''Scuba Duba'' is a 1967 comedy play from

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which was a success

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starring

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and

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in a production that ran for 692 performances. The play was profiled in the

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book '' The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway''. Although the play did not run on

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, it had a second well received run in 1971 at the

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in Buffalo starring

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, John Newton, and

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References

External links

''Scuba Duba''
at Internet Off Broadway Database 1967 plays Plays by Bruce Jay Friedman {{1960s-play-stub