ALBERT NAMES EDWARD
A radio version is also available An early play about an amnesiac holed up in the fantasy world of Mickey Spillane. The play explores the relationship between speech and thought in the shaping of perceptions. Published by Currency Press 1983
Read moreALBERT SPEER
It is both logical and surprising that the same man, who adapted Dickens’ ‘Nicholas Nickleby’ with great success, brings this impressive and grand stage production to life. Albert Speer (1905 –1981) was Hitler’s favourite architect, master builder and later on, his War Minister. During the Nürnberg Trials, he succeeded in…
Read moreAlbert Wichmann
Albert Wichmann is a director, actor, producer and manager as well as sponsor and fund-raiser in cultural and business matters. Albert Wichmann is educated at the Aarhus Teater’s school, Denmark 1970/71 and Statens Teaterskole 1972/73. From 1971 – 72 he worked as an actor at Det Danske Teater. He has…
Read moreALBERTINE, EN CINQ TEMPS
Five actresses portray Albertine at different times of her life whilst conversing freely with each other and with their sister Madeleine. Albertine at 30 is recuperating in the country after viciously beating her 11-year-old daughter; Albertine at 40 is a virago at war with the world; at 50 she has…
Read moreAldous Huxley
Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894 – 1963) was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. He spent the later part of his life in the United States, living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death in 1963. Best known for his novels…
Read moreAleksa Okanovic
ALEKSA OKANOVIC (b. 1973) was born in Belgrade, but grew up in Denmark, where he graduated from The Danish National School of Playwriting in 2003. In the following years, he studied philosophy at the University of Copenhagen and subsequent studied at the film school in Prague. Already at the age…
Read moreAleksandr Ostrovskij
Aleksandr Nikolaevitj Ostrovskij (1823-1886) was a Russian playwright. He is considered to be a pioneer within Russian theatre and wrote more than 40 plays between 1850-1885.
Read moreAleksej Arbuzov
Born in Moscow in May 26, 1908. His father was Russian and his mother Greek. His first contact with theatre was in 1922, when he was hired as an extra at the Marinski Theatre of St. Petersburg. He developed his skills in a theatre studio (1924) and the following year…
Read moreAlexander Dinelaris
ALEXANDER DINELARIS (Additional Book and Lyrics) was nominated for two Drama Desk Awards in 2003 for his work on the book and lyrics for the Off-Brodway hit, ZANNA, DON’T! His critically acclaimed play THE CHAOS THEORIES played to sold out audiences, and was a top pick of the 2004 New…
Read moreAlfred Grünwald
Alfred Grünwald (1884-1951) was an Austrian author, librettist, and lyricist. Some of his better-known works were written in conjunction with the composers Franz Lehár, Emmerich Kalman, Oscar Straus, Paul Abraham, and Robert Stolz. Alfred Grünwald worked for a theatrical agency before turning to libretto writing. A number of Grünwald’s librettos…
Read moreAlfred Uhry
Alfred Fox Uhry (born December 3, 1936) is an American playwright best known for the play and screenplay of DRIVING MISS DAISY. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Uhry graduated from Brown University. Uhry’s early work for the stage was as a lyricist and librettist for a number of musicals, including AMERICA’S…
Read moreALICE
Taking a starting point in Lewis Carroll’s story, Laura Wade has turned the Victorian Alice into a modern 12-year-old girl, who is gifted with a lively imagination and a very strange family. Her 17-year-old brother, Jow, is dead and everyone is gathered at his funeral. Slowly Alice disappears into the…
Read moreALICE (Kerstin Specht)
Alice falls and falls and falls through a rabbit hole and finds herself in a room with many doors. The smallest door leads to a secret garden, but Alice is to big to get through the door. With help from a talking rabbit, Alice makes her way through and all…
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USA’s great author Henry James and his brother the well-known psychologist and philosopher William James had a sister, Alice James, who sank into depression at an early age and built up the courage to commit suicide her whole life…She died from cancer age 43. This play is about the woman,…
Read moreALICE IN WONDERLAND (Magnus Lindman)
On a glorious summer’s afternoon, young Alice happens upon a smartly dressed white rabbit looking at his watch and muttering ‘I’m too late!’ This not being an everyday occurrence, she follows him down a nearby rabbit hole – and fails into Wonderland. On her weird and wonderful journey to find…
Read moreALICE NEL PAESE SENZA MERAVIGLIE
The monologue is a surreal stream-of-consciousness and a fantasy about all the things that aren’t told in Lewis Caroll’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND. An orgy takes place at the tea-party and ends up with Alice being split between society’s female ideal and her own after her ‘ride’ (sexual debut) with a…
Read moreALICE’S ADVENTURES UNDER GROUND
