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Sarah B. Divine!

Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy  /  7w, 6m

Tom Eyen, Jonathan Kramer

Tom Eyen
Music by Jonathan Kramer

"Jam packed with theatrical trickery and the narrative is fragmented in time and space into brief scenes linked and woven together through the use of a chorus. A tour de force of both writing and staging. And it's hilarious." - Village Voice…

Sarah B. Divine!

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    7w, 6m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Biography, Experimental

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Summary
In the 1850s in romantic Paris, Sarah Bernhardt is a girl going to dramatic school and sleeping in coffins. The play travels through her life with four different actresses playing her simultaneously as she meets Oscar Wilde and other luminaries of the age. The story is told through the eyes of her neglected son who narrates the scenes aided by his guitar.
  • Additional Features Play w/ Music
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

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"Jam packed with theatrical trickery and the narrative is fragmented in time and space into brief scenes linked and woven together through the use of a chorus. A tour de force of both writing and staging. And it's hilarious." - Village Voice

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Authors

Tom Eyen

Tom Eyen

Tom Eyen (1940-1991) was an American playwright, lyricist, television writer and director. He received a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Dreamgirls in 1981