Shel's Shorts

Shel's Shorts
Author: Shel Silverstein
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2003
Genre: American drama
ISBN: 9780822218975

Getting Frankie Married-- and Afterwards

Getting Frankie Married-- and Afterwards
Author: Horton Foote
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1995
Genre: Man-woman relationships
ISBN: 9780822219323

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.
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1989
Genre: Man-woman relationships
ISBN: 9780822201359

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
Total Pages: 92
Release: 1966
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822200017

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.
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1997
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822216230

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.
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1990
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822219101

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
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2004
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822220015

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
Total Pages: 64
Release: 1969
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822208846

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.
Total Pages: 64
Release: 1969
Genre: One-act plays
ISBN: 9780822201397

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.
Total Pages: 74
Release: 1983
Genre: Mountaineering
ISBN: 9780822206064

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