MICHAEL SHURTLEFF   (1921 - 2007)


Michael Shurtleff
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Plays by Michael Shurtleff

MICHAEL SHURTLEFF
Call Me By My Rightful Name
1st Produced:
One Sheridan Square, NYC
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,
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Genre:
Comedy Drama
Comedy
Parts:
Male
4
Female
2
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Synopsis:
As told by Oppenheimer: "An honest, moving and courageous drama that holds your attention right up to its touching ending. It tells the tale of two Columbia students rooming together in New York: Doug is white, a young rebel, fearful of doing anything that will stamp him with the mark of conformity; Paul is a Negro, attractive, a good student& Then a white girl falls in love with Doug&There is talk of marriage but when Paul reveals that he once loved the girl for a brief period, there is a brutal battle in which Doug is badly injured. The aftermath of this explosion, the shame of both of the men, and the attempts of the girl to bring them together are explored with devastating honesty&Shurtleff endows his characters with a sense of humor and the gift of laughter, they are highly individualized and sensitively characterized."
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MICHAEL SHURTLEFF
Coming to Terms
1st Produced:
Corner Loft Theatre, NYC
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
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Synopsis:
A romantic comedy about a New York couple approaching forty and finding their marriage failing, they turn to younger lovers.
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MICHAEL SHURTLEFF
Fine Summer Night, A
1st Produced:
Corner Loft Theatre, NYC
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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:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
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Synopsis:
A romantic sophisticated comedy about four people on an island; a summer night on the deck of a fine house overlooking the ocean and the romantic entanglements between two older and two younger couples
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MICHAEL SHURTLEFF
Getting into Death
1st Produced:
Night Flight Theatre, Hollywood, CA
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Male
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Female
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MICHAEL SHURTLEFF
Lock the Door Behind You
1st Produced:
New York Theatre Ensemble, NYC
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Male
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Female
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MICHAEL SHURTLEFF
Sailing
1st Produced:
Corner Loft Theatre, NYC
1979
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Best Short Plays 1979" published by Chilton Books,
Samuel French, Inc
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Genre:
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One act
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
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Synopsis:
A man and a wife on a terrace watch sailboats in the bay and capsulize their lives. Their children are grown, the parade has passed them by, and still they are buffeted by the hostilities of life, vainly searching for peace. Winds rise and even the catamarans are flipping over. Common frustrations overwhelm and destroy the man before our eyes. He strides off determined to sail the bay, knowing he is going to his death. An Off Off Broadway Festival winner.
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MICHAEL SHURTLEFF
Spirit Your Wife Away to the Woods
1st Produced:
Night Flight Theatre, Hollywood, CA
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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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Parts:
Male
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Female
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MICHAEL SHURTLEFF
Tell Me You Don't Love Me Charlie Moon
1st Produced:
Corner Loft Theatre, NYC
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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:
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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MICHAEL SHURTLEFF
Up To Snuff
1st Produced:
Beverly Hills Playhouse, Beverly Hills, CA
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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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Male
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Female
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MICHAEL SHURTLEFF
Who Are You?
1st Produced:
Corner Loft Theatre, NYC
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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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Parts:
Male
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Female
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MICHAEL SHURTLEFF
Woman to Woman
1st Produced:
Corner Loft Theatre, NYC
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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:
4 short acts
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Synopsis:
One-act plays about women's relationships to women, to be performed only by women. A Garden Full of Snow, Getting into Death, During the War and When the Sun Goes Down. Comedy dramas. All plays can be done by 2 females except the latter which has 3.
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