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Ring Lardner Jr

RING LARDNER JR

  (1915 - 2000)
Nationality:    USA
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Ring Lardner Jr's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of Ring Lardner Jr's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Foxy         June Moon         Tridget Of Greva

Foxy

Foxy
1898 the Gold Rush in the Yukon. Jim Fox tells his friends that he has found a mother lode. However they jump his claim and get all the gold and money. Jim and con man Doc Mosk join forces to get it back. they let it be known the Jim - Foxy - is dying and has a huge box of gold that he wants to give to an heir. the three claim jumpers start being nice to Foxy and doing everything he wants. Meanwhile the son of one of the claim jumpers, Ben, has arrived from college. Ben stops Celia who in desperation at having nothing wanted to sell herself to the highest bidder

Notes:
Music by Robert emmett Dolan; lyrics by Johnnie Mercer; book by Ian McLellan Hunter; Ring Lardner Jr

1st Produced:
Ziegfield Theatre, New York    16 Feb 1964

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: SPM (CO-4636) 1964

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
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June Moon

Synopsis:
talented young lyricist arrives in New York in 1929 to make money, returns to true love after adventures with money grabbing vamp

Notes:
written By Ring Lardner And George S Kaufman

1st Produced:
Vaudeville, London    1992

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London,    -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy with music Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Tridget Of Greva

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "24 Favorite One act Plays" published by Dolphin Books   -

Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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