Clue the play
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Topic: Clue the play
Posted By: wickedone
Subject: Clue the play
Date Posted: 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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Posted By: Topper
Date 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. ------------- "None of us really grow up. All we ever do is learn how to behave in public." -- Keith Johnstone |
Posted By: Nanette
Date 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.thealmightyguru.com/Reviews/Clue/Clue-Script.html http://www.awesomefilm.com/script/clue.html - http://www.awesomefilm.com/script/clue.html http://corky.net/scripts/clue.html - http://corky.net/scripts/clue.html http://www.fortunecity.se/jarlkullen/hallstromshojden/49/clue_script.txt - http://www.fortunecity.se/jarlkullen/hallstromshojden/49/clu e_script.txt And an "unproduced" clue manuscript at: http://www.theartofmurder.com/table/stage/manziscript/manziscript.html - 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. ------------- In a world of margarine, be butter! |
Posted By: wickedone
Date 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! |
Posted By: AmateurThespian
Date 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. |
Posted By: suzecue1
Date 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 - http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_ id/6468
------------- Sue ***** So many hats.....so few heads! |
Posted By: lwood
Date 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. |
Posted By: VPHicksville
Date 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. ------------- The People Behind the Plays. www.hicksvillevillageplayers.com |
Posted By: TheActingTechie
Date 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. ------------- |
Posted By: Goldberry
Date 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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Posted By: rtpgurl
Date Posted: 1/04/09 at 11:05pm
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How did you go about getting the rights?
I know we'd love to do it at our theatre sometime within the near future.
------------- *that just happened* www.roundtownplayers.com http://rtptreasureisland.blogspot.com |
Posted By: VPHicksville
Date Posted: 1/06/09 at 6:19pm
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Who did you contact to get the rights? Sorry, I've been busy and haven't been able to respond to you. Our group liked the production over all...there were things we would have done differently, but every director is different. ------------- The People Behind the Plays. www.hicksvillevillageplayers.com |
Posted By: Goldberry
Date Posted: 1/07/09 at 12:56pm
| Our director was crap, and he likes to change every script's lines to his whim, which is a HUGE liability. |
Posted By: rtpgurl
Date Posted: 1/07/09 at 3:01pm
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A fellow in my theatre group gave me a number to a contact within the realm of Paramount out in California.
It led me to a nice gent in their licensing department who told me that, unfortunately, they do not have the play rights.
When they got the rights to do the movie, they did not acquire the rights to the stage version.
He told me the best thing to do would be to contact Parker Brothers about play rights, since that is who Paramount got their orginial rights from to do the movie.
Apparently, they get a LOT of questions about the stage version of CLUE. ------------- *that just happened* www.roundtownplayers.com http://rtptreasureisland.blogspot.com |
Posted By: Nyria
Date Posted: 1/13/09 at 1:27am
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I just read a play that I quite liked called "The Murderous Mansion of Mr. Uno" Which reminded me a lot of the movie Clue -- it's kind of a spoof on the movie (and the movie was rather spoofy itself ;))
You can read some of it here:
http://www.playscripts.com/play.php3?playid=1011 - http://www.playscripts.com/play.php3?playid=1011 ------------- NYRIA |
Posted By: rtpgurl
Date Posted: 1/13/09 at 9:56am
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Thank you!
I'm going to actually get this play to read.
It sound wicked cool.  ------------- *that just happened* www.roundtownplayers.com http://rtptreasureisland.blogspot.com |
Posted By: donzolidis
Date Posted: 1/13/09 at 11:34pm
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Why yes it is wicked cool.
Here's the issue as I see it with this play, and I'd like to put this up to the community. I wrote it as a one-act for a group of kids who were indeed parodying Clue, and it ended up landing in a kind of in-between length--right now the show runs something like 50 minutes, and there are up to 11 separate endings that could be voted on by the audience that would extend the show.
So here's my question: Would it be worth my while to revisit the play, extend it to, say, 90 minutes, so that with the alternate endings it would be a true full-length show? Do you think that would coax more community theatres to produce it? (and it's not as if the show isn't ever produced, it probably gets 10 productions a year or so, but it's mostly done by schools)
I'll make this offer. If a community theater out there goes ahead and buys the rights to perform the show from Playscripts, I will write you a new version of this play that works out to a full-length. You can use the new version for your production and only pay the cost of a one-act performance (right now the play is $40 a performance, which is a pretty good deal). The deal is good until Playscripts publishes the new, full-length version of the show.
