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On a Darkling Plain

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  1w, 3m

Winner! David Ellis Memorial Award

"Comic and dramatic sides complement and enrich each other...A must see." - Daily Oklahoman

"Norman Beim is that 'rara avis', a professional playwright. He is what the theatre needs." - Tony Randall

On a Darkling Plain

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 3m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Period
Accolades
Accolades
  • Winner! David Ellis Memorial Award

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Summary
In 1964, an actor who has been blacklisted for twelve years faces a dilemma: should he accept the lead in a Broadway show and the subsequent movie even though they are directed by the man who named him to the McCarthy commission or should he swallow his contempt for acting in commercials and do a toilet paper ad. Bitter confrontations and amusing banter are woven into the ironic twists of the plot.

In Six Award Winning Plays.

Media

"Comic and dramatic sides complement and enrich each other...A must see." - Daily Oklahoman

"Norman Beim is that 'rara avis', a professional playwright. He is what the theatre needs." - Tony Randall

"Norman Beim ranks with the best in America today." - WHBI Radio

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  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Norman Beim

Norman Beim, a life time member of the Dramatist Guild, is a prize-wining playwright, veteran actor and director. His plays have been produced nationally and internationally and won a number of awards including the Robert J. Pickering Award (Coldwater Theatre), the David Jame ...

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