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Joan Torres

JOAN TORRES  

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

 Antigone In New York         Better Half Dead         Fortinbras Gets Drunk

Antigone In New York

Synopsis:
Two homeless men, a Pole, a Russian, and a Puerto Rican homeless woman try to make life continue in Tompkins Square Park by getting the body of a dead man from Potter's Field so that he can have his own grave. A comedy about unhappiness

Notes:
Original Playwright - Janusz Glowacki. Named one of 10 Best Plays of the Year by Time Magazine. Screenplay translated by Eva Nagorski

1st Produced:
Washington at the Arena Stage    1993

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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, NY,    -

Music:
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Genre:
Translation Tragicomedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Better Half Dead

Synopsis:
wife leaves second husband for first and gets killed in the process, the mayhem includes a storm, a disguise, a strangulation and a murderous fur coat

Notes:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1998   -

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Genre:
Comedy Thriller Thriller

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Fortinbras Gets Drunk

Synopsis:
A macabre retelling of Hamlet from the Norwegian point of view

Notes:
Original Playwright - Janusz Glowacki. Translated by Jadwiga Kosicka, Joan Torres, And Konrad Brodzinski

1st Produced:
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Music:
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Genre:
tragicomedy Tragedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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