Dan O'Brien: Plays One
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Dan O'Brien: Plays One

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Dan O'Brien: Plays One

About this book

The first collection from the multi-award-winning American poet and playwright Dan O'Brien, including the award-winning The Body of an American. The Body of an American (2M) Two actors embody more than thirty roles in an exhilarating new form of documentary theatre, against a backdrop of some of the world's most iconic images of war. The House in Hydesville (5F/2M) At once an exploration of familial abuse and the need for spiritual transcendence, a compelling "true ghost story". The Cherry Sisters Revisited (5F/1M) The five Cherry sisters' love of the vaudeville carries them to the bright lights of Broadway. A provocative comedy with music. The Voyage of the Carcass (1F/2M) Trapped in the ice at the North Pole, only three members of the doomed Carcass crew survive. The Dear Boy (1F/3M) James Flanagan is not a kind teacher. Is he a good teacher? He likes to think so. An intimate and stirring character study of a man forced to face his past, his present, and the life he may still yet live.

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Information

Publisher
Oberon Books
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781786821744
eBook ISBN
9781786821751
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
American Drama
Index
Literature
THE BODY OF AN AMERICAN
Inspired in part by the memoir
Where War Lives by Paul Watson
Characters
Two actors play all the roles here: ideally an actor in his 30s who plays Dan most of the time, and an actor around 50 to mostly play Paul.
The older of these two actors has the first line of the play, and with each new character-heading—even when it’s the same character—the actors alternate.
Time & Place
Scenes 1-7: various.
Scenes 8-10: the Arctic, Modern Day.
Notes
In the right-hand column of the script are suggestions of photographs, maps, moving images, etc., to be projected somewhere prominent onstage; as well as suggestions for occasional sound design. All of the photographs listed are by Paul Watson or the playwright or unknown, except where noted.
The Body of an American is winner of the Horton Foote Prize for Outstanding New American Play, the inaugural Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama, the PEN Center Award for Drama, and the L. Arnold Weissberger Award.
The World Premiere of The Body of an American was produced in 2012 by Portland Center Stage, Portland, OR, Chris Coleman, Artistic Director, directed by Bill Rauch, after having rece...

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. The Body of an American
  6. The House in Hydesville
  7. The Cherry Sisters Revisited
  8. The Voyage of the Carcass
  9. The Dear Boy