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Power Plays [Paperback]

Elaine May , Alan Arkin

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Mar 22 2011 0573626987 978-0573626982

Short Plays, Comedy

Charatcers: 2 male, 2 female

3 interior sets

Consists of The Way of All Fish, Virtual Reality and In and Out of the Light, three short plays about the collision of wills that were an Off Broadway comedy sensation starring the authors.

"Classic comedies ... with subversive details that keep catching you off guard.... The evening ... percolates with actorly inventiveness and a willingness to pursue a warped logic step by step into the land of absurdity. Has a heady sense of discovery, of seeing prototypical situations being twisted and spun to the point of dizziness, of disparate comic minds bouncing off each other."-N.Y. Times

"A giddy delight."-N.Y. Post

"Hilarious as well as thoughtful."-N.Y. Daily News


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Product Details

  • Paperback: 108 pages
  • Publisher: Samuel French Trade (Mar 22 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0573626987
  • ISBN-13: 978-0573626982
  • Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 0.5 x 20.3 cm
  • Shipping Weight: 23 g
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,347,195 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Shallowly riotous Feb 24 2001
By Michael A. Benedetto - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
Of the three one-acts collected here, the first two have only minimal depth and the third doesn't have any. Doesn't matter. Alan Arkin and Elaine May have brilliant comic minds, and put them to excellent use on this project.

My personal favorite of the three is May's opener, "The Way of All Fish", in which a meek secretary attempts to shift the balance of power away from her difficult boss, with bizarre and side-splitting results. But there are amusing lines and intriguing situations in all three. Reading this book isn't quite a substitute for watching May and Arkin perform in their own pieces (or for watching Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss, their replacements in the original production), but it has the added benefit of allowing you to go back and excerpt the most quotable lines at your leisure.

Don't hesitate -- just grab it.


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