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From the Book
1978: Glass, J.M. Canadian Gothic.
Horovitz, I. The 75th.
Robertson, L. The insanity of Mary Girard.
Taikeff, S. Ah, Eurydice!
Harding, J. and Burrows, J. For Sylvia.
Halpern, M. Total recall.
Greenburg, D. The restaurant.
Evans, D. Sugar-mouth Sam don't dance no more.
Kvares, D. The darning needle.
Innaurato, A. The transfiguration of Benno Blimpie.
Owens, R. Mountain rites.
Hartman, J. Samuel Hoopes reading from his own works.
1979: Bishop, J. Cabin 12.
Ayckbourn, A. Ernie's incredible illucinations
Wilson, L. Brontosaurus
Wilmer, S. Scenes from Soweto
Marcus, F. Blind date
Weller, M. Split
Horovitz, I. Hopscotch
Gilroy, F. D. The next contestant
Jacker, C. The Chinese restaurant syndrome
Shurtleff, M. Sailing
Shem, S. Room for one woman
France, R. The image of Elmo Doyle.
1980: Lauro, Shirley. The coal diamond.
Linney, Romulus. Tennessee.
Heifner, Jack. Patio. Porch.
McLure, James. Pvt. wars.
Thompson, Ernest. A good time.
Gilroy, Frank D. Dreams of glory.
Wesley, Richard. Gettin' it together.
Barlow, Anna Marie. The bicycle riders.
Lee, Robert E. Sounding brass.
Patrick, Robert. My cup runneth over.
Nass, Elyse. Second chance.
1981: Schisgal, Murray. The Pushcart peddlers.
Mamet, David. Reunion.
Sweet, Jeffrey. Stops along the way.
Johnston, Jennifer. The Nightingale and Not the lark.
Friel, Brian. American welcome.
Durang, Christopher. Sister Mary Ignatius explains it all for you.
Gruen, John. Never tell Isobel.
Cohen, Burton. The great American cheese sandwich.
Tucker, John Bartholomew. Good neighbors.
Gibbons, Thomas. The exhibition.
Snelgrove, Michael. Definitely Eric Geddis.
Horovitz, Israel. The former one-on-one basketball champion.
1982: Thymus vulgaris / Lanford Wilson
Ball boys / David Edgar
Chocolate cake / Mary Gallagher
The dance and the railroad / David Henry Hwang
Vivien / Percy Granger
Napoleon's dinner / Samuel Shem
Reflections in a window / Beverley Byers Pevitts
Today a little extra / Michael Kassin
Minnesota moon / John Olive
In fireworks lie secret codes / John Guare
Twirler / Jane Martin.
1984: Nice people dancing to good country music / Lee Blessing
The other woman / Casey Kelly
Partners / David Higgins
Present tense / John McNamara
F.M. / Romulus Linney
Juvie / Jerome McDonough
Bartok as dog / Patrick Tovatt
In place / Corinne Jacker
Self torture and strenuous exercise / Harry Kondoleon
Chug / Ken Jenkins.
1988: Blind date / Horton Foote.
Bearclaw / Timothy Mason.
When the chickens came home to roost / Laurence Holder.
Bargains / Jack Heifner.
Cantrell / David Kranes.
Molly and James / Sheila Walsh.
Pizzazz / Hugh Leonard.
Buddha / Katharine Houghton.
The love talker / Deborah Pryor.
Terminal bar / Paul Selig.
From the Book
1961: Summit conference / J. Gounod Campbell
Nothin' to nothin' / Edmund Brophy
Miracle and the boar / William L. Weber
Eliza and the lexicon / Robert A. Greene
Joey / George Else
Wetback run / Theodore Apstein
Monster / Julia Brainard Carson
Wages of sin / Norman Holland
Let go the dream / Ruth Agnell Purkey
This, gentleman, is justice / Ian Malcolm
Theatre in Brazil / Stanley Richards
Off broadway: Cafe drama and the witch hunt / Norman Walsh.
1968: The night nurse, by K. Wittlinger.
The call, by W. Inge.
