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San Francisco

1965

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Privately Printed (also Grove Press, 1991)

1965

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Play/Drama

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The production history of THE BEARD in the USA is well documented, but the play has surprisingly only been produced outside of the USA twice. The first production was at The Royal Court, London in 1968. It starred Billie Dillion as Jean and Richard Bright as Billy and was directed by Rip Torn. Despite rave reviews, the play remained un-produced in the UK until 23rd July 2006 when it played at The Old Red Lion Theatre, London. This time the play was directed by Nic Saunders for Theatre 14167 and starred Victoria Yeates as Jean and Christopher Daley as Billy. The 2006 revival featured new music written for the play by composer Terry Riley. Michael McClure acted as consultant on both productions.
(Nic Saunders)

Synopsis:
Examining the nature of seduction and attraction the play brings into explosive confrontation two legends of America's recent past: the sultry, platinum blonde movie star, Jean Harlow; and the baby faced, quick-tempered outlaw, Billy The Kid. Drawn to each other, but constrained from yielding by their towering egos, the two probe each other's weaknesses and uncertainties with cruel precision she mocking his vaunted masculinity, and he accusing her of envying his beauty. In time, as their obstinacy fades with the knowledge that there is no one watching them that they are free to slip out from behind the larger-than-life facades with which they have been burdened the two give way to their true feelings in a rush of unbridled passion, leading to a final scene which is one of the most celebrated and widely discussed of the modern theatre.

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New York

1964

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Great Lakes Books, Milwaukee

1967

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Berkley, California

1969

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in "Gargoyle Cartoons", Delacorte Press, New York

1971

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1973

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Berkley, California

1969

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Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles

1970

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San Francisco

1980

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1974

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San Francisco

1960

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in "The Mammals", Cranium Press, San Francisco

1972

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San Francisco

1975

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Dramatists Play Service, NY

1982

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Striving for admission to the League of Superheroes, General Gorgeous is repeatedly thwarted by domestic hassles or by confrontations with The Blue Mutant, an arch villain who bends every effort to locate The Secreta source of power that, he mistakenly believes, is hidden in Gorgeous' futuristic digs. As it turns out, The Secret is actually in the possession of General Gorgeous' father, Roar, a retired Superhero who is visiting from Florida with his wife, Mouse Woman, and who is shortly kidnapped and tortured by The Blue Mutant. The battle is joined as General Gorgeous tackles The Blue Mutant, seeking to rescue his parents, vanquish evil, and protect The Secretwhile, at the same time, squabbling with his wife, Angela (who wants to start a family); mollifying his nubile mistress, Lilah; and trying to make his philosopher friend John Paul aware that the pretty servant whom he is smitten by is really a panda bear and not a woman. In the end, virtue is gloriously triumphant, but not before some telling points are made about good, evil and the transmuting power of love.

San Francisco

1977

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1978

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San Francisco

1974

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New Directions, New York

1976

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doubling

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Mert and Gert pine for their lost son Shitfer who disappeared into a space/time continuum. They are crushed to death when an enormous hairy elephant sits on them. In their after-life they meet the Blind Dyke, a Giant Talking Penguin, a dead sheep, two shepherds and a naked girl with wings - who all turn out to be parts of Shitfer.

Los Angeles

1973

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Truck Press, St Paul

1978

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Berkley, California

1970

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in "Evergreen Review", New York, April-May

1964

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in Four In Hand

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New York

1978

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New Directions, New York

1980

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fantasy

Adaptation

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from story by Franz Kafka

Synopsis:
Josephine is a mousebut she is also a singer, a creative artist who seeks to be exempted from the nagging demands of the workaday world. Unfortunately the powers-that-be deny her request, despite the fact that Josephine's singing mesmerizes the other mice, and particularly, Baby, a young male mouse who falls in love with Josephine and wants to marry her and produce little mice. But Josephine wants only to sing, which points up the conflicts which she, as an artist, must deal with: in her relationship with the public; with society at large; and in her personal life. In the end there seems to be no satisfactory resolution of her problem, no reconciliation possible between the public and private Josephines, so she simply vanishestrading an untenable present existence for future enshrinement in the fervent, if inaccurate, memories of her loyal fans.

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1973

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1978

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1975

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1979

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1974

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New York

1961

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1972

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1972

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The Feather in "Gargoyle Cartoons", Delacorte Press, New York

1971

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1971

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1976

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1979

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San Francisco

1970

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Cape Goliard Press, London

1968

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