JAMES SCHEVILL (1920 - )
| Nationality: | American |
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Plays by James Schevill
American Fantasies, The |
| 1st Produced: | Providence, Rhode Island | 1972 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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American Power |
| 1st Produced: | Minneapolis | 1964 | ||
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| 1st Published: | in "The Black President and Other Plays", Swallow, Denver | 1965 | ||
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Notes: includes The Space Fan, and The Master | ||||
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Black President, The |
| 1st Produced: | Providence, Rhode Island | 1965 | ||
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| 1st Published: | in "The Black President and Other Plays", Swallow, Denver | 1965 | ||
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Bloody Tenet, The |
| 1st Produced: | Providence, Rhode Island | 1956 | ||
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| 1st Published: | in "The Black President and Other Plays", Swallow, Denver | 1965 | ||
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Cathedral Of Ice |
| 1st Produced: | Providence, Rhode Island | 1975 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Pourboire Press, Massachusetts, Wood Hole | 1975 | ||
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Cid, The |
| 1st Produced: | broadcast | 1963 | ||
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| 1st Published: | in "Classic Theatre 4", Doubleday, New York | 1961 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: Original Playwright - Pierre Corneille | ||||
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Cult of Youth |
| 1st Produced: | Mineapolis | 1984 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Death Of Anton Webern, The |
| 1st Produced: | Fish Creek, Wisconsin | 1966 | ||
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| 1st Published: | in "Violence and Glory: Poems 1962-1968", Swallow Press, Chicago | 1969 | ||
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Edison's Dream |
| 1st Produced: | Providence, Rhode Island | 1982 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Emperor Norton Lives! |
| 1st Produced: | Salt Lake City | 1972 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Notes: aka Emperor Norton, music by Jerome Rosen | ||||
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Fay Wray Meets King Kong |
| 1st Produced: | Providence, Rhode Island | 1974 | ||
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| 1st Published: | in "Wastepaper Theatre Anthology", | 1978 | ||
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Galileo |
| 1st Produced: | Providence, Rhode Island | 1984 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: Original Playwright - Bertolt Brecht; Written in collaboration with Adrian Hall | ||||
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Garden On F Street, The |
| 1st Produced: | Providence, Rhode Island | 1992 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Notes: written with Mary Gail | ||||
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High Sinners, Low Angels |
| 1st Produced: | San Francisco | 1953 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Bern Porter, San Francisco | 1953 | ||
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Notes: music by Schevill | ||||
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Judas Tree, The |
| 1st Produced: | CSV Cultural Center, NY | 2008 | ||
| Company: | MultiStages | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 |
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Notes: author Mary Fengar Gall, music by Anika Paris; lyrics by James Schevill | ||||
Synopsis: a mythical play of operatic proportion with poetic songs, a turbulent garden of dancing corpses, and the courtroom trial of serial killer, Elena Fiero. This world premiere is a tale of magic, murder, and seduction loosely based on the crimes of Dorothea Puente - press release | ||||
Lovecraft's Follies |
| 1st Produced: | Providence, Rhode Island | 1970 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Swallow Press, Chicago | 1971 | ||
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Master, The |
| 1st Produced: | San Francisco | 1963 | ||
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| 1st Published: | in "The Black President and Other Plays", Swallow, Denver | 1965 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
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Mean Man I |
| 1st Produced: | Providence, Rhode Island | 1981 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Mean Man II |
| 1st Produced: | Providence, Rhode Island | 1982 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Mean Man III |
| 1st Produced: | Providence, Rhode Island | 1984 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Mother O; or, The Last American Mother |
| 1st Produced: | Providence, Rhode Island | 1990 | ||
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| 1st Published: | in "Five Plays", Swallow Press, Athens, Ohio | 1993 | ||
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Naked in the Garden |
| 1st Produced: | Providence, Rhode Island | 1975 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Oppenheimer's Chair |
| 1st Produced: | Providence, Rhode Island | 1970 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Perelman Monologue |
| 1st Produced: | Providence, Rhode Island | 1987 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Pilots, The |
| 1st Produced: | Providence, Rhode Island | 1970 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Planner, The |
| 1st Produced: | Providence, Rhode Island | 1986 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Questioning Woman |
| 1st Produced: | Providence, Rhode Island | 1980 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Sisters in the Limelight |
| 1st Produced: | Providence, Rhode Island | 1990 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Space Fan, The |
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| 1st Published: | in "Playwrights For Tomorrow Vol.1" University of Minnesota | 1965 | ||
| 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 | 1 | Female | 1 |
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Story ville Doll Lady, The |
| 1st Produced: | Providence, Rhode Island | 1987 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Sunset and Evening Stance; or, Mr. Krapp's New Tapes |
| 1st Produced: | Providence, Rhode Island | 1974 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "Wastepaper Theatre Anthology", | 1978 | ||
| 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 | |||
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Telephone Murderer, The |
| 1st Produced: | Providence, Rhode Island | 1975 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "Wastepaper Theatre Anthology", | 1978 | ||
| 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 | |||
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This Is Not True |
| 1st Produced: | Minneapolis | 1967 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Notes: music by Paul McIntyre | ||||
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Time of the Hand and Eye |
| 1st Produced: | Providence, Rhode Island | 1986 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Ushers, The |
| 1st Produced: | Providence, Rhode Island | 1971 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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Voice of Mass and Capital A |
| 1st Produced: | San Francisco | 1962 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Friendship Press, New York | 1962 | ||
| 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 | |||
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Notes: music by Andrew Imbrie | ||||
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Year After Year |
| 1st Produced: | Providence, Rhode Island | 1976 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
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