Frank Gagliano Biography (1931-)

Full name, Francis Joseph Gagliano, born November 18, 1931, in Brooklyn, NY;son of Francis Paul and Nancy (La-Barbera) Gagliano; married Sandra Gordon (an operatic soprano), January 18, 1958; children: Francis Enrico. Addresses: AGENT--c/o Gilbert Parker, William Morris Agency, Inc., 1350 Avenue ofthe Americas, New York, NY 10019.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Birth Details: November 18, 1931; Brooklyn, New York, United States

Famous Works

Writings
PLAYS,PRODUCED The Library Raid, Alley Theatre, Houston, TX, 1961.
Conerico Was Here to Stay (one-act), Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City,1965.
Night of the Dunce, Cherry Lane Theatre, 1966.
Father Uxbridge Wants to Marry, Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, Waterford,CT, then American Place Theatre, New York City, 1967.
The Hide-and-Seek Odyssey of Madeline Gimple (one-act), Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, then Project Create, New York City, 1967.
Frank Gagliano's City Scene (two one-acts entitled, "Paradise Gardens East" and "Conerico Was Here to Stay"), Fortune Theatre, New York City, 1969.
The Prince of Peasantmania, Milwaukee Repertory Company, WI, 1970, and O'Neill Theatre Center.
(with Lionel Bart) Quasimodo, 1971.

Anywhere the Wind Blows, 1972.
In the Voodoo Parlor of Marie Leveau and The Commedia World of Lafcadio Beau, both Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, then Phoenix Theatre, New York City,1974.
(with Raymond Benson) The Resurrection of Jackie Cramer, E. P.
Conkle Workshop for Playwrights, University of Texas at Austin, University of Rhode Island Theatre, and New Dramatists, 1974.
(with Claibe Richardson) Congo Square, University of Rhode Island Theatre, 1975.
The Total Immersion of Madeleine Favorini, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, then New Dramatists, New York City, 1979.
Also The Humungus Toe Rides Again. Also represented in anthologies, including Showcase I, edited by John Lahr, Grove Press, 1970, and Scripts III, Houghton Mifflin Company.
Writings;SCREENPLAYS
The Bel Canto Gang and Those Talented Ladies from Suicide Street (a television movie).
Writings;TELEVISION PLAYS
"Big Sur," Experiment in Television, NBC, 1969.
The Private Eye of Hiram Bodoni, 1971; and Father Uxbridge Wants to Marry, PBS.

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