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The Man Who Lost the River
Author(s):
Bernard Sabath
It is a sunny afternoon in April 1910, on the verge of Samuel Clemens' 75th birthday, when Harold Atwater, a young publishing representative, comes to persuade the old writer to start a new novel in the vein of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Twain refuses, claiming his humor has been used up and that he's forgotten all about boyhood—and furthermore is determined to "hooky out of this world" by the approaching light of Halley's comet, which last appeared in the sky on the night he was born. But then his interest is piqued by a mysterious teenager who lurks about the house, examining furnishings and filching cigars and sandwiches. Is the young hoodlum real? Eventually Twain traps the boy into conversation and comes to understand at least one 20th-century youngster. He teases information out of the boy and manages to influence his future. Then Twain decides to take a trip back to his old Missouri haunts to refresh his memory enough to—maybe—create a fictional youth, counterpart to the boys he knew long ago. At this point, Halley's comet—brilliant in the sky overhead--interrupts his plans. Two recognizable boys tumble in through the window and yell: "Hurry, Sam! Aren't you ready yet? We've got our raft ready and we're going to all the watery places. M-a-r-k three! Quarter-less-three! Half twain! Quarter twain! M-a-r-k twain! M-a-r-k twain!"—then the sound of a steamboat whistle and the surge of a calliope. One int. set.
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| Genre(s): | Not Available | | Time Period(s): | Not Available | | Play Type: | Play | | Runtime: | 72 minutes | | Acts: | Not Available | | Set Complexity: | Not Available | | Set Information: | Not Available | | Year First Published: | Not Available | | Total Characters: | 9 | | Male Characters: | 5 | | Female Characters: | 4 | | Androgynous Characters: | 0 | | Minimum Cast: | Not Available | | Maximum Cast: | Not Available | | Cost: |
$60.00 /per performance
Royalty/cost information prone to change.
Please check with the publisher for the most accurate information. | | Publisher: | Dramatic Publishing
Click on the publisher's name above for additional information, including updated prices. | | ISBN: | Not Available |
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