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Drama. Mark Medoff. 3 men, 2 women. Unit Set. A brilliant young mathematician, Archie Landrum, goes to work for
and befriends a retired high school English teacher, Katherine Samuel,
who has recently lost her beloved husband. When Katherine's substance-abusing
TV star daughter, Lucy, returns home to the family farm to dry out,
Archie becomes obsessed with her and, ultimately, murders her when
she makes it clear she is unavailable. Deputy Sheriff Gilbert Tellez,
a former suitor of Lucy's, is charged with babysitting Archie in
the county jail. Public Defender, Joseph Smith, a former suitor of
Katherine's, is to defend Archie. These five circle each other with
their individual needs and furies; as the circle becomes tighter,
implosion is inevitable. Play. David Storey Two elderly gentlemen stroll on to an almost bare terrace. They
discuss various subjects - the past, schooldays, climate, the sea,
moustaches, the war, families, etc., etc. It is not until the following
scene when we meet two women that we realise we are actually in the
grounds of a mental hospital, and that these people are patients.
Although with no plot at all in the conventional sense and sparse
dialogue, by the end of the afternoon we have been moved to compassion
and respect. Play. Samm-Art Williams. 1 man, 2 women. Unit Set The action begins on the small farm in South Carolina which Cephus
Miles, an orphan, has inherited from his family. Young and strong,
he is content to work the land - until his childhood sweetheart rejects
him and goes off to college. Not believing in the Vietnam war, Cephus
is imprisoned as a draft evader for refusing to serve. By the time
he is released, Cephus has lost his land to the tax collector so
he heads north to build a new life. With a good job and a slinky
new girlfriend, he finds the big city exciting and rewarding. But
soon after, the dream begins to fade - Cephus loses his job and becomes
involved in drugs and prostitution. Pulling himself together, he
returns to South Carolina and settles back on the land with his old
sweetheart. Despite all, he has never lost his joyous good will,
his indomitable spirit, and the conviction that one day his quest
for fulfillment will be rewarded. Home Before Dark, or the Saga of Miss Edie Hill Play.
Jimmie Chinn In this portrait of a small cotton mill town in Lancashire, Edie
Hill is essentially portrayed as a tragic heroine: she works hard;
raises an illegitimate son, and loses her family one by one as they
fall victim to the cotton dust from years spent at the mill. However,
Edie is a very funny character, and the tragic points in her story
are interspersed with moments of great warmth and humour. Period
19461964 James Duff : Drama 2M 2F Interior act The action is set in a comfortable suburban home in the Dallas-Fort
Worth area, where Bob and Maurine, a fairly well-off middle-aged
couple, are living (apparently happily) with their daughter Karen,
a graduate student, and their brooding son, Jeremy, who has recently
returned from service in Vietnam. It is Thanksgiving Day, 1973, and
they are furiously preparing for the imminent arrival of relatives
for a family dinner. At first the action of the play is refreshingly
offhand and filled with warm-hearted humor, with Maurine fluttering
about chattering non-stop, and Bob trying to disguise the fact that
he has been smoking a forbidden cigarette. But then, as Jeremy's
cutting ripostes become more sarcastic and venomous, the mood changes
- impelling a series of explosive confrontations as the others struggle
to understand and accept Jeremy's alarming bitterness, and to convey
the love and deep con- . cern which they feel for him. But, in the
end, the gulf between them is too great, the harsh words too hurtful,
for harmony to be restored. Instead there is violence and rage, and
the shattering realization that what once was can be no more, and
they can only pick uP the pieces and go on as best they can. Home Is Where Your Clothes Are Comedy. Anthony Marriott and Bob Grant M4 (20s-50s) F4 (20s, 40s). A garden flat. When his wife runs off with another man, the Major solves his debt
problem by letting the basement of his wife's house-to two different
tenants simultaneously! Jill only uses the flat at weekends, while
Philip lives there during the week, and the Major swaps their belongings
at the beginning and end of each week. But then Jill unexpectedly
gets a week off work and a whole set of complications, wild confusion
and awkward confrontations follows! Drama. Arthur Laurents. 6 men. Unit set A group of American soldiers volunteer for a dangerous mission to
a Japanese-occupied island. One soldier develops a complex because
he convinces himself that he has failed in his duty to a dying buddy.
He imagines that being a Jew and the victim of prejudice in his own
group is that fact responsible for his "cowardice." Under pressure
of a tense situation, he becomes partially paralyzed so that he cannot
walk. He is put under medical care, and with the help of his doctor
and fellow soldiers, he is brought to realize that he and his comrades
are essentially "just guys," with no difference determined by blood
or religion. He recovers and faces the world with confidence. Play. Harold Pinter Teddy arrives home to pay his family a visit with his wife Ruth,
who settles into the household as if into a well-known niche. Teddy's
brothers and his father all take it for granted that she is anyone's
for the asking - and she is. It is then suggested that they should
set her up in trade, in a little flat in Soho. Calmly Ruth lists
the conditions she requires before accepting, barely batting an eyelid
as Teddy returns to America. |