Plays by Author - David Ives

Long Ago and Far Away and Other Short Plays

David Ives

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Long Ago and Far Away - is a domestic drama of a troubled young wife who finds herself crossing through time - and identities- on a fateful winter evening in an empty apartment (2M, 2W) Foreplay or: The Art...

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The Land of Cockaigne & English Made Simple

David Ives

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In The Land of Cockaigne, three poignant scenes depict a small family birthday party in a Midwestern yard on a summer day Each scene presents a different angle on the group, what they say and who they m...

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Venus in Fur - NUP Edition

David Ives

Northwestern University Press

1 Male 1 Female

** 10% DISCOUNT ** Nominated 2012 Tony Awards Best Play A mysterious, funny and erotic drama ... Thomas, a young playwright, has written an adaptation of the 1870 novel Venus in Fur by Leopold von Sach...

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Lives of the Saints - Seven One-Act Plays

David Ives

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Enigma Variations - Zany hijinks as a pair of lookalikes named Bebe W.W. Doppel-gängler solve an identity crisis with the help of Dr William W. Williams and his nurse Fifi, who may or may not be Aphrodit...

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The Red Address

David Ives

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4 Male 2 Female

In a radical departure from his comedies, David Ives writes a searing, disturbing drama about a middle-American businessman whose company and whose very life and sanity stand under attack E. G. Triplett...

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Ancient History

David Ives

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Ruth and Jack, both in their mid-thirties, believe themselves perfectly suited to each other. But when Ruth suddenly mentions marriage, a subtle but ominous change is felt in their relationship As it happen...

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Don Juan in Chicago

David Ives

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5 Male 3 Female

Don Juan is a handsome, rich, sexually naïve nobleman in sixteenth-century Spain. His servant, Leporello, urges him to find a girlfriend and lead a normal life, but the Don is more interested in finding the ...

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Polish Joke and Other Plays - Polish Joke & Don Juan in Chicago & Ancient History & The Red Address

David Ives

Grove Press

This collection brings together four full-length plays from the same dazzling pen that produced the one-act comic masterpiece of All in the Timing Polish Joke, a young Polish-American's trip through ethni...

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Polish Joke

David Ives

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3 Male 2 Female

A comedy about ethnic identity and the eternal American search for "roots." Jasiu (thirtyish) is a Polish-American who has been taught not to value his own roots so he decides to make his own roots, rein...

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The Other Woman and Other Short Pieces - Saint Francis Talks to the Birds & The Blizzard & Moby-Dude or the Three Minute Whale

David Ives

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1 Male 3 Female

Four disparate works demonstrate David Ives' mastery of the short form ... The Other Woman is a dark drama of sexual obsession within a marriage, as Thomas's sleepwalking wife, Emma, becomes his mistress wi...

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