Murray (Joseph) Schisgal
Born Brooklyn, New York November 25, 1926
Stage Works
- The Typists, and The Tiger (as Schrecks: The Typists, The Postman, A Simple Kind o f Love, produced 1960; revised versions of The Typists and The Postman produced as The Typists, and The Tiger, 1963). 1963.
- Ducks and Lovers (produced 1961). 1972.
- Luv (produced 1963). 1965.
- Knit One, Purl Two (produced 1963).
- Windows (produced 1965).
- Reverberations (produced 1965; as The Basement, produced 1967).
- The Old Jew, Fragments, and Reverberations (produced 1966).
- Fragments (produced 1967).
- Memorial Day (produced 1968).
- Jimmy Shine, music by John Sebastian (produced 1968; revised version, as An Original Jimmy Shine, produced 1981). 1969.
- A Way of Life (produced 1969; as Roseland, produced 1975; as The Downstairs Boys, produced 1980).
- The Chinese, and Dr. Fish (produced 1970). 1970.
- An American Millionaire (produced 1974). 1974.
- All Over Town (produced 1974). 1975.
- Popkins (produced 1978). 1984.
- The Pushcart Peddlers (produced 1979).
- Walter, and The Flatulist (produced 1980).
- Twice Around the Park (includes A Need for Brussels Sprouts and A Need for Less Expertise) (produced 1982).
- The New Yorkers (produced 1984).
- Jealousy (produced 1984).
- The Rabbi and the Toyota Dealer (produced 1985).
- Old Wine in a New Bottle (produced in Flemish, 1985). 1987.
- Schneider (produced 1986).
- Road Show (produced 1987). 1987.
- Man Dangling. 1988.
- Oatmeal and Kisses. 1990.
- The Japanese Foreign Trade Minister (produced 1992).
SCREENPLAYS
:- The Tiger Makes Out, 1967;
- Tootsie, with others, 1983.
TELEVISION PLAYS
- The Love Song of Barney Kempinski, 1966;
- Natasha Kovolina Pipishinsky, 1976.