June 6, 2013
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TAKE A MINUTE TO READ THIS....
NO SECOND ACTS
Characters:
Ben Hoyle- Unsucessful playwright, but one who never gives up
Dan Boyle- Unsuccessful playwright, who has just about decided to pack it in, and go to work in his dad's advertising firm.
-------------------------------------------The curtain opens on a deli , a window overlooks Broadway. At a table by the window, two men are in the middle of a heated discussion.....
Boyle: You're crazy! Who would pay to see a one-minute play?
Hoyle: No one, of course. But Boyle, what if 30 or 40 one-minute plays were presented in one night? Think of it! With set and costume changes, it would take two hours, a little more. With the attention span of the average American getting shorter by the year, no one would get bored. If one or two plays suck, so what? We replace 'em, or do a rewrite.
Boyle (warming up to the idea a little): Rotate the actors, so they have time to change clothes.
Hoyle: And we all make some quick easy money!
Boyle: Yes!(excited, jumps up on the table, and begins to sing)
I will do it! I will do it!
I will write a one-act play that takes one minute to get through it
Hoyle: Let's get to it, let's get down to it
Boyle: Convince our writer buddies they should be a party to it
Together:
we will make use of all of our skills in
composing brief pieces that are thrillin',
and chillin', and will bring the crowds in
and make ourselves a killing, yes let's ...DO-OOOooOOO IT!(Exeunt to the sound of furious typing)
Comments (6)
You just made me think of that show, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). If you ever see it playing, check it out! it is so funny!
hahaha
A one minute play is about all I can endure.
I read this. It took about a minute.
Legit theatre for sure. I mean we know it's legit, because it's according to Hoyle.
@twoberry - ^5
@MelFamy - :)
I'll be at http://twoberry-bob.livejournal.com/ I'm pretty sure. But darn, I hope that Xanga 2.0 survives somehow, because it's such an incredible FILING SYSTEM. Not just my Scrabble word lists, but my doctors' appointments, hyperlinks to favorite websites, so many things. And of course THE COMMUNITY we've built.
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