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A Couple of Blaguards was produced and directed by Mike Houlihan in New York, Chicago, Syracuse, and Philadelphia in both 1984 and 1985. My Chicago production ran for six months at the CrossCurrents cabaret in 1984 and for limited engagements at the Beverly Arts Center in 1985. Michael Cullen and Sheila Heneghan did not “step in to rescue the show.” They were employed by me at that time to serve as general managers on the show during our run at CrossCurrents. They were certainly not the producers, and they never signed a check. Upon conclusion of the CrossCurrents run they were dismissed, and I took the show out to the south side for a sold-out engagement at the Beverly Arts Center and a return engagement at the Village Gate in New York City.
Since I hold the subsidiary rights to A Couple of Blaguards until the year 2000, I would be very interested in the facts of Mr. Cullen’s supposed production. Royalty payments for this production have not been paid. I am currently receiving royalties on the New York production and this would not be the case had I “abandoned the production.”
Nora Duff replies:
