The Perfect Game: Jim Naismith Invents BasketballAuthorHouse, 12 dic 2008 - 116 pagine The Perfect Game makes use of musical theater form to weave together two narratives. In the "historical" story, a young man out on his firs teaching job is given an assignment by his boss. Devise a new game for physical education students. That teacher, James Naismith, fulfills his assignment and invents what he hopes will prove to be a perfect game. His students like to play what they call: "Basket-Ball." In the other story, two of today's basketball coaches, Nancy and Frank, have their own issues to overcome. They wind up coaching together while falling in love. The two stories are woven together when the historic Jim Naismith becomes a mentor figure for today's coach Nancy. They have some intense discussions over the true nature of basketball. Both stories are resolved in the context of the final game, The Home Team against their Arch Rivals. Down by point, the Home Team's desperate last second shot, may or may not go in. |
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Alvin Roach AMOS ALONZO STAGG audience BEAT BEAT bounce the ball Buckingham School BULLY GAME CALL IT BASKETBALL CHEERLEADERS scamper Coach Frank Coach Nancy COACH ROACH dance DEMONIZE YOUR OLD DRIBBLE Ed Williams EX-COACH NANCY floor FOULS FRANK and NANCY FRANK MAHAN FRANK Oh FRANK Yeah GO DOWN FIGHTIN GULICK Sings Harassment Interdiction Tribunal HEISENBERG UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE Home Team Arena HUM DRUM I’ve James Naismith JIM Sings Jimmy JULIE Lights fade little extra edge LONNIE looks MAUD Oh MAUD Sings MAUD’S LAMENT Men’s Miss Sherman Music NANCY and FRANK NANCY Oh NANCY Sings NANCY Yes NEED A GAME offstage Okay OLD ARCHRIVAL peach baskets PERFECT GAME Phog Allen play players Pom Squad PROBLEM CLASS PROFESSOR HEISENBERG rules of basketball Sexual Harassment Interdiction Springfield Gym set Stagg STEAL THE BALL STEBBINS student talk tell There’s They’re tonight vamp We’re WHAT’S THE WORD WHATA WHO’S you’re