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ALAN BOWNE
Alan Bowne was the author of several plays that have been produced in New York and regional theatres, including BEIRUT (Off-off-Broadway, Manhattan Class Company, Off-Broadway, Westside Arts Theater), SHARON AND BILLY (Magic Theatre, San Francisco, 1986, 1987), A SNAKE IN THE VEIN (Off-off Broadway, The Limbo Theatre, 1985), and FORTY-DEUCE (Off-Broadway, Perry St Theatre, 1981). Mr Bowne authored two screenplays for filmmaker Paul Morrissey: Mixed Blood (1984) and Throwback (1988). He received the Arthur Foundation Prize in 1986, and was a member of New Dramatists. Sadly, Mr Bowne died in 1989.