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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.]]> male Chicago 1950/01/01 186632 067975928X 9780679759287 38 <![CDATA[All in the Timing: Fourteen Plays]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172535055m/186632.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186632.All_in_the_Timing_Fourteen_Plays 4.21 367
At once enchanting and perplexing, incisively intelligent and side-splittingly funny, this original paperback edition of Ives's plays includes "Sure Thing," "Words, Words, Words," "The Universal Language," "Variations on the Death of Trotsky," "The Philadelphia," "Long Ago and Far Away," "Foreplay, or The Art of the Fugue," "Seven Menus," "Mere Mortals," "English Made Simple," "A Singular Kinda Guy," "Speed-the-Play," "Ancient History," and "Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread."]]> 96038 4.09 529 78 186631 080213758X 9780802137586 5 <![CDATA[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]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172535054m/186631.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186631.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 3.95 60 96038 4.09 529 78 3507432 039924722X 9780399247224 23 <![CDATA[Voss]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3507432.Voss 3.59 39 Settling into the rundown Slobovian section of town, Voss soon finds his first job by opening the door for debutante Tiffany McBloomingdale (an unheard-of act of politeness), rescues his father from a sinister hospital, and even gets the girl of his dreams, though not the one he expects!

Through Voss’s comically broken English, readers will find a remarkably fresh view of America. Brimming with pointed satire, a healthy dose of action, and a one-of-a-kind narrator, Voss’s crazy adventures are sure to leave a lasting impression.

]]> 96038 4.09 529 78 186634 0822213966 9780822213963 3 <![CDATA[All in the Timing: Six One-Act Comedies]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186634.All_in_the_Timing_Six_One_Act_Comedies 4.06 17 96038 4.09 529 78 186633 0060598417 9780060598419 6 <![CDATA[Scrib]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172535055m/186633.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186633.Scrib 3.44 16 The night before his thirteenth birthday, Billy Christmas runs away from home in stodgy St. Louis and rides off to the Wild West, where he becomes Scrib, letter writer for lovelorn cowboys and wild-eyed outlaws.

Here is Scrib's own story, told in bubbling prose and babbling epistles, an ambling tale set in 1863, as Scrib travels his rounds on his horse Gabe, befriending all and running into deadly danger along the way.

This is probably the funniest, most outrageous cowboy story you will ever read. With the cleverness of Mark Twain at his best, the hilarity of a Mel Brooks movie, and the fast-moving speed of a train wreck, this is the Old West as it may not have been -- but should have!

]]> 96038 4.09 529 78 186637 0802141307 9780802141309 1 <![CDATA[Polish Joke and Other Plays: Polish Joke, Don Juan in Chicago, Ancient History, the Red Address]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172535056m/186637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186637.Polish_Joke_and_Other_Plays_Polish_Joke_Don_Juan_in_Chicago_Ancient_History_the_Red_Address 4.00 10 96038 4.09 529 78 354125 0064473015 9780064473019 1 <![CDATA[Monsieur Eek]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174020707m/354125.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/354125.Monsieur_Eek 3.67 9 In his first foray into children's fiction, well-known playwright David Ives marries the absurd with a very real message about justice and equality. The truly remarkable citizens of MacOongafoondsen are what make this story "spec-tac-ular" (as Emmaline's dear departed father used to say). There's Ongka the Fat Bread Maker, who is thin and shapely, but she makes fat loaves of bread. Then there's Minister Moonster the Minister (who is Plain Willum the Weaver on weekdays), Kawasaki the Left-Handed Farmer, Barbara the Carpenter, and Mayor Ignoratius B. Overbite, each unique and memorable in his or her own way. Highly recommended. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter

]]> 96038 4.09 529 78 186635 0822217465 9780822217466 1 <![CDATA[Lives of the Saints: Seven One-Act Plays]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172535056m/186635.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186635.Lives_of_the_Saints_Seven_One_Act_Plays 3.83 6 96038 4.09 529 78 165191 0822216329 9780822216322 0 <![CDATA[Mere Mortals: Six One-Act Comedies]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165191.Mere_Mortals_Six_One_Act_Comedies 4.33 3 96038 4.09 529 78 286981 0822213974 9780822213970 0 <![CDATA[Long Ago and Far Away and Other Short Plays]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/286981.Long_Ago_and_Far_Away_and_Other_Short_Plays 4.00 1 96038 4.09 529 78