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The Optimist

By: Roy Schreiber
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  • University and College Professors have a reputation for being eccentric. This is a 5 episode play that agrees wholeheartedly with that description. One character believes he is the modern day version of King Henry VIII. Another character believes that logic and reason are answer to all problems, political and personal. Maybe eccentric is too mild a word.
    Copyright 2019
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  • The Optimist installment 1

    The Optimist installment 1
    Jul 17 2019

    Ralph, Al and Eleanor, professors at a small rural college, want to unionize the faculty.  Ralph, the philosophy professor, has come up a logical, sensible plan.  What is it they say about the best laid plans?
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    14 mins
  • The Optimist installment 2

    The Optimist installment 2
    Jul 17 2019

    Despite all kinds of obstacles, it looks like Ralph, Al and Eleanor's plan to unionize the faculty will fall into place.  Seeing may be believing, but looks can be deceiving.
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    12 mins
  • The Optimist episode 3

    The Optimist episode 3
    Jul 17 2019

    It turns out a faculty committee that Ralph, Al and Eleanor thought would never do anything, now must do something quickly.  Ralph is stuck with most of the work.  It involves convincing Gary, a history professor who thinks he is the modern day version of Henry VIII, to give a public lecture.  It also involves convincing Vivian, an English lit. professor who thinks she is the modern day version of Queen Ann Boleyn, to come to Gary's lecture.  This time, perhaps, he was a bit too successful.
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    18 mins
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