''The Flowering Peach'' is a 1954 dramatic play by American playwright

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with music by Alan Hovhaness. The plot is a modern take on the Bible stories of

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and Noah's Ark. It was the last original play by Odets produced in his lifetime. The play was revived in 1994. While rarely produced in stock and regional theatres, a musical version titled '' Two by Two'' was produced on Broadway in 1970 by

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, Martin Charnin and

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. It starred

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and ran for a year on Broadway.

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* 1954 plays Broadway plays Plays by Clifford Odets Noah's Ark in fiction {{1950s-play-stub

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