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The Substance of Fire
Author(s):
Jon Robin Baitz
Isaac Geldhart, the scion of a family-owned publishing house, is under siege. A corporate takeover is being engineered by his son Aaron, who sees the firm's profitability steadily declining. Aaron wants to publish a trashy novel to bring in the bucks; Isaac wants to go on publishing scholarly works such as his latest project: a multi-volume history of Nazi medical experiments. Aaron has the yen from Japanese backers to wrench control of the company from his father. What he needs are the votes of other minority shareholders: his brother and sister who, like Aaron, have lived under the thumb of Isaac's imperiousness. Reluctantly, they side against the old man. The second act takes place in the library of Isaac's townhouse a few years later after his forced retirement. He has become so irascible and eccentric that the children have asked the court to judge his competence. Isaac, who survived the Holocaust and transcended the death of his wife to build an important publishing company from scratch, faces his greatest challenge: persuading the psychiatric social worker that he is sane.
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| Genre(s): | Drama
| | Time Period(s): | Contemporary 1950 -1990
| | Play Type: | Play | | Runtime: | Not Available | | Acts: | 2 | | Set Complexity: | Average | | Set Information: | Two interior sets | | Year First Published: | 1991 | | Total Characters: | 5 | | Male Characters: | 3 | | Female Characters: | 2 | | Androgynous Characters: | Not Available | | Minimum Cast: | Not Available | | Maximum Cast: | Not Available | | Cost: | $6.00 (Royalty $75-$50)
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Please check with the publisher for the most accurate information. | | Publisher: | Samuel French
Click on the publisher's name above for additional information, including updated prices. | | ISBN: | 1559360518
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