ELYSE SINGER
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Plays by Elyse Singer
Frequency Hopping |
| 1st Produced: | 3LD Art & Technology Center | 2008 | ||||
| Company: | Hourglass Group | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| 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: | multidisciplinary | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
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| Synopsis: | a multidisciplinary play based on the 1940 collaboration between glamorous Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000) and avant-garde composer George Antheil (1900-1959) on a secret communication system. The following info is from the press release: "Based on a remarkable true story, Frequency Hopping re-imagines the relationship between film icon Hedy Lamarr (best known for her nude swimming scene in Ecstasy and star turn in Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah) and George Antheil ('bad boy' composer of the revolutionary 1924 composition Ballet Mecanique). In 1940, the duo collaborated on a patent for an anti-jamming device to control torpedo guidance. Although largely ignored at the time, their invention is now recognized as the model for 'frequency-hopping spread spectrum', widely used in cellular phone technology. Lamarr was finally recognized for her innovative work when she received the 1997 Pioneer Award from the Electronic Frontier Foundation." - nytheatre.com | |||||
Trouble in Paradise |
| 1st Produced: | Hudson Guild, NY, USA | 2006 | ||||
| Company: | Hourglass Group | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| 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: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
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| Notes: | conceived by Elyse Singer; author David Simpatico | |||||
| Synopsis: | a stage adaptation of the 1932 Ernst Lubitsch film Trouble in Paradise. When suave swindler Gaston meets his soul mate Lily, a crass pickpocketer masquerading as a countess, the two grifters join forces to con Madame Colet, the glamourous heir to a perfume empire. Risking his own heart and Lily's jealousy, Gaston gets a job as Colet's assistant and begins to woo the heiress away from a pair of bumbling suitors. When the secret of his true identity catches up to him, sparks fly and Gaston is caught between two women who have stolen his heart. nytheatre.com | |||||