Old Ringers


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"OLD RINGERS" - A Play in 2 acts. (2m,5f)In this Hilarious comedy, prolific American playwright Joe Simonelli spins a farcical yarn about five New York seniors who come up with a creative way to make some extra cash to combat a shrinking economy and their depleted pocket books. After recieving an obscene phone call during a coffee get together they decide to go into business for themselves by opening a home phone sex service. The only impedimenmt being protagonost Dian'e disaproving fundamental Christian daughter daughter whom they must keep it a secret from! This play is performed throughout the U.S. and Canada. Rights can be obtained by visiting the authors website, www.joesimonelli.com. What Mr. simonelli's literary agent has to say: "I represent such notable playwrights as NEIL SIMON, LARRY GELBART, and MART CROWLEY. I find Joe Simonelli to be in good company with his more famous counterparts." Sincerely yours, Gary DaSilvaWhat the critics said!"A comedy masterpiece! Mr. Simonelli has provided a timely take on how four seniors cope with a shrinking .economy and their shrinking pocketbooks! Go see it now!"Joe Franklin - Bloomberg Radio"THE CHRONIC LAUGHTER OF A PACKED HOUSE AT THE RIDGEFIELD THEATRE BARN INDICATES THAT THE AUDIENCE WAS GREATLY ENTERTAINED!" - Broadway World "Go see Old Ringers to experience the lighter side of the economic downturn as told by comic playwright Joe Simonelli. Balancing obscenity with drier subjects like social security checks, keeps the play believable but doesn't deract from it's raucous, crowd pleasing comedy!"Monterey County Weekley







The Every-day Book


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Ringers & Rascals


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Chronicles Peter Christian Barrie's efforts to fool horse racing authorities by painting horses with henna dye to disguise good race horses as bad ones, fooling betters and fixing races.




Horological Journal


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Old Tales and New Truths


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This guidebook to the Bright-Shadow World develops three closely related issues. The first is the position that fairytales and folktales are of value today because they encourage the growth of capabilities important in our postmodern world. Each of us, like the fairytale hero, sets out on his/her own quests, seeks his/her own identity, faces his/her own dilemmas with few resources but wit, imagination, and a certain power of improvisation. King develops the implications of this situation for such common fairytale problems as learning to read the world productively; navigating various kinds of "edges;" exploiting power sources; developing highly personal moral commitments; problem solving; and data collecting. The second concern of this book is with the development of a system for analyzing narrative structure. The formula offered here involves an examination of interactions among actors, physical settings, lines of force, and power sources as a narrative moves toward its denouement. This system facilitates the classifying, and contrasting of narratives, and illuminates the structure of both narrative and lived experience. Finally, this book is concerned with myth-making or world-making processes. It is shown that traditional narrative actually points to and delineates another dimension of existence (here called "the Bright-Shadow World") that operates by rules of its own and may be penetrated by individuals from our ordinary world. Inferences about the Bright-Shadow World drawn from traditional narrative are described and evaluated.




The Gun Ringer


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