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Give the Bishop My Faint Regards

Short Play, Comedy  /  1w, 2m

A young woman interviews a Hollywood screen writing team, men whose extensive credits include a film with a line second in fame only to "Here's looking at you kid."

Give the Bishop My Faint Regards

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    30 minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary

A young woman interviews a Hollywood screen writing team, men whose extensive credits include a film with a line second in fame only to "Here's looking at you kid." They have always maintained they didn't know which of them wrote the line. Eventually the woman gets around to the loathsome question. Today, the answer threatens their union, sounding it to its depths with comic effect and a surprising conclusion.

Published in the collection A Way with Words

History

Give the Bishop My Faint Regards premiered at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City in 1992 under the direction of Daniel Selznick.

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INTERVIEWER
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting A writer's office at a movie studio in Hollywood.
  • Duration 30 minutes

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REVIEWS 

"With characteristic Gilroy savvy this is a cleverly plotted picture of a team of old Hollywood (screenwriter) hands." - The New York Times

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  • Minimum Fee: $65 per performance

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Frank D. Gilroy

Frank Daniel Gilroy (1925-2015) was an award-winning playwright, producer, screenwriter and director. After graduating from Dartmouth College and the Yale School of Drama, he contributed profusely as a writer to the Golden Age of Television. His impressive first play, Who'll ...
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