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The Increased Difficulty of Concentration (Blackwell)
Vera Blackwell, Vaclav Havel
Full-Length Play, ComedyThe Increased Difficulty of Concentration (Blackwell)
Vera Blackwell , Vaclav Havel
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 4w, 4m
This classic farce done in thirty scenes with no chronological sequence concerns a doctor of philosophy who has a wife, a mistress, and a secretary whose beautiful legs make it difficult for him to concentrate when she is taking dictation.
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The Memorandum (Blackwell, trans.)
Vera Blackwell, Vaclav Havel
Full-Length Play, Satire/Political SatireThe Memorandum (Blackwell, trans.)
Vera Blackwell , Vaclav Havel
Full-Length Play, Satire/Political Satire / 3w, 12m
This Orwellian gem is set in a model political bureaucracy where a harassed manager unwittingly authorizes an experiment that will introduce a new bureaucratic jargon to supplant the popular language and expedite regimentation.
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Audience (Blackwell)
Vera Blackwell, Vaclav Havel
Full-Length Play, Satire/Political SatireAudience (Blackwell)
Vera Blackwell , Vaclav Havel
Full-Length Play, Satire/Political Satire / 2m
Forming part of the Vanek Plays trilogy, Audience is a cleverly-constructed satire on power and those who wield it. Vanek is summoned to a meeting with the Head Maltster and offered promotion, but only if he informs on himself!…
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Private View
Vera Blackwell, Vaclav Havel
Short Play, DramaPrivate View
Vera Blackwell , Vaclav Havel
Short Play, Drama / 1w, 2m
Private View has the same irony and touch of comic absurdity as its two companion pieces in the Vanek trilogy. Invited by his ridiculous friends Michael and Vera, the mild-mannered writer, Vanek, endeavours to enthuse over their newly, pretentiously …
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The Increased Difficulty of Concentration (Blackwell)
Vera Blackwell, Vaclav Havel
Full-Length Play, Comedy
The Increased Difficulty of Concentration (Blackwell)
Vera Blackwell , Vaclav Havel
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 4w, 4m
Audience (Blackwell)
Vera Blackwell, Vaclav Havel
Full-Length Play, Satire/Political Satire
Audience (Blackwell)
Vera Blackwell , Vaclav Havel
Full-Length Play, Satire/Political Satire / 2m
Private View
Vera Blackwell, Vaclav Havel
Short Play, Drama
Private View
Vera Blackwell , Vaclav Havel
Short Play, Drama / 1w, 2m
