A comic portrait of D.H. Lawrence as someone who functions as an analyst for repressed women. Embroidering on his porch, Lawrence is visited by Miss Peabody. Adopting a Sherlock-Holmesian intuition, Lawrence divines that spinsterish Miss Peabody was propositioned by a man aboard a ferry, but in her passionate excitement she forgot his name and where they were to meet. Lawrence helps Miss Peabody recover her memory.
Part of the collection Mister Paradise and Other One Act Plays
Adam and Eve on a Ferry was first presented by Manhattan Theatre Club in New York City on November 11, 2004. It was directed by Michael Kahn.