Anyone interested?
Don ------------- www.donzolidis.com |
Posted By: rtpgurl
Date Posted: 1/14/09 at 7:15pm
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LOL!
Wow, I totally just emailed you about the show.
I was wondering how the show could be extended so that it stretched more than 60 minutes, and if that 60 minute interval included an intermission and the time it took to vote and whatnot...
I do like the idea of extending the show and making it to around 90 minutes.
------------- *that just happened* www.roundtownplayers.com http://rtptreasureisland.blogspot.com |
Posted By: Nyria
Date Posted: 1/14/09 at 11:31pm
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I've been thinking about doing this - I just need to find enough guys ;)
I am also curious how it would be stretched.
I love the audience involvement too.
My thought for performing it would be to have the cast rehearse the 3 or 4 endings we liked the best and then just put those possble endings into the voting. So, we would hand out the vote cards to the audience and it would say to vote for "Terragon, Uno, Daphne or Isis'" for example. That way they wouldn't have to memorize all 11 endings =)
Then we would perorm all 4 endings with the voted one being last.
My mom is the president of a community theatre here in town - I am going to ask her what she thinks of this idea.
I'm a big Don Zolidis fan -- we've done his plays the last 2 years at festival (Bobby Wilson can eat his own Face" and "Feed the Whales"
------------- NYRIA |
Posted By: rtpgurl
Date Posted: 1/19/09 at 12:57am
We might just take you up on that offer.
So far the President and Vice President of the board like the script. ------------- *that just happened* www.roundtownplayers.com http://rtptreasureisland.blogspot.com |
Posted By: Coconut
Date Posted: 1/22/09 at 8:10pm
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Very interested. Is an April production unrealistic? |
Posted By: donzolidis
Date Posted: 1/22/09 at 10:11pm
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That's quick. But I could do it.
Do you represent the same theatre in the Virgin Islands that did my Christmas shows two years ago? (or maybe three?) ------------- www.donzolidis.com |
Posted By: donzolidis
Date Posted: 1/22/09 at 10:14pm
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That's quick. But I could do it.
Do you represent the same theatre in the Virgin Islands that did my Christmas shows a few years back? And if so, when are you going to fly me out to see the plays? ------------- www.donzolidis.com |
Posted By: SpenceKenzer
Date Posted: 1/23/09 at 5:12pm
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My community theatre group is also VERY interested in producing a stage adaptation of "Clue" the 1985 movie. To that end, (STEP ONE) I emailed Jonathan Lynn, the director of the movie and the author of its screenplay. His response was as follows: <START> Thanks for your well-informed email and your kind words. Unfortunately, Paramount Pictures Corporation is 'deemed' to be the author of the CLUE screenplay, even though I wrote it all. In any case, they own all rights, and you would have to apply to them. I'm sorry to tell you that history suggests that they will say an automatic 'no'. But you can certainly try. Sorry I can't help more. Good luck. Best wishes Jonathan Lynn <END> ------------- --------------------<*> Saludos, my dahlinks, and you know who you are ... ! |
Posted By: SpenceKenzer
Date Posted: 1/23/09 at 5:17pm
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As I said before,
My community theatre group is also VERY interested in producing a stage adaptation of "Clue" the 1985 movie. To that end, (STEP ONE) I emailed Jonathan Lynn, the director of the movie and the author of its screenplay. Based on his reply, (STEP TWO) I emailed Paramount Licensing. Their response was as follows: <START> This will respond to your January 18, 2009 email regarding stage rights in the motion picture CLUE (the “Picture”). Paramount does not own the Picture’s stage rights. Those rights are controlled by Parker Bros. and Waddington Games, or their successors in interest. Paramount does own all rights in the Picture’s screenplay (“Screenplay”), including any original elements that were included in the Screenplay but were not part of the board game Clue. However, Paramount is not interested in licensing any of its rights in the Picture or the Screenplay at this time. Sincerely, Kevin Sheridan Research Manager Motion Picture Legal <END> It should be noted that the "successors in interest" to Parker Bros. and Waddingtons is Hasbro. I have email communication in progress with them on this matter. Wish me luck! Cross your fingers! ------------- --------------------<*> Saludos, my dahlinks, and you know who you are ... ! |
Posted By: rtpgurl
Date Posted: 1/23/09 at 6:34pm
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LOL ------------- *that just happened* www.roundtownplayers.com http://rtptreasureisland.blogspot.com |
