Playing Sinatra

play by Kops

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"Playing Sinatra" is a 1991 play by English playwright Bernard Kops. The play centers on a brother and sister who are obsessed with the legendary performer Frank Sinatra. Kops was known for his works of unabashed sentimentality, often drawing from his early life of poverty and his Jewish background. His other notable plays include "The Hamlet of Stepney Green" and "The Dream of Peter Mann."1

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Bernard Kops
…occurs as a dream, and Playing Sinatra (1991), which centres on a brother and sister obsessed with the legendary performer. Kops’s early life of poverty and his Jewish background informs much of his work, including Enter Solly Gold (1961), in which a con artist convinces a Jewish millionaire that he…
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…occurs as a dream, and Playing Sinatra (1991), which centres on a brother and sister obsessed with the legendary performer. Kops’s early life of poverty and his Jewish background informs much of his work, including Enter Solly Gold (1961), in which a con artist convinces a Jewish millionaire that he…
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