On a glorious summer’s afternoon, young Alice happens upon a smartly dressed white rabbit looking at his watch and muttering ‘I’m too late!’ This not being an everyday occurrence, she follows him down a nearby rabbit hole – and fails into Wonderland. On her weird and wonderful journey to find…
Read moreALIGATOR MOUTH, TADPOLE ASS
ALLIGATOR MOUTH, TADPOLE ASS is a twistedly queer memory play about a troubled man in 1986 looking for answers at Miss Chelley’s Fortune Shop in NYC. Instead of the answers he craves, he connects with a young man working there whose memory is constantly triggered by their incredibly intense connection.…
Read moreAlistair Beaton
Alistair Beaton (b. 1947) is a Scottish left wing political satirist, journalist, radio presenter, novelist and television writer. At one point in his career he was also a speechwriter for Gordon Brown. Born in Glasgow, Beaton was educated at the Universities of Edinburgh, Moscow and Bochum.
Read moreALIVE IN DINNER SUITS
This stage play is set in a radio drama studio in 1950 and deals with the activities of the staff of a radio drama department. Initially we seem to be watching these executives acting in a radio play, the play of their own office lives in front of us. In…
Read moreALL IN THE TIMING
SURE THING. Two people meet in a cafe and find their way through a conversational minefield as an offstage bell interrupts their false starts, gaffes, and faux pas on the way to falling in love. (1 man, 1 woman.) WORDS, WORDS, WORDS recalls the philosophical adage that three monkeys typing…
Read moreALL MY DREAMS COME TRUE – ET DISNEYDRAMA
Two people are depressed. They are tired of everyday life, of Disney’s stereotypical ideals, of the financial crises and of the fact that growth is the only answer which politicians know of. They long for real adventures about life and death, for barricades to defend and last but not least:…
Read moreALL MY SONS
The play was written in 1947 – and the first great success of Arthur Miller’s supremely influential career – is a compelling story of love, guilt and the corrupting power of greed. Joe Keller is alleged to have supplied World War II fighter planes with defective engines, leading to the…
Read moreALL OF US
Jess has a great life: A job she loves, a sharp sense of humour and a close group of friends. When austerity threatens the world she has worked hard to build, Jess makes a stand to protect those she holds most dear. Inspired by real-life experiences of disabled people in…
Read moreALL SHOOK UP
Inspired by, and contains Elvis Presley songs. In a small square town in a small square state comes a guitar playing casual labourer who changes everything and everyone on his way. This is a vital musical fantasy, making you want to dance in your “Blue Suede Shoes” to classics such…
Read moreALL THAT FALL
The old and fat Mrs. Rooney is headed for the little Irish railway station to collect her blind husband. On the way she meets several men of her own age and has a little conversation with them. One of them gives her a ride, despite the difficulties of getting her…
Read moreALL THE GREAT BOOKS (ABRIDGED)
The Reduced Shakespeare Company has compressed Shakespeare in THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (Abridged), cut the Bible to the bone with THE COMPLETE WORD OF GOD (Abridged). In addition, they have now collected 83 of the world’s great classics in a pocket book format – naturally done so in…
Read moreALL THINGS CONSIDERED
On his fiftieth birthday, a professor has decided to commit suicide because he believes that he has got nothing left to live for. Nevertheless, he is constantly disturbed in his deed by friends and colleagues all seeking his advice and support during their own hardship. Certainly a very witty comedy,…
Read moreAllan Katz
Allan Katz, born in Chicago, is a writer, producer, actor, and director. He began his writing career as an advertising copywriter. In 1970 he created the original award-winning campaign for the popcorn snack Screaming Yellow Zonkers which was the first major product to be packaged in a predominantly black box.…
Read moreAllan Miller
Allan Miller has produced 32 productions, including A WOMAN OF INDEPENDENT MEANS, FOUND A PEANUTS, A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE, THE VOICE OF THE PRAIRIE. He has directed 16 productions including ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN, THE FOX, IN THE SWEET BYE EN BUY, JACQUES BREL…
Read moreALLE HANS GERNINGER
This is a grim and mysterious “comedy” about the essence of love and life. Iben has left Frans. Now Iben is with Mikael, who is also with Tine sometimes; Tine who is now with Frans. Nobody is any happier, but what else can they do? The old people have not…
Read moreALLEINUNTERHALTER, DER
A monologue about an old comedian, who used to be met by packed arenas, but now he only fills class rooms, when teaching adult students in comedy, which often tend to be anything but funny…
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This long one-act play tells the story of three young leftist intellectuals who get together in both an eccentric and comical situation.
