In the summer of 1942, economists Friedrich Hayek and John Maynard Keynes spent a night on the roof of King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, waiting to clear away and control German incendiary bombs. In CLEARING BOMBS, they’re joined by a fire warden, Mr. Bowles. A play about economics amid mortal danger, about defining the future they could only begin to imagine. Premiered by Plan-B Theatre Company, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Contains some Mature Language. (PG13-R)
Nominated for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize
PLAY DETAILS:
- 3m
- JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES British economist
FRIEDRICK HAYEK Austrian economist
MR. BOWLES Fire warden
- JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES British economist
- About 90 minutes without Intermission
- Period Costumes
- Exterior Setting
- Order #3257
PERUSAL MATERIALS
- The PERUSAL PAGES file is in PDF format and contains the first half of this play: Clearing Bombs PERUSAL
- EMAIL us for rights and information. Be sure to give us anticipated performance dates and the address of your group and, if different, your theatre. Please also include a contact name and phone number.
PURCHASE REHEARSAL MATERIALS:
(Any PDF purchased will be emailed to your email address — if you need to provide that to us (not the one on your PayPal account?), email us. CDs will be mailed to a snail mail address. Do not purchase rehearsal materials or pay for royalties until you have performance clearance.)
- Script in PDF format — Order #3257a : $25.00 (from which you will be authorized to copy for your production)
- First Performance Amateur/Educational Royalty — Order #3257d : $95
- Second Performance Amateur/Educational Royalty — Order #3250e : $85
- Professional Royalties will be quoted upon application
- EMAIL us for rights and information. Be sure to give us anticipated performance dates and the address of your group and, if different, your theatre. Please also include a contact name and phone number.
PRODUCTIONS
- Premiere by Plan-B Theatre Company (SLC) — 2014
- As recognized by the Dramatists Guild of America, Plan-B Theatre Company is the only professional theatre company in the United States producing full seasons of new plays by local playwrights.
BILLING CREDITS
The following is how the credits should read in all programs, posters, fliers, handbills and other promotional advertising for the show:
Clearing Bombs
A New Play
by
Eric Samuelsen
NOTE: The names of the Playwright(s), Composer, Lyricist, and Bookwriter shall be equal in size, type, coloring, boldness, and prominence. No billing shall appear in type larger or more prominent than the billing to the Authors except for the title of the play. (In a press release all type, will of course, be the same size.)
ALSO:
THIS NOTICE MUST APPEAR IN ALL PROGRAMS, ON ALL POSTERS AND PUBLICITY MATERIALS AND INTERNET ADVERTISING/WEBPAGES FOR THE PLAY:
“Clearing Bombs is presented through special arrangement with Leicester Bay Theatricals. All authorized materials are also supplied by LBT, www.leicesterbaytheatricals.com”
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