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William Packard

WILLIAM PACKARD  (1933 - 2002)

 Nationality:    USA
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Graduated Stanford University with honors in Philosophy. Playwright-in-Residence, Institute of Advanced Studies. He has three collections of poetry, To Peel an Apple, Peaceable Kingdom, and First Selected Poems. He has translated and adapted from the French, Japanese, Chinese, Italian, Burmese, Korean and Babylonian. Founder and editor of the New York Quarterly. Professor at the Washington Square Writing Center; teaches at Hofstra University, Wagner, the New School and Cooper Union. His novel, Saturday Night at San Marcos, will be published soon. He also teaches playwriting at the H.B. Studio. Recipient: Robert Frost Award to Breadloaf; Outer Circle Critics Award.
Address (in 1981): 232 West 14th St., New York, NY 10011
Agent (in 1981): Bertha Case, 345 West 58th St., New York, NY 10019 (212) 541-9451

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

         From Now On         Funeral, The         In the First Place         Killer Thing, The         Marriage, The         My Name Is Bobby         On the Other Hand         Once and for All         Phedre         Sandra and the Janitor         War Play

From Now On

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HB Studio, NYC    -

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Experiment Press,    -

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verse play

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Funeral, The

Synopsis:
Family is gathered for funeral of father, but is actually psychic funeral of daughter, who is systematically destroyed in course of play

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in Four Plays: Bird Girl Press, P.O. Box 521, Old Chelsea Station, New York, NY 10011,    -

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Genre:
Long one act

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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In the First Place

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the White Barn, Westport, CT    -

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Experiment Press,    -

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verse play

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Killer Thing, The

Synopsis:
A thirteen-year-old girl runs away from home, encounters a hermit in the woods; later an anonymous man comes on to the same hermit, admits he raped and killed the thirteenyear-old girl, in addition to about twenty-seven other persons he has killed and buried out in the woods

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Bird Girl Press,    -

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Genre:
full length Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Marriage, The

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in Four Plays: Bird Girl Press, P.O. Box 521, Old Chelsea Station, New York, NY 10012,    -

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My Name Is Bobby

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On the Other Hand

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Experiment Press,    -

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Genre:
verse play

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Once and for All

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IASTA, NYC    -

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Experiment Press,    -

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Genre:
verse play

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Phedre

Synopsis:
translated in rhymed alexandrine couplets

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Original Playwright - Jean Racine

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Samuel French, NY,    -

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Genre:
Translation

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Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  extras

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Sandra and the Janitor

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HB Studio    -

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Best Short Plays of 1971, Chilton Book Co, Radnor, PA, 1972   -

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Genre:
Short Play One Act

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War Play

Synopsis:
Soldier in eastern war, young girl from native town, ghastly effect of war is gradually disgorged.

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in Four Plays: Bird Girl Press, P.O. Box 521, Old Chelsea Station, New York, NY 10013,    -

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Genre:
Long one act

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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