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Dylan

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  13w, 15m

Sidney Michaels, Caitlin Thomas, John M. Brinnin

By Sidney Michaels
Based on memoirs by Caitlin Thomas and John M. Brinnin

"Sensitive, sympathetic and compelling...An absorbing study in human disintegration." - New York Post

"So absorbing that it became a personal experience, and not just a skillful piece for the theatre. One of the beautiful plays of our time…

Dylan

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    13w, 15m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Biography, Period

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Summary
Alec Guinness starred on Broadway as the intemperate and often vulgar poet. The play begins with his farewell to wife and Wales to tour the states, follows him to colleges, bars and bedrooms and finally to the ship that bore his body home, dead at 39.
History
DYLAN was first presented by George W. George and Frank Granat at the Plymouth Theatre in New York City on January 18, 1964. Directed by Peter Glenville.
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Performing Groups

CAITLIN
DYLAN
REPORTERS
BRINNIN
ANGUS
CLUBWOMAN
MEG
ANNABELLE
MATTOCK
BARTENDER
STAGE MANAGER
BYSTANDER
KATHERINE ANNE PORTER
MISS WONDERLAND
STAGEHAND
MINISTER
ELENA
JAY HENRY
DOCTOR
NANCY
DECK OFFICER

  • Setting The early 1950s in America and Wales.

Media

"Sensitive, sympathetic and compelling...An absorbing study in human disintegration." - New York Post

"So absorbing that it became a personal experience, and not just a skillful piece for the theatre. One of the beautiful plays of our time." - New York Daily News

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  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Sidney Michaels

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Caitlin Thomas

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John M. Brinnin

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