In the Great Together: One Act Plays

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By: Seth Alan Barkas

ISBN 1-889262-51-X (trade paperback) $19.95

ISBN 1-889262-07-2 (hardcover) $31.95

In The Great Together: One Act Plays by Seth Alan Barkas

Each of these four one-act plays by Seth Alan Barkas—Maximilian, Scorpio, Cry of the Boy, and The Devil and Don Quixote— have sharp, memorable dialogue and diverse and powerful themes, plots, and characters. The author was a freelance film critic for Baltimore magazine and a theater critic for Show Business newspaper.

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"Original, powerful dramas providing compelling evidence of Seth Barkas' talent."

—David Friedrichs, college professor

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"...In The Great Together is an anthology of four one-act plays by the late Seth Alan Barkas, a gifted New York theater critic who was murdered on the streets of that city at the age of 23 by a gang of youthful thugs. What was not widely known at the time was that in addition to critique the Broadway and Off Broadway plays of others for "Show Business", a publication dedicated to the entertainment industry in New York. It was many years after his untimely death that his sister discovered that his widow had kept her husband's papers, among which included four plays that displayed the amazing talent of this aspiring playwright. Now published posthumously, these four one-act plays clearly document the literary abilities of Seth Alan Barkas and make a significant and welcome addition to the growing library of American theatrical plays. Included are "Cry of the Boy" which delves into the everyday life of a 17-year-old boy and his relationship with his parents; "The Devil and Don Quijote" which is set in post-revolutionary Spain and tells the story of a man who escapes from an old age home; "Maximilian" which takes place in 1867 in a prison cell the night before the execution of 35-year-old Emperor Maximilian of Mexico when Constantine, disguised as a stable hand, visits Maximilian to try to talk him into going along with the request of Juarez and abdicate his claim to the throne, renounce his opposition to the Revolution, and agree to return to Austria. The final play completing this anthology is "Scorpio", which explores the relationship between 20-year-old Tom, a woman, and Stanley, a 19-year-old man who enters Tom's apartment as he goes door to door for his summer job as a salesman of goods made by the blind. An impressive collection by any standard, In The Great Together would provide especially excellent selections for high-school, college, and community theater groups seeking one-act plays to perform for their audiences."

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Seth Alan Barkas

Seth Alan Barkas was a playwright, a freelance theatre critic for Show Business newspaper, and freelance film critic for Baltimore magazine when he was tragically killed at the age of twenty-three. A graduate of New York University, he had worked as a reporter for WBAL in Baltimore. Seth's one-act plays, collected for the first time in our forthcoming collection, In the Great Together, demonstrate that his talent was already established.

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On behalf of her late brother, Seth Alan Barkas, author of In the Great Together, his sister Jan Yager (the former J.L./ Janet Barkas) is available for broadcast, print, or online interviews on behalf of this collection of plays. To contact her, please e-mail: publicity@hannacroixcreekbooks.com
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