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#1Le Bete?
Posted: 11/23/06 at 9:03pm

Anyone hear Le Bete, its a Play.
If you have herd of it I would like to know about it because my school is doing this next and I would like to be prepared.



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#1re: Le Bete?
Posted: 11/23/06 at 9:16pm

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#2re: Le Bete?
Posted: 11/23/06 at 9:31pm

La Bete was an original play which opened on Broadway in 1991. It is a verse play that is written in the style of Moliere, and takes place in the seventeenth century. What is it about? Hard to remember, but the central character is a bombastic schemer who (I think) politically tries to move himself up. He has an incredibly long monologue several minutes into the play. This is not an easy play to bring off, but for a school it is a strong challenge and I would think would be fun to work on. The playwright's name is Douglas Hirson

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#3re: Le Bete?
Posted: 11/23/06 at 9:51pm

David Hirson

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#4re: Le Bete?
Posted: 11/23/06 at 9:54pm

David O Hirson?

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#5re: Le Bete?
Posted: 11/23/06 at 9:58pm

Sorry David O. Hirson wrote the book for "Pippin" and apparently fathered this David Hirson (no "O").

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#6re: Le Bete?
Posted: 11/23/06 at 11:07pm

I found my Playbill,It only had 15 previews and 10 performances.
I liked it.(The critics obviously didn't) I thought it was pretty funny

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#7re: Le Bete?
Posted: 11/23/06 at 11:16pm

I liked it a lot too. Tom McGowan was wonderful - he went on to have quite a decent tv career.

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#8re: Le Bete?
Posted: 11/24/06 at 6:12am

Tom McGowan replaced Ron Silver, who was fired in Boston. I enjoyed it a lot too, and it had a marvelous physical production. I wish the reviews had been just a little more supportive. It was such a risky venture.

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#9re: Le Bete?
Posted: 11/24/06 at 7:05am

I seem to remember a lot of people in the business (including stars in other shows) starting a petition to keep it running. Those who loved the show REALLY loved it! Unfortunately there wasn't enough of them to keep the show running.

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#10re: Le Bete?
Posted: 11/24/06 at 9:54am

Loved Tom McGowan!

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