution breaks the spell and king Arthur, Lancelot, and knights save Guinevere. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mouse in the White House, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Festival Theater, Dover MA | 1970 | ||||
Company: | Charles River creative Arts program | |||||
| 1st Published: | script at Harvard Theater Collection, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #9486 | |||
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Genre: | Contemporary | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 20 or more | |||||
Notes: | book and lyrics by PBD | |||||
Synopsis: | Spoof on the Nixon Whitehouse | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Pied Piper, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theater by the Sea, Matunick, RI | 1971 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | script at Harvard Theater Collection, 1974 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #9487 | |||
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Genre: | Play with Music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | Large Cast | |||||
Notes: | book and lyrics by PBD | |||||
Synopsis: | This familiar story deals with music as magic. The mayor of Hamlin and his councillors bring great sorrow to their town by their arrogance and greed. The play focuses on the importance of children and the warmth and joy they bring. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Prime Time | ||
| 1st Produced: | Festival Theater, Dover MA | 1971 | ||||
Company: | Charles River creative Arts program | |||||
| 1st Published: | script at Harvard Theater Collection, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #9488 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | book and lyrics by PBD | |||||
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Rip's New Wrinkle | ||
| 1st Produced: | Festival Theater, Dover MA | 1971 | ||||
Company: | Charles River creative Arts program | |||||
| 1st Published: | Bakers Plays, Boston, MA, 1974 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #9489 | |||
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Genre: | Classical Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | book and lyrics by PBD, music by Tony Hutchins | |||||
Synopsis: | In this contemporary adaptation of the Washington Irving classic, Rip Van Winkle, pursued by his nagging wife, finds 'sleep is a place to go' and wakes up 200 years later. Disoriented in an industrial world, Rip sings poignantly of the loss of his farm community in "Where's the Forest Gone?' This musical features hendrick Hudson and a look at the contemporary political scene through the eyes of Rip himself. | |||||
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To Find A Rose | ||
| 1st Produced: | Boston Theaters and Schools | 1978 | ||||
Company: | Freelance Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | Freelance Press, 1978 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #9490 | |||
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Genre: | Classical Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 13 m or f | |||||
Notes: | book and lyrics by PBD, music by Tony Hutchins | |||||
Synopsis: | Based on the traditional story of Beauty and the Beast. Beauty and her spirit of sacrifice and love carry us through this tale of her father's changing fortunes and her sisters' disdain. The play explores the nature of beauty and juxtaposes the pursuit of material wealth against the possibilities of the spirit as expressed in the arts and in human relationships. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Two If By Sea | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ellsworth Hall | 1970 | ||||
Company: | Atheneum Boston Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | script at Harvard Theater Collection, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #9491 | |||
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Genre: | Historical Romp | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | book and lyrics by PBD, music by Tony Hutchins | |||||
Synopsis: | Paul and Rachel Revere, Sam Adams, John and 'Aunt'Lydia Hancock, Dolly Quincy, General Gage and others representing in song and dance, activites in Boston from the Boston Tea Party to the night of The 'shot heard round the world'. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Young Country | ||
| 1st Produced: | Charles Playhouse, Boston MA | 1976 | ||||
Company: | Freelance Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | Bakers Plays, Boston, MA, 1976 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #9492 | |||
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Genre: | Historical revue | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 1b 1g extras | |||||
Notes: | book and lyrics by PBD, music by Tony Hutchins. Adaptation of poem by Robert browning | |||||
Synopsis: | Paul and Rachel Revere, Sam Adams, John Hancock, Dolly Quincy and others representing in song, dance and scenes, activities in Boston from the Tea Party to the night of the eighteenth of April in 75 | |||||
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