Daniel Kehlmann
Daniel Kehlmann (b. 1975) is a German author and playwright. He has both German and Austrian citizenship. His novel Die Vermessung der Welt (in English Measuring of the World) from 2005 is the best-selling German-language novel since Patrick Süskinds Das Parfum (1985) and according to the New York Times the…
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Daniel Wedel (born 1965) is a Danish director trained at the Danish National School of Theatre between 1991 – 1995. He has worked a lot with documentary fiction in the radio media but also at theatres.
Read moreDANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA
The setting is a run-down bar in the Bronx, where two of society’s rejects, Danny and Roberta, strike up a halting conversation over their beer. He is a brooding, self-loathing young man who resorts more to violence than reason; she is a divorced, guilt-ridden young woman whose troubled teenage son…
Read moreDanny Apolinar
Danny Apolinar, a native of Brooklyn, worked as a freelance graphic artist in the 1950’s. Later, he composed cabaret songs and frequently performed as a singer and pianist, first at the Duplex in Greenwich Village in 1960 and later — alone or with the Danny Apolinar Trio — in cabarets…
Read moreDANNY, THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD
Danny has a life any boy would love—his home is a gypsy caravan, he’s the youngest master car mechanic around, and his best friend is his dad, who never runs out of wonderful stories to tell. But one night Danny discovers a shocking secret that his father has kept hidden…
Read moreDANS MED MIG (DANCE WITH ME)
In a schizophrenic universe – like in a split mind – an abandoned woman has an almost crapulous dialogue with herself, her imaginary trusted friend, her lover and his mistress. Asmussen moves supremely in and out of the different worlds and looks from different angles down on a figure, which…
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Once, the father was the head of the family. In the 1960s, he was thrown down his pedestal and had to redefine his identity as the labor market started to become a domain for both sexes. In the 1980s, the father stopped being the only provider and it became the…
Read moreDante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was an Italian writer and politician. Dante is considered to be among the greatest authors in the European literature; Homer, Shakespeare, and Goethe. His main work “The Devine comedy” is an epic poetry about a journey through the land of dead.
Read moreDaphne du Maurier
English novelist, biographer, and playwright, who published romantic suspense novels, mostly set on the coast of Cornwall. Du Maurier is best known for REBECCA (1938), filmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1940. Orson Welles’s radio adaptation from 1938 also paved way for the success. The novel has been characterized as the…
Read moreDario Fo
A popular and controversial playwright, actor and director, Dario Fo has earned international acclaim for his political satires and farces. Often considered the rightful heir of Aristophanes, Fo has led the field in political satire in Europe for over thirty years. The main targets of his ideologically inspired attacks have…
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A modern re-telling of the myth of the clairvoyant virgin-saint Joan of Arc. Dark is an androgynous rockstar who begins to hear voices, and to experience inexplicable occult phenomena. As she gives her life over to these voices and heads toward martyrdom, her fans desert her, causing her once-successful career…
Read moreDARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS, THE
As often with William Inge we are introduced to a small group of people and throughout the play the writer succeeds in getting all of them to reveal what they did not know about each other. Seldom loudly but with sincere honesty and a humor which breaks the tension.
Read moreDARK ROOM, THE
This is a haunting psychological thriller set on the border of a military town. Six characters converge late one night at a three star motel off the highway. Anni, a youth worker, from the Department of Communities and Families accompanies a withdrawn and violent fourteen year old girl. Emma, a…
Read moreDARK SKY FULL OF STARS
A play about a young man, Brandon, who is always in and out of trouble. Until he is shot in the back by a member of his community. Through the perspectives of his family, friends, and girlfriend we learn the circumstances of a young American man’s life and how seemingly…
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Andrea is a desperate and vulnerable teenage girl, who tells her childhood story: Andrea was abandoned by her father, rejected by her mother, and adopted by a gruff and ambivalent paternal grandmother whom she hates. Her life suddenly changes for the better when she meets a gorgeous man, a wounded…
Read moreDARLINGHURST NIGHTS
A musical play set during a day and hot night, in Darlinghurst and King’s Cross in the late 1920’s. A poet, Ken, sits in his Elizabeth Bay ‘eyrie’ wanting to conjur up the old King’s Cross. From the harbour lights comes his cartoonist friend Joe, long dead but as wild…
Read moreDAS ABENTEUERTIER
Konrad wants to be a knight and not a herder like his father. He would be a hero, experience adventures, fight battles and save the princess from the dragon so she will fall in love with him and that they will live happily ever after. One day he leaves with…
Read moreDAS ACHTE LEBEN – FÜR BRILKA
Epic family saga that extends from the Russian October Revolution to present-day Berlin and follows the course of six generations and eight destinies seen in the light of the upheavals and wars of the 20th century. Extraordinary story with great possibilities on the stage.
