The Briefing: A One-Act Play

By Robert Manns

"I have little doubt that Robert Manns is America's most accomplished living playwright."
-J. Brian Smith

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Feb 21, 2007
• ISBN: 9780595877256

Robert Manns

Robert Manns was born in Detroit; spent six years in New York, where he received his first productions; and later moved to Florida and eventually Atlanta. He wrote his first play when he was 19, his first poem when he was 21. He has taught dramaturgy at Emory University in Atlanta and, while director of Callanwolde Art Institure in that city, initiated the poetry readings still held today. Even before serving as field representative for the National Audubon Society, wildlife and the environment had solidly manifested themselves in his writing.

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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, names, incidents, organizations, and dialogue in this play are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

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Contents

Cast

Time

Place

Dedicated to George Eisenhauer:

Actor, mobil library, gentleman and friend.

THE BRIEFING

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Cast

Time

Oh, sometime in the twenty-first century.

Place

Ruth’s home in a small American township.

Ruth’s living room is a tastefully