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Larry L King

LARRY L KING

  (1929 - 2012)
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Barbara S Blaine  

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below is a list of Larry L King's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public         Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The         Christmas: 1933         Kingfish         Night Hank Williams Died, The

Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public

Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public
Happy go lucky view of small-time vice and statewide political sidestepping recounts the good times and the demise of the Chicken Ranch, known since the 1850s as one of the better pleasure palaces in all of Texas.

Notes:
book by Larry King And Peter Masterston; music And lyrics by Carol Hall

1st Produced:
Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London    26 Feb 1981

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York,    -

Music:
Original Broadway cast recording: Varese (5542)

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  13            Female:  14            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
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Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The

Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The
This happy go lucky view of small town vice and statewide political side-stepping recounts the good times and the demise of the Chicken Ranch, known since the 1850s as one of the better pleasure palaces in all of Texas. Governors, senators, mayors, and even victorious college football teams frequent Miss Mona's cozy bordello until that puritan nemesis Watchdog focuses his television cameras and his righteous indignation on the institution.

Notes:
book by Larry King And Peter Masterston; music And lyrics by Carol Hall. Based on a story by Larry L. King.

1st Produced:
46th Street Theatre In New York City    19 Jun 1978

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York,    978-0573681110

Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  13            Female:  14            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Theatre Record Volume I (1981) Page 93; Theatre Record Volume XXXI (2011) Issue 22 Page 1190

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Christmas: 1933

Synopsis:
a middle aged man and his aged parents remember Christmas 1933 when a Father got lost in a blizzard bringing home presents for his five year old son

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York   978-0573662515

Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Kingfish

Kingfish
the story of Huey P Long

Notes:
Written Larry L King And Ben Z Grant

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Southern Methodist University Press 1992   978-0870743245

Music:
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Genre:
Monologue play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Night Hank Williams Died, The

Synopsis:
failed ex football hero dreams of making it as a songwriter and country singer but the robbery to get money to escape to Nashville goes wrong

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1990   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy/Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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