title: Tavern Tales: 2004-2014
author: W Frank
description: W (Wayne) Frank is a produced playwright and published poet. His 2nd play was nominated "Best Play" by the American Theatre Critics Association and his 3rd play was the adaptation of "The Sun Also Rises," the only adaptation approved by the Hemingway Foundation. As a poet, he has had over 30 poems published in the U.S., England, Ireland and Scotland. He is currently seeking publication of his Vietnam debut novel entitled "The Age of Aquarius: A Time for War and A Time for Peace." He is a graduate of the U. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. A past includes diamond prospecting in Guyana South America (1964), Peace Corps Volunteer (Africa) (1965-1967), US-AID/MACV Vietnam, 1969-1972. Returning from Vietnam he was elected to the Milwaukee City Council and re-elected six times, serving 1973-2000. In 2000 he decided to pursue his creative and travel interests full time, living for extended periods in Malta, Bali and Egypt. He is a member of PEN and the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets. He currently winters in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
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  Tales of the Five Towns
  
  
  [PART I. AT HOME](Tales%20of%20the%20Five%20Towns_split_001.html#filepos4285)
  
  
    
    
  [HIS WORSHIP THE
  GOOSEDRIVER](Tales%20of%20the%20Five%20Towns_split_001.html#filepos4519)  
    
  [THE ELIXIR OF
  YOUTH](Tales%20of%20the%20Five%20Towns_split_001.html#filepos45409)  
    
  [MARY WITH THE HIGH
  HAND](Tales%20of%20the%20Five%20Towns_split_001.html#filepos63485)  
    
  [THE DOG](Tales%20of%20the%20Five%20Towns_split_001.html#filepos95092)  
    
  [A FEUD](Tales%20of%20the%20Five%20Towns_split_001.html#filepos124193)  
    
  [PHANTOM](Tales%20of%20the%20Five%20Towns_split_001.html#filepos165517)  
    
  [TIDDY-FOL-LOL](Tales%20of%20the%20Five%20Towns_split_001.html#filepos193154)  
    
  [THE IDIOT](Tales%20of%20the%20Five%20Towns_split_001.html#filepos207382)
  
  
  [PART II.
  ABROAD](Tales%20of%20the%20Five%20Towns_split_002.html#filepos220959)
  
  
    
    
  [THE HUNGARIAN
  RHAPSODY](Tales%20of%20the%20Five%20Towns_split_002.html#filepos221106)  
    
  [THE SISTERS
  QI