David Clow

David Clow is a Los Angeles-based author, playwright, and journalist. His full-length play The Commission won First Prize, Chameleon Theatre Circle 13th Annual New Plays Competition, and Third Prize in the Julie Harris Playwright Awards Competition. His one act Witness Seven won First Prize in the One-Act Play Competition at the Little Theatre of Alexandria.

He is the author of the non-fiction books Six Lessons for Six Sons - Six Lessons for Six Sons (Harmony, 2005; Three Rivers Press, 2006) and A Few Words from the Chair – A Patient Speaks to Dentists (CreateSpace, 2008) and of the novel King Judy (Amazon Digital services LLC, 2017), and the writer of the documentary film series Understanding Cities. He consults for Fortune 500 companies and writes on the history of space exploration for...

David Clow is a Los Angeles-based author, playwright, and journalist. His full-length play The Commission won First Prize, Chameleon Theatre Circle 13th Annual New Plays Competition, and Third Prize in the Julie Harris Playwright Awards Competition. His one act Witness Seven won First Prize in the One-Act Play Competition at the Little Theatre of Alexandria.

He is the author of the non-fiction books Six Lessons for Six Sons - Six Lessons for Six Sons (Harmony, 2005; Three Rivers Press, 2006) and A Few Words from the Chair – A Patient Speaks to Dentists (CreateSpace, 2008) and of the novel King Judy (Amazon Digital services LLC, 2017), and the writer of the documentary film series Understanding Cities. He consults for Fortune 500 companies and writes on the history of space exploration for print and online publications (www.researchgate.net/profile/David_Clow/publications).

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Scripts

Witness Seven

by David Clow

Cast Size
2—10
Genre
drama,
melodrama,
mystery/thriller

Following a win in a controversial medical misconduct trial, the media consultant to the victorious drug company gloats over his tactics and questionable ethics to a woman he thinks is a reporter. He does not realize that the woman is in fact the mother of one of the patients injured by the company.

Following a win in a controversial medical misconduct trial, the media consultant to the victorious drug company gloats over his tactics and questionable ethics to a woman he thinks is a reporter. He does not realize that the woman is in fact the mother of one of the patients injured by the company.

The Commission

by David Clow

Cast Size
10—24
Genre
biography,
docudrama/historic,
drama,
mystery/thriller,
period,
political

In 1784, near the end of Benjamin Franklin’s brilliant career as the United States’ Ambassador to France, King Louis XVI asked of him a small favor: serve on a commission of scientists to evaluate the work of a doctor practicing a strange kind of medicine in Paris. Franklin, near 80 and in poor health, wanted only to return home, but he agreed. In The Commission, Franklin tells us the story of what happened when...

In 1784, near the end of Benjamin Franklin’s brilliant career as the United States’ Ambassador to France, King Louis XVI asked of him a small favor: serve on a commission of scientists to evaluate the work of a doctor practicing a strange kind of medicine in Paris. Franklin, near 80 and in poor health, wanted only to return home, but he agreed. In The Commission, Franklin tells us the story of what happened when he helped investigate Franz Anton Mesmer. What he discovered changed his life; what he helped to suppress might have changed the world. In so doing, he raised questions about the nature of mankind and freedom that he answered too late. Now as he awaits his death, he makes his confession.

The Commission is based on primary sources from the time, including the rare original reports of Franklin and his colleagues.

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But Soft

by David Clow

Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
farce,
parody/spoof,
romantic comedy,
satire

The spirits of Romeo and Juliet speak their minds as they inhabit two high school actors.

The spirits of Romeo and Juliet speak their minds as they inhabit two high school actors.