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Thieves
Thieves
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Author: Herb Gardner Publisher: Samuel French (cover may change) Format: Softcover # of Pages: 83 Pub. Date: 1977 Edition: Acting ISBN-10: 0573617120 ISBN-13: 9780573617126 Cast Size: 3 female, 8 male
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About
the Play:
Thieves has long been a favourite of acting teachers
for Male Monologues and Female/Male Scenes.
Thieves is a full-length comedy by Herb Gardner. Set
in New York City over the course of one night, Thieves is about the trials and tribulations of two glum schoolteachers in their
twelfth year of marriage. This dramatic comedy looks at panhandling in the streets and
troubled marriages and affairs in the luxury high-rise apartments of
the Upper East Side.
Thieves is about a couple who become disillusioned with
each other as they rise to affluence from the Lower East Side. Martin
Cramer lives in an expensive high rise on Manhattan's upper east
side. He likes to play Debussy on his balcony at one a.m. Sally
Cramer is his wife of 12 years. They have no children, but have
acquired loads valuable antiques. Their failing marriage is sliding
into the quicksand of early middle age. They are two glum school
teachers (he private, she public) lost in little New York while
surrounded by an ensemble of colourful street people and
quintessential New York City neighbours. Unable to consummate affairs
with other people, the Cramer's eventually navigate various plot
entanglements to rediscover each other. Thieves is a story of
heartbreak, humour, and hope.
Thieves had a pre-engagement at Shubert Theatre in Boston,
premiered in 1974 at the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway, later
transferred to the to the Longacre Theatre, and ran for over 300
performances on Broadway. The play has become a favourite scene study vehicle in acting classes and workshops and has been performed in regional, college, and community theatre productions.
Cast: 3 female, 8 male
What people say:
"Thieves says more about New
York and its people than any play in years. I loved it." —
NBC
"Hilarious scenes, marvelous
characters and touching moments." — WINS Radio
About the Playwright:
Herb Gardner (1934-2003) was an American commercial artist,
cartoonist, playwright and screenwriter. Born in Brooklyn, he was
educated at the New York High School of the Performing Arts, the
Carnegie Institute of Technology and Antioch College. He first came
to public attention in the 1950s as the author of The Nebbishes,
a nationally syndicated comic strip about social gadflies, which he
retired in 1960 to concentrate on writing. Best known for his
Broadway hits A Thousand Clowns, I'm Not Rappaport and
Conversations With My Father, he wrote few plays but their
undeniable humour and commercial appeal made him among the most
produced playwrights worldwide.
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