My first play, Here Come the Goats, was written in 1978 (© 1979). It grew out of a conversation with John Parham with whom I had done three productions in succession: Man For All Seasons, "The Kitchen Table” and A View From the Bridge. While waiting to go onstage at a rehearsal for the last Play, I mentioned a Greek comedy called Here Come the Goats and he said, "I'll have to read that sometime." I said, "Yes, and I'll have to write it sometime.''
I began by sketching the action in a review (by Claire Renuzit; see Appendix
III) and went on from there. Changes were made during a mini-production for
a theatre practicum class in the Fall of '78. The actors included Dirk Flaherty
and Steven Flynn (both entrenched in retail sales at the time of the scanning
of the document that is included here.
A subsequent radio production for a Mass Media course was recorded that same
semester at Edward R. Debes II’s Pineapple 7 Studios. The show, "New
Theatre," also incorporated an interview of me by Ed, which presaged our
work on our documentary, ''The Student at York College" the following year.
The actors for that production (stored on a 1/4" reel-to-reel audio tape)
were as follows:
Jester: Robin Gohn
Soldier: Steve Schrum
Statesman: Andi Cashmore
Goatherd: John Parham
For anyone interested in producing the play: I am less interested in royalties than having my work produced, so contact me about obtaining the rights and permission.
READ THE PLAY
There is a downloadable .pdf file available.