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Farnsworth Invention, The

  • Aaron Sorkin
  • Full Length Play, Drama, 1930s, 1920s
  • 15M, 3F
  • ISBN: 9780573662867

"Vintage Sorkin and crackling prime-time theater...breezy and shrewd, smart-alecky and idealistic."

Newsday

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: 1930s, 1920s
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student, Professional Theatre, Large Stage
It's 1929. Two ambitious visionaries race against each other to invent a device called "television." Separated by two thousand miles, each knows that if he stops working, even for a moment, the other will gain the edge. Who will unlock the key to the greatest innovation of the 20th century: the ruthless media mogul, or the self-taught Idaho farm boy?

The answer comes to compelling life in The Farnsworth Invention, the new play from Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing, The Newsroom, and The Social Network.

REVIEWS:

"Vintage Sorkin and crackling prime-time theater...breezy and shrewd, smart-alecky and idealistic."

 Newsday

"A firecracker of a play in a fittingly snap, crackle and pop production under the direction of Des McAnuff, the drama has among its many virtues the ability to make you think at the same time that it breaks your heart."

 Chicago Sun-Times

"The most exciting new play on Broadway...a rousing theatrical experience."

 MTV News

  • Casting: 15M, 3F
  • Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible), Parts for Senior Actors, Features Teens, Expandable casting, Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)

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It's 1929. Two ambitious visionaries race against each other to invent a device called "television." Separated by two thousand miles, each knows that if he stops working, even for a moment, the other will gain the edge. Who will unlock the key to the greatest innovation of the 20th century: the ruthless media mogul, or the self-taught Idaho farm boy?

The answer comes to compelling life in The Farnsworth Invention, the new play from Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing, The Newsroom, and The Social Network.

$24.95