Dealer's Choice
by Jeffrey Sweet

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Highlights

90 mins Unit Set/Multiple Settings American

Synopsis

THE STORY: Stephen runs a restaurant and has a weekly poker game in the basement.

He enjoys playing for big money, and it's not unusual for the waiters to lose their paychecks, or more, each week.

One of the waiters, Mugsy, wants to start a restaur

Press Reviews

"Winner of the Heideman and Society of Midland Authors Awards. An absorbing and brilliantly executed play concerned with the infamous Hollywood blacklist. “THE VALUE OF NAMES has it all: a provocative subject, superb writing, a consistently engrossing story, and an almost overwhelming emotional wallop at its end. A wonderful play.” —Chicago Tribune. “…demonstrates that the drama of ideas can be the most exalted of blood sports.” —Time Magazine. “…almost perfect."

— Variety

Publication

Year 1998
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822212003
ISBN-10 0822212005

Dealer's Choice is a American play written by Jeffrey Sweet and published by Dramatists Play Service (1998).

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