|
|
Benito Cereno (The Old Glory)
Based on as story by Herman Melville. Author(s):
Robert Lowell
As commented on by Richard Watts, Jr., "... it all begins quietly in a vein of somewhat satirical comedy. An American sailing vessel has come upon a Spanish Ship in trouble. The captain wants to be of help to the ship on which all the officers but one have died, apparently of the plague. Captain Delano and Mate Perkins are pretty lofty, though, about the incompetence of the Spaniards, and they discuss it scornfully, noting the superiority of liberty-loving Americans. The captain is also urbanely tolerant of slavery. On the slave ship, they encounter a touching sight, despite the horrors of the plague. The ailing Spainard in command is being tenderly cared for by a gentle and loyal slave. But things aren't what they seem, though it is against the rules of reviewing a suspense drama, I fear, to suggest that this sweet Uncle Tom will bear watching. Anyway, it all ends in an uproar of gunplay and slaughter that the most experienced expert in frank melodrama could well envy."
|
|
|
| Genre(s): | Drama
| | Time Period(s): | Not Available | | Play Type: | Play | | Runtime: | Not Available | | Acts: | Not Available | | Set Complexity: | Not Available | | Set Information: | Not Available | | Year First Published: | Not Available | | Total Characters: | 6 | | Male Characters: | 6 | | Female Characters: | Not Available | | Androgynous Characters: | Not Available | | Minimum Cast: | Not Available | | Maximum Cast: | Not Available | | Cost: | FEE: $25 per performance. MS
Royalty/cost information prone to change.
Please check with the publisher for the most accurate information. | | Publisher: | Dramatists Play Service
Click on the publisher's name above for additional information, including updated prices. | | ISBN: | Not Available |
|
