Einstein at the Beer Garden
Jeffry Weiss
- Albert
- Einstein
- is
- the
- purveyor
- of
- a
- beer
- garden
- in
- Germany.
- Those
- who
- stop
- by
- include
- George
- Bush,
- Jack
- the
- Ripper,
- the
- Pope,
- Jackie
- Mason,
- The
- Three
- stooges,
- Sherlock
- Holmes,
- Oscar
- Wilde,
- Joan
- Rivers,
- Jesus,
- the
- Marx
- Brothers,
- H.
- G.
- Wells,
- Dr.
- Jekyll
- and
- Mr.
- Hyde
- and
- others.
- Every
- word
- spoken
- is
- a
- direct
- quote
- from
- those
- people.
- It
- took
- three
- years
- of
- research
- to
- bring
- their
- wisdom
- and
- wit
- to
- the
- fore.Act
- I
- is
- brimming
- with
- comedy
- and
- sarcasm
- as
- the
- characters
- play
- upon
- each
- other
- eccentricities.
- In
- Act
- II
- the
- true
- meaning
- of
- the
- gathering
- becomes
- evident.
- Einstein
- has
- placed
- people
- together
- like
- a
- chess
- master
- to
- challenge
- their
- views,
- beliefs
- and
- faith,
- forcing
- the
- recalcitrant,
- the
- merciless
- and
- the
- irreconcilable
- to
- view
- another
- way
- of
- thinking
- and
- acting.At
- the
- end
- of
- Act
- II
- the
- guests
- file
- out,
- expressing
- their
- new
- understanding.In
- Act
- III,
- Einstein
- is
- cleaning
- up
- and
- closing
- the
- pub.
- There
- he
- expresses
- his
- personal
- beliefs
- and
- explains
- his
- scientific
- discoveries
- in
- layman's
- terms
- as
- he
- turns
- off
- light
- after
- light
- until
- the
- pub
- is dark.
