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Who'll Save the Plowboy?

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 4m, 1any gender (youth)

"A starkly taut, clear cut drama painful in its insights, poignant in its subtleties." - The New York Herald Tribune

Who'll Save the Plowboy?

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 4m, 1any gender (youth)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

Details

Summary
Albert Cobb was going to be a farmer, so his Army buddies called him "Plowboy". One buddy, Larry Doyle now dying, has come for a last visit hoping to content himself that he did one good deed: saving Albert's life during a wartime scrimmage. He finds a man who has failed at farming and everything else, including marriage. With a disabled child, deceived by his wife and his own beliefs, Albert's attempts to deceive Larry only make the deception more evident, leaving him alone with his own self-delusions. By the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Subject Was Roses.
History

Who'll Save the Plowboy? premiered at the Phoenix Theatre in New York City in January 1962. The production was presented by T. Edward Hambleton and Norris Haughton.

ALBERT COBB
LARRY DOYLE
MRS. DOYLE
DOCTOR
THE MAN
THE BOY
  • Setting Lower-middle class apartment in New York City.
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Media

REVIEWS

"A starkly taut, clear cut drama painful in its insights, poignant in its subtleties." - The New York Herald Tribune

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  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Authors

Frank D. Gilroy

Frank Daniel Gilroy (1925-2015) was an award-winning playwright, producer, screenwriter and director. After graduating from Dartmouth College and the Yale School of Drama, he contributed profusely as a writer to the Golden Age of Television. His impressive first play, Who'll ...
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