DAVID ROBSON   


David Robson
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Plays by David Robson

DAVID ROBSON
After Denmark
1st Produced:
Nashua, New Hampshire
2008
Company:
Yellow Taxi Productions
1st Published:
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
4
Female
3
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
A young editor-who may be related to controversial 19th-century black leader Denmark Vesey-travels to the Deep South to confront questions of racism and identity.
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DAVID ROBSON
Death of America
1st Produced:
Brick Playhouse, Philadelphia, PA
1998
Company:
-
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Rick and Sancho are sitting together talking. Rick, clearly cynical, complains about everything from food to the state of the country. This bores Sancho, who becomes incensed when Rick insults the waitress. Rick is writing a play called "Death of America." He says it's a really dull play, intentionally so because Rick wants to weed out his audience. He explains that eventually, when everyone's about to fall asleep, his play's hero arrives. The hero, Abraham S. Washington, has stolen all the American flags, for which he has a great contempt. Rick stages some of the play, even getting the waitress-who's completely fed up-into it. Soon enough he has Sancho involved too.
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DAVID ROBSON
Few Small Repairs, A
1st Produced:
Theater Catalyst, Philadelphia, PA
2007
Company:
-
1st Published:
Excerpts published in Audition Arsenal for Men in Their 30's (Smith and Kraus Publishers),
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Genre:
Comedy/Drama
Comedy
Parts:
Male
5
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Once two of the most glamorous members of America's privileged class now facing possible eviction from their Newport mansion by the Board of Health, "Big" and "Little" Alice protect, torment, lie and cling to each other. Loosely based on the true, bizarre life of mother and daughter Big and Little Edie Beale, this dark comedy lives somewhere between the longings, loves and delusions of THE THREE SISTERS and SUNSET BOULEVARD.
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DAVID ROBSON
Goons
1st Produced:
Brick Playhouse, Philadelphia, PA
1998
Company:
-
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ISBN/ASIN
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
5
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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DAVID ROBSON
Killing Neil LaBute
1st Produced:
Intentional Theatre Company, Waterford, Connecticut
2006
Company:
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ISBN/ASIN
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page
Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
The play was presented in 2007 at the Great Plains Theatre Conference in Omaha and was a bit hit
Synopsis:
A fledgling writer posts a review of playwright Neil Labute´s work. Labute is irate, and before long a tit-for-tat turns ugly and silly as the two meet to work out their differences.
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DAVID ROBSON
Last Dance
1st Produced:
Shubin Theatre
2000
Company:
-
1st Published:
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ISBN/ASIN
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
3
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
April 1945: An idyllic Austrian village in the Dolomite Mountains is the setting for an abrupt encounter between infamous German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl and the ordinary GI who comes to arrest her. What begins as a routine encounter quickly escalates into something far more revealing. Through the use of two major flashbacks, we find out that Leni has close ties to the Nazi party. The soldier, meanwhile, is motivated not only by his sense of duty but by his complex feelings of empathy for this fallen film goddess. Over the course of their night together, Leni and the soldier reveal secrets that force them to confront dark truths about themselves and each other.
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DAVID ROBSON
Man Measures Man
1st Produced:
InterAct Theatre Company, Philadelphia, PA
2001
Company:
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1st Published:
ISBN/ASIN
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
4
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
In the waning days of the Kosovo conflict, two American doctors travel to Macedonia to offer their services to Albanian refugees. Into the chaos of the medical camp, a mysterious boy arrives, forcing the doctors to re-examine their actions and the personal ethics that guide them. The play measures the naivete of altruism against the realities of war.
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DAVID ROBSON
Mel and Mee
1st Produced:
Short and Sweet Play Festival, Sydney, Australia
2008
Company:
Live Ideas
1st Published:
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ISBN/ASIN
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page
Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
A black comedy about what really happened the night Mel Gibson was arrested.
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DAVID ROBSON
Necessary End, A
1st Produced:
New Works Winter Festival
Jan 2010
Company:
Acme Theater
1st Published:
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ISBN/ASIN
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
A professor and his student--a soldier--have an abrupt conversation about war and the nature of heroism.
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DAVID ROBSON
Playing Leni
1st Produced:
Adrienne Theater
May 2011
Company:
Madhouse Theater Company
1st Published:
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ISBN/ASIN
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page
Genre:
Dark Comedy
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Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
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Notes:
written by David Robson and John Stanton. Winner of the Hotel Obligado Audience Choice Award for New Work.
Synopsis:
Chosen by Hitler himself, the infamous Leni Riefenstahl made some of the greatest propaganda of all time. But now, with the war nearly over, Riefenstahl and a mysterious soldier take a darkly hilarious journey through the Austrian countryside, and Riefenstahl must defend her Nazi past to herself and to the world.
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DAVID ROBSON
Suitors of Susan B Anthony, The
1st Produced:
City Theater, Wilmington, DE (Delaware
1996
Company:
-
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ISBN/ASIN
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page
Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Man 1 is the sensitive type. Man 2 is a macho, sexist type. Woman enters and proceeds to talk about her experiences dating these men. They voice their versions. Man 1 is looking for a nice girl, just like dear old mom. Man 2, on the other hand, is just trying to score; he is somewhat profane and graphic in his descriptions. Woman at first doesn't seem to know what she wants. She finds Man 1 nice but somewhat dull. She finds Man 2 very attractive, in part because of his bad boy demeanor. The thing is, Man 2 loves her but gives her excuses and lip and rejects her. Eventually, Woman becomes fed up with the both of them. She leaves them to stew in their own dunderheaded juices.
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DAVID ROBSON
What's Mine
1st Produced:
Madhouse Theater
2006
Company:
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1st Published:
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ISBN/ASIN
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page
Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
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DAVID ROBSON
You Rang
1st Produced:
2006
Company:
-
1st Published:
in Quay at www.quayjournal.org,
ISBN/ASIN
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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
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