Posted By: Coconut
Date Posted: 1/27/09 at 7:44pm
| LOL, I don't know because I've only recently gotten involved with this school. PM sent. |
Posted By: returntosender
Date Posted: 2/12/09 at 10:05am
So just to clarify, does this mean that to do the stage adaptation of the movie, you only need to get the rights from Parker Bros? (I'm also trying to do Clue: The Play, by the way) |
Posted By: SpenceKenzer
Date Posted: 2/12/09 at 10:38am
Frankly, I'm not sure how to interpret Mr. Sheridan's 2nd paragraph. His 1st paragraph seems to say that Hasbro holds the stage rights. However, his 2nd paragraph MAY be saying that some permission from Paramount might still be required. It is all annoyingly unclear. UPDATE: My inquiry to Hasbro got deflected -- that is, I didn't get any actual answer, but I was instead referred to Hasbro's office in Canada (since that's where I'm from) -- no email address, no website, just snail mail contact info. I don't understand. Community theater companies and school drama groups all over the place would love to pay SOMEONE royalties to perform a stage adaptation of the movie "Clue", and yet no one involved with the movie seems to have any interest in collecting that royalty money! Anyone else get any kind of specific response from Hasbro (or Paramount)? ------------- --------------------<*> Saludos, my dahlinks, and you know who you are ... ! |
Posted By: Rorgg
Date Posted: 2/12/09 at 4:47pm
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I think I get what he was saying. The general rights to perform a stage production based on Clue (tm) the board game is controlled by Hasbro. However, the rights to the script for Clue, the movie, and its derivatives are controlled by Paramount.
So, you could create an entirely new script based on the game with the permission of Hasbro only. However, to adapt the movie script, you'd need the permission of Paramount as well as Hasbro (since it sounds like Paramount can't license a stage production from what he said).
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Posted By: sonshine
Date Posted: 2/16/09 at 1:15pm
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Okay, did try:
http://www.plymouthrocket.com/bayplayers/clue.html - http://www.plymouthrocket.com/bayplayers/clue.html
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/clue-to-hit-the-stage/3012154978 - http://video.aol.com/video-detail/clue-to-hit-the-stage/3012154978
They may not be what you're looking for
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Posted By: donzolidis
Date Posted: 2/16/09 at 5:02pm
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The musical sounds like a version of the board game, not the stage version of the movie, which is what everyone is trying to find. They probably wrote that themselves.
And since rights aren't available and never have been available, I'd wager that the people doing Clue on-stage transcribed it from the movie and performed it that way. I bet lots of theatres have done this.
But there is no stage version of the movie, and it doesn't sound like the people who own the rights are interested in making one. Too bad. I'm sure lots of theatres would love to do it, and it would be an easy adaptation. ------------- www.donzolidis.com |
Posted By: SpenceKenzer
Date Posted: 2/22/09 at 2:30am
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The board game "Clue" is known in the U.K. (and other places outside of North America) as "Cluedo". There is a British stage play of "Cluedo" by Robert Duncan, produced successfully in the 1980's. The play has not been formally published by any publishing house. The rights to perform (and presumably copy) this play are currently held by Ian Liston of The Hiss & Boo Company Ltd. in the U.K. I sent him an email, requesting a copy of the play. He replied saying that it is currently unavailable. In 2007 or 2008 Hasbro signed a multi-movie deal with Universal to develop movies based on Hasbro's most well-known board games and other toy properties, one of which is "Clue". Because of this deal between Hasbro and Universal, Hasbro is no longer granting permission to perform the play "Cluedo" by Robert Duncan. Anybody out there have a copy of "Cluedo" the play by Robert Duncan? ------------- --------------------<*> Saludos, my dahlinks, and you know who you are ... ! |
Posted By: SpenceKenzer
Date Posted: 2/22/09 at 2:34am
The first link IS an example of what I/we are looking for here. The second link refers to "Clue: the Musical", which is currently available thru Samuel French, Inc. "Clue: the Musical" is NOT in any way related to "Clue" the 1985 movie, NOR is it in any way related to Robert Duncan's non-musical play "Cluedo". ------------- --------------------<*> Saludos, my dahlinks, and you know who you are ... ! |
Posted By: SpenceKenzer
Date Posted: 3/03/09 at 4:09pm
This posting duplicates one I made in the Poll "Royalties paid - always, sometimes, or never?"
