Luigi Jannuzzi
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Exhibit This! -- The Museum Comedies
By: Luigi Jannuzzi

ACT ONE
Scene:

1. Love among the
Impressionists

2. Dating In The Planetarium

3. The Forgery
or Boating with the Spanish Singer,
a Woman with a Parrot, and Manet

4. The Penitent Magdalen

5. Oh, Those Antiquities!

6. The Curator

7. Fertility God Fugue

INTERMISSION

ACT TWO
Scene:

1. The Self Portrait

2. Hanging With The Tapestries

3. The Drawing Room Guard's Big Lie

4. 1-555-HELP-ART

5. Misguided Tour

6. Framed

(7 Plays, 6 Monologues)

Act I, Scene 2
"DATING IN THE PLANETARIUM"
includes
THE IRANIAN ARMLET, 1030
Gurgan, Iran.
Click here to link to
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
for picture and more information.

Act I, Scene 2.
"Dating In The Planetarium"
includes
TETE-A-TETE VICTORIAN ROCOCO
REVIVAL LOVE SEAT, 1863
Click Here to link to
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
Love Seat and more information.

Act I, Scene 2.
"Dating In The Planetarium"
includes
A HUNTING CROSSBOW, 1460
GERMAN WHALEBONE & WOOD
Click here or on picture to go to
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
site for more info on this crossbow.

Act I, Scene 2.
"Dating In The Planetarium"
includes
DAGGER (Schweizerdolch-Swiss), 1567
This is not that Dagger.
The Swiss Dagger is at the MET and last mentioned in the 1989 MET guide. (The one with VERMEER'S "YOUNG WOMAN WITH A WATER JUG" on the cover.)

THE ART WORK
of the Play
EXHIBIT THIS! -
THE MUSEUM COMEDIES
By: Luigi Jannuzzi
*
50+ Works of ART
PLUS
direct Links to the MET!
*
(A Comedy about the Metropolitan Museum of Art that comes to life one night!)

(All photos of Art work taken by Luigi Jannuzzi.)
(All images are of works pre 1924 as of 2008.)

Mother and Child contemplate
Perseus contemplating Medusa's severed head.
PERSEUS WITH THE HEAD OF MEDUSA
Sculpture by: Antonio Canova, 1804-6
Click Here to link to
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
sculpture for more information.

Act I, Scene 1
"LOVE AMONG THE IMPRESSIONISTS"
includes
HYACINTHE-EUGENE MEUNIER, (Pastry cook) 1877
BY: PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR
Click here to link to
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
painting and more information.

Act 1, Scene 1
"Love Among The Impressionists"
includes
BY THE SEASHORE, 1883
BY: PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR
Click here to link to
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
picture and more information.

Act I, Scene 1
"LOVE AMONG THE IMPRESSIONISTS"
See also: PIERRE-AUGUSTE-RENOIR'S
"A WAITRESS AT DUVAL'S RESTAURANT," 1875
Click here to link to the MET.

Act I, Scene 1
"LOVE AMONG THE IMPRESSIONISTS"
See also: EDGAR DEGAS'
"JAMES-JACQUES-JOSEPH TISSOT," 1868
Click here to link to the MET.

Act I, Scene 2.
"Dating In The Planetarium"
includes
Devotional Cribs, 15 C.
South Netherlands
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The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
Crib and more information.

Act I, Scene 2.
"Dating In The Planetarium"
includes a reference to Abstract Paintings like:
"PASIPHAE," 1943 or "AUTUMN RHYTHM," 1950
BY: Jackson Pollock
Both are in the permanent collection at The Metropolitan. "PASIPHAE" is not on their website, but click here to link to "AUTUMN RHYTHM" Since both are after 1924, they can not be pictured here

Act I, Scene 2.
"Dating In The Planetarium"
includes
THE APPROACHING THUNDER STORM, 1859
BY: MARTIN JOHNSON HEADE
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The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
painting and more information.

Act I, Scene 2.
"Dating In The Planetarium"
includes
WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE, 1851
BY: EMANUEL GOTTLIEB LEUTZE
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The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
painting for more information.

Act I, Scene 3.
"The Forgery
or Boating with the Spanish Singer,
a Woman with a Parrot, and Manet"
includes
THE SPANISH SINGER, 1860
BY: ÉDOUARD MANET
Click here to link to:
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
painting and more information.

Act I, Scene 3.
"The Forgery
or Boating with the Spanish Singer,
a Woman with a Parrot, and Manet"
includes
YOUNG LADY IN 1866, 1866
BY: EDOUARD MANET
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The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
pciture and more information.

Act I, Scene 3.
"The Forgery
or Boating with the Spanish Singer,
a Woman with a Parrot, and Manet"
includes
BOATING, 1874
BY: EDOUARD MANET
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The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
painting and more information.

Act I, Scene 3.
"The Forgery
or Boating with the Spanish Singer,
a Woman with a Parrot, and Manet"
mentions
A WOMAN WITH A PARROT, 1866
BY: GUSTAVE COURBET
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The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
pciture and more information.

