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Howard Teichmann

HOWARD TEICHMANN  (1916 - 1987)

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below is a list of Howard Teichmann's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Fugumetunachai (Blowfish - A Gift Of Life)         Girls In 509, The         Miss Lonelyhearts         Rainy Day In Newark, A         Solid Gold Cadillac, The

Fugumetunachai (Blowfish - A Gift Of Life)

Synopsis:
Based on a true story of a Japanese diplomat and a Japanese soldier who rescued 6,000 Jews from the Nazis

Notes:
Written by Howard Teichmann And Steven Simon

1st Produced:
Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Los Angeles    12 Dec 1999

Organisations:
West Coast Jewish Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Girls In 509, The

Howard Teichmann
Two ladies are discovered in the back suite of a once fashionable hotel in New York that is being demolished. They have been there since 1932 when Hoover lost and they have vowed to remain secluded until a Republican is elected. The press and the National Chairmen of the Republican and Democratic parties descend upon the ladies, members of one of the country's oldest and richest families. The ladies defy both politicians and face eviction and disgrace. They retain their independence when wealth pours down upon them and they move in triumph to the Waldorf Astoria.

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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York   978-0573609404

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Miss Lonelyhearts

Synopsis:
As described by Atkinson in the NY Times: "A scornful feature editor of a newspaper picks an ambitious young reporter to conduct the advice of the lovelorn column. Ambitious, opportunistic, 'miss Lonelyhearts,' as the conductor of the column is inevitably dubbed, begins with contempt of the correspondents and confidence in his own cleverness. As time goes on, the genuineness of the agony in the letters that come in gets under the skin of the columnist. He is distressed to find himself presiding over a monstrous swindle. For he is an idealist in collision with humanity, as his diabolical managing editor expresses it."

Notes:
from the novel by Nathanael West

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  7            Other:  -

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Rainy Day In Newark, A

Synopsis:
The owner of a clock factory hands over its running to a union official - so that he can learn how difficult it is to run a company with union regulations getting in the way

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia    07 Oct 1963

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York 1964   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Solid Gold Cadillac, The

Howard Teichmann
According to Chapman in the New York News, "begins with the annual stockholders' meeting and election of officers of a colossal manufacturing empire called General Products. Some new officers (old ones being moved up a notch) must be elected because the president of the corporation has taken a big government post in Washington and has been forced to sell his stock at a profit of three million dollars. The election is going smoothly and the meeting is about over when a timid old lady who owns 10 shares. . .asks if she can ask a question. She has read every page of the annual report and she wants to know why the chairman of the board is being paid $170,000 a year, and how many hours he works to earn this money. . . She puts one mild query after another, and pretty soon the new officers hush her up by giving her a phony job at $150 a week." She is to be a kind of liaison officer for the other minority stockholders. She takes her job seriously and writes chatty, friendly letters to the other minority stockholders-asking about their health, their children, and the weather, and makes solid friendships with the small stockholders. The officers of the corporation become a bit uneasy at this, and they're all set to fire her when she discovers that a small firm that General Products has just forced into bankruptcy is its own subsidiary firm! Using this as gentle means of prodding the directors, the little old lady keeps her own job. When the former president learns what a mess the current directors are making of his business, however, he resigns from his government job, and the big fight is on to regain control of his own business. Things look dark indeed, the wicked directors are about to triumph, and our nice old lady is fired, when the proxies of all the small stockholders start pouring in, and thanks to them the little old lady and former president foil the wicked Board of Directors.

Notes:
written with George S Kaufman

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Random House 1954   978-1122771564

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  6            Other:  -

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