Read moreDAS LAND DER ERSTEN DINGE
The German-Georgian playwright Nino Haratischwili sets two women on a collision course: Lara, a formerly successful judge from the West, and Natalia, her Eastern European nurse. While the two women try to get on with their daily routine despite cultural and personal differences, their memories catch up with them and…
Read moreDAS LEBEWOHL
This is a monologue written as a reaction to Jörg Haiders resignation as chairman of FPÖ. In this monologue Jelinek has combined two texts: Firstly Haiders own declaration of his resignation and secondly the Orestea by Aischylos. This combination makes Haider’s pronouncements look foolish, as he describes his party as…
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Witty intellectual seminar on the history of culture from the turbulent 19th century to the 21st century. A kind of academic parody that dissects social change and its side effects in a puzzling way.
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The last part of Jelinek’s alpine trilogy focuses on the human mania towards technological progress, symbolised in the story about the KZ-prisoners the Nazis used to build Austria’s biggest power station deep in the mountains of Kaprun – the same area where IN DEN ALPEN takes place. Through Jelinek’s great…
Read moreDave Freeman
Dave Freeman was born in London in 1922. He worked as a stage electrician until the outbreak of war when he joined the Royal Navy for seven years. He then joined the London Metropolitan police until recalled to the Navy in 1951 for the Korean War. After leaving the Navy…
Read moreDavid Allen
David Allen (b. 1936) is an Australian playwright. He is notable for his play Cheapside, which has been shown at the Warehouse Theatre and the White Barn Theatre. Other plays include Gone with Hardy. Allen was educated at Liverpool University and gained an honours degree in English Language and Literature.
Read moreDavid Almond
DAVID ALMOND (b. 1951) is a British author of children’s and young adults’ literature. He has won the prestigious biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award and at the 70th anniversary of the British Carnegie Medal, SKELLIG (1998) was named one of the top ten Medal-winning works, selected by a panel…
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This play is adapted from the book by Theodore Isaac Rubin and the Screenplay by Eleanor Perry. The award-winning motion picture has been adapted for the stage with the utmost fidelity. It retells the strange, appealing and utterly fascinating story of two mentally-disturbed adolescents: David, the only son of wealthy…
Read moreDavid Edgar
David Edgar (b. 1948) is a British playwright and author, who has had more than sixty of his plays published and performed on stage, radio and television around the world, making him one of the most prolific dramatists of the post-1960s generation in Great Britain. He was resident playwright at…
Read moreDavid Evans
DAVID EVANS (Music and Co-bookwriter) received a Drama Desk Nomination for his score for Off-Broadway’s BIRDS OF PARADISE (written with Winnie Holzman and directed by Arthur Laurents). He has written nine musicals for Theatreworks USA and two musicals for TADA. His show, CHILDREN’S LETTERS TO GOD (Lyrics: Douglas Cohen, Book:…
Read moreDavid Fishelson
David Fishelson is the founder and artistic director of The Manhattan Ensemble Theater. He has made stage adaptations of two of Dostoevsky’s novels; THE KARAMAZOV BROTHERS and THE IDIOT as well as of Kafka’s THE CASTLE that was nominated by The 2002 Outer Critics Circle for Best Off-Broadway Play and…
Read moreDavid Greig
David Greig (1969), Scottish playwright and theater director. He studied English and drama at the University of Bristol and has been staged at several of the most important British theaters. Many of his texts have been published.
