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PEN Appeal: Lapiro de Mbanga and Lewis Medjo
April 23, 2010 President Paul Biya Fax: +237 22 22 08 70 Mr. Philemon Yang Prime Minister Fax: +237 22 23 57 35 Your Excellencies, On behalf of the 3,400 members of PEN American Center,… More
PEN Appeal: Mohammed Attaoui
May 4, 2010 Abbas El Fassi Prime Minister Département du Premier Ministre Palais Royal Touarga Rabat, Morocco Fax: +212 5377 69995 Abdelwahed Radi Minister of Justice Ministry of Justice Place Mamounia, Rabat Morocco Fax: +212 537 72 37 10 /+212 537 73… More
Imprisoned Burmese Blogger Nay Phone Latt Honored in New York
Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood, Bill Moyers, Walter Mosley, and Patti Smith were among the more than 500 PEN luminaries and supporters joining PEN American Center last night in honoring… More
Escape Risk
CAST SKULL LESTER TOOTY BUZZARD ERSKINE GRANGER BETTY JEETER A madman A fool A blimp An old pervert A runaround A guard A nurse An off-stage voice SCENE: A four-man CELL, open toward the audience, back of the cell are vertical steel bars, with a center… More
Beasts of Autumn
FADE IN: EXT. FRANCE - NIGHT - WINTER SUPERIMPOSE over HOWLING WIND and snow: “FRANCE, 13TH CENTURY” Gradually revealed, an eminent well-built castle crowning a prominent hill. A lord’s residence and a… More
10-Minute Shakespeare
10-Minute Shakespeare THE PLAYERS Chris BJ JT Ralph Frost Dave Jeff Savage Richard John M Shakespeare 1 Shakespeare 2 Othello Emilia Desdemona Duke of Venice Cassio Montano Edward De Vere Brabantio Desdemona Iago Roderigo CHRIS: We waited a year for you to get here—And now let’s be perfectly clear In our… More
Second Chance
FADE IN: INSERT: A collage of photos and headlines covering a century of Hollywood’s fame and splendor. EXT. LOS ANGELES CITYSCAPE - NIGHT The vast black carpet unfolds below. The speckled… More
Not Guilty
FADE IN: EXT. A BLUE SKY - MORNING 7:02 A.M. Flying over an isolated campus, sprawled across 45 acres of green grass, wooded countryside and hills, a hawk spots a… More
Raw Bones (Live and Encaged!)
Raw Bones (Live and Encaged!) Darkness has settled in now. All day long their area was highlighted. Their loud, uneven snores are indicative of the grueling tasks that befell these… More
The Secret of the Sky
The Secret of the Sky CHARACTERS The PRISONER: The JAILER: The MONK: a man in his early 30s—bearded, disheveled, dressed in a long-sleeved T-shirt, gray sweat pants, and (when standing) sandals. a man of… More