James (Erwin) Schevill
Born Berkeley, California June 10, 1920
Stage Works
- High Sinners, Low Angels, music by Schevill, arranged by Robert Commanday (produced 1953). 1953.
- The Bloody Tenet (produced 1956).
- The Cid, adaptation of the play by Corneille (broadcast 1963)
- Voices of Mass and Capital A, music by Andrew Imbrie (produced 1962). 1962.
- The Master (produced 1963).
- American Power: The Space Fan, and The Master (produced 1964).
- The Black President. 1965.
- The Death of Anton Webern (produced 1966).
- This Is Not True, music by Paul McIntyre (produced 1967).
- The Pilots (produced 1970).
- Oppenheimer's Chair (produced 1970).
- Lovecraft's Follies (produced 1970). 1971.
- The Ushers (produced 1971).
- The American Fantasies (produced 1972).
- Emperor Norton Lives! (produced 1972; revised version, as Emperor Norton, music by Jerome Rosen, produced 1979).
- Fay Wray Meets King Kong (produced 1974).
- Sunset and Evening Stance; or, Mr. Krapp's New Tapes (produced 1974)
- The Telephone Murderer (produced 1975).
- Cathedral of Ice (produced 1975). 1975.
- Naked in the Garden (produced 1975).
- Year after Year (produced 1976).
- Questioning Woman (produced 1980).
- Mean Man I (also director: produced 1981).
- Mean Man II (also director: produced 1982).
- Edison's Dream (produced 1982).
- Galileo, with Adrian Hall, adaptation of the play by Brecht (produced 1983).
- Cult of Youth (produced 1984).
- Mean Man III (also director: produced 1985).
- Time of the Hand and Eye (produced 1986).
- The Planner (also director: produced 1986).
- The Storyville Doll Lady (also director: produced 1987).
- Perelman Monologue (produced 1987).
- Mother O; or, The Last American Mother (produced 1990).
- Sisters in the Limelight (produced 1990).
- American Fantasies (produced 1990).
- The Garden on F Street, with Mary Gail (produced 1992).
RADIO PLAYS
:- The Sound of a Soldier, 1945;
- The Death of a President, 1945;
- The Cid, 1963 (Canada);
- The Death of Anton Webern, 1972.