Fourteen plays by the experimental dramatist David Ives, whose plays use linguistic pyrotechnics and techniques designed to deliberately disorient the audience.
Fourteen plays by the experimental dramatist David Ives, whose plays use linguistic pyrotechnics and techniques designed to deliberately disorient the audience.
This collection brings together four full-length plays from the same dazzling pen that produced the one-act comic masterpieces of All in the Timing: Polish Joke, a young Polish-American's trip through ethnic stereotypes; Don Juan in Chicago, in which a Renaissance innocent makes a deal with the devil, only to become a reluctant Latin lover; ...
This book of one-acts includes work culled from Ives's productions MERE MORTALS, which ran off-Boadway, and LIVES OF THE SAINTS, a hit in 2000, as well as uncollected plays. Ives is a winner of an Outer Critics Circle Playwrighting Award, and his night of one-acts, ALL IN THE TIMING, was celebrated as the most-produced play, after Shakespeare's, ...
In this fable, a ship washes ashore at the great coastal city of MacOongafoondsen, and the lone survivor, curiously small and hairy, is absurdly charged with being a foreigner, a thief, and a spy. This debut children's story by a noted playwright and humorist offers a preposterous premise, a splash of danger, and even a reputed ghost in the story ...
In 1863, a sixteen-year-old boy nicknamed Scrib travels around the West making his living writing and delivering letters, an occupation that leads to him nearly getting killed, being jailed as a criminal, joining up with the notorious Crazy James Kincaid, and delivering a letter from President Abrah
In a series of letters home to his friend Meero, Vospop Vsklzwczdztwczky (Voss for short) tells the hilarious story of how he smuggles himself to America. Brimming with pointed satire, a healthy dose of action, and a one-of-a-kind narrator, Voss's crazy adventures are sure to leave a lasting impression.
What is the noise that has woken Dixie up? He goes outside to find out - and discovers a lost kitten. Dixie retuns the kitten to its mother, but when the helpful little dog finds more lost animals, he becomes well and truly lost himself.
A book to help children cope with the emotional confusion of such difficult issues as divorce, remarriage, a new baby, death, job loss, and step-siblings.
This book can facilitate honest and open communication between adults and children of 4-12 years at a difficult time. "The Divorce Workbook" is effective in reaching young readers because it contains children's comments and drawings which express their thoughts and feelings about their parents' separation and divorce. This invites readers to open ...
This book is the product of a conference held by the Albert Schweitzer Institute at Quinnipiac University in 2005. The conference re-examined the life and work of Albert Schweitzer, particularly his idea of "reverence for life," and assessed the relevance of his ideas for the twenty-first century. The essays in this book represent various ...
This is an enchanting pop-up book which captures all the magic and excitement of a traditional Christmas. In an earlier spread of a horse and carriage there is the novelty of a real harness made in gold thread which links pop-up horses to the carriage.
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One-Act Plays for Acting Students: An Anthology of Complete One-Act Plays--No Cuttings!
