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Ray Bradbury

RAY BRADBURY

  (1920 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Don Congdon  

Full name, Ray Douglas Bradbury; born august 22, 1920, in Waukegan, IL; son of Leonard Spaulding (an electric company linesman) and esther Marie (maiden name, Moberg) Bradbury; married Marguerite Susan McClure, September 27, 1947 (died November 24, 2003); children: Susan Marguerite, Ramona, Bettina, alexandra

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         2116         Anthem Sprinters, The         Any Friend Of Nicholas Nickleby Is A Friend Of Mine         Bless Me Father For I Have Sinned         Chrysalis         Cistern         Clear View Of An Irish Mist         Colonel Stonesteel's Genuine Homemade Truly Egyptian Mummy         Come Into My Cellar         Dandelion Wine         Dark they Were And Golden Eyed         Day It Rained Forever - the Musical         Day It Rained Forever, The         Death And the Maiden         Device Out Of Time, A         Down Wind From Getysburg         End Of the Beginning         Fahrenheit 451         Falling Upward         Finnegan, The         First Night Of Lent, The         Flying Machine, The         Foghorn, The         Gotcha         Great Collision Of Monday Last, The         Green Town         Hail And Farewell         I Will Arise And Go Now         Icarus Montgolfier Wright         Invisible Boy, The         Kaleidoscope         Let's All Kill Constance         Leviathan 99         Machineries Of Joy         Madrigals For the Space Age         Man, The         Martian Chronicles, The         Meadow, The         Messiah         Million Year Picnic, The         Parrot Who Met Papa, The         Pedestrian, The         Pillar Of Fire         Screaming Woman, The         Smile, The         Something Wicked This Way Comes         Swan, The         That Ghost, That Bride Of Time         Time In Thy Flight         To the Chicago Abyss         Touched With Fire         Trolley, The         Veldt, The         Way In the Middle Of the Air         Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, The         World Of Ray Bradbury, The         Ylla

2116

Synopsis:
Hauntingly beautiful, lyrical, cautionary tale for the age of technology. Told by 'mr Marionette's Shadow Show' - robots, dancers, marionettes, fugitives from the law

Notes:
book And lyrics by Ray Bradbury And Steve Josephson. Music by John Hooke

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Organisations:
Gallimaufry Performing Arts

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Anthem Sprinters, The

Anthem Sprinters, The
an American in a small Irish town gets involved in the local sport - anthem running. the cinema is on one side of the road and the pub on the other. at the end of the film as the national anthem is played the audience makes a dash to the pub the first to get there is the winner.

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1st Produced:
Beverly Hills    -

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Contained in: "anthem Sprinters and Other antics" published by Dial Press 1963   -

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Any Friend Of Nicholas Nickleby Is A Friend Of Mine

Synopsis:
1929 and grandma has a new lodger - Mr Dickens. Grandson Ralph changes his name to Pip and helps transcribe "a Tale Of Two Cities"

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-    1968

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Bless Me Father For I Have Sinned

Synopsis:
Christmas eve in the church confessional. the priest listens to a confession about events fifty years ago

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Chrysalis

Chrysalis
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Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973   B000GRFNPe

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Genre:
Science fiction

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Cistern

Synopsis:
a young woman wants to explore the cistern that runs under the city and meet the young undead couple who live there

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Clear View Of An Irish Mist

Clear View Of An Irish Mist
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Contained in: "anthem Sprinters and Other antics" published by Dial Press 1963   -

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Colonel Stonesteel's Genuine Homemade Truly Egyptian Mummy

Synopsis:
the colonel is persuade to talk about his war experiences

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Come Into My Cellar

Come Into My Cellar
Just what has the boy got in the cellar?

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Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973   B000GRFNPe

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Dandelion Wine

Synopsis:
Grandpa gets his two grandsons to pick dandelions for him to make into wine. Drinking the wine can take you back to the year that it was made. One of the grandsons - now 38 - Doug drinks the wine made in June 1938. He goes back to a time in his teenage years. a Mr Forester has just arrived in town and he befriends Doug. they talk of time machines and Para Lightfoot tennis sneakers. Doug hopes that going back will put life back into him as he is now

Notes:
based on his novel of the same title; music composed by Billy Goldenberg

1st Produced:
Lincoln Center's Forum Theatre    1967

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1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing Company   -

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Genre:
adaptation

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Male:  10            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Dark they Were And Golden Eyed

Dark they Were And Golden Eyed
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973   B000GRFNPe

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Day It Rained Forever - the Musical

Synopsis:
at Joe Terle's Desert Inn there have been two residents who have been there for 21 years - Mr Fremely and Mr Smith. they are looking forward to January 29th the day it rains. But this year it does not. In the evening a car breaks down outside and Miss Blanche gets out. She has a harp. She plays it for the old men and it turns into a beautiful young woman. the young woman sings and dances and the heavens open and it pours with rain

Notes:
Music by Tom Gire; William Whitefield; lyrics by Ray Bradbury; Tom Gire; William Whitefield; book by Ray Bradbury; Tom Gire

