Time Flies and Other Short Plays: Time Flies, Degas, C'Est Moi, Dr. Fritz/the Forces of Light, Basel's in Arms, Arabian Nights, Enigma Variations, the Mystery of Twicknam Vicarage

By David Ives

Book Overview

Playwright David Ives's follow-up collection to the award-winning collection All in the Timing pushes his gift for wacky one-act comedy to new heights: two mayflies on a date realize they have only twenty-four hours to live; a washing-machine repairman falls in love with a perfect washer (should he tell his girlfriend?); an out-of-work shmo decides to spend his day being painter Edgar Degas; two Babylonian blue-collar workers have to build the Tower of Babel -- or else. Zany, thought-provoking, and always original, this anthology brings together all the one-acts from the Off-Broadway hit Mere Mortals and from the all-new Lives of the Saints, as well as several new and uncollected plays, including Bolero, Arabian Nights (which premiered at the celebrated Humana Festival in Louisville), The Green Hill, and Captive Audience.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080213758X
• ISBN13: 9780802137586
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Grove Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Fun Stuff

David Ives is one of the few playwrights in America to maintain mainstream success with short plays. His previous ALL IN THE TIMING has been one of the most-produced evenings of short plays in America. TIME FLIES isn't quite up to that quality, but it's very close. A fun read, and a fun evening of theater.

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Oh. My. God. Crack. Me. Up.

I admit to being a little concerned that "Time Flies" would fail to reach the spectacular heights Ives met with "All in the Timing." I should have had more faith.With "Time Flies," Ives is on familiar, solid ground, doing exactly what he does best. The title story is excellent, and I love "Degas, C'est Moi." "The Mystery at Twicknam Vicarage" is a great spoof of PBS drama and British theatre.But my faves are "Babel's in Arms," about the plight facing two ancient Babylonian workers called upon to build a tower reaching God, and "Soap Opera," about a man in love with his washing machine.If you'll pardon the pun, the plays in "Time Flies" show Ives is having fun.