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Come Back To The 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
by Ed Graczyk
Broadway
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Synopsis
Drama / Characters: 1 male 8 female
Scenery: Interior
In a small town dime store in West Texas the "Disciples of James Dean" gather for their twentieth reunion.
Now middle-aged women they were teenagers when Dean filmed Giant two decades ago in nearby Marfa.
One of them an extra in the film has a child whom she says was conceived with Dean during the shoot.
The ladies' congenial reminiscences mingle with flash backs to their youth; then the arrival of a stunning but familiar stranger se
Press Reviews
"Full of homespun humor [and]... surefire comic gems."
— New York Post
"A challenging piece of theatre."
— The London Standard
"Captures convincingly the atmosphere of the 1950s."
— WWD
"A work of amazing dramatic power... ingenious, shocking... funny, brimming with pathos, wise and full of wonder at the sometimes sinister tricks of life. The best play I have seen in years."
— Gannett Newspapers
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| Mona |
| Mona (Then) |
| Sissy |
| Sissy (Then) |
| Joe |
| Joanne |
| Stella May |
| Edna Louise |
| Juanita |
Publication
Publisher Samuel French
Year 1982
Binding Paperback
Pages 104
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573607646
ISBN-10 0573607648
LCCN 82230303
LCC PS3557.R118 C6 1982
DCC 812/.54
Come Back To The 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean is a British comedy play written by Ed Graczyk and published by Samuel French in New York (1982).
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Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)
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