A quest for one-act play citations involving four or fewer actors (fwd)

[Richard Plant]

Subscribers to Candrama: As is evident, I received this information from
Lewis Heniford and agreed to send it out on Candrama.

rp

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 14:29:11 -0800
From: "Lewis Heniford, Ph.D." <heniford at ix.netcom.com>
To: rplant at CHASS.UTORONTO.CA
Subject: A quest for one-act play citations involving four or fewer actors

Richard Plant
President of ACTR/ARTC

Richard,

I seek one-act play citations involving four or fewer actors (with
possible extras). Citations will appear on a recognized Website and in a
second volume of a substantial print drama guide.

The scope for the Website
<http://www.scescape.com/small-cast_one-act_plays> as well as for the
second print volume of 1/2/3/4 FOR THE SHOW, includes plays of any era,
geographical or political area, language, genre or medium, published or
unpublished, produced or unproduced.

Inclusion is free to the playwright.

The citation submission form is at 

                       
http://scescape.com/small-cast_one-act_plays/citeform.htm 

on the Web. 

Information necessary for a clear, consistent citation includes:

o       name of author 
o       author’s nationality, vocation(s), and birth year (and death
year if
deceased) 
o       full title of play 
o       estimated playing time
o       genre 
o       (language if other than English)
o       place
o       time 
o       cast size/gender 
o       copyright date (if established)
o       script source or instructions for contacting the playwright or
agent
o       rights source
o       synopsis (event by event account of the action)
o       comment (number of scenes, frequency of changes, complexity,
special
requirements, production his-
tory, and such)

Plot and comment annotations by citer or author are optional; they might
include plot description, theme analysis, production history or general
comments—any helpful relevant information.

Toward that end, synopses and comments are expansible to 200 words per
citation. The user needs sufficient clear information to choose from the
plethora of possibilities. The synopsis best gives an event-by-event
progression of actions. The comment best advises the potential
producer/director/actor/teacher about staging considerations and gives a
production history (if any and if desired). Essentially, these
annotations are infomercials, but above all they should be truthful and
helpful, as if the writer were speaking to a respected theatrical
colleague.

No other Website focuses on small-cast one-act plays this way or allows
immediate direct e-mail access to playwrights. 

Your help can expand the Website and can make the second print volume
better serve the play-seeker. Additional productions of cited plays
should follow. Suppliers of citations are always credited.

Thank you.

Lewis
heniford at ix.netcom.com

P.S. For the record, Scarecrow Press, Inc., 4720 Boston Way, Lanham, MD
20706, offers my 1/2/3/4 FOR THE SHOW: A GUIDE TO SMALL-CAST ONE-ACT
PLAYS, ISBN 0-8108-2605-1, telephone 800-462-6420 or 301-459-3366, fax
301-459-2118, $39.50.
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LEWIS W. HENIFORD, M.L.S., Ph.D., P. O. Box 299, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
93921         
         phone (408) 624-6960, fax (408) 624-1164 when alerted

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|        The URL http://www.scescape.com/small-cast_one-act_plays/     
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|      http://www.scescape.com/small-cast_one-act_plays/citeform.htm   
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|              This Web site complements the print volume              
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|     1/2/3/4/ FOR THE SHOW: A GUIDE TO SMALL-CAST ONE-ACT PLAYS       
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