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Biography: Robert Patrick [Top] Robert Patrick is a gay playwright, poet, lyricist & short story writer & novelist. He was born Robert Patrick OConnor in Kilgore, Texas on September 27, 1937. // Robert Patrick is the author of over 60 plays. The first of these, The Haunted Host, was produced in 1964 & premeired at the Caffe Cino. Mr. Patrick was actually forced to appear in the play himself with fellow playwright William M Hoffman because he could find no actors willing to appear in a gay-themed drama. During the 1960s Mr. Patrick was a pioneer in the Off-Off Broadway movement & gay theatre, with over 300 productions of his plays being held during this decade in Manhattan alone. He won the Show Business Award in 1969 for Joyce Dynel, Salvation Army & Fog. That same year his play, Camera Obscura was produced on PBS, starring Marge Champion. A 1974 production of Haunted Host marked the debut of Harvey Feirstein. Years later, Feirstein included a recording of Patricks monologue, Pouf Positive on his CD, This Isnt Going to Be Pretty. Positive was also filmed by Dov Hechtman in 1989.
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