Yes ... technically ... but ... Hasbro officially holds the stage rights, particularly for any aspect of the "Clue" screenplay that is a direct aspect of their board game, Paramount officially holds the rights for any aspect of the "Clue" screenplay that is NOT a direct aspect of the Hasbro board game. ... so technically I need some kind of permission from both Hasbro & Paramount. * I have received direct email communication from Paramount Licensing saying "Paramount is not interested in licensing any of its rights in the Picture [CLUE] or the Screenplay at this time." * I have received communication from a rights-holder for the stage adaptation "Cluedo" that Hasbro is no longer granting permission to perform existing stage adaptations of their game, due to a recent deal with Universal to develop movies based on Hasbro products including "Clue". So ... if my CT wants to produce "Clue the movie the play" I guess we'd be doing so without the direct permission of Hasbro & Paramount. I guess that's why I posted this poll -- I want to know how common it is for CT's to perform plays without permission and/or without paying royalties to someone. ------------- --------------------<*> Saludos, my dahlinks, and you know who you are ... ! |
Posted By: imamember
Date Posted: 3/03/09 at 5:17pm
| If it's common or not is irrelevant though right? |
Posted By: SpenceKenzer
Date Posted: 3/04/09 at 10:32am
Sorry? I don't understand what you mean. Can you say it another way to clarify? ------------- --------------------<*> Saludos, my dahlinks, and you know who you are ... ! |
Posted By: returntosender
Date Posted: 3/05/09 at 8:49am
It's not very uncommon to do a play without rights if your CT doesn't get much (if any) "noise" outside of your community. Theaters that are more well known usually have to get the rights because they are subject to the press. Though I'm sure there have been fairly big productions of rights-less plays that never got in any trouble-- but it's a risk |
Posted By: returntosender
Date Posted: 3/09/09 at 10:45am
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i got in contact with the director of this play: http://www.plymouthrocket.com/bayplayers/clue.html ("Clue: The Play" from 2006). He says that he gets a lot of inquiries about rights to the play, and the general consensus is that it's under free domain. Meaning that no rights are necessary. Success!
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Posted By: SpenceKenzer
Date Posted: 3/10/09 at 2:15pm
I suspect his information is incomplete or inaccurate or both. Did that CT perform (1) their own adaptation of the movie "Clue", or (2) someone else's adaptation of the movie "Clue" ... and if (2) then whose adaptation, and where did they get it? There was a stage adaptation written and performed during the last 10 years at The Dark Room, a "pirate" and cabaret style live theatre venue in San Francisco. Copies of this adaptation, written by Jim Fourniadis and Cameron Eng, have been floating around the Internet. HOWEVER, they all disavow any ownership of the adaptation, and request that IF you use it that you not mention them or their theater company by name EVER ANYWHERE. That gives me the sense that they are (as we all should be) conscious that they do not have permission from the rights holder(s) for this stage adaptation or any performance of it. No, I don't mean to "be a wet blanket" or "rain on your parade". I want my own CT to produce a stage version of the movie "Clue" as much and as badly as anyone! That doesn't mean I can blindly ignore possible legal ramifications if the rights holder(s) for that property were to take notice. ------------- --------------------<*> Saludos, my dahlinks, and you know who you are ... ! |
Posted By: returntosender
Date Posted: 6/08/09 at 8:32am
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Rules be damned! We performed our own version of Clue adapted from the screenplay on Friday, to great acclaim.
