Visiting Mr. Green (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

This little book, the published script for a play I am currently appearing in, was a real find! Inside are photos of Eli Wallach, the actor who originated the role, along with an interview with Wallach and the playwrist, Jeff Baron. Top notch product!!

I am presently preparing for the opening of a production of this play. The script I received was in excellent condition and contained all the information I required. I appreciated the prompt response to my order.

Purchased as a friend and teacher played Mr. Green in a local production (very well done). In excellent condition, fast receipt.

This play met totally my expectations. I hope to be able to work with it in the near future. Thanks.

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This play has several great scenes. But I expected more conflict between the characters. Mr. Green is quite pathetic and sad. The other characters burden of being a closeted gay seems dated for our time.

There is plenty to like about this play by Jeff Baron, who has written more for television and film. The premise, in which a young corporate man is compelled by a judge to make regular visits to an elderly Jewish man he struck with his car, is loaded with opportunities for character conflict and humor. Initially the men, who are of different generations and different attitudes about their "Jewishness," are so badly matched the playwright has to cash in some disbelief credit to keep the arrangement going. The terms of their friendship tug at the heartstrings with the neatness and economy of a television 'dramedy.' If you ask more than this of an evening of theatre, for perhaps a deeper and more surprising exploration of a dramatic theme, you will find the water shallow here. Moreover, the playwright's orientation toward film and video shows via some unwieldy scene changes. At one point, the playwright orders the hopelessly cluttered apartment to be spic and span after a blackout between scenes - not after an act break, which would be more practical. The camera can do that; in theatre, we have to move things around in real time. The dialogue is quick, lean, and pretty funny. It might be a wonderful television special, and is much closer to a teleplay than dramatic literature.

The book 'Visiting mr. Green' was very well taken care of, (compliment for Amazon) and the contents are beautiful, (compliment for Jeff Baron). After having read the book, I went (in the Netherlands) to the play with Bram van der Vlugt and Oren Schrijver, directed by Bruun Kuijt, (compliments for the three of them). Enjoyed the care, the book and the performance enormously.

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