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PAUL D'ANDREA |
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Plays by Paul D'Andrea |
Einstein Project, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42933 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | flexible | |||||
Notes: | written by Paul D'Andrea and Jon Klein | |||||
Synopsis: | a highly theatrical journey into one of the most fascinating minds of the modern age. It rejects iconic cliches about Albert Einstein in order to reveal the true man-a dynamic, Shakespearean personality, driven by passion, fear and anger. Theatrical techniques involving movement, music and visual images-a Japanese tea ceremony, a picnic with physicist ghosts-convey his mental and emotional struggles. Humorous newsreels flicker to show the growing celebrity and absurdity of the Einstein phenomenon. In the happy early days Einstein creates physics on the spot with members of the Uranium Club and spends his free time sailing with his emotionally disturbed son, Edward. But he increasingly finds himself at odds with the new nationalism of Hitler's Nazi Party-especially when embodied by his chief competition, the brash young genius Werner Heisenberg. Einstein's fear and fury result in the abandonment of Edward-and an escape to America. In the second act, at the height of World War II, Einstein wonders if his old friends are developing atomic weapons for Hitler. Ironically, it is possible that Heisenberg and the other German scientists have successfully resisted such weapons research and trust that Einstein will do the same. But the U.S. Government and ominous rumors from Europe feed Einstein's fear until he breaks down and urges President Franklin Roosevelt to develop atomic weapons for use against Germany. As a result, one of the most famous pacifists of all time is forced to go counter to his own beliefs. And to Einstein's horror, atomic bombs are dropped on a country he didn't even consider-Japan. The climax of the play finds Einstein reunited with his mad son, Edward, trying to sail in the atomic storm that he helped unleash. His discovered love for Edward gives him hope that we can stop the storm. | |||||
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Full Length Portrait Of America | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #8683 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | A black New Orleans jazz musician in her eighties is transformed by the news that she will bear a child if her husband's music is freed from its captivity | |||||
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Nathan The Wise | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #133521 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | 1192. There is a fragile truce in Jerusalem between the Jews, Christians and Muslims. A young Templar knight, rescues a young Jewish girl from a fire. They fall in love but how can they resolve their religious differences? | |||||
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Trouble With Europe, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #8684 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | The French and American Presidents separately send their best men to find out what is wrong with 20th century Europe and to set it right | |||||
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Wonderful One-Hoss Shay, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #80059 | |||
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