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Otto Eskin

OTTO ESKIN

  
Nationality:    USA
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Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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below is a list of Otto Eskin's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Duet         Final Analysis         Plague, The

Duet

Synopsis:
a meeting between the first two acting megastars Sarah Bernhardt and elenora Duse

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1st Produced:
Greenwich Street Theatre, New York    2003

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Genre:
Drama

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Final Analysis

Synopsis:
Vienna is the crossroads of civilization: art, music, science and politics but beneath its facade of frivolity and joy, the city is rotting at its core, sickened by moral corruption, obsessed with death and ravaged by hatred of the Jews. against this background, Gustav Mahler, the great composer and conductor, falls in love with the beautiful, tempestuous alma. their passion flairs but their love is doomed and Gustav seeks the help of Sigmund Freud to save his marriage. Ludwig Wittgenstein, destined to become a dominant force in world philosophy, runs into an old schoolmate, with unpleasant consequences. Wittgenstein expounds his hatred of women to Gustav Mahler and reveals his inner demons to Freud. Freud psychoanalyzes Mahler and uncovers deep psychic trauma. Joseph Stalin, passing through Vienna, tries to recruit alma into becoming a Bolshevik revolutionary and meets a man over a game of chess - a man with whom one day he will engage in a titanic struggle to the death. In the end, Freud faces what he has always denied: the essential evil nature of man. and, in a gesture of compassion, Freud almost destroys the world. This show is part of the Midtown International theatre Festival.
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
June Havoc Theatre, 312 West 36th Street, 1St Floor, New York, NY 10018    17 Jul 2012

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Plague, The

Synopsis:
the Plague is set in Oran, algeria, a city struck by plague multiple times in its history. as thousands of rats start dying, city officials gather them quickly to prevent any public panic. Unfortunately, their very act of burning the rats only serves to further the spread of an airborne infection. Soon increasing numbers of the populace start dying. authorities are slow to act even as the main protagonist, Dr. Rieux, insists that something must be done after his friend Michel dies. Both the bureaucracy and the populace at large don't want to admit the existence of the plague because it would require action and it would destroy the future and their hopes. In time, however, ever stricter measures are required, leading eventually to the quarantine of the entire city. Many of the characters respond to the plague in keeping with their characters. Dr. Rieux and his colleague Dr. Castel work to treat the ill and develop a serum. the oily town Prefect tries to maintain order, and the town magistrate Monsieur Othon follows the law without question even when it means quarantine for himself and his son.
- Steven McKnight, DC theatre Scene

Notes:
adapted from the novel by Albert Camus

1st Produced:
Warehouse Theater, Washington Dc    2008

Organisations:
Scena Theatre

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Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

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