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Day It Rained Forever, The

Synopsis:
Three old men in rocking chairs in an hotel in the middle of the desert. It only rains on one day of the year. Today is that day - but it does not rain. One man decides to pack up and leave, another to give up and die. then a strange woman arrives by car. She has a harp and when she plays it rains

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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc (1966)   -

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Death And the Maiden

Synopsis:
Old Mam is ninety. One day a young man knocks at her door. He has a green elixir if she drinks it she will be sixteen again - but only for twenty four hours

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Court Theatre, Hollywood    18 Mar 2003

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Device Out Of Time, A

Synopsis:
Two brothers have "invented" a time machine - a jar full of fireflies. they take the jar to old Colonel Freeleigh. the fireflies light up and they find themselves transported back

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1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing, 1986   -

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Play/Drama

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Down Wind From Getysburg

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
New Place Theatre, Hollywood    Feb 2006

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End Of the Beginning

Synopsis:
-

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1st Produced:
Fremont Center Theater, Pasadena    Dec 2006

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Fahrenheit 451

Synopsis:
the system was simple. everyone understood it. Books were for burning along with the houses in which they were hidden. Guy Montag was a young fireman whose job it was to start fires. and he enjoyed his job. He had been a fireman for ten years, and he had never questioned the pleasure of the midnight runs nor the joy of watching pages consumed by flames. . .never questioned anything until he met a 17-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid. then Guy met a professor who told him of a future in which people could think. and Guy Montag suddenly realized what he had to do. . ..

Notes:
based on his story of same title

1st Produced:
Colony Theatre    1979

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing, 1986   -

Music:
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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Falling Upward

Synopsis:
the regulars at a small Irish pub are surprised when a dandified group of Italian tourists come in

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Melrose Theatre, Los Angeles    1988

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing, 1989   -

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Finnegan, The

Synopsis:
-

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1st Produced:
Fremont Center Theater, Pasadena    2006

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First Night Of Lent, The

First Night Of Lent, The
Most evenings the writer has discussions with the film producer. His driver, Nick, waits for him at the pub and then drives him home at a good speed, smoothly and with no trouble. Nick says as it is Lent he will give up cigarettes. the next night Nick drives at high speeds and erratically. He has given up drinking for Lent instead and before he was driving drunk

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Contained in: "anthem Sprinters and Other antics" published by Dial Press 1963   -

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Flying Machine, The

Flying Machine, The
In ancient China a man has invented a flying machine. the emperor thinks it will be a threat to China's security and orders the execution of the inventor and the machine destroyed

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973   B000GRFNPe

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Foghorn, The

Foghorn, The
a sea monster mistakes a fog horn for a mating call

Notes:
based on his story of same title

1st Produced:
New York    1977

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973   B000GRFNPe

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Gotcha

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1st Produced:
New Place Theatre, Hollywood    Feb 2006

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Great Collision Of Monday Last, The

Great Collision Of Monday Last, The
an American is drinking in the bar of a pub in a small Irish town when a man comes in covered in blood and with his clothes torn. He has been in an accident in the fog. the American is mystified because he had not heard any car engine or sounds of a crash. a doctor explains that outside of Dublin most crashes are between bicyclists.

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Green Town

Synopsis:
1929 Green Town, Illinois. Ralph works part time at the local barber shop sweeping up. One day a man comes in claiming he is Charles Dickens and calling Ralph "Pip". He takes Ralph to the library and there they meet emily Dickinson.

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Hail And Farewell

Hail And Farewell
Willie is a boy who cannot grow up. He spends a few years with one family and then before they realise about him he moves on. He is about to leave his latest adoptive parents - but stays to tell them about his life

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Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973   B000GRFNPe

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I Will Arise And Go Now

Synopsis:
the husband who is seventy-five threatens to go into the cold wet forest and lie down and die. His wife tells him to do just that. However, once in the forest he remembers the love he has for his wife and her roast dinners and so goes back home

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1st Produced:
Court Theatre, Hollywood    18 Mar 2003

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Icarus Montgolfier Wright

Icarus Montgolfier Wright
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973   B000GRFNPe

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Invisible Boy, The

Invisible Boy, The
1920s. a lonely backwoods woman tries to entice her cousin's son, Charley, to stay with her. She tells him that she has put a spell on him and he is invisible. He says he will stay until the spell wears off. So that she cannot see where he is Charley takes off his clothes and wanders around naked. This is too much for the woman and she tells him the spell has worn off.

