DAVID ROBSON
| Nationality: | American |
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Plays by David Robson
Death of America |
| 1st Produced: | Brick Playhouse, Philadelphia, PA | 1998 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
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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. | ||||
Few Small Repairs, A |
| 1st Produced: | Theater Catalyst, Philadelphia, PA | 2007 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Excerpts published in Audition Arsenal for Men in Their 30's (Smith and Kraus Publishers) | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Comedy/Drama | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 |
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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. | ||||
Goons |
| 1st Produced: | Brick Playhouse, Philadelphia, PA | 1998 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 |
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Killing Neil LaBute |
| 1st Produced: | Intentional Theatre Company, Waterford, Connecticut | 2006 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - |
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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. | ||||
Last Dance |
| 1st Produced: | Shubin Theatre | 2000 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
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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. | ||||
Man Measures Man |
| 1st Produced: | InterAct Theatre Company, Philadelphia, PA | 2001 | ||
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| 1st Published: | http://www.originalworksonline.com/ | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 |
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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. | ||||
Suitors of Susan B. Anthony, The |
| 1st Produced: | City Theater, Wilmington, DE (Delaware | 1996 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
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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. | ||||
What's Mine |
| 1st Produced: | Madhouse Theater | 2006 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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You Rang |
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||
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| 1st Published: | in Quay at www.quayjournal.org | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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