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Chopin in Space
Author(s):
Phil Bosakowski
Ranging across two centuries and jumping from Paris to Warsaw to Washington, D.C., and back to Paris, the action of the play is a tumbling procession of heightened short scenes, mostly very funny and all strikingly inventive, which dramatize the plight of the artist (Chopin) who seeks to use his fame and talent to serve his beleaguered homeland (Poland) in its fight for freedom and national identity. Both a Polish hero and an international celebrity, Chopin is sometimes permuted into Lech Walesa, while others in the play move from being famous personages of Chopin's time to such diverse, and modern, figures as Hitler, Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II--plus a friendly, yet clearly menacing Russian bear. In the end the forces of destiny overwhelm the opposition--but not the spirit--of the frail artist who, in describing his own death and burial, makes it clear that his heart still beats for Poland--and for freedom from oppression wherever and whenever it may occur.
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| Genre(s): | Comedy
| | 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: | 10 | | Male Characters: | 7 | | Female Characters: | 3 | | Androgynous Characters: | Not Available | | Minimum Cast: | Not Available | | Maximum Cast: | Not Available | | Cost: | FEE: $50 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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