The Last Of The Marx Brothers' Writers by Louis Phillips

The Last Of The Marx Brothers' Writers by Louis Phillips

Jimmy Bryce, an ex-vaudevillian and comedy writer, lives in a run-down hotel in Los Angeles. As he waits for a young comic writer to arrive for comedy lessons, Bryce remembers his past life. His memory conjures up his ex-wife Alice and an original Marx Brothers-like character called Flammo or Julius Dumont. The play is studded with wild verbal and slapstick comic turns and tries to explore the world of terror and surrealism that lies on the other side of comedy. Louis Phillips invented Jimmy, and deserves full marks for it. If his play reminds us of THE SUNSHINE BOYS crossed with THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES, the blend still seems fresh. This is how it feels to be trapped in your own 'bits' - the mind unable to beat except in gag rhythms, and nobody buys the gags anymore. -Dan Sullivan, The Los Angeles Times Here is a piece of theater you absolutely must not miss . This fine, touching, inventive, and gorgeously zany play is about - you guess it - the failure of the American dream. -Jonathan Saville, Weekly Reader (San Diego) It is strong and clever in its methodical pursuit of madness. It is studded with non sequiturs, puns, riddles, and sight-gags, running wild or worked into routines and shticks. -Charlie Farber, Los Angeles Free Press The plays is framed in an exciting, almost frenetic mixture of wild imagery and stark reality . It is a nonstop bombardment of the senses and the mind. -Bill Hagen, The San Diego Evening Tribune

Poet, playwright, and short story writer Louis Phillips He is the author of almost fifty books for both children and adults. The Time, The Hour, the Solitariness of the Place, a collection of his poetry, was a co-winner in the Swallow's Tale Publishing competition in 1984. The Krazy Kat Rag and Bulkington are two of his published poetry collections. A Dream of Places Where No Fear Lives (SMU Press, 1993), The Bus to the Moon (Fort Schuyler Press, 2002), and THE LADY WHO WROTE KING LEAR (2008) and SHALL I WEEP FOR THE DANCING BEAR (2012), both published by Pleasure Boat Studio, are among his short story collections. He is a professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780881453393
ISBN 10	0881453390
Title	The Last Of The Marx Brothers' Writers
Author	Louis Phillips
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Broadway Play Publishing Inc
Year published	2007-11-01
Number of pages	78
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.