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Bookshelf Tour #6
More plays! First up: the essential two volumes of Paddy Chayefsky’s stuff (and there’s still more out there). The Stage Plays and The Collected Works of Paddy Chayefsky: The Television Plays. He’s so good for acting classes, both his plays, … Continue reading
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Bookshelf Tour #5
Moving into the script section. Samuel French dominates. Most of the Samuel French scripts here are plays I acted in. Hence, their terrible condition. And hey look there’s Cousin Mike’s play, Diverting Devotion. It was such a huge deal when … Continue reading
The Books: “The Flowering Peach” (Clifford Odets)
Next script on my script shelf: Next play in my little unalphabetized pile of Samuel French plays is The Flowering Peach., by Clifford Odets And … it is hard to believe – but this is my last book in this … Continue reading
The Books: “Standing On My Knees” (John Olive)
Next script on my script shelf: Next play in my little unalphabetized pile of Samuel French plays is Standing on My Knees – Acting Edition, by John Olive Another favorite with actors because of the long great two-person scenes throughout … Continue reading
The Books: “The Country Girl” (Clifford Odets)
Next script on my script shelf: Next play in my little unalphabetized pile of Samuel French plays is The Country Girl, by Clifford Odets Odets. My man Odets. To my ear, nobody else sounds like him. He’s one of those … Continue reading
The Books: “My Cup Ranneth Over” (Robert Patrick)
Next script on my script shelf: Next play in my little unalphabetized pile of Samuel French plays is My Cup Runneth Over., by Robert Patrick We used to have these one-act festivals in college – student-directed student-acted one-acts – and … Continue reading
The Books: “Andromache” (Jean Racine)
Next script on my script shelf: Next play in my little unalphabetized pile of Samuel French plays is Andromache, by Racine, by Jean Racine Francois Mauriac wrote, in regards to translating Racine into English: “Of all our authors, Racine is … Continue reading
The Books: “Hello Out There” (William Saroyan)
Next script on my script shelf: Next play in my little unalphabetized pile of Samuel French plays is Hello Out There: A One-Act Play, by William Saroyan A simple and powerful one-act play by one of our most treasured American … Continue reading
The Books: “Sexaholics” (Murray Schisgal)
Next script on my script shelf: Sexaholics and Other Plays – Acting Edition, by Murray Schisgal A very funny and also frightening play – about two people who are sex addicts. When we first meet them, they are having a … Continue reading