TED SHINE (1936 - )
| Nationality: | American |
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Plays by Ted Shine
Bats out of Hell, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1955 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Genre: | Comedy | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 6 BM, 9 BF, Fxtras | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Orphan children seeking their mother disrupt what was once a peaceful neighborhood in their efforts to find her | ||||
Cold Day in August |
| 1st Produced: | Howard University, Washington, D.C | 1950 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Genre: | Domestic Play | One Act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Problems between young married couple living in the cramped quarters of the wife's domineering mother. | ||||
Come Back after the Fire |
| 1st Produced: | Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Mo | 1969 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: A female evangelist's struggle to find a place for herself following a nervous breakdown. | ||||
Contribution |
| 1st Produced: | NFC, New York | 1969 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Black Drama: An Anthology, ed. by William Brasmer and Dominick Consolo, Columbus, Ohio: Merrill Pub. Co | 1970 | ||
| 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: | Comedy/Drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 1 BM, 2 BF | |||
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Synopsis: A grandmother, not able to march the streets for freedom, shows her grandson that she does her share in her own way | ||||
Contributions |
| 1st Produced: | Off Broadway | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY | - | ||
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| Genre: | Three short plays | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: PLANTATION deals with a rich and racist plantation owner awaiting the birth of his first sonwho proves to be black. The startling revelations that follow lead to blackmail, mayhem and sudden death, all wildly antic. (3 men, 2 women.) SHOES is a subtle and telling character study of three black boys and their flamboyant plans for spending the money they have earned during summer employment at a Texas country club. (5 men, or 2 men, 3 boys.) In CONTRIBUTION, a black grandmother sends her nervous grandson off to join a sit-in. At first it appears that she is a "good darkie," who stays aloof from such demonstrationsbut the hilarious, and arresting, climax of the play reveals that she has her own method of helping in the struggle for her people's rights. (1 man, 2 women.) | ||||
Dry August |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1952 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Genre: | Comedy/Drama | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: The story of a young black male caught in the bitter trap of racial injustice in the deep South | ||||
Entourage Royale |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1958 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Gypsy family invades a southern com-munity with the intention of ridding the inhabitants of all their possessions, only to discover love and respectability | ||||
Epitaph for a Bluebird |
| 1st Produced: | University of Iowa, Iowa City | 1958 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Genre: | Comedy/Fantasy | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 6 BM, 4 BF | |||
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Synopsis: Young girl in mourning finds love in a small military town, only to be deserted by her soldier-lover | ||||
Five On The Black Hand Side |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in Black Comedy Nine Plays, Applause Books | - | ||
| 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: | Comedy/Fantasy | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: - | ||||
Floras Kisses |
| 1st Produced: | Theatre U., Baltimore, Md | 1969 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Genre: | Comedy | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 2 BM, 1 BF | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: A welfare mother meets a stranger and des-perately tries to find love | ||||
Hamburgers at Hamburger Heaven Are Impersonal |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1969 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Genre: | Comedy/Drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 2 BM, 4 BF | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Lonely school teacher falls for a sensual manic in a crude Dallas tavern | ||||
Herbert III |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Black Theater USA, ed. by James V. Hatch and Ted Shine, New York: Free Pr | 1974 | ||
| 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: | Domestic Play | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 1 BM, 1 BF | |||
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Synopsis: The channels of communication between husband and wife have deteriorated to near nothing, as shown by their early morning quarrel over their absent son | ||||
Idabels Fortune |
| 1st Produced: | Howard University, Washington, D.C | 1969 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Genre: | Protest Satire/Melodrama | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 1 BF, 1 WM, 2 WF, Fxtras | |||
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Synopsis: Black domestic outwits her white employer for her own financial benefits | ||||
Jeanne West |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1968 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Miss Victoria |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1965 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Morning Noon and Night |
| 1st Produced: | Howard University, Washington, D.C | 1964 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | The Black Teacher and the Dra-matic Arts, ed. by William Reardon and Thomas Pawley, Westport: Negro Universities Pr | 1970 | ||
| 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 | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 1 BM, 3 BF | |||
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Synopsis: Old woman eliminates people that she feels have mistreated her and those that have developed relationships with her grandson and son | ||||
Night of Bakers Fnd |
| 1st Produced: | Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Mo | 1974 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 4 BM, 5 BF, Fxtras | |||
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Synopsis: A black father's struggle to hold his family together results in tragedy | ||||
Packard |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1971 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Genre: | Comedy | One Act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | Fxtras | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Southern white lady is faced with the problem of re-moving the dead body of her black chauffeur from her bed | ||||
Plantation |
| 1st Produced: | Tambellinis Gate Theatre, New York | 1970 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY | - | ||
| 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: | Protest Drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 1 BM, 1 BF, 2 WM, 1 WF | |||
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Synopsis: White plantation head discovers he is a mu-latto and refuses to accept his black-skinned offspring | ||||
Pontiac |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1967 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Rats Revolt, A |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1959 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Revolution |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1968 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Sho Is Hot in the Cotton Patch: Miss Weaver |
| 1st Produced: | Howard University, Washington, D.C | 1951 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Fncore magazine, vol. 11, Tallahassee, Fla., Florida A & M University | 1967 | ||
| 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: | Comedy | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 5 BM, 5 BF | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Conflict between the older and younger generations of Blacks working in the YWCA kitchen in Dallas | ||||
Shoes |
| 1st Produced: | Howard Uni-versity, Washington, D.C | 1969 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY | - | ||
| 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: | Domestic Play | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 5 BM | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Three black youngsters discuss how they are going to spend the money they have earned working at the country club | ||||
Waiting Room |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1969 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: | ||||