All in the Timing, Six One-Act Comedies - Acting Edition
by David Ives
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Author: David IvesEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1994-10-01
ISBN: 0822213966
Number of pages: 72
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
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Book Review: Laugh-Out-Loud One-Acts
Summary: 5 Stars
Many times, words on paper must be read aloud in order for anybody to actually laugh. In my experience, only Douglas Adams and David Ives are exceptions to this rule. At the time of this review, David Ives has added eight more plays to the umbrella title of All in the Timing, but I find that the original six-the six included in this version-will always be the best that Ives has to offer. This is true 20th-Century Comedy, complete with fourth-wall demolitions and Ralph Kramden imitations.
Not wanting to take a horribly long time, I'll just mention that my personal favorites of the six are "Sure Thing" and "The Philadelphia". "Sure Thing" features Bill and Betty making small talk in a cafe, but each time they encounter a faux pas, a Freudian slip, or something just plain wrong ("What's a sort-of girlfriend?" "My mother") an offstage bell rings, and the two are aloud to reset and retry their attempts to true love. Equal parts Bill Murray's film Groundhog Day and the "change-your-last-line" improvisation game. "The Philadelphia" is a state of being where a man can get anything except the things for which he asks (a state which eventually means that you can only get a Philly cheesesteak because it is the one thing for whhich you would never dream of asking). One man seems stuck in a Philadelphia and tries to order a Bud and a burger with the help of his friend who is stuck in a mellow Los Angeles stupor. All six are a treat, but I feel those two are especially hilarious.
Summary of All in the Timing, Six One-Act Comedies - Acting Edition
This volume contains six hilarious one-act plays by David Ives: "Sure Thing", "Words, Words, Words", "The Universal Language", "Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread", "The Philadelphia", and "Variations on the Death of Trotsky."Anthologies Books
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