by Frank Gagliano | Mar 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
When CNN political reporter John King used the word bullshit in the discussion following the Trump second impeachment acquittal trial, I was delighted that the word wasn’t bleeped out — or finessed to the feebler BS. Bullshit is the perfect word for our time: The... by Frank Gagliano | Aug 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
[Facebook essay: 28 August 2020] On “LAST WORDS” (My Latest Plague Diversion, Leading To “Pub Faustian”) . . .I’ve been re-reading the works of playwright, George Bernard Shaw (GBS), and came across his last words: “Dying is easy, comedy is hard” — a phrase used many... by Frank Gagliano | Feb 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
THE MOMENT ©
(ASCAP) Lyrics, Frank Gagliano Music, James Rushin (Demo track below: Jonathan Mousette, vocal; James Rushin, piano) Sometimes I’ll glimpse it,Maybe at night,Often when I’m sitting all alone.Sometimes I’ll sense it,Out there in... by Frank Gagliano | Oct 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
ANGLES OF VISION FROM A PARTICULAR PLAYWRIGHT, ABOUT THE SPECIAL PRESSURE COOKER THAT IS DRAMA. by Frank Gagliano Beginning quotes and notes toward a book: HOLOGRAPHING THE PLAY-TEXT (or DEMONSTRATING THE PLAY-TEXT) — a new approach for theatre practitioners who... by Frank Gagliano | Aug 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
Based on autobiographical material,with a goodly mix of fantasy (Screenplay? Novel? Opening Section?) NARRATOR (Voice over) In those days you wore knickers. In those days you played marbles. . . and a game called Skelly. . . You’d kneel on the knees of your...
