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MARK R GIESSER |
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Plays by Mark R Giesser |
Code of the West | ||
| 1st Produced: | McGinn/Cazale Theatre | 2001 | ||||
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 | #27112 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
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Synopsis: | Comedy set in Victorian San Francisco about two women who attempt to con a man who thinks he's Emperor of the United States. Produced in Honolulu by The Actors' Group in 1999, and staged in New York under AEA Mini Contract in 1996. Show Business Critics Pick of the Week; "Mark R. Giesser . . . has the sound instinct to ridicule it [the code of the West] in mock battles of wit among several characters" - The New York Times. | |||||
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Hansen's Cab | ||
| 1st Produced: | Jose Quintero Theatre | 2000 | ||||
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 | #27314 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | Drama set in 1950s Texas about a young woman with Hansen's disease being forcibly transported to a federal hospital. "Inspiring and illuminating new play" - Show Business; "Mr. Giesser has a talent for dialogue and he has something to say" - The New York Times. | |||||
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How To Build A Better Tulip | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||||
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 | #27362 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
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Synopsis: | written by Mark R Giesser and with Lois Nettleton. Contemporary comedy about two rival plant breeders developing either the perfect black tulip or the perfect horticultural weapon of mass destruction. "Mr. Giesser is obviously a quick study with a sense of humor & The cast earns the raucous applause it gets." - The New York Times. | |||||
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Night They Burned Washington, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Row Theatre | 1998 | ||||
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 | #27476 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
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Synopsis: | Dramatic comedy set in Washington, DC in 1814 about an eccentric group of people trapped in the Patent Office during the British invasion of the city. "It's clear from the opening lines that The Night They Burned Washington is smartly written and early scenes establish that it's skillfully performed" - The New York Times. | |||||
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Pledge of Allegiance | ||
| 1st Produced: | Judith Anderson Theatre | 1997 | ||||
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 | #27484 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | Drama about two women enduring life in a Canadian refugee camp after the American Revolution. Produced in Chicago by The American Theater Company in 1999. "In this presentation, an eloquent cast & creates characters so vivid they sometimes seem threatening" - The New York Times; "By choosing the mythologized American Revolution as a setting for his anti-war message, Giesser achieves maximum impact with a devastating reminder that patriotism and military glory are built on brutality and suffering" - InTheater. | |||||
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Tulip Wars | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lion & Unicorn Theatre, 42-44 Gaisford St, Kentish Town, London NW5 2ED >>> | 02 Mar 2010 | ||||
Company: | Giant Olive Theatre Company | |||||
| 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 | #110421 | |||
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 | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | A contemporary comedy about two rival plant breeders developing either the perfect black tulip or the perfect botanical weapon of mass destruction. | |||||
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