My suggestion: if you wanna do it, just do it. |
Posted By: David McCall
Date Posted: 6/08/09 at 12:56pm
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People should be a little careful what they write on the Internet. Parker Brothers might find your post most interesting. In your case you are pretty anonymous at least here, but many of us are pretty easy to trace.
David ------------- David M |
Posted By: greenphoenix
Date Posted: 6/09/09 at 6:04am
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I definitely would not try to produce a play (unless it is specifically a non-royalty or public domain work) without getting the proper consent. It is not a good practice to borrow material under copyright (and I always feel that will come back to bite somebody in the butt). A group could opt to create an original script in the spirit of "Clue", with different characters and adding local references. |
Posted By: SpenceKenzer
Date Posted: 6/10/09 at 2:04pm
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A little Googling allows me to find over a dozen productions of some stage adaptation of the 1985 movie Clue in the last 5 years alone! These productions range from high schools, colleges, and community theater groups to a few semi-professional and professional theater companies. None of these mentions any kind of "Produced by special arrangement with..." credit for any copyright holder for Clue. Our CT has decided "damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead" -- that is, they've decided that we will produce a stage adaptation of the 1985 movie Clue, as have so many other theater companies in the last 5 years. Our auditions are at the beginning of August 2009, and our performances are October 14 thru 17, 2009. The author credit we are printing for this show says: Story by John Landis and Jonathan Lynn; Screenplay by Jonathan Lynn We are specifically NOT mentioning any name for the author of our stage adaptation, at that person's request. I'm very much looking forward to this show! ------------- --------------------<*> Saludos, my dahlinks, and you know who you are ... ! |
Posted By: Aerofad
Date Posted: 6/21/09 at 7:35pm
| So what about the people in this thread who have gotten permission? Any of you able to give information on how you went about getting it? |
Posted By: SpenceKenzer
Date Posted: 6/21/09 at 8:35pm
I asked someone from Town and Country Players in Buckingham, PA, but they were unable to provide any specific contact information for Paramount or for Hasbro / Parker Brothers, other that what I have already used. No other CT that has done this work has "stepped up to the plate" here with such contact information, and this particular Discussion Board has been up for 2 or 3 years. I'd love for that to happen. ------------- --------------------<*> Saludos, my dahlinks, and you know who you are ... ! |
Posted By: bernster74
Date Posted: 7/01/09 at 5:29pm
| Does anyone have an adaptation that is ready to go that they would be willing to share? |
Posted By: sonshine
Date Posted: 7/02/09 at 5:08pm
| No, I don't but you could just do your own verison and write it yourself. As long as you have proper legal speak, it might be ok |
Posted By: arthurincanada
Date Posted: 9/10/09 at 4:15am
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Clearly someone got the rights, and apparently just by asking permission:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4-IhNoTUK8 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4-IhNoTUK8 |
Posted By: SpenceKenzer
Date Posted: 11/17/09 at 1:19pm
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Our CT went ahead and produced it. It was great. It was fun for the cast, the crew, and the audience. We wrote our own adaptation, if anyone needs one. Our set was massively huge (even without a Dining Room or a Ballroom). Mrs. Ho and Mr. Boddy wind up lying dead in the Study for MOST of the play, in full view of the audience, so you have to have very patient actors playing these corpses. I could tell stories for ages about our production, which I personally enjoyed immensely. ------------- --------------------<*> Saludos, my dahlinks, and you know who you are ... ! |
Posted By: Mattsmommy79
Date Posted: 1/22/10 at 11:02pm
| I am brand new to this discussion board...but since you offered, can I see a copy of the script that you used?? |
Posted By: thalor
Date Posted: 3/18/10 at 2:22pm
| I would like to see it as well, if you still have a copy. |
Posted By: UACTheatre
Date Posted: 3/22/10 at 3:25pm
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We would like to see it too. UACTheatre@aol.com
thank you in advance! ------------- Up & Coming Theatre |
Posted By: Henry Bemis
Date Posted: 2/01/11 at 12:44pm
| Also new to the boards, also juggling whether or not to do CLUE, also have written our own adaptation if anyone wishes to see. |
Posted By: thalor
Date Posted: 2/01/11 at 12:56pm
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Id love a copy to see. You can send it to grokthesource@yahoo.com Thanks! |
Posted By: UACTheatre
Date Posted: 2/02/11 at 6:14pm
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I definitely would like to see it too. Thank you in advance! UACTheatre@aol.com ------------- Up & Coming Theatre |
Posted By: SpenceKenzer
Date Posted: 2/28/11 at 1:44pm
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NEWS: There was never an original motion picture soundtrack album for the movie Clue ... until NOW! Check out LA LA LAND RECORDS Here's the weblink: http://www.lalalandrecords.com/Clue.html I found this exciting, and thought some of you might as well. Enjoy! ------------- --------------------<*> Saludos, my dahlinks, and you know who you are ... ! |
Posted By: AnnetteLogue
Date Posted: 3/04/11 at 1:02pm
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Would like to see it as well...
