Religion: not determined yet
Name: Max
Classification: supporting character
Publisher(s): Atlantic Theater Company
First Appearance: Writer's Block (2003): "Old Saybrook"
Creators: Woody Allen, Richard Portnow (actor)
Number of Appearances: 1
Occupation: playwright
Location: Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA
Gender: male
Note: tells audience he doesn't know what to do with characters
After the six characters in the play "Old Slaybrook" have been introduced and their story reaches a dramatic turning point, Max comes on stage. He is an "author figure" who tells the audience that he doesn't really know what to do next with this play's six characters.
Max tells the audience: "Sometimes an idea seems great, but after you work on it for a while it just doesn’t go anyplace."
Suggested links for further research about this character:
- http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/16/movies/theater-review-woody-being-woody-well-who-else.html?src=pm&pagewanted=2
- http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/sep/28/writers-block-nuffield-review
- http://www.curtainup.com/writersblock.html
- http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/05/26/030526crth_theatre