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POLYCHRONIS KOUTSAKIS (1974 - ) |
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Nationality: Greek Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Polychronis Koutsakis was born in Chania, Greece in 1974, where he lives at present with a woman he never dreamed existed and with an adorably stupid dog. For his full-length play When he was happy he was awarded the second prize for best Greek play in 2005 by the Greek Ministry of Culture.
Plays by Polychronis Koutsakis
Bogey | ||
| 1st Produced: | Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York, England | 2003 | ||||
Company: | Rowntree Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | One Act Play Depot >>>, 2002 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #41751 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
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Synopsis: | In a mental hospital two men, both around fifty, start talking. One of them is convinced that he is Humphrey Bogart, while the other one seems certain that he is Cary Grant (although his friend thinks that he is Clark Gable). But as their hilarious, antagonistic conversation continues, we find out that they are not as mad as they seem, and that they haven't really forgotten what has led them to adopt their fictional personalities. | |||||
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Lenin (Only One) | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | One Act Play Depot >>>, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #41752 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Two men, both in their late thirties, are sharing a humble room in present-day Russia. One of them is a former champion athlete, now unemployed, while the other, an intellectual, has never worked in his life. In order to have something to eat, the former athlete looks around for grocery stores with fat owners so that he can steal tomatoes, potatoes, bread, cheese and whatever else he can lay his hands on without getting caught. These two dissimilar but close friends, who are always grumbling to each other, try every day to come up with the idea that will enable them to "hit the jackpot", and save them from the misery in which they live. At last the intellectual comes up with an idea which they put into practice. The two heroes steal the embalmed body of Lenin, bring it by night to their room in a packing-case and inform the Russian government and the whole planet that they are demanding a ransom of a million dollars for its return. However, nobody cares enough to offer to pay for Lenin. Days pass, the two men get into the habit of talking to Lenin as if he can hear them, until they discover that not everyone is utterly indifferent to him. Because at last they find one person, Only One (the title of the play) who is willing to pay to have Lenin back. | |||||
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Naughty Cats | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | One Act Play Depot >>>, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN: | 1894910516 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #63043 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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| A lost cat provokes an interesting conversation between a man and a woman. | |||||
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Ripvan | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | One Act Play Depot >>>, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN: | 9781894910699 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #75174 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
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Parts other: | flexible | |||||
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| Hyde Park, London; the turn of the century. A young man, who has just dumped his girlfriend, is about to receive some lessons on love and lust from a very old man who may or may not be 114 years old, may or may not have been Greta Garbo's great love and may or may not be responsible for Lolita the original one. | |||||
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