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Plays That Involve Television

Our newest featured list comes courtesy of playwright Jo Brisbane, who offers this introduction: "I am always intrigued by plays that involve the 'cool fire' of television, whether TV is used as a plot device or a full character (speaking to us, frightening us, seducing us). I like to involve technology and even discarded or outmoded machinery in my plays, so it is great fun to discover other like-minded writers. The inclusion and intrusions of a television often create a sort of play within a play." Tune in and read on!

The Remote by Mark Harvey Levine
A PERFECT SPIRAL by James O'Connor
Poison Control by Rebecca Gorman ONeill
Jack Pork by Donna Hoke
Happy Happy Happy Happy by Jonathan O'Neill
The Golden Age of the Television Western by Mark Nutter
WELCOME TO TELEVISION by Christine Toy Johnson
Useless Information by Frank Tangredi
Friends Don't Let Friends (or: Television Lied To Us) by Chris Barlow

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The NPX Index

  • Scripts tagged with the keyword "television": 41
  • Scripts tagged with the keyword "telephone": 10
  • Scripts tagged with the keyword "radio": 41