Robert Patrick (1) (1937–2023)

Author of Untold Decades: Seven Comedies of Gay Romance

For other authors named Robert Patrick, see the disambiguation page.

About the Author

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Works by Robert Patrick

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Untold Decades: Seven Comedies of Gay Romance (1988) 72 copies, 1 review

Kennedy's Children (1975) 66 copies

Robert Patricks Cheep Theatricks: Plays, Monologues And Sketches (1972) 37 copies, 1 review

Mercy Drop and Other Plays (1980) 27 copies

Temple Slave (1994) 23 copies

My Cup Ranneth Over. (1979) 15 copies

One Man One Woman Six One Act Plays (1978) 9 copies

Mutual Benefit Life. (1979) 7 copies

Play-by-play: A spectacle of ourselves : a verse farce in two acts (1975) 7 copies

The Haunted Host (With Other Monologues and Sketches) (1999) 3 copies

One Person 2 copies

The golden circle: A fantastic farce : a two act play (1970) 2 copies

Un Bel Di 1 copy

Hollywood At Sunset (2004) 1 copy

The Arnold Bliss Show 1 copy

The Richest Girl In The World Finds Happiness 1 copy

Preggin And Liss 1 copy

Help, I Am: A Monologue 1 copy

Joyce Dynel: An American Zarzuela 1 copy

Still-Love 1 copy

Lights / Camera / Action 1 copy

Cornered 1 copy

I Came To New York To Write 1 copy

Michelangelo's Models (1967) 1 copy

Fred and Harold 1 copy

T-shirts 1 copy

Playing Around With History 1 copy

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The Actor's Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues: More Than 150 Monologues from More Than 70 Playwrights (1987) — Contributor — 193 copies

The Lavender Screen: The Gay and Lesbian Films--Their Stars, Makers, Characters, and Critics (1993) — Foreword, some editions — 121 copies

Gay Plays: The First Collection (1979) — Contributor — 121 copies

Flesh and the Word 2: An Anthology of Erotic Writing (1993) — Contributor — 115 copies, 2 reviews

Flesh and the Word 3: An Anthology of Erotic Writing (1995) — Contributor — 112 copies

The Mammoth Book of Gay Short Stories (1997) — Contributor — 103 copies, 1 review

Moving Parts: Monologues from Contemporary Plays (1992) — Contributor — 67 copies

A Century of Gay Erotica (1998) — Contributor — 62 copies

Contra/Diction: New Queer Male Fiction (1998) — Contributor — 37 copies

Monologues Women: 50 Speeches from the Contemporary Theatre (v. 1) (1976) — Contributor — 32 copies

Best Gay Erotica 2009 (2008) — Contributor — 32 copies

Best Gay Erotica 2010 (2009) — Contributor — 30 copies

Homosexual Acts: Five Short Plays from the Gay Season at the Almost Free Theatre (1987) — Contributor — 21 copies

New American Plays: Volume 3 (1965) — Contributor — 12 copies

The Scene 2: Plays from Off-Off-Broadway (1974) — Contributor — 4 copies

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Birthdate: 1937-09-27
Date of death: 2023-04-23
Gender: male
Occupations: poet
playwright
teacher
critic, film & theater
fiction writer
photo collector
Awards and honors: Publishing Triangle (Robert Chesley Award for Lesbian and Gay Playwriting ∙ 1996)
Relationships: Wilson, Lanford (former flatmate)
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Kilgore, Texas, USA
Place of death: Los Angeles, California, USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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Untold Decades: Seven Comedies of Gay Romance by Robert Patrick

Seven one-act plays that trace the romantic comedy of gay male love in America through the last seven decades. By the author of the much acclaimed Kennedy's Children.

Aug 19, 2009

mmckay 573 reviews

Robert Patricks Cheep Theatricks: Plays, Monologues And Sketches by Robert Patrick

I Came to New York to Write
1955: My Parents Were American
1957: One of Us Has to Work
1959: Phil and Laura
1961: The P.R. and the V.I.P.
1964: Pop People
1965: Verna and Artie
1967: Fred and Harold
1969: I Came To New York to Write
Help, I am: A Monologue
Cornered
Lights/Camera/Action
Still-Love
One Person: A Monologue
Joyce Dynel: An American Zarauela
Preggin and Liss
The Richest Girlin the world Finds Happiness
The Arnold Bliss Show
The Haunted Host

Aug 25, 2007