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Egyptology

Short Play, Drama  /  2w, 1m

NOTICE: Please be advised, this title is being made available now in manuscript form prior to its publication.

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 1m
  • Duration
    Duration
    10 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Experimental
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

Details

Summary
Anna is translating the work of Ben, an American writer, and their trans-Atlantic telephone conversations have drawn them closer and closer, but Anna is afraid to cross the water. In the next room her daughter calls to her. She is torn between her desire to be with him, her love of her daughter, and her deeper fear that all relationships between men and women are hopelessly corrupted. One of nine short plays tracing the history of a relationship, each of which may be done separately or in combination with any or all of the others.

Published in The Zoar Plays.

Cast Attributes
  • Time Period 1990s
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No intermission
  • Duration 10 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $65 per performance

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Authors

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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