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Play || Perpetrated by || Presented at || Notes | Play || Perpetrated by || Presented at || Notes | ||
| − | ''Legion of Legions'' ||[[Art Widner]] and [[L. R. Chauvenet]] ||[[Boskone II]] (1942) || | + | ''[[Legion of Legions]]'' ||[[Art Widner]] and [[L. R. Chauvenet]] ||[[Boskone II]] (1942) || |
''[[The Birth of a Notion]]'' ||[[Robert Bloch]] and [[Karen Anderson]] ||1950s || | ''[[The Birth of a Notion]]'' ||[[Robert Bloch]] and [[Karen Anderson]] ||1950s || | ||
| − | ''The Demolished Null-A and Now You Don't'' ||[[Fanvariety Enterprises]] and the [[Pittsburgh Science Fiction Association]] ||[[Chicon II]] | + | ''[[TASFIC Program#The Demolished Null-A and Now You Don't| The Demolished Null-A and Now You Don't]]'' || [[Bill Venable]] and [[Jack Harness], [[Fanvariety Enterprises]] and the [[Pittsburgh Science Fiction Association]] ||[[Chicon II]], September 1, 1952 || |
| + | ''[[TASFIC Program#The Fall of Fen, or Paradise Lost|The Fall of Fen, or Paradise Lost]]''|| [[Dave Hammond]] and [[Sol Levin]], [[PSFS]] || [[Chicon II]], September 1, 1952 || | ||
Christmas play ||[[Damon Knight]], [[Anthony Boucher]], [[Fritz Leiber]], and [[Robert Bloch]] ||[[Clevention]] (1955) ||See [[moskowitz Clevention reminiscence|Sam Moskowitz' Clevention reminiscence]] for a description. | Christmas play ||[[Damon Knight]], [[Anthony Boucher]], [[Fritz Leiber]], and [[Robert Bloch]] ||[[Clevention]] (1955) ||See [[moskowitz Clevention reminiscence|Sam Moskowitz' Clevention reminiscence]] for a description. | ||
''[[The March of Slime]]''||[[Liverpool Group]]’s [[MaD Productions]]||[[Kettering]] (1955)|| A [[tapera]] | ''[[The March of Slime]]''||[[Liverpool Group]]’s [[MaD Productions]]||[[Kettering]] (1955)|| A [[tapera]] | ||
''[[Mag Net]]'' ||[[Karen Anderson]] ||1956 || | ''[[Mag Net]]'' ||[[Karen Anderson]] ||1956 || | ||
| − | ''Beyond the Unknown'' ||Unknown ||[[Detention]] (1959) ||See [[moskowitz detention reminiscence|Sam Moskowitz' Detention reminiscence]] for a description. | + | ''[[Beyond the Unknown]]'' ||Unknown ||[[Detention]] (1959) ||See [[moskowitz detention reminiscence|Sam Moskowitz' Detention reminiscence]] for a description. |
''[[Alice in Thrillingwonderland]]'' ||[[Karen Anderson]] || [[Solacon]] (1958 [[Worldcon]]) || | ''[[Alice in Thrillingwonderland]]'' ||[[Karen Anderson]] || [[Solacon]] (1958 [[Worldcon]]) || | ||
''[[The Purple Pastures]]'' ||[[Carl Brandon]] ||[[Pittcon]] (1960) ||First published at [[Solacon]] | ''[[The Purple Pastures]]'' ||[[Carl Brandon]] ||[[Pittcon]] (1960) ||First published at [[Solacon]] | ||
| − | ''Stage Wars'' and other skits ||[[Moebius Theatre]] ||[[Windycon 4]] (1977) and other Windycons and [[Minicon 13]] (1978) || | + | ''[[Stage Wars]]'' and other skits ||[[Moebius Theatre]] ||[[Windycon 4]] (1977) and other Windycons and [[Minicon 13]] (1978) || |
''[[Star Wars' Roots]]'' ||[[Alexis Gilliland]] ||[[Disclave 22]] (1978) ||[[Avedon Carol]] played Darth (wheeze, wheeze) Vader. | ''[[Star Wars' Roots]]'' ||[[Alexis Gilliland]] ||[[Disclave 22]] (1978) ||[[Avedon Carol]] played Darth (wheeze, wheeze) Vader. | ||
''[[The Greatest Gondorian Hero]]'' || ||[[Chicon IV]] (1981) || | ''[[The Greatest Gondorian Hero]]'' || ||[[Chicon IV]] (1981) || | ||
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Title || Composer || Performed || Notes | Title || Composer || Performed || Notes | ||
| − | ''[[1986 (musical)|1986]]||[[Richard Kolker]]||[[Lunacon 23]], March 14-16, 1980|| | + | ''[[1986 (musical)|1986]]||[[Richard Kolker]]||[[Lunacon 23]], March 14-16, 1980|| |
| + | ''[[Asteroid (ballet)]]|| [[Julian May]] and [[Bob Johnson]]||[[Chicon II]], September 1, 1952 || A ballet danced by the University of Chicago Knights of the Ballet, under the direction of Guy Bassett. | ||
''[[Another Part of the Trilogy]]'' ||[[John M. Ford]] ||[[Boskone 34]], [[25th World Fantasy Convention]] || | ''[[Another Part of the Trilogy]]'' ||[[John M. Ford]] ||[[Boskone 34]], [[25th World Fantasy Convention]] || | ||
''[[Back to Rivets]]'' or, ''[[Mik Ado About Nothing]]'' ||[[Mark Keller]] and [[Sue Anderson]] ||[[Boskone 14]] ||Collected in ''[[Rivets!]]'' | ''[[Back to Rivets]]'' or, ''[[Mik Ado About Nothing]]'' ||[[Mark Keller]] and [[Sue Anderson]] ||[[Boskone 14]] ||Collected in ''[[Rivets!]]'' | ||
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''[[The Decomposers]]; or, [[Rivets Has Risen from the Grave]]'' ||[[Mark Keller]] and [[Sue Anderson]] ||[[Boskone 16]] ||Collected in ''[[Rivets!]]'' | ''[[The Decomposers]]; or, [[Rivets Has Risen from the Grave]]'' ||[[Mark Keller]] and [[Sue Anderson]] ||[[Boskone 16]] ||Collected in ''[[Rivets!]]'' | ||
''[[Enterprise]]'' || ||[[Minicon 9]] || | ''[[Enterprise]]'' || ||[[Minicon 9]] || | ||
| − | ''[[Faans II]]''||[[Leah Zeldes Smith]] || ||Published as a script in 1988 | + | ''[[Faans II]]''||Book and lyrics by [[Leah Zeldes Smith]] || ||Published as a script in 1988 |
''[[The Fandoliers, or the King of BaraTAFFia]]'' ||[[Ruth Berman]] || || | ''[[The Fandoliers, or the King of BaraTAFFia]]'' ||[[Ruth Berman]] || || | ||
''[[Fundament!]]'' ||[[Maria Hamilton]] ||[[Conine]] || | ''[[Fundament!]]'' ||[[Maria Hamilton]] ||[[Conine]] || | ||
Revision as of 12:06, 11 March 2021
Fannish plays and musicals are most commonly parodies of mundane plays and movies. They are frequently faan fiction.
Plays[edit]
(ordered by date)
Musicals[edit]
Fannish musicals (also called filk operettas) are usually spoofs of mundane musicals with fannish or stfnal themes, and have a long and honored history in fandom.
See also Fannish Film, Tapera, Burlesques, Drama, Ian Sorenson.
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