Eric (Russell) Bentley

American dramatist. Born Bolton, Lancashire, England 14 September, 1916

Stage Works

1. A Time to Die, and A Time to Live: Two Short Plays, adaptations of plays by Euripides and Sophocles (as Commitments, produced 1967). 1967.
2. Sketches in DMZ Revue (produced 1968).
3. The Red White and Black, music by Brad Burg (produced 1970). 1971.
4. Are You Now or Have You Ever Been: The Investigation of Show-Business by the Un-American Activities Committee 1947-1958 (produced 1972). 1972.
5. The Recantation of Galileo Galilei: Scenes from History Perhaps (produced 1973). 1972.
6. Expletive Deleted (produced 1974). 1974.
7. From the Memoirs of Pontius Pilate (produced 1976).
8. The Kleist Variations: Three Plays. 1982.
   1. Wannsee (produced 1978).
   2. The Fall of the Amazons (produced 1979).
   3. Concord (produced 1982).
9. Larry Parks' Day in Court (produced 1979).
10. Lord Alfred's Lover (produced 1979). 1981
11. Monstrous Martyrdoms: Three Plays (includes Lord Alfred's Lover, H for Hamlet, German Requiem). 1985.
12. Round Two. In Gay Plays: Four, edited by Michael Wilcox, 1990.
13. The First Lulu, adaptation of a play by Frank Wedekind (produced 1993). 1993.