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| LANDLESS PLAY COMPETITION! "SO BAD, IT'S GOOD!" |
PLAY TITLE: This Play Sucks
PLAYWRIGHT: Jim Wise
SIMON SHAKESPEARE SAYS: "The words are
yours."
RANDY SHAKESPEARE SAYS: "I think Landless
already did this show, dawg."
PAULA SHAKESPEARE SAYS: "I am completely
lost... (alcoholic drug-induced babble, etc.)"
yours."
RANDY SHAKESPEARE SAYS: "I think Landless
already did this show, dawg."
PAULA SHAKESPEARE SAYS: "I am completely
lost... (alcoholic drug-induced babble, etc.)"
"As the play begins, a male lead actor has a
sudden epiphany that he must quit the show
because "it really sucks". Before a startled
audience and a horrified co-lead actress and
director, the actor finally agrees to continue on
provided that he be allowed, "for artistic
reasons" to "tweak" his character's dialog "just a
bit" in order to improve the play. What follows in
this one act comedy meta play is, well, quotable."
sudden epiphany that he must quit the show
because "it really sucks". Before a startled
audience and a horrified co-lead actress and
director, the actor finally agrees to continue on
provided that he be allowed, "for artistic
reasons" to "tweak" his character's dialog "just a
bit" in order to improve the play. What follows in
this one act comedy meta play is, well, quotable."
SAMPLE DIALOGUE:
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property of the competing playwrights, provided for the sole purpose of gathering
feedback for this contest. All rights reserved.
Mary: You know, Peter, I never thought another man could come between us.
Peter: The problems of three little people don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy
world. (23)
Mary: Peter, do you ever think we’ll able to heal from this and love one another again?
Peter: It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. (24)
Mary: Maybe we can make it. It hasn’t been all bad, has it Peter?
We did have some good times didn’t we?
Peter: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was
the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was
the season of light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the Spring of… (25)
Note: All excerpts and other items posted on this website are the exclusive intellectual
property of the competing playwrights, provided for the sole purpose of gathering
feedback for this contest. All rights reserved.
Mary: You know, Peter, I never thought another man could come between us.
Peter: The problems of three little people don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy
world. (23)
Mary: Peter, do you ever think we’ll able to heal from this and love one another again?
Peter: It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. (24)
Mary: Maybe we can make it. It hasn’t been all bad, has it Peter?
We did have some good times didn’t we?
Peter: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was
the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was
the season of light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the Spring of… (25)
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