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MANUEL PUIG (1932 - 1990) |
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Nationality: Argentinian Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Casarotto Ramsay and Associates Ltd USA agent International Creative Management |
Manuel Puig was born in Argentina. He Studied film directing at the Cinecitta studios in Rome in the late 1950s, working as an assistant director to the likes of Kay Kendall and Vittorio de Sica. He left Rome for New York, and wrote his first novel whilst working ad a clerk for Air France at Kennedy Airport. From 1967 until Perons return in 1973, Puig lived in Argentina. He then lived in exile in Brazil until his death in 1990. He is best known for his play THE KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN.
Adaptation / Translations of Plays by Manuel Puig
Kiss Of the Spider Woman | ||
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| 1st Published: | Amber Lane Press, Oxford, 1987 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0906399712 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1602 | |||
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Genre: | Translation. - - Gay, theme/character, full length | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 2 voice only | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Manuel Puig | |||||
| Molina tells Valentin the story of Iraina - the Cat Woman. Two prisoners share a cell in an Argentinian gaol. Valentin, a young Marxist revolutionary, is contemptuous of the older Molina who is gay, yet a deep friendship develops. But the guards are bribing Molina with the promise of an early release if he can get his cellmate to talk | |||||
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Mystery Of A Rose Bouquet | ||
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| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 1988 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1603 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Manuel Puig | |||||
Synopsis: | the relationship between a wealthy bed-bound patient and her apparently doentrodden nurse. | |||||
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Mystery Of The Rose Bouquet, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA | 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 | #39994 | |||
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Genre: | American Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Manuel Puig. Recipient California Arts Council Grant in Playwrighting, 1981. Resident Playwright Sundance Playwrights Festival, Summer 1990 | |||||
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