FAY KANIN   


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Plays by Fay Kanin

FAY KANIN
Anatol
1st Produced:
1956
Company:
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1st Published:
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Genre:
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Adaptation
Parts:
Male
5
Female
6
Parts Other:
-
Notes: Original Playwright - Arthur Schnitzler. Adapted by Fay and Michael Kanin
Synopsis: -
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FAY KANIN
Gay Life, The
1st Produced:
Shubert Theater, New York
1961
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
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Music:
Original cast recording: DRG
1961
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Genre:
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Musical
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: Book by Fay Kanin and Michael Kanin; Music by Arthur Schwartz; Lyrics by Howard Dietz; Suggested by "Anatol" by Arthur Schnitzler
Synopsis: -
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FAY KANIN
Goodbye, My Fancy
1st Produced:
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1948
Company:
-
1st Published:
in "Barlow, Judith E. (Ed.), Plays By American Women, 1930-1960" Applause Books
1998
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
8
Female
12
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis:
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FAY KANIN
Grind
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
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Genre:
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Musical
Parts:
Male
15
Female
8
Parts Other:
extras
Notes: Music by Larry Grossman. Lyrics by Ellen Fitzhugh
Synopsis: Chicago 1933. Harry Earles Burlesk. The Company comprises both black and white performers - this is only allowed because the management have been paying off the authorities. Gus is the top white comedian in the show - but he is going blind and is trying to hide it from management and cast. He keeps loosing "stooges" needed for his act. In despearation he takes on homeless down and out Thomas Doyle. They gel and they start to perfect their act.. However, an on stage accident due to Gus' diminshing sight leads him to decide that it is all over and he commits suicide. Doyle is distraught and runs away and gets drunk. He is found by Satin the black stripper from the show. and she looks after him after he is attacked by a gang of yobs.LeRoy, the black comic in the show is jealous and attacks Doyle when he returns to the theatre this leads to racial tensions with the cast. Then during Satin's act a gang of racists yobs attack - differences are put behind everyone when they fight to defend each other.
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FAY KANIN
His And Hers
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY
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Genre:
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-
Parts:
Male
10
Female
4
Parts Other:
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Notes: written by Fay and Michael Kanin
Synopsis:
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FAY KANIN
Rashomon
1st Produced:
New York
1959
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1959
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Genre:
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Adaptation
Parts:
Male
6
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes: from stories of Akutagawa. written by Fay and Michael Kanin
Synopsis: A trial ensues after the wife of a Samurai is assaulted and the Samurai killed.
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