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Pops
Author(s):
Romulus Linney
THE STORIES: Unified by their shared theme of the myriad aspects of love, the plays are also related by their "musical" titles, which further underscore the author's intention of creating a "pops program" of short and virtuosic pieces. The first play, CAN CAN, is a poignant and telling fugue of overlapping soliloquies in which an ex-GI recalls his brief love affair with a French girl, while a Nashville housewife tells of the strange bond she feels for an older country woman. (1 man, 3 women). CLAIR DE LUNE finds an older, retired couple basking in the solitude of Florida, while reminiscing, with some regret, about their chronically hell-raising children. (1 man, 1 woman). In AVE MARIA, a tenth-century nun, Hrosvitha, the only female playwright of her time, confronts an outraged monk who is shocked by her contention that love is both spiritual and sensual. (2 men, 3 women). GOLD AND SILVER WALTZ is a touching monologue about boyhood and first love in which the sole character is the author himself. (1 man). YANKEE DOODLE finds a tipsy Jesse Grant, son of President Grant, at Windsor Castle and faced with a humbling slight from Queen Victoria. (2 man, 1 woman). SONGS OF LOVE is a warmly comic study of two doughty nursing home residents who decide to marry despite the explosive reactions of their children. (3 men, 3 women). (NOTE: The Play Service does not have the right to authorize separate productions of CLAIR DE LUNE and GOLD AND SILVER WALTZ.)
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| Genre(s): | Not Available | | 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: | Not Available | | Male Characters: | Not Available | | Female Characters: | Not Available | | Androgynous Characters: | Not Available | | Minimum Cast: | Not Available | | Maximum Cast: | Not Available | | Cost: | FEE: $50 per performance when produced together; $25 for SONGS OF LOVE; $15 each for AVE MARIA, YANKEE DOODLE and CAN CAN when produced individually
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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