Act I, Scene 3.
"The Forgery
or Boating with the Spanish Singer,
a Woman with a Parrot, and Manet"
mentions
OLYMPIA, 1865
BY: EDOUARD MANET
Click Here to link to The Musee d'Orsay in Paris, France.

Act I, Scene 3.
"The Forgery
or Boating with the Spanish Singer,
a Woman with a Parrot, and Manet"
mentions
Le Dejeuner sur I'herbe
(Luncheon on the Grass), 1866
BY: EDOUARD MANET
Click Here to link to The Musee d'Orsay in Paris, France.

Act I, Scene 4.
"The Penitent Magdalen"
includes
THE PENITENT MAGDALEN, 1643
BY: GEORGES DE LA TOUR
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The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
painting and more information.

** CLICK HERE to link to
GEORGES DE LA TOUR's
"THE REPENTANT MAGDALEN," 1640
at the NATIONAL GALLERY of ART, Washington DC.

** CLICK HERE TO SEE ALSO:
GEORGES DE LA TOUR's
"MAGDALEN WITH THE SMOKING FLAME", 1640
at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art,
Los Angeles, California.

** CLICK HERE to see also:
GEORGES DE LA TOUR's
"MAGDALEN OF NIGHT LIGHT," 1635
at the Muse'e du Louvre, Paris, France.

Act I, Scene 5.
"Oh, Those Antiquities!"
includes
THE OUTER COFFIN OF HENETTAWY, 991 bc
(Mistress of the house and chantress of AMEN-RA)
Click Here to link to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art picture and more information.

Act I, Scene 5.
"Oh, Those Antiquities!"
includes
MEMISABU AND HIS WIFE, 2350 bc
Click Here to link to
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
picture for more information.

Act I, Scene 5.
"Oh, Those Antiquities!"
includes
COSMETIC CAT VESSEL, 1991 - 1783 bc
(Alabaster Cosmetic Jar)
Click Here to link to
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
picture for more information.

Act I, Scene 5.
"Oh, Those Antiquities!"
includes
COFFIN FOR A SACRED CAT,
305 - 30 bc
A sacred animal of Goddess Bastet.
A mummified cat was placed within this coffin.
Click Here to link to
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
picture for more information.

Act I, Scene 6.
"The Curator"
includes
STUDY FOR "A SUNDAY ON LA GRANDE JATTE", 1885
BY: GEORGES SEURAT
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The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
painting for more information.

Act I, Scene 6.
"The Curator"
includes
THE FAIR AT BEZONS, ca 1733
BY: JEAN BATISTE PATER
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The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
painting and more information.

Act I, Scene 6.
"The Curator"
includes
THE FORTUNE TELLER, 1630's
BY: GEORGES DE LA TOUR
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The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
painting for more information.

Act I, Scene 6.
"The Curator"
includes
THE CARD PLAYERS, 1890
BY: PAUL CEZANNE
Click here to link to:
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
painting and more information.

Act I, Scene 7.
"Fertility God Fugue"
includes
SEATED COUPLE, 16 - 20th c.
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The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
picture for more information.

Act I, Scene 7. Fertility God Fugue
includes
MOTHER AND CHILD, 15th -20th c
Click Here to link to
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
picture for more information.

* * * * INTERMISSION * * * *

Act II, Scene 1.
"The Self Portrait"
includes
SALVATOR ROSA, 1615 - 1673
BY: SALVATOR ROSA (Self Portrait)
Click Here to link to
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
painting for more information.

Act II, Scene 2.
"Hanging With The Tapestries"
includes
BIRTH OF THE VIRGIN
FLORENCE, 3rd quarter of 15 c.

Act II, Scene 2.
"Hanging With The Tapestries"
includes
GREENERY, 1905
(A tribute to Trees & Wood)

Act II, Scene 2.
"Hanging With The Tapestries"
Based on
AIR, THE HANGING, ca 1683
About Louis XIV, his mistress and 6 of their children.
CLICK HERE TO Link to
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
THE HANGING and more information.

Act II, Scene 2.
"Hanging With The Tapestries"
includes
LA GRENOUILLERE, 1869
BY: CLAUDE MONET
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The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
painting and more information.

Act II, Scene 2
"HANGING WITH THE TAPESTRIES"
includes
GARDEN AT SAINTE-ADRESSE, 1867
BY: CLAUDE MONET
Click here to link to:
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
painting and more information.

Act II, Scene 2.
"Hanging With The Tapestries"
includes
PIAZZA SAN MARCO, 1730
BY: GIOVANNI CANALETTO
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The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
painting for more information.

Act II, Scene 2.
"Hanging With The Tapestries"
includes
THE REPAST OF THE LION, ca. 1907
BY: HENRI-JULIEN-FELIX ROUSSEAU
Click here for a link to:
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
painting and more information.

Act II, Scene 2.
"Hanging With The Tapestries"
includes
THE ABDUCTION OF THE SABINE WOMEN, ca. 1633–34
BY: Nicolas Poussin
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The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
painting and more information.

Act II, Scene 2.
"Hanging With The Tapestries"
includes
A BRAZILIAN LANDSCAPE, 1650
By: FRANS POST
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The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
painting and more information.

