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Mario Fratti – Summary 2006

(Most of these plays were performed in 21 languages in more than 700 theatres)

FULL LENGTH PLAYS  
Blindness
Fear, blackmail, torture. Suicides in Iraq.
Cast : 6; 2F 4M
Two sets
Approximate Running Time: 90 min

No Hell: Dante was Wrong
The Pope’s announcement that there is no hell (as reported in the Washington Post , Aug 17, 1999) creates panic and tragedy in three vulnerable women.
Cast: 2F, 1M
One set
Approximate Running Time 90 min

Beata, The Pope’s Daughter
A young woman insists she is the Pope’s daughter.
She will only deny it when she is kidnapped.
Cast: 6; 2F 4M
One set
Approximate Running Time: 100min.

The Cage
A sensitive young man is afraid of life and love.
His sister in law seduces him
Cast: 7; 3F 4M
One set
Approximate Running Time: 110min.

Candida and Her Friends
The misadventures of a college professor, as three
daring students want to know more about him
Cast: 5; 3F, 2M
One set
Approximate Running Time: 110min.

Che Guevara
In the Bolivian jungle, Che Guevara’s last revolution.
Cast: 18; 4F, 14M
One set
Approximate Running Time: 120min.

Eleonora Duse
An American company of actors relive the life
of the great Italian actress.
Cast: 6; 4F, 2M
One set
Approximate Running Time 100 min.

Erotic Adventures in Venice
Corrupt, politicians hide out in the well known
Venetian cemetery They start a makeshift brothel.
Cast: 6; 3F, 3M
One set
Approximate Running Time: 100min.

Lovers
Three women succeed in getting rid of a husband
Cast:4; 3F, 1M
One set
Approximate Running Time: 90min.
a man important lessons
Cast: 2; 1F, 1M
Two sets
Approximate Running Time: 90 min.

Victim
A beautiful strong woman defeats
two conniving men.
Cast: 3; 1F, 2M
Latvia, Mexico, Brazil, Spain, Germany, Austria,
Israel, Canada, India, Spain, Uruguay.
One set
Approximate Running Time: 100 min

MUSICALS
Nine
Adaptation of Fellini’s “8 ½.”
One set
Approximate Running Time: 2hrs 30min.

Madam Senator
A political campaign headquartered in a brothel.
One set
Approximate Running Time: 2 hrs

Paganini
Life of the great violinist.
One set
Approximate Running Time: 2 hrs.

Puccini
His Life
A group of young composer’s attempt
to complete Turandot.
One set, Approximate Running Time: 2 hrs.

Mafia
A husband is killed in Sicily. His widow refuses to wear black, to mourn him. Her motives, unimaginable.
Cast: 13; 3F, 10M
One set
Approximate Running Time: 120min.

Mothers and Daughters
A cruel crime in a sophisticated family.
Is Mom another Medea?
Cast: 5; 3F, 2M
One set
Approximate Running Time: 95 min.

Refrigerators
A modern funny version of “Arsenic and Old Lace.”
Scientists, twins, refrigerators and a gorilla.
Cast: 7; 3F, 4M
One set
Approximate Running Time: 95 min

Sister
A brother is exceedingly jealous of his sister.
An unpredictable revelation
Cast: 3; 2F, 1M
One set
Approximate Running Time: 90min.

Six Passionate Women
An Italian film director – a modern day Casanova
– is punished by six women
Cast: 8; 6F, 2M
One set
Approximate Running Time: 110min.

Terrorist
A sexual duel between a man and a woman
who do not trust each other.
Cast:2; 1F, 1M
One set
Approximate Running Time: 80min.

Third Daughter
A strict father restrains two of his daughters,
while he allows his third daughter to explore
sexual freedom. It’s an unpredictable Machiavellian plot.
Cast: 7; 4F, 3M
One set
Approximate Running Time: 100min.

Three Beds
Three unusual couples exchange lovers.
Cast 6; 3F, 2M
One set, Approximate Running Time: 100 min.

Two Centuries
Act One , a chauvinist husband
abandons his wife
Act Two, a feminist uses charm to teach

Young Wife
A tragic wife waits 20 years for the man she loves.
Cast: 3F, 3M
One set
Approximate Running Time: 100 min.

Hugo (Chavez)
An Attempt to assassinate him
Cast: 4M
One set
Approximate Running Time: 80 minutes

Refrigerators
Musical version of the play
One set
Approximate Running Time: 2hrs.

The Seducers
A Venetian school for gigolos and an
American tourist.
The musical version of The Academy.
One set
Approximate Running Time: 2hrs.

( Madam Senator, Paganini, Puccini, Refrigerators and The Seducers recently published by Stonybrook Publishing: Five Musicals, An Anthology)
Stony Brook University, New York

ONE ACT PLAYS
Casts from 1 to 6 – All men – All women – Mixed cast
Approximate Running Time:
Between 15 and 30 minutes
The 75th
Academy
A.I.D.S.
Alessia
Birthday
Bridge
Brothel
Che
Chile’73s
The Chinese Friend
The Coffin
Confessions
Dialogue with a Negro
Dina and Alba
Dolls No More
Donata
Equality
Euthanasia
Fire
The Fourth One
Friday Bench
The Gift
Her Voice
Hugo
The Hungarian
Iraq
Leningrad
Messages
Missionaries
The Only Good Indian
Originality

The Other One
Pablo Neruda
Piggy Bank
Pinochet
Porno
The Psychoanalyst
Rapes
Return
Sincerity
Suicide
Suicide Club
Telephone
Terrorist
Waiting
White Cat

Samuel French, Publisher
45 W. 25th Street
New York, New York 10010, USA


 

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