Diamond Studs
by Jim Wann, Bland Simpson
Synopsis
A rip-roaring country and western rendition of the Jesse James saga, Diamond Studs even had New York critics stomping their feet to the music.
Jesse James is seen as a frustrated Southerner at the end of the Civil War, hamstrung by Northern limits imposed on the losers' personal freedom.
He turns to bank and train robbery, ultimately to be done in by his pal, Bob Ford, for the sake of reward and publicity.
Press Reviews
"There isn't a flat moment... A fresh and funny fusillade of tomfoolery."
— Newsweek
"It's a barrel of fun, with good music to match."
— NBC
"Yes, yes, a thousand times yes! Diamond Studs, which is something called ‘a saloon musical,’ turned up last night at the Chelsea Theater Center's Westside Theater, and it turned up trumps with five aces and a full house of jokers. It is unadulterated delight, which, together with adulterated delight, was the way the West was run."
— The New York Times
Publication
Diamond Studs is a play written by Jim Wann and published by Concord Theatricals (1976).
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Concord Theatricals · 1976 · 59 pp
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Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)
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