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Ivory Tower
Author(s):
James Yaffe
Jerome Weidman
is outlined in the Citizen-Journal: "in 1943 an American poet living in self-exile in Paris made several broadcasts to invading American forces urging them to lay down their arms and stop the bloodshed. This absorbing and disturbing play poses the question: did he or did he not intentionally commit treason?...Simon Otway, the central figure, is so overwhelmingly in detail, so articulate, that he becomes the unwitting artist-on-trial and the ultimate victim of his own character. The trial brings about a kind of catharsis--a mind-bending recognition of his real motives...As the poet on trial for his life and career, Grayson Goss is superb. His performance is a plea for artistic freedom, tempered with contempt for mediocrity. He catches the essence of an artist who has a superiority complex simply because he is superior." And while this superiority does set him apart, and even above, the question remains--were his actions harmful to other men, and are they punishable by the laws which all must obey? But the final outcome remains to tantalize, for there is no jury on stage during the trial scenes. The audience is the jury, and theirs is the decision on which a man's fate, and even the meaning of his life, must hinge.
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| 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: | 12 | | Male Characters: | 11 | | Female Characters: | 1 | | Androgynous Characters: | Not Available | | Minimum Cast: | Not Available | | Maximum Cast: | Not Available | | Cost: | FEE: $40 per performance
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 |
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