Read moreALLES GUTE
On their daughter’s 40-years birthday, an elderly couple realize that they have finally let her go. Now they sit alone and don’t know what to do with themselves. Furthermore, the TV just broke! A good play for an elderly cast.
Read moreALLES KLAR
Even with the title Urs Widmer places the audience on thin ice with his farce, where murder and robbery is part of the action. Here we follow the Schmitt family, where everyone tries to understand each other, but ends up with a number of misunderstandings…
Read moreALLES ÜBER LIEBE
Anna and Carlos have entered therapy as a final attempt to save their relationship. This becomes the basis of a string of entertaining scenes between a very troubled married couple and a therapist with a challenging task. A hilarious comedy where the sparks fly to all sides.
Read moreALLES WILL HET VUUR (ALLES FÜR DAS FEUER)
King Mark and his knight Tristan have sworn on eternal friendship on their way to queen Isolde, but everything changes, when Mark decides to marry Isolde…
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There’s hammering rains and floods across the country, and rivers threaten to overflow their banks, but the poet, Kraus, doesn’t take any notice. He is consumed by his writer’s block, only disturbed by his young attractive maid, Asra. Asra, however, is worried about her brother, who she keeps hidden in…
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This is an amiable little one-act play about Barbro who feels lonely and is jealous of her new baby brother. For comfort she creates two imaginary friends with whom she has many great and formidable adventures. However, when Barbro’s highest wish comes true in shape of a puppy, she no…
Read moreALLTAG UND EKSTASE
Janne is a young, modern man of around 40. He works at himself every day. He attempts to create an optimal self, questions his own motives and reconsiders his consumer choices. His ex, Katja, overwhelmed with the requirements of raising their daughter, River, searches for comfort among various new Prince…
Read moreALMIGHTY SOMETIMES, THE
Anna has been prescribed anti-depressants since childhood and has just become of legal age. She is naturally fascinated by the possibility of coming off the pills, but her mother stands in her way trying to keep her safe. The play is a striking examination of society’s attitude to treating mental…
Read moreALONE TOGETHER
This comedy tells the story about grown-up children, who move back in with their parents due to problems with lovers and finances – just at the time when the happy parents were about to enjoy life and each other, on their own yet again.
Read moreALOUETTE, L’
Is Joan of Arc a heroine or a witch, a soldier’s whore or a virgin? She has no doubt. She’s on a mission from God and with her strong faith, she convinces all on her path. But can her pure and strong belief win over the court snakes and church…
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Since his breakthrough on the stage in 1971 Peter Turrini has continued to write plays that have escalated him into the forefront of the Austrian theater scene.Although the forms, styles, and problems have steadily changed and increased in complexity over the more than twenty years of his literary career, one…
Read moreALPHA BETA
Alpha Beta is a study of a collapsing marriage, spaced over nine years and running from an ingrained routine of rows and sexual frustration to the man’s miserable compromise as a Sunday daddy.
Read moreALPHABETICAL ORDER
This play is set in the archive of a rundown provincial newspaper. Among the hilarious characters, one finds a female librarian who looks after the various needs of the reporters as well as a leader writer, who never quite manages to express his views clearly. Additionally there is a new…
Read moreALTE LIEBE
20 hilarious and touching scenes between the aging married couple, Lore and Harry – both in their 80ies. This is Elke Heidenreich’s own stage adaptation of her and Bernd Schroeder’s 2009 bestselling novel. Numerous productions in the German-speaking area. Wonderful parts for 2 actors.
