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The Increased Difficulty of Concentration (Blackwell)

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  4w, 4m

Vera Blackwell, Vaclav Havel

By Vaclav Havel
Translated by Vera Blackwell

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.

The Increased Difficulty of Concentration (Blackwell)

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    Cast Size
    4w, 4m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce

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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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Vera Blackwell

Vaclav Havel

Václav Havel (1936 – 2011) was born in Prague, and was the first president of post-communist Czechoslovakia and the proceeding Czech Republic. In addition to his notoriety from a long history of Czech political involvement, he is regarded as one of the most influential Europe ...
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