Below The Belt
by Richard Dresser

Below The Belt Book Cover
Below The Belt Cover

Highlights

Present DayAll MenInterior SetContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesAmericanComedy

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the humor and wit of the play, often describing it as funny and absurd. Many note the dark satire and strong performances, particularly praising Judd Hirsch's role.

Funny and wittyDark satireStrong performancesAbsurd elements might not appeal to everyone

Synopsis

Dobbitt has been posted to a dismal, distant place, a grim industrial compound that uncomfortably resembles a prison where his quarters have bunks (one freezing cold and the other boiling hot), a table, and an ancient typewriter.

Press Reviews

"Gloriously funny but also wickedly insightful, [this] bright new play [...] is never short of laugh lines [...] Lurking beneath the almost farcical hilarity is a bundle of 20th century angst [...] The jokes are beautifully in place, permitting the three gorgeously combative figures to emerge."

— The New York Post

Characters

Character
Dobbitt

a man

Merkin

a man

Hanrahan

a man

Videos

ACT Theatre: Below The Belt - Trailer - Now through June 21

Publication

PublisherSamuel French
Year1997
BindingPaperback
Pages78
PlaceNew York
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780573696305
ISBN-100573696306
LCCN98115337
LCCPS3554.R43 B375 1997
DCC812/.54

Below The Belt is a American comedy play written by Richard Dresser and published by Samuel French in New York (1997).

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Samuel French · 1997 · 78 pp

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