Really Obscure Play Titles- Page 2

[Timmer]

Posted: 9/14/15 at 6:06pm

Mr. Nowack said: "Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad: A Pseudoclassical Tragifarce in a Bastard French Tradition

One of my favorite titles!

[Timmer]

Posted: 9/14/15 at 6:08pm

Mr. Nowack said: "See also: Longest Play Titles

 

Such as:  The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade

 

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[JoseLee_]

Posted: 9/14/15 at 6:13pm

Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 9/14/15 at 6:22pm

That was a movie not a play and is best forgotten by one and all.

Updated On: 9/14/15 at 06:22 PM

[mamaleh]

Posted: 9/14/15 at 6:45pm

Artist Descending a Staircase

[newintown]

Posted: 9/15/15 at 9:07am

"Obscure" is such a relative term... I've seen either regional or NY productions of many of these plays, and read several others.

[yfs]

Posted: 9/15/15 at 11:36am

OK. How about "First One Asleep, Whistle." Seen it? read it? 

I did, at the Belasco. Do I remember anything? No, sadly. 

Also, one I loved: "Do You Know the Milky Way", at what was then the Billy Rose, now the Nederlander, I think. 

 

[newintown]

Posted: 9/15/15 at 12:23pm

I looked up your First One Asleep, Whistle - the playwright, one Oliver Hailey, had THREE plays on Broadway in his career, and they ALL closed on opening night.

 

You can understand one, maybe even the second one ("hey, his first play closed on opening night, but this one is terrific!", but who would produce a third from such a Turkey Generator?

 

He also wrote a lot for TV, including "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," "McMillan and Wife," "Family," and "The Cosby Show," and wrote three short-running plays Off-Broadway in the 60s and 70s.

 

The male standby for First One... was Sam Waterston, in his second Broadway job (his first one, Kopit's Oh, Dad, etc. had closed 2 and 1/2 years before this show).