Defiled
by Lee Kalcheim

Defiled Book Cover
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Highlights

105 mins 1990s Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Synopsis

A nerdy, technophobic librarian clutches in his sweaty hands the detonator that will obliterate the library if his beloved card catalog is carted away.

He is pitted against a harried police negotiator in this fast paced debate on society's obsession with computers.

Jason Alexander and Peter Falk starred in the California premier.

Press Reviews

"Kalcheim has written fine, funny parts.... His ending is a coup de theatre that's both logically satisfying and genuinely startling."

— Time

"Entertaining, thoughtful."

— Hollywood Reporter

"A bomb threat play ... fueled by the librarian's primary fear: that the printed word will soon go the way of the buggy whip, and computers will suck us all into their maw."

— Los Angeles Times

"Harry's not your typical terrorist; he's a bookish nerd who's taken all he can take of so called progress.... Similarly, Falk's Dicky is a fully dimensional character [in this] ... lighthearted drama."

— Variety

Characters

Character
HARRY MENDELSSOHN

a librarian

BRIAN DICKEY

a detective

MELINDA
SENTANA

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
ISBN-13 9780573628351
ISBN-10 0573628351

Defiled is a comedy play written by Lee Kalcheim and published by Samuel French .

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Fee: Minimum Fee: $120 per performance

Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)

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