Euripides, You Buy-a Dese

by John Busser

10 MINUTES - At Uncle Maxie’s Discount House of Philosophy, you can get all your fundamental questions of existence answered... for a price (half off on Tuesdays).

Uncle Maxie's monologue has been included in the Smith & Kraus Best Men's Monologues of 2023 collection.

10 MINUTES - At Uncle Maxie’s Discount House of Philosophy, you can get all your fundamental questions of existence answered... for a price (half off on Tuesdays).

Uncle Maxie's monologue has been included in the Smith & Kraus Best Men's Monologues of 2023 collection.

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Euripides, You Buy-a Dese

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  • Donald E. Baker: Euripides, You Buy-a Dese

    It's a play from the off-kilter mind of John Busser, so you know you're going to get a feast of giggles, groans, and guffaws. All the well-honed tools from Busser's bag of tricks--the sly wordplay, the outrageous puns, the creative anachronisms (because, why let chronology interfere with a joke?), the odd pop-culture references--make their appearance in dialogue guaranteed to delight any reader and any audience. Vintage Busser and therefore terrific.

    It's a play from the off-kilter mind of John Busser, so you know you're going to get a feast of giggles, groans, and guffaws. All the well-honed tools from Busser's bag of tricks--the sly wordplay, the outrageous puns, the creative anachronisms (because, why let chronology interfere with a joke?), the odd pop-culture references--make their appearance in dialogue guaranteed to delight any reader and any audience. Vintage Busser and therefore terrific.

  • Rachel Feeny-Williams: Euripides, You Buy-a Dese

    I've always loved the way John sets up for a play so that even before the characters have spoken you can see the stage/scene in your mind, and from that point in it gets even better! Maxie is an absolute diamond of a character who offers lines that had me laughing out loud at certain points. You don't often associate philosophy with laugh-out-loud humour but if there is anyone that could make it happen, John could, and has! Would make a fabulously unique play for a festival!

    I've always loved the way John sets up for a play so that even before the characters have spoken you can see the stage/scene in your mind, and from that point in it gets even better! Maxie is an absolute diamond of a character who offers lines that had me laughing out loud at certain points. You don't often associate philosophy with laugh-out-loud humour but if there is anyone that could make it happen, John could, and has! Would make a fabulously unique play for a festival!

  • Morey Norkin: Euripides, You Buy-a Dese

    A Danny Devito-type character, loads of “father” jokes, and olive gardens! From the mind of John Busser, it’s Ancient Greece like you’ve never seen it before! Funny, smart, everything you expect from a John Busser comedy and only 22 (23?) drachmas!

    A Danny Devito-type character, loads of “father” jokes, and olive gardens! From the mind of John Busser, it’s Ancient Greece like you’ve never seen it before! Funny, smart, everything you expect from a John Busser comedy and only 22 (23?) drachmas!

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Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Cleveland Public Theatre, Year 2022