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Mystery Play
Author(s):
Jean-claude Van Itallie
The action is set in the chic living room of a U.S. Senator, during a cocktail party. Present are the Senator; his wife; his schizophrenic bisexual son (played by two actors); a beautiful young woman who may be the son's fiancee; a rather pompous Harvard professor; a quietly efficient butler; and a lady mystery writer from next door. It is the mystery writer who holds the key to the bizarre events which follow, as she explains to the actors and the audience what will happen next and what part each character will play in the action about to follow. At the snap of her fingers each sequence begins, as this one is stabbed, that one drinks poisoned coffee, another is blown up--until only the mystery writer and the true culprit remain. But, as the "corpses" keep popping up to add to the conversation, the plot continues to thicken--providing both a delightful metaphysical spoof and a scathing assessment of the social and political hypocrisy of our disjointed times.
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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: | 8 | | Male Characters: | 5 | | Female Characters: | 3 | | 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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