Format:
1 Online-Ressource (pages 239-327)
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9781350238633
Series Statement:
Oberon modern playwrights
Content:
"The 'old ones' are: SARAH, her two brothers, BOOMY - the pessimist, and MANNY - the optimist; MANNY'S wife, GERDA, and SARAH'S eccentric friends - TERESSA, MILLIE and JACK. The young are the children of SARAH and BOOMY. Manic MANNY and gloomy BOOMY constantly quarrel due to an incident in their youth. Their form of quarrel is an eccentric ritual: a 'quotation competition' in which each seeks to confront the other with the ultimate, the irrefutable quotation from the classics to prove that life is either good or bad. Set against scenes of defiant old age 'The Old Ones' plays out the conflict between the optimistic and pessimistic spirit"--arnoldwesker.com
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781849431286
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781350238633.00000056
