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David Ives

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January 01, 1950 in Chicago, The United States

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A contemporary American playwright whose plays often consist of one act and are generally comedies. They are notable for their verbal dexterity, theatrical invention, and quirky humor.

He earned his MFA in Playwriting from The Yale School of Drama. A Guggenheim Fellow in playwriting, David is probably best known for his evening of one-act comedies called "All In the Timing". The show won the Outer Critics Circle Playwriting Award, ran for two years Off-Broadway, and in the 1995-96 season was the most-performed play in the country after Shakespeare productions.

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Average rating: 4.10 · 1,391 ratings · 121 reviews · 23 distinct works

	All in the Timing 4.20 avg rating — 1,074 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Time Flies and Other Short Plays 3.94 avg rating — 88 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Voss 3.41 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Venus in Fur 4.00 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Polish Joke and Other Plays by David Ives, Richard Philcox (Translator), Jean-Paul Sartre (Introduction) 3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	Scrib 3.30 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Monsieur Eek by David Ives, Greg Sweringen (Illustrator) 3.63 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Lives of the Saints: Seven One-Act Plays 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	The Liar by David Ives, Pierre Corneille (Original) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Mere Mortals: Six One-Act Comedies 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1998	My rating:

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“Ultimately one has to pity these poor souls who know every secret about writing, directing, designing, producing, and acting but are stuck in those miserable day jobs writing reviews. Will somebody help them, please?”
― David Ives

tags: critics , humor , theatre

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“so even an assassin can make the flowers grow." -variations on the death of Trotsky”
― David Ives, All in the Timing

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“He might have thought white people was coyotes, but he still shared food with me. Long as people do that, I guess it don't matter what they think of you.”
― David Ives, Scrib

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