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The Tooth of Crime |
Two-act play with music.
First production: Open Space Th., London, 17 July 1972
(dir. Charles Marowitz and Walter Donoshue; music composed by
Shepard).
First American production: McCarter Th., Princeton University,
11 Nov. 1972.
Revived: Performance Group at Performing Garage, New York,
7 Mar. 1973 (dir. Richard Schechner; a film of this 'environmental'
production was made for the Whitney Museum); Royal Court, London,
5 June 1974 (dir. Jim Sharman); 'Shep in Rep', 1979, and La Mama,
New York, 1983 (both dir. George Ferencz); Black Theatre Co-operative
at Croydon Warehouse, London, 15 Sept. 1983; Bridge Land Th.,
London, 5 June 1987.
Published: Four Two-Act Plays; Seven Plays.
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The Tooth of Crime |
Information on the Villanova University production |
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