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Writer’s Block (2003):
“Old Saybrook”
by Woody Allen

Writer's Block

Title: “Old Saybrook”

Medium: play/musical/stage drama

Publication date: 15 May 2003

Publisher: Atlantic Theater Company
Written by: Woody Allen
Directed by: Woody Allen


8 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)
Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Sheila Sheila supporting character
  [hosting her sister and brother-in-law in her opulent home] Atlantic Theater Company 1
Norman Norman supporting character
  [his wife is hosting his in-laws in their opulent home] Atlantic Theater Company 1
Jenny Jenny supporting character
  [visiting her sister in her opulent suburban home] Atlantic Theater Company 1
David David supporting character
CBR Scale: M obsessed with golf
[plastic surgeon] Atlantic Theater Company 1
Hal Hal supporting character
  [previously owned Sheila's home; stops by to visit] Atlantic Theater Company 1
Sandy Sandy supporting character
  [previously owned Sheila's home; stops by to visit] Atlantic Theater Company 1
Max Max supporting character
  [tells audience he doesn't know what to do with characters] Atlantic Theater Company 1
geese geese
(mentioned) 
supporting character group real/historical person
CBR Scale: D N.A.
[animal species]   50

Writer's Block is also known as: Writer's Block: Riverside Drive or Writer's Block: Two One Act Plays: Riverside Drive.

"Writer's Block" is a pair of two distinct one-act plays which Woody Allen wrote and directed. The two plays premiered on the same night and are published in the same volume. Although the two plays share some common themes and stylistic elements, the plots and characters are completely separate and unrelated.

"Writer's Block" debuted at the Atlantic Theater Company on 336 West 20th Street in New York City. Previews began on Wednesday, April 23, 2003, but the actual opening night was Thursday, May 15, 2003.