WILLIAM SAROYAN (1908 - 1981)
| Nationality: | American |
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Plays by William Saroyan
Across the Board On Tomorrow Morning |
| 1st Produced: | Nottingham | 1962 | ||
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| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 4 |
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Agony Of Little Nations, The |
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| 1st Published: | Saroyan, William, Razzle-Dazzle | 1945 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
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Assassinations |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Play | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Bad Men In The West |
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| 1st Published: | Saroyan, William, Razzle-Dazzle | 1945 | ||
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| Genre: | Ballet Scenario | - | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
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Beautiful People, The |
| 1st Produced: | Studio Teatre Club, 41 Fitzroy Square, London | 1956 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: boy writes one word novels, sister who pretends to believe in mouse words, and philosopher father who fives by benefit fraud; sustained innocence and blessed derangement | ||||
Cave Dwellers, The |
| 1st Produced: | Bijou Theatre, Broadway, NY | 1957 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | 1958 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 5 |
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Notes: Music by Bernardo Segall | ||||
Synopsis: records the adventures of some penniless people who are camping out on the stage of an abandoned theatre that is about to be pulled down for a housing project | ||||
Coming Through The Rye |
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| 1st Published: | Saroyan, William, Razzle-Dazzle | 1945 | ||
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| Genre: | Fantasy Drama | - | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | 5b 2g | |||
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Dentist And Patient |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Play | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Don't Go Away Mad |
| 1st Produced: | 1988 | |||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 2 |
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Elmer And Lily |
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| 1st Published: | Saroyan, William, Razzle-Dazzle | 1945 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Fantasy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Get Away Old Man |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 3 |
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Great American Goof, The |
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| 1st Published: | Saroyan, William, Razzle-Dazzle | 1945 | ||
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| Genre: | Ballet Play | - | Parts: | Male | 23 | Female | 11 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
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Hello Out There |
| 1st Produced: | Santa Barbara | 1941 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Saroyan, William, Razzle-Dazzle | 1945 | ||
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| Genre: | Drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
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Synopsis: about a young woman coming to visit a bewildered prisoner in a small town jail | ||||
Hungerers, The |
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| 1st Published: | Saroyan, William, Razzle-Dazzle | 1945 | ||
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| Genre: | Fantasy Drama | - | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
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Husband And Wife |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Play | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Jim Dandy |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | 13 | Female | 4 |
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Jim Sam And Anna |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
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Love's Old Sweet Song |
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| 1st Published: | Saroyan, William, The Time Of Your Life And Other Plays | 1952 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 14 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | 5b 6g | |||
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My Heart's In The Highlands |
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| 1st Published: | Saroyan, William, The Time Of Your Life And Other Plays | 1952 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | 2b 1g extras | |||
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New Play, The |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
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Once Around The Block |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
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Opera, Opera |
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| 1st Published: | Saroyan, William, Razzle-Dazzle | 1945 | ||
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| Genre: | Farce On Opera | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Ping-Pong Game, The |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Play | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Poetic Situation In America, The |
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| 1st Published: | Saroyan, William, Razzle-Dazzle | 1945 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Fantasy Ballet Play | - | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 |
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Radio Play |
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| 1st Published: | Saroyan, William, Razzle-Dazzle | 1945 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Fantasy Radio Play | - | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 1 |
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Sam Ego's House |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | 20 | Female | 4 |
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Sam the Highest Jumper Of Them All |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1960 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London | 1961 | ||
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| Genre: | Modern Comedy | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 4 |
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Settled Out Of Court |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1962 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 4 |
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Notes: written with Henry Cecil | ||||
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Slaughter Of The Innocents, The |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | 1958 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 18 | Female | 6 |
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Subway Circus |
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| 1st Published: | Saroyan, William, Razzle-Dazzle | 1945 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Fantasy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Talking To You |
| 1st Produced: | Nottingham | 1962 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Saroyan, William, Razzle-Dazzle | 1945 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Fantasy | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 1 |
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There's Something I Got To Tell You |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Play | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Time Of Your Life, The |
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| 1st Published: | Saroyan, William, The Time Of Your Life And Other Plays | 1952 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 19 | Female | 8 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
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Synopsis: a gentle surreal dream about the American Dream before the bubble burst. | ||||