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Flesh and Blood
Author(s):
Philip Osment
Rural craft is no match for the onward march of modem finance in this captivating portrayal of a farm family trapped by forces beyond their comprehension. In 1950,
two brothers and a sister inherit a faltering farm in Devon. They take a mortgage to install a modem milking parlor, only to be hit by a disease that decimates their herd. The younger son wants the others to buy his share of the encumbered farm so he can marry and escape from the family's dreary existence. The sister, a woman obsessed
with tradition, ritual and maintaining dead ideals, foils his dreams. Thirty years later, the devastating aftermath of regrets and missed opportunities is heart-breakingly
apparent. "Powerful and compelling drama at its best!. . . It made me laugh; it made me cry."-Western Morning News. "A very good new play. It gets inside the farming crisis."-The Stage. "A triumph . of strong drama."-The Independent.
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| Genre(s): | Drama
| | Time Period(s): | Contemporary 1950 -1990
| | Play Type: | Play | | Runtime: | Not Available | | Acts: | Not Available | | Set Complexity: | Average | | Set Information: | Not Available | | Year First Published: | Not Available | | Total Characters: | 4 | | Male Characters: | 2 | | Female Characters: | 2 | | Androgynous Characters: | Not Available | | Minimum Cast: | Not Available | | Maximum Cast: | Not Available | | Cost: | $8.95 (Royalty, $60-$40.)
Royalty/cost information prone to change.
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: | Not Available |
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