Read moreDavid Hare
David Hare (born 1947) is an English playwright, screenwriter and theatre and film director. Presumably best known for his stage work, Hare has also enjoyed great success with films, receiving Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay. In addition to his Academy Award nominations, Hare has received several Golden Globe…
Read moreDavid Hirson
David Hirson was born in New York City and was educated at Yale and Oxford. His plays have been produced on Broadway and internationally, receiving nominations for multiple Tony and Drama Desk Awards, and winning numerous honors including the John Gassner Award of the Outer Critics Circle, the New York…
Read moreDavid King
David King was a graduate of Adelaide’s Elder Conservatorium. He worked professionally for 30 years as a Music Theatre Director/Accompanist/Composer. As a musical director he has worked on some seventy productions including long running seasons of GUYS AND DOLLS, CATS, FORTY SECOND STREET, and SHOWBOAT. As a composer he has…
Read moreDavid Kisor
DAVID KISOR (Lyrics) is a composer, performer, musical director and teacher, and received his Master’s Degree in music composition from the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. He has long been associated with the Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati where he has composed the scores and written the lyrics to several…
Read moreDavid Mamet
David Mamet (born 1947) is an American playwright, film director, screenwriter and author. He won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for a handful of his plays. David Mamet is one of the most well-known names in American theatre and filmmaking and is a founding member of the Atlantic…
Read moreDavid Mercer
David Mercer was born 27 June, 1928 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. He was educated at King’s College, Newcastle upon Tyne. (B.A. with honors, Durham University, 1953). He lived in Paris from 1953-54 and was a supply teacher. Mercer worked as a teacher, at Barrett Street Technical College from 1955-59. From…
Read moreDavid Storey
David Malcolm Storey (b. 1933) is an English playwright, screenwriter, award winning novelist and a former professional Rugby League player. Born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, and educated at QEGS Wakefield and at the Slade School of Fine Art, London, his plays include: The Restoration of Arnold Middleton, The Farm, The Changing…
Read moreDavid Thompson
David Thompson is an American writer and playwright. He currently resides in Millburn, New Jersey. His credits include And The World Goes ‘Round, The Look of Love, Thou Shalt Not, Steel Pier, and the 1996 Broadway revival of Chicago, to which he contributed a new book. Thompson was nominated for…
Read moreDavid W. Rintels
Writer-producer David W. Rintels, has worked in a variety of dramatic television forms, including series, made-for-television movies, and miniseries. He began his television career in the early 1960s writing episodes for the critically acclaimed CBS courtroom drama series The Defenders. He continued his series involvement writing episodes for Slattery’s People…
Read moreDavid Williamson
David Williamson is Australia’s best known and most widely performed playwright. Some of his 56 produced plays over the last 50 years include The Coming Of The Stork, The Removalists, Don’s Party, The Club, Travelling North, Money & Friends, Dead White Males, The Jack Manning Trilogy, Up For Grabs,…
Read moreDavid Wiltse
David Wiltse is an American playwright. He is the winner of a Drama Desk Award for “Most Promising Playwright” for his first produced play, SUGGS, which was done at Lincoln Center. His second play was the comedy, DOUBLES, which ran for the l985-86 season on Broadway. Four other plays, A…
Read moreDavid Wood
David Wood began writing as a student at Oxford University in the sixties. He wrote his first play for children in 1967. His plays have been performed all over the world and include THE GINGERBREAD MAN (nine London seasons), THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT WENT TO SEE (six London seasons,…
Read moreDavid Yazbek
David Yazbek is an American musician, composer, and lyricist. After attending Brown University, he got a job writing for David Letterman’s late night television show. He won an Emmy as part of Letterman’s writing team in 1986, but quit to pursue his love of music. From 1987 to 1989 he…
Read moreDavid Zippel
David Zippel is an American Tony Award-winning Musical theatre lyricist. Credits include: CITY OF ANGELS (1989): original musical with book by Larry Gelbart and music by Cy Coleman. Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book, Best Actor (James Naughton Best Featured Actress (Randy Graff), and Best Set Design…
Read moreDAY I STOOD STILL, THE
This is a story which spans a 30 year period up until today. It unveils the sexually psychological aspects of some people, who during their youth were close. We learn how they miss each other, partly due to a lack of self-knowledge and partly due to an attitude of general…
Read moreDAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG, A
3 F / 2 M Comedy 1967 A schoolteacher and his wife have a 10-year-old spastic child named Josephine, who is completely helpless and dependent on them for everything. The wife believes that because of certain pre-marital indiscretions the child is punishment to them; but the husband looks on the…
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Both Felicity and Tom have busy lives and demanding careers. Tom is traveling with his petulant protégé, Jason, who is an international tennis star, when Felicity receives a surprise call from an American boyfriend from her past. As she plans a candle-lit reunion dinner her highly-stressed neighbour drops in ……
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