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1st Produced:
South Pasedena Fremont Centretheatre    19 Jan 2008

Organisations:
Pandemonium Theatre Group

1st Published:
Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973   B000GRFNPe

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Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope
Millions of miles from earth a space ship is hit by a meteor and breaks apart. the seven man crew are left floating in space with only their communicators to keep them in contact with each other

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Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973   B000GRFNPe

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Male:  7            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Let's All Kill Constance

Synopsis:
Hollywood 1960. Constance Rattigan an ageing star believes that someone wants to murder her and she goes on the run - persuade by a devoted fan who is also an amateur detective

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1st Produced:
Court Theatre, Los Angeles    -

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-   -

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Leviathan 99

Synopsis:
the space ship captain looses his sight when he got too close to a comet. He vows to destroy it even if that means putting his crew and ship in danger

Notes:
BBC 1966

1st Produced:
Stage 9 Theatre    1972

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Science Fiction

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Machineries Of Joy

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1st Produced:
Fremont Center Theater, Pasadena    2006

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Madrigals For the Space Age

Madrigals For the Space Age
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Notes:
for chorus And narrator; music composed by Lalo Schifrin

1st Produced:
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles    1973

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-

1st Published:
Music Publishers, 1972   -

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Man, The

Man, The
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-    -

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973   B000GRFNPe

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Martian Chronicles, The

Synopsis:
One Martian asks another if there is life on earth. It is thought to be impossible - too much oxygen. a spaceship from earth crashes on Mars and all on board are killed. a rescue mission is sent - it lands safely but the crew are put in a Martian insane asylum for thinking that they are earthmen

Notes:
based on his novel of same title

1st Produced:
Colony Theatre, Los Angeles    1977

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1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing, 1986   -

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Meadow, The

Synopsis:
a nightwatchman tries to save a movie studio that is due to be demolished

Notes:
Originally broadcast As A radio Drama in 1947

1st Produced:
Huntington Hartford Theatre, Hollywood    1960

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Best One act Plays Of 1947 - 1948" published by Dodd Mead 1948   -

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Play/Drama

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Messiah

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-

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-

1st Produced:
Fremont Center Theater, Pasadena    Dec 2006

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-   -

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Million Year Picnic, The

Million Year Picnic, The
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-    -

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Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973   B000GRFNPe

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Parrot Who Met Papa, The

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1st Produced:
Fremont Center Theater, Pasadena    2006

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-   -

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Pedestrian, The

Synopsis:
the future and no one is allowed to leave their rooms. One man persuades another to walk the streets at night. the robot police catch them.

Notes:
part of the World of Ray badbury

1st Produced:
Coronet Theatre, Los Angeles    1964

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

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-

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Pillar Of Fire

Pillar Of Fire
Lantry wakes up and finds he is in the year 2274. People no longer mourn the dead and the works of Edgar allen Poe have been destroyed

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Little Theatre, California State College, Fullerton, Ca    1973

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973   B000GRFNPe

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-

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Screaming Woman, The

Screaming Woman, The
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Notes:
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-    -

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Pillar of Fire and Other Plays" published by Bantam Books 1973   B000GRFNPe

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-

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Smile, The

Smile, The
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-    -

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Something Wicked This Way Comes

Synopsis:
the funfair arrives in town but this one has a more sinister promise: a faustian opportunity to meddle with time in return for your soul.
- Mark Fisher, Guardian.

Notes:
Play By Ray Bradbury, From His Own Novel

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Organisations:
Catherine Wheels and the National Theatre of Scotland

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-   -

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adaptation

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Swan, The

Synopsis:
Helen lost her beloved in the 'flu epidemic of 1918. Now she is in her nineties. She meets William in his thirties and invites him home to drink wine

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Court Theatre, Hollywood    18 Mar 2003

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That Ghost, That Bride Of Time

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Notes:
Based on "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville

1st Produced:
-    1976

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1st Published:
excerpts from a Play-in-Progress,published by Roy a. Squires Press, 1976   -

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Time In Thy Flight

Time In Thy Flight
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-    -

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-

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To the Chicago Abyss

To the Chicago Abyss
an old man remembers happier times

Notes:
part of the World of Ray badbury

1st Produced:
Coronet Theatre, Los Angeles    1964

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Bantam Books (1972)   B000M7aOZ2

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-

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Touched With Fire

Synopsis:
Two retired insurance agents try to prevent a murder

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Trolley, The

Trolley, The
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-

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-    -

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-

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-

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Veldt, The

Veldt, The
the playroom built by their parents makes the children's dreams come true

Notes:
part of the World of Ray badbury

1st Produced:
London    1980

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Bantam Books (1972)   B000M7aOZ2

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-

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Way In the Middle Of the Air

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-

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-

1st Produced:
Desilu Gower Studios, Hollywood    1962

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-

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-   -

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Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, The

Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, The
Six out of luck Mexican young men buy a suit that brings the best out of them all

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Coronet Theatre, Los Angeles    1965

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-

1st Published:
Bantam Books (1972)   B000M7aOZ2

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-

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World Of Ray Bradbury, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
three one-acts: the Pedestrian,the Veldt, And To the Chicago Abyss), produced At Coronet theatre, Los Angeles, 1964, then Orpheum theatre, New York City, 1965

1st Produced:
Coronet Theatre, Los Angeles    1964

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-

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-   -

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-

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three One acts

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Ylla

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-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
New Place Theatre, Hollywood    Feb 2006

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-

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-   -

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