mailto:Annettelogue@aol.com - Annettelogue@aol.com McIntosh Theatre Arts Company ------------- Annette Logue McIntosh Theatre Arts Company Darien, Georgia |
Posted By: thalor
Date Posted: 3/10/11 at 12:45pm
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Picked up a copy of the soundtrack. It's awesome. Professionally done and limited to 3000 copies! Get it while it's still there. On the same note, the theater I'm working with is having our auditions for Clue: The Play next week! We cannot wait, it's going to be fun. |
Posted By: Oswipi
Date Posted: 4/21/11 at 3:59pm
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I saw this done at Michigan State University and have been trying to find a script ever since for the Fine Arts Society of Detroit CT to produce. I'd appreciate anything you can send me (oswipi51@hotmail.com) ------------- Oswipi |
Posted By: Henry Bemis
Date Posted: 4/21/11 at 8:14pm
| Sent you a draft for a production I've been kicking around. |
Posted By: GeeGee
Date Posted: 9/09/11 at 12:49am
| I know this discussion has been over for quite a while, but I was wondering if I could get a copy of the Clue play that was offered by SpenceKenzer. I am not wanting to use it in a regular theatrical setting, but rather to read out loud in a class. I tried to send a PM but I kept getting an error message :( |
Posted By: returntosender
Date Posted: 10/19/11 at 7:22pm
| Public domain: %20 - http://www.youtube.com/user/sendman#grid/user/97927BA0D1D28E5F |
Posted By: donzolidis
Date Posted: 10/20/11 at 12:47pm
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Arrrrghghg!
Just because it's on Youtube doesn't mean it's public domain.
Look, they're being stupid that they haven't published a stage play version of the movie. We all know this. Community Theatres love Clue. It would be among the most produced plays in the country. They'd be making 20-50K per year in royalties in perpetuity. But for whatever reason, Parker Brothers hasn't done it. Probably because they're not in the stage play business.
I still don't think it's legal or ethical to produce that play. Sorry. ------------- www.donzolidis.com |
Posted By: MTlover
Date Posted: 12/27/13 at 3:43am
| I would LOVE to get a copy of the adaption you have made! could you email it to me, pretty please? jenniferteel@gmail.com |
Posted By: MTlover
Date Posted: 12/27/13 at 3:46am
| Could you email me a copy, please? jenniferteel@gmail.com |
Posted By: MTlover
Date Posted: 12/27/13 at 3:55am
| I'm wanting to give it a go and try to contact Paramount and Hasbro to get the okay to produce this. It would be super helpful if someone has phone numbers, or emails that they could share of who they contacted about this? Anyone willing to share? |
Posted By: jayzehr
Date Posted: 12/28/13 at 4:06am
I found an email address for Jonathan Lynn by googling: mailto:jonathan@jonathanlynn.com - jonathan@jonathanlynn.com If I was looking into this that's where I'd start. It might be a dead address, you might not hear anything, he might email you back in an hour. My guess is he probably can't help you but who knows? |
Posted By: MTlover
Date Posted: 1/05/14 at 10:01pm
| Thanks! Yeah, I'm really hoping to get info for who to contact at Paramount... I found the form to fill out for Hasbro, but I know we'd need the okay from both of them, and Paramount's info is NOT easy to find. But thank you! Any info is helpful :) |