Writer's Block
by Woody Allen

Name: Writer's Block
Brand: Woody Allen
SKU: 9780573626302
Rating: 3.57 (75 reviews)

Writer's Block Book Cover — Writer's Block Cover

Highlights

Medium Cast

Female

Male

One ActReduced Casting (Doubling Possible)Interior SetAmerican Comedy

What readers are saying

Readers have mixed feelings about this collection of short plays by Woody Allen. While some appreciate the humor and unique storytelling, others find it formulaic and somewhat repetitive. The first play seems to be the standout for many, although the overall experience does not leave a strong impression.

Unique storytellingHumor and charmEngaging first playSomewhat repetitiveMediocre compared to past works

Synopsis

Each play is an absurdist take on marital infidelity one instance set on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and the other in Old Saybrook Connecticut.

Fred Savage a homicidal paranoid schizophrenic vagrant ex-copywriter has been stalking a screenwriter for weeks convinced that his prey stole his idea - in fact his life - to create a successful movie plot.

In an orthodontist is hosting her sister and golf-mad brother-in-law a plastic surgeon at her grand suburban house.

When a couple who once owned the building stops by they spark an old fashioned sex farce that is full of verve and cunning.

ThemesAdultery Authorship Authorship--Drama PS3551.L44 W75 2003 Suburban homes--Drama Suburban homes

Press Reviews

"Non-stop one-liners."
— Curtainup.com

"...sits dead center in the Woody Allen universe...where relatively affluent people grapple comically and paranoiacally with serious questions of love and lust...and the possibility of happiness given the inevitability of death."
— The New York Times

"Full of funny material."
— The New York Daily News

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
JIM FRED BARBARA	—	—	—
JIM	—	—	—
SHEILA	—	—	—
SHEILA NORMAN JENNY DAVID HAL SANDY MAX	—	—	—
NORMAN	—	—	—
FRED	—	—	—
JENNY	—	—	—
BARBARA	—	—	—
DAVID	—	—	—
HAL	—	—	—
SANDY	—	—	—
MAX	—	—	—