Three One-act Plays
by Woody Allen

Name: Three One-act Plays
Brand: Woody Allen
SKU: 9780812972443
Rating: 4.5 (841 reviews)

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Highlights

Small Cast

Female

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One Act American

What readers are saying

Readers generally appreciate the humor and wit in Woody Allen's three one-act plays. Many find the collection entertaining and easy to read, often praising his unique style and comedic elements. Several reviews highlight the plays' suitability for both reading and staging, making them favorites among fans and performers alike.

Witty and humorous writingEasy to read and performGreat for theater groupsNot all plays appeal to everyone

Synopsis

Three delightful one-act plays set in and around New York, in which sophisticated characters confound one another in ways only Woody Allen could imagine

Woody Allen’s first dramatic writing published in years, “Riverside Drive,” “Old Saybrook,” and “Central Park West” are humorous, insightful, and unusually readable plays about infidelity.

The characters, archetypal New Yorkers all, start out talking innocently enough, but soon the most unexpected things arise—and the reader enjoys every minute of it (though not all the characters do).

These plays (successfully produced on the New York stage and in regional theaters on the East Coast) dramatize Allen’s continuing preoccupation with people who rationalize their actions, hide what they’re doing, and inevitably slip into sexual deception—all of it revealed in Allen’s quintessentially pell-mell dialogue.