Shel's Shorts

Shel's Shorts

Author: Shel Silverstein

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 9780822218975

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Getting Frankie Married-- and Afterwards

Getting Frankie Married-- and Afterwards

Author: Horton Foote

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9780822219323

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THE STORY: Frankie, a traditional girl from a traditional town, has been leading an untraditional life. For over twenty years she has been Fred's girlfriend, and though she longs to be married, Fred has never asked--until now. Why the change of hear


Borderlines

Borderlines

Author: John Bishop

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9780822201359

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THE STORIES: The first half of the program, entitled BORDERLINE, chronicles the psychic disintegration of Charles Graham, a young advertising/marketing executive who, it would seem, has it all--a good job, a loving wife and children, a comfortable


Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Author: Robert Emmet Sherwood

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc

Published: 1966

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 9780822200017

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THE STORY: The play shows in a series of scenes the critical years of Lincoln's early manhood up to the moment of his election as president. We see the backwoodsman, a failure at shopkeeping, but a great favorite with friends and neighbors, slowly


How I Learned to Drive

How I Learned to Drive

Author: Paula Vogel

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9780822216230

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Chronicles the relationship between Li'l Bit and Uncle Peck through a series of flashbacks as it progresses from friendship to something darker during a series of driving lessons.


Etta Jenks

Etta Jenks

Author: Marlane Meyer

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9780822219101

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THE STORY: Language and metaphor play a large part in bringing to life the darkly comic story of ETTA JENKS, a cautionary tale of a young woman's journey to Hollywood. Etta arrives in Tinseltown like millions before her with the dream of becoming a


Private Jokes, Public Places

Private Jokes, Public Places

Author: Oren Safdie

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780822220015

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THE STORY: Capturing the full character of architectural discourse, PRIVATE JOKES, PUBLIC PLACES offers a disturbing and humorous glimpse inside the contemporary world of architecture. Margaret, a young Korean-American student, presents her thesis


The People Next Door

The People Next Door

Author: James Pinckney Miller

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9780822208846

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THE STORY: As The New York Times comments: Mr. Miller's drama involves two middle-class families that outwardly symbolize the tranquillity of stable suburbia. But behind the green shutters and the contentment of sustained affluence lies the latent


Box, and Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung

Box, and Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung

Author: Edward Albee

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9780822201397

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THE STORY: Provocative and challenging theatre by one of our most important playwrights, in which traditional dramatic structure is replaced by an abstract, contrapuntal form of striking effectiveness.


K-2

K-2

Author: Patrick Meyers

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 9780822206064

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THE STORY: The setting is an icy ledge high up on K2, the world's second highest mountain. Two climbers, Taylor and Harold, are stranded at 27,000 feet, and Harold has suffered a broken leg in their precipitous descent. They have also lost one of t