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Anna Lippman

ANNA LIPPMAN

  (1925 - 1971)

Nationality:    Canadian
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Anna Lippman Davies wrote an unpublished novel, numerous poems and three or four plays in the 1960's. Two were produced and entered in the Dominion Drama festival. the Babies became her "hit" and productions continued to pop up years after her death

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        Babies, The


Babies, The

Synopsis:
Two persons: one blue, one pink, inhabit similarly coloured highchairs. they trash out their understandings of birth, the life force, gender indoctrination, and ultimately death without ever leaving their perches. the author has given permission for appropriate updating but the text proves remarkably resilient.

Notes:
the Babies had four or five productions in her time. A web search reveals several more

1st Produced:
Instant Lunchtime Theatre, Toronto     1968

Organisations:
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1st Published:
the Dramatic Publishing Company, Chicago, 1969   

Music:
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Genre:
Minimalist, absurd symbolism

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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