Hogan's Goat (1971)
October 18, 1971Release Date
Hogan's Goat (1971)
October 18, 1971Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Philip Bosco
Father Coyne
Kevin Conway
Peter Boyle
John Devlin
Confessional Priest
Faye Dunaway
Kathleen Stanton
Glenn Jordan
Director
Margaret Linn
Bessie Legg
Biff McGuire
Murphy
Robert Foxworth
Matt Stanton
Patrick McVey
Haggerty
George Rose
Quinn
Betty Sinclair
Ann Mulcahy
Rue McClanahan
Josey Finn
Dee Victor
Maria
Theoni V. Aldredge
Costume Design
Romaine Greene
Hairstylist
Colleen Callaghan
Hairstylist
Jac Venza
Executive Producer
William Ritman
Art Direction
Jay Wolf
Casting
Robert Philippe
Makeup Artist
Phyllis Grens
Makeup Artist
Arnold Hoskwith
Casting
William Alfred
Theatre Play / Adaptation
Patrick McKenna
Editor
Lee Victor
Hairstylist
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Hogan's Goat is a 1965 play by William Alfred. The blank-verse drama concerns a mayoral contest between Irish Americans in Brooklyn, New York, in 1890. The play's focus is on the personal life of Matthew Stanton, the dynamic leader of the Sixth Ward, who hopes to unseat corrupt incumbent Ned Quinn. Stanton's wife Kathleen fears campaign publicity will reveal that they never were married in the Catholic Church, a fact uncovered by Quinn, who also discovers Stanton was once the "kept man" (known as a "goat" in the lexicon of the time) of Agnes Hogan, Quinn's ex-girlfriend who is now on her deathbed. Blinded by ruthless ambition, Stanton ignores Quinn's threats to reveal his past and forges ahead with the race, ultimately destroying not only his political career, but his marriage, as well.
Directed by Frederick Rolf, the off-Broadway production opened for the American Place Theatre on November 11, 1965, at the Theater at St. Clement's Church, then moved to the East 74th Street Theater β later called the Eastside Playhouse β completing a run of 607 performances. The original cast included Ralph Waite as Stanton, Faye Dunaway as Kathleen, and Tom Ahearne as Quinn, with Cliff Gorman and Conrad Bain in supporting roles. Replacements later in the run included Barnard Hughes and Richard Mulligan.
Alfred won the Drama Desk Award for Best Playwright, and Dunaway and Mulligan earned the Theatre World Award for their performances. Hogan's Goat was reported to have been one of only two works that were discussed for the Pulitzer Prize in 1966. Ahearne won the Clarence Derwent Award.In the short story "One Face" by Larry Niven, a starship is named "Hogan's Goat".