Register or Log In

Current Totals: 12498 plays, 5653 writers, 356 monologues


  Title Author
 
 
More about Why We Have A Body:


Why We Have A Body

Author(s):
Claire  Chafee

"Most of the women in Claire Chafee's elegant comedy are searchers by trade. Archaeologists, paleontologists and private investigators, they spend their time ferreting out clues, digging up the past, checking out different possibilities. Risk and uncertainty are their daily bread. These gals are perpetually out on a limb. In each case, the women's chosen fields are a flight from traditional roles, propelled by a fear of getting stuck in a groove of routine. At the nucleus is a family of women at odds with the world around them. Private investigator Lili is a lesbian who stalks guys cheating on their wives and romances confused straight women, in this instance a paleontologist, Renee, headed toward divorce. Lili's sister Mary is mentally unhinged, sublimating all of her Joan of Arc and Ophelia fantasies by holding up 7-Elevens and directing traffic. Their mother, Eleanor, has traded in her maternal hat for the rugged life of an archaeologist-historian specializing in the female brain." (N. Y Newsday) "... writing that sparkles... Its four female characters would all seem to be desperately searching, not so much for their bodies, as for something much more ethereal, like meaning and identity. It is in this search that the playwright exploits the comedy of their respective dilemmas." (Drama-Logue) Area staging.

Play Details:
Genre(s): Not Available
Time Period(s): Not Available
Play Type: Play
Runtime: 50 minutes
Acts: Not Available
Set Complexity: Not Available
Set Information: Not Available
Year First Published: Not Available
Total Characters: 4
Male Characters: 0
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

About Us - Our Policies - Contact Us - Link to Us - Advertise With Us - FAQ

Barnes & Noble.com

Copyright 2002, playdatabase.com

Site design by Design Insomnia