Up By Wednesday - Paperback

by Robert Patrick (Author)

Four one-act plays from early Off-Off-Broadway's golden age by the era's most prolific playwright, each at the request of such iconic producers as Ellen Stewart, founder of La Mama, Norman "Speedy" Hartman of The Old Reliable and Tony Bastiano of The Playwright's Workshop.

Author Biography

Robert Patrick was early Off-Off-Broadway's most prolific and most produced playwright. His work found welcome at the Caffe Cino, La Mama, The Old Reliable, Playwrights Workshop Club, The Open Space, Stonewall Repertory Company and many many other venues. He is best-known commercially for Kennedy's Children which played Broadway in 1975. He has also been a major influence in gay theatre, and was awarded the Robert Chesley Foundation Award for Lifetime Achievement in Gay Playwrighting. Other awards include the Show Business Award for the 1968-69 season and Glasgow Citizens Theatre Best World Playwrighting Award, 1973. He lives now in Los Angeles and is enjoying new productions of his work, old and new. Treat yourself to a look at his Wikipedia page Robert Patrick (playwright) for a bounty of links to show-photos, scripts, poems and songs, along with any number of riches.