Read moreALTE SCHACHTELN
With ALTE SCHACHTELN Ingeborg von Zadow has made her debut as a playwright writing for adults. The play investigates the relationship between a daughter (70’s) and her mother (90’s). The two of them are living in dependence and when the attic is to be emptied for boxes and old memories,…
Read moreALTITUDE 3200
ALTITUDE 3200 refers to the above-sea-level elevation of the French mountain retreat where most of this film takes place. An idealistic sandwich-board man joins his equally high-minded friends on a weekend excursion. Their hopes for rest and relaxation are dashed when a group of young girls take refuge in their…
Read moreAM KÖNIGSWEG
In Elfriede Jelinek’s satire on a US president, a blind seer attempts to decode the elected one in the light of the Old Testament, Greek mythology, German philosophy, Freudian psychology, The Third Reich, large-scale capitalism and right-wing populism.
Read moreAM SCHWARZEN SEE
Eddie and Cleo run a rural brewery with an ailing economy. Johnny is bank manager in a small provincial town, and his wife, Katie, has a weak heart. The couples meet for the first time four years after their adolescent children, Nina and Fritz, fell in love and drowned in…
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Winner of the Tony Award for Best Play and an Oscar for Best Movie, this provocative work weaves a confrontation between mediocrity and genius into a tale of breathtaking dramatic power. In the court of the Austrian Emperor, Antonio Salieri is the established composer. Enter the greatest musical genius of…
Read moreAMANTS NOVICES
This is a modern French boulevard-comedy. A jealous husband tests the loyalty of his wife during a masked ball at a Renaissance palace in Florence.
Read moreAMEDÉE OU COMMENT S’EN DEBARRASSER
Amédée, or How to Get Rid of It (1954), (Original French title, Amédée ou comment s’en débarrasser) is a play written by Eugene Ionesco based on his earlier short story entitled “Oriflamme”. It is about a playwright named Amédée and his wife Madeleine, a switch board operator. They discuss how…
Read moreAMERICA IN ONE ROOM
When eight strangers receive an invitation to the America in One Room event in 2019, promising robust discussions on a wide range of social and political topics, sparks fly, tempers flare, and comedy abounds. At a time when everyone thinks they’re right, it will take more than political debate to…
Read moreAMERICA’S SEXIEST COUPLE
Two actors, who were “America’s Sexiest Couple” on a popular ‘90s sitcom reunite for the first time in 25 years. They face a lifetime of unresolved issues, longings, resentments, and regrets. Plus, the network wants to reboot the show. Career and personal aspirations collide. Professionally and personally, where do they…
Read moreAMERICAN BUFFALO
In a Chicago junk shop three small-time crooks plot to rob a man of his coin collection. Its existence came to light when the collector found a valuable “buffalo nickel” in the shop. The three plotter-punks fancy themselves as businessmen pursuing the legitimate concerns of free enterprise. In reality they…
Read moreAMERICAN CLOCK, THE
A brilliantly theatrical, kaleidoscopic view of America during the early years of the Depression. At the centre of the action are the Baums, a wealthy family whose fortune has vanished in the stock market crash but whose story is amplified and illuminated by brief glimpses of other characters’ lives. Moving…
Read moreAMERICAN PILOT, THE
An American pilot crashes in an unnamed devastated country and is found by a local peasant. Should the inhabitants of the town help him, kill him or use him in a dangerous war-game with the enemy? The play is one of the cleverest political plays ever written. It deals with…
Read moreAMERICAN PROM
Set in a small-town middle American town called Principal, this is the story of teenage best friends Jimmy T. and Kia B. Jimmy wants to take Kia to prom, but it’s complicated. Jimmy is white and Kia is black, and Principal has been holding racially segregated proms for de- cades.…
Read moreAMERIKANISCHE SOLDAT, DER
Ricky is a cold-blooded German-American contract killer. After serving in Vietnam he returns to his home town of Munich to eliminate a few problem crooks for three renegade cops. He inspects his old neighborhood with his childhood accomplice Franz Walsch, and pays a short visit to his mother and doting…
Read moreAMES MORTES, LES
Adamov have done his adaptation of the novel to a story with many comic points and powerful farce elements, but is still maintaining the bitter satire over the past Russian bureaucracy’s false piety and decadence.
Read moreAMONG UNBROKEN HEARTS
Ray left the northern Scotland years ago to start a new life down south. With his best friend, he returns to where it all started – to Chaimig, the man who loved him as a son and to the memory of a time when promises where kept. “A truly impressive…
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