The Downside
by Richard Dresser
Synopsis
American business is the target of this hilarious and cutting satire originally produced at Long Wharf Theatre.
A pharmaceutical firm has acquired rights to market a European anti stress drug and marketing has got to come up with a snazzy ad campaign.
Nowhere is this drug more needed than right here at Mark & Maxwell to counter corporate ineptitude.
The strategy meetings get more pointless and frenetic as the deadline approaches.
These meetings are chaired by Dave who is never actually there; he is a voice directing the campaign from his mobile phone while jetting between meetings, unstoppable even when his plane is hijacked.
Press Reviews
"Funny and ruthlessly cynical."
— Philadelphia Inquirer "Sheer delight." - Westport News
Publication
The Downside is a American comedy play written by Richard Dresser and published by Samuel French in New York (1988).
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Samuel French · 1988 · 112 pp
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Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)
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