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JACK DUNPHY (1914 - 1992) |
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Plays by Jack Dunphy |
Cafe Moon | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10356 | |||
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Genre: | fantasy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Monty has never loved anything in his life except a small turtle that died years before. Now, an aging and disillusioned clerk, his only pleasure is in drinking his nights away at the Cafe Moon. One evening a premonition of Death comes to him in the guise of a young dandy. He finds himself stuck in the doorway with the young man, and try as he will, he cannot, or will not, move away. He is attracted and repelled at the same time. He takes one drink after another to quiet the terror of his premonition, while the young man, who has placed a bet on Monty's nightly habit of entering the bar, tries to persuade him to go in. Finally, the young man changes his mind about the bet and leaves, returning to offer Monty love in the form of another small turtle. But it is too late. Monty is dead. | |||||
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Gay Apprentice | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre De Lys, New York | 1960 | ||||
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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 | #38634 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 5 | ||
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Light A Penny Candle | ||
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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 | #100946 | |||
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Saturday Night Kid, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Provincetown Playhouse, New York | 1958 | ||||
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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 | #103072 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Squirrel | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre De Lys, New York | 1962 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10357 | |||
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Genre: | sketch One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | An interesting sketch about a shy office clerk who likes squirrels so much that he almost believes he is one, until one day he takes an acquaintance to the park to show him "his people." He is harshly reminded by the incidents that follow that, like it or not, he is still human, that squirrels are squirrels, and never the twain shall meet. | |||||
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Sweet Of You To Say So | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre De Lys, New York | 1962 | ||||
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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 | #103073 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
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Too Close For Comfort | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre De Lys, New York | 1960 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10358 | |||
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: | Comedy Drama One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | An absorbing play about a suicide prone young man on the verge of jumping off a bridge, only to be interrupted by his bitterly sardonic mother, who he ran away from many years before, after attempting to kill her. She no longer recognizes him, having been fleeing him in fear for all this time. Two ultra-civilized, do-gooders enter to rescue the young man. However, they seem more interested in out-doing each other in dwelling on their personal feelings over the young man's attempt at death, than in actually helping him. At last, in a chilling ending, we realize that they are not really concerned about saving his life, but in witnessing his morbid end. | |||||
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