Three actors. One desk. Three chairs. Theatre at its most elemental. "Seven Interviews" offers up seven different short plays, each with an interview format, and each of which illuminates some aspect of the human condition. The seven pieces range from the broadly comic to the achingly tragic. Among the situations set up in the seven pieces are a job interview to replace a secretary who is giving her employer nightmares, a biographer's horrible realization that she doesn't know her subject at all, the matter of a baseball team mascot who is frightening children at the ballpark, a dialogue...
Three actors. One desk. Three chairs. Theatre at its most elemental. "Seven Interviews" offers up seven different short plays, each with an interview ...
The 1950s television game show was a cultural fundamental for the decade, reflecting the zeitgeist of a flourishing modern nation. The author explores the iconography of the mid-century U.S. in the context of TV watching, game playing and prize winning--and collective self-examination. The scandals that marred the genre's reputation are revisited, highlighting American's propensity for both gullibility and winking cynicism.
The 1950s television game show was a cultural fundamental for the decade, reflecting the zeitgeist of a flourishing modern nation. The author explores...
