RUBIN BATTINO plays published by ARAN PRESS

THE LOCAL TRAIN
by Rubin Battino
Cast: 6 men and 3 women. Two act drama. Set: area staging.
The subject is the unthinkable, none of us want to, but all of us must, face-death. LOCAL TRAIN contrasts how two different people face death, or rather more precisely how one old man faces it in contrast to how the family members of a woman face it. The old man, Mr. Meyers, has accepted death, arranged for it and enjoys the approach as best he can. The family members of the woman refuse to acknowledge that she is dying, don't want to tell her, and generally make the last few days of the woman miserable for everyone. LOCAL TRAIN is for every mortal in the audience. Book $3.50. Royalty - $30 - $20.

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THE WHITE ELEPHANT
by Rubin Battino
Cast: 4 men and 5 women. Two acts. Comedy. Set: living room.
Who can two psychotherapist turn to when their marriage starts unraveling? In WHITE ELEPHANT, Robert and Betsy Ritter turn to their good friends and fellow psychotherapists, Melissa and Mortimer Morgan. Melissa and Mortimer really help out-Mortimer seduces Betsy and Melissa goes off with Robert. But no worry, if things don't turn out, Robert and Betsy can always get a new book out of their troubles, a book which will help others get a "creative divorce." A situation comedy that parodies the whacky world of psychotherapists. Book $3.50. Royalty - $30 - $20.

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AUGUST 6TH
by Rubin Battino
Cast: 8 men and 3 women. 18 scenes. Set: area staging.
Jerry is a worker in the anti-nuclear war* movement. He has come to the conclusion that speeches don't get through to audiences. Jerry coolly, logically decides that only a media event that shocks people will get their attention. Only something outrageous that dramatizes the point will make folks aware of the horror of nuclear war. Despite all pleadings of his girlfriend and cohorts, Jerry decides on self-immolation by fire, which will be taped by companions and distributes to the TV stations with a voice over message on nuclear war by Jerry. AUGUST 6TH brings to mind all the attention-getting terrorists who do horrible, desperate things to get the world focused on their cause. Hopefully, without the sacrifice of a real life, AUGUST 6TH will get some in the audience thinking. Book $3.00. Royalty - $25-$15.

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MOSTLY GHOSTS
by Rubin Battino
Cast: 15 men and 4 women. One act. Set: area staging.
A lot of people get knocked off in Shakespeare's Hamlet. But they don't hang around after they do. There is only one ghost in Shakespeare's Hamlet. In MOSTLY GHOSTS, Shakespeare's characters share the stage with Battino's creations. When Polonius dies, his ghost hangs around to comment. Yorick's ghost puts in an appearance to whisper lies into the ear of the gravedigger, which accounts for the gravedigger being so witty with Hamlet. There there are the ghosts of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Gertrude Laertes, Claudius and Hamlet. An original concept, MOSTLY GHOSTS is an excellent entertainment for audiences that know their Shakespeare. Book $3.00. Royalty - $15 - $10.
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