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MURPHY GUYER |
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Literary Agent: Talent Works |
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Plays by Murphy Guyer |
American Century, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | 20 One-Act Plays From 20 Years Of The Humana Festival, Edited by Michele Volansky and Michael Bigelow Dixon, Smith & Kraus, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #14997 | |||
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Genre: | Joke In 1 Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | part of American Shorts | |||||
Synopsis: | World War II has ended and Tom, just discharged from the Army, returns to his young wife, Margaret, full of hope and enthusiasm, and dreams of a bounteous future. But as they plan their life together they are joined by a brash young stranger who, to their amazement, proceeds to make himself very much at home. He is, he explains, one of the children they will have, and he fills them in so completely about their past and present lives-and the future which awaits them-that Tom and Margaret soon find themselves moving from incredulity to panic. In the most casual, blithely humorous manner he tells of a world gone mad with space races, Watergate and the threat of atomic annihilation; of his siblings who have come to a variety of bad ends; and of Tom and Margaret's own descent into bankruptcy, booze, and pill-popping. Increasingly aghast as one horror is casually (and hilariously) piled on another, Tom rushes for the door, determined to escape before any of this can occur only to be pursued by his unloving but pragmatic son who suddenly realizes that without a father, his own existence, chancy as it may be, will never happen. | |||||
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Eden Court | ||
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| 1st Published: | TCG in Plays in Process., | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #14998 | |||
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Genre: | Two Acts Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | In a low-rent trailer park, Shroeder Duncan faces his 30th birthday frustrated by an elusive mouse, tormented by neighbourhood dogs, and embroiled in marital conflict with his Elvis-worshipping wife | |||||
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Enchanted Maze, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1990 | |||||
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 | #14999 | |||
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Infinite Regress of Human Vanity, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Cleveland Play House, Ohio | - - - | ||||
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 | #48355 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Interrogation | ||
| 1st Produced: | Victor Jory Theater, Louisville, KY | 1982 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Ten Minute Plays From The Actors Theatre Of Louisville volume Two" published by Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #80091 | |||
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Genre: | Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | It asks the question: "When a separated couple meets in their favorite bar nine months after breaking up, how do they ask the question that is on both of their minds. . .how many people have you slept with since we broke up?" | |||||
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Loyalties | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1984 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in 25 Ten-Minute Plays from Actors Theatre of Louisville, 1989 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #48354 | |||
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Genre: | Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Metaphor, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | |||||
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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 | #15000 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | When a strange interrogation is derailed by a prisoner's defiance, the interrogator pulls out all the stops - outrageous, absurd and theatrical. But the prisoner's resistance ultimately disrupts everything, even the performance | |||||
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Rendezvous With Reality | ||
| 1st Produced: | Philidelphia, PA | 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 | #15001 | |||
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World of Mirth | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Four, Off Broadway, NY | 2001 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2002 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #15002 | |||
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Genre: | Black Comedy Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | When the self-described "family" of the World of Mirth carnival hits a streak of bad weather and bad luck, their response is fearfully un-family-like. The play begins three days after Kaspar Kelly, the carnival owner, has forcibly retired Oscar the Frog Boy, a twenty-year veteran of the freak tent. At the time, Sweeney, the dunk-cage clown and Oscar's best friend, begged his fellow carnies to kick in a few dollars to help keep Oscar on the midway; but pleading poverty, they refused. That night Oscar committed suicide, a fact Sweeney will not let them forget. Empowered by his own indifference, an indifference born of booze, grief and a nagging doubt, Sweeney has turned the taunts and insults he normally reserves for "marks" against the carnies themselves. But what begins as gleeful ridicule turns to wanton vindictiveness when one of his more reckless antics leaves him bloodied and betrayed. With savage spite he sets out to punish and destroy the entire carnival by exposing its every lie and self-delusion. At one point his embittered cynicism prompts him to deny even the existence of love itself. But ultimately it is love-blind, passionate, desperate love, that destroys him. | |||||
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