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wickedone
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Joined: 10/09/06 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
   Topic: Clue the playPosted: 10/10/06 at 2:41pm |
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Does anyone know who owns rights to "Clue" the play?
I found info on the musical, but we really would rather have a straight show this summer. Thanks in advance! |
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Topper
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Joined: 1/27/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 543 |
Posted: 10/10/06 at 4:43pm |
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Although "Clue" was released as a film in 1985, it was an adaptation written expressly for the screen (with three alternate endings!). To my knowledge, no stage version exists -- except the musical.
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Nanette
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Joined: 8/01/06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 399 |
Posted: 10/10/06 at 5:54pm |
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I found the script at the following sites: http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Reviews/Clue/Clue-Script.html http://www.awesomefilm.com/script/clue.html http://corky.net/scripts/clue.html http://www.fortunecity.se/jarlkullen/hallstromshojden/49/clu e_script.txt And an "unproduced" clue manuscript at: http://www.theartofmurder.com/table/stage/manziscript/manzis cript.html No idea who owns the rights, but perhaps a webmaster at one of those sites could direct you. |
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wickedone
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Joined: 10/09/06 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
Posted: 10/12/06 at 5:30pm |
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Thanks for your efforts.
I was really hoping to find a script. There is a theatre in CA that did it and I've emailed them, but no reply yet. Honestly, the screenplay will be too hard for us to adapt. In the meantime, if anyone knows, I'll be checking! Thanks for your help! |
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AmateurThespian
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Joined: 4/13/06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
Posted: 10/22/06 at 6:00pm |
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If that is the same theater that I know of, I wrote to them to ask if that was a show they licensed. It is not. They are a "pirate" theater company. The guy even told me so. He said if he sent me the script I could not say where I got it. They do a lot of shows that are based on movies and TV. Total lack of imagination. |
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suzecue1
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Joined: 9/19/06 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 90 |
Posted: 10/22/06 at 8:46pm |
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A CT near me did Clue a couple of years ago. http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_ id/6468
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lwood
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Joined: 2/10/07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 22 |
Posted: 2/25/07 at 1:13pm |
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The group in California didn't have the rights. My group tried to get the rights by emailing Jonathan Lynn (he wrote the movie) who told us to try paramount pictures, who, after about an hour of voice menus told us we had to email our request, which we did and never got a response to. fun times. i'd look for another show. |
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VPHicksville
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Joined: 9/30/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
Posted: 9/30/07 at 8:45pm |
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We orignally heard about the group in California that did the production, but then our group traveled to a little town outside of Philedelphia, PA to see a production of "Clue: The Play" after finding it by chance on Brown Paper Tickets. The Philly group told us that they contacted Paramount and Hasbro and there were no royalties to do the show.
We've been in contact with Hasbro and Paramount and no one is claiming that they have the stage rights or know who does. We have come against the same wall to do the show. If we get anywhere with this, I'll let you know.
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The People Behind the Plays. www.hicksvillevillageplayers.com
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TheActingTechie
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Joined: 3/13/06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 29 |
Posted: 10/28/07 at 1:12am |
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If you can't get the rights to "Clue," you could probably find something else in the same vain.
"The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940" (not a musical) is a popular choice. |
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Goldberry
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Joined: 11/03/08 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
Posted: 11/03/08 at 10:33pm |
I'm the person who got the rights for that theater company. It's Town and Country Players in Buckingham, PA. The show wound up being directed by a guy who ruined the show, but yeah...we did it.
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