Act II, Scene 3.
"The Drawing Room Guard's Big Lie"
includes
Drawing of
STUDIES FOR THE LIBYAN SIBYL, 1508-12
BY: MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI
Click here to link to
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
Drawing and more information.

Act II, Scene 3.
"The Drawing Room Guard's Big Lie"
includes
Drawing of DESIGNS FOR A NATIVITIY
OR ADORATION OF THE CHRIST CHILD,
1483-1519 BY: LEONARDO DA VINCI
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The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
Drawing and more information.

Act II, Scene 3.
"The Drawing Room Guard's Big Lie"
includes the drawing of
LADY LILITH, 1867
BY: DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI
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The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
Drawing and more information.

Act II, Scene 4.
"1-555-HELP-ART"
includes
THE DEATH OF SOCRATES, 1787
BY: JACQUES-LOUIS-DAVID
Click Here to link to
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
picture for more information.

Act II, Scene 5.
"Misguided Tour"
includes
THE BLIND MAN'S MEAL, 1903
BY: PABLO PICASSO
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The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
picture for more information.

Act II, Scene 5.
"Misguided Tour"
includes
BLACK ABSTRACTION, 1927
BY: GEORGIA O'KEEFFE
It is in the permanent collection at The Metropolitan. As soon as it is on their website, this will link there. It is pre 1924 so it can not be presented here.
But it is in the 1983 museum guide. (Vermeer on cover.)

Act II, Scene 5.
"Misguided Tour"
includes
GERTRUDE STEIN, 1906
BY: PABLO PICASSO
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The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
picture for more information.

Act II, Scene 5.
"Misguided Tour"
includes
NAKED MAN, BACK VIEW. 1991–92
BY: LUCIAN FREUD
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The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
painting and more information.

Act II, Scene 5.
"Misguided Tour"
includes
THE LIGHTHOUSE AT TWO LIGHTS, 1929
BY: EDWARD HOPPER
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The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
painting and more information.

Act II, Scene 5.
"Misguided Tour"
includes
TENNIS AT NEWPORT, 1919
BY: GEORGE BELLOWS
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The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
picture for more information.

Act II, Scene 5.
"Misguided Tour"
includes
THE TERRACE AT VERNONNET, 1939
BY: PIERRE BONNARD
Click here to link to
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
painting and more information.

Act II, Scene 6.
"FRAMED"
includes
MEZZETIN, 1719
BY: JEAN ANTOINE WATTEAU
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The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
painting for more information.

PLAYS
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for Pictures, Posters,
Reviews & Awards.)

Full Length Play

NIGHT OF THE FOOLISH MOON
Published by SamuelFrench.com

FOR THE LOVE OF JULIET
Published by SamuelFrench.com

One Act Play

A BENCH AT THE EDGE
Published by SamuelFrench.com

THE BARBARIANS ARE COMING
Published by SamuelFrench.com

THE APPOINTMENT
Published by SamuelFrench.com

WITH OR WITHOUT YOU
Published by SamuelFrench.com

Works On The Way: New Plays

COMEDIES ON THE EDGE
FOUR ACTS ON EDGE ACT ONE: "A BENCH AT THE EDGE." ACT TWO: "KEEP REHEARSING TILL WE GET IT," "THE APPOINTMENT," "I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU"

NINE KISSES, ONE SLAP!
The Play that proves that the last great decision that you made in your life was based on a KISS ...or a SLAP!

EXPERIMENT ON THIS! - THE SCIENCE COMEDIES
How funny is molecular movement? Have you been to the Dwarf planet Cafe? Quantum laughs await in this new collection of 12 one act plays about Science!

EXHIBIT THIS! - THE MUSEUM COMEDIES
13 One Act Plays based on 40 + Works of ART at the METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART in NEW YORK CITY

(Click here to see Works of ART upon which EXHIBIT THIS! THE MUSEUM COMEDIES are based.)

ALL THE KING'S WOMEN
THE LIFE OF ELVIS PRESLEY Told through the eyes of 17 WOMEN: SOME ENTHRALLED, SOME APPALLED, ALL OBSESSED!

X: THE METROPOLITAN THEATRE COMPANY

THE METROPOLITAN THEATRE COMPANY * CAST of EXHIBIT THIS! - THE MUSEUM COMEDIES

THE METROPOLITAN THEATRE COMPANY * CAST of ALL THE KING'S WOMEN

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THE ART WORK of the Play EXHIBIT THIS! - THE MUSEUM COMEDIES By: Luigi Jannuzzi * 50+ Works of ART PLUS direct Links to the MET! * (A Comedy about the Metropolitan Museum of Art that comes to life one night!)

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Luigi Jannuzzi
Award Winning Comedy Playwright

THE ART WORK
of the Play
EXHIBIT THIS! -
THE MUSEUM COMEDIES
By: Luigi Jannuzzi
*
50+ Works of ART
PLUS
direct Links to the MET!
*
(A Comedy about the Metropolitan Museum of Art that comes to life one night!)

PLAYS
(CLICK on Title
for Pictures, Posters,
Reviews & Awards.)