The freezer, by C. Bergen.
Dentist and patient, by W. Saroyan.
Husband and wife, by William Saroyan.
The bridal night, by P. Mayer.
The shoemaker and the devil, by N. Ginsbury.
Night with guests, by P. Weiss.
The mountain chorus, by A. Bermel.
Every number wins, by M. Almaz.
Opening night, by J. Cromwell.
The small, private world of Michael Marston, by N. Holland.
The wooden box, by P. O'Connor.
A train going somewhere, by G. Gardner.
The magic realists, by M. Terry.
The man who loved God, by S. Kafka.
1969: The Indian wants the Bronx / Israel Horovitz
Midwestern manic / William Inge
Bringing it all back home / Terrence McNally
Clara's ole man / Ed Bullins
Augustus / Jean Anouilh and Jean Aurenche ; translated by George Hauger
Daft dream adyin' / Tom Grainger
The golden fleece / A.R. Gurney, Jr.
Blake's design / Kenneth H. Brown
A time to live / Eric Bentley
Please, no flowers / Joel Ensana
The tape recorder / Pat Flower
Stud / Alex Gottlieb
The corrupters / Gertrude Samuels
Blood-photo / Edward Friedman.
1970: Next / Terrence McNally
The trophy hunters / Kendrew Lascelles
Trevor / John Bowen
Funnyhouse of a Negro / Adrienne Kennedy
The new play / William Saroyan
The ruffian on the stair / Joe Orton
Acrobats / Israel Horovitz
The gentleman caller / Ed Bullins
All on her own / Terence Rattigan
Where are you going, Hollis Jay? / Benjamin Bradford
A day for surprises / John Guare
The love course / A.R. Gurney, Jr.
The recorder: a history / Martin Duberman
A pretty row of pretty ribbons / Brian Gear
Things went badly in Westphalia / Martin Sherman.
1971: Hines, B. Billy's last stand.
Sackler, H. Skippy.
Williams, T. I can't imagine tomorrow
Owen, A. Doreen.
Herlihy, J.L. Bad bad Jo-Jo.
Ribman. R. The burial of Esposito.
Pressman, K. Steal the old man's bundle.
Walker, J. A. Tribal harangue two.
Owens, R. The Karl Marx play.
Udoff, Y. M. The little gentleman.
Mortimer, J. Desmond.
Packard, W. Sandra and the janitor.
1972: Slam the door softly / Clare Boothe Luce
Contributions / Ted Shine
The great nebula in Orion / Lanford Wilson
We're due in Eastbourne in ten minutes / N.F. Simpson
Wine in the wilderness / Alice Childress
Once below a lighthouse / Ramon Delgado
Black mass / Edward Bond
The unknown general / Rene De Obaldia
Live spelled backwards / Jerome Lawrence
Stella / Terence Kelly
Schuber't last serenade / Julie Bovasso
An interview with F. Scott Fitzgerald / Paul Hunter
Stay where you are / Olwen Wymark
Answers / Tom Topor
And the wind blows / Edgard Da Rocha Miranda.
1973: Double solitaire / Robert Anderson
Chinamen / Michael Frayn
Circus lady / Jason Miller
What use are flowers? / Lorraine Hansberry
Tira tells everything there is to know about herself / Michael Weller
Tigers / Kendrew Lascelles
Gordone is a Muthah / Charles Gordone
The ragpickers / Norman Smythe
Sam Spade is missing / Bill Morrison
The colonial dudes / Martin Duberman
High Summer / Terence Rattigan
Number 9 / Maruxa Vilalta.
1976: Heller, J. Clevinger's trial.
Bromberg, C. Actors.
Saunders, J. Neighbours.
Black, S. The horse latitudes.
Bovasso, J. Standard safety.
Rosenberg, J.L. Mel says to give you his best.
Glines, J. In the desert of my soul.
Gonzalez, G. Curtains.
Joselovitz, E.A. Sammi.
Kaplan, J.A. Alligator man.
Gottlieb, A. September song.
Sweet, J. Porch.
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