The Babel of Circular Labyrinths

10 Minute Play, Dark Comedy / 1m, 1f

Someone is going to die in this unusual play about art, time and the relationship between fiction and flesh.

The Babel of Circular Labyrinths

Cast Size
1m, 1f
Duration
10 minutes
Accolades
Not Applicable
Target Audience
- Adult
- Teen (Age 14 - 18)

Additional Info

An old blind writer sits in a circle of light in a dark library asking why he doesn't just sit in the dark, why a raven is like a writing desk and what is the nature of labyrinths. He hears footsteps and smells perfume. The intruder is a beautiful woman who may or may not be a character in a story he is writing. She brings a knife from the labyrinth of mirrors. Someone is going to die in this unusual play about art, time and the relationship between fiction and flesh.

Published in The Great Gromboolian Plain & Other Plays.

Keywords

Aging, Death, Love, Memory

Considerations

Performing Groups

High School/Secondary
College Theatre / Student
Community Theatre
Professional Theatre
Shoestring Budget
Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups

Cautions

Mild Adult Themes

License details

Minimum Fee: $45 per performance

Production

Details

Time Period: 1970s
Duration: 10 minutes
Additional Features: No intermission

Music

Musical Style: N/A (Not a musical)

Casting

1m, 1f

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Cast Attributes

Not Applicable

Resources

Scripts

Great Gromboolian Plain and Other Plays, The

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 monologues and epics, spare realistic dramas ...

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The Babel of Circular Labyrinths

The Babel of Circular Labyrinths