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Panther

Short Play, Drama  /  1m

Don Nigro

In this brief, intense, powerful monologue for a mature actor, it's 1988, and John Rose, who has willed himself to live to be a hundred years old because he promised his beloved sister Jessie he would do so, sits on a fallen tree in the woods by the old Pendragon house where he was born.

Panther

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1m
  • Duration
    Duration
    10 minutes
  • Suggested Use
    • Monologues
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
In this brief, intense, powerful monologue for a mature actor, it's 1988, and John Rose, who has willed himself to live to be a hundred years old because he promised his beloved sister Jessie he would do so, sits on a fallen tree in the woods by the old Pendragon house where he was born and waits for the panther his sister always warned him about to come and get him. See also Nigro's Laestrygonians. Published in Gorgons & Other Plays.
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  • Time Period 1980s
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No intermission
  • Duration 10 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)

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Don Nigro

Don Nigro

Don Nigro is among the most frequently published and widely produced playwrights in the world and has continued to build a deeply interrelated and diverse body of dramatic literature, employing a wide variety of dramatic conventions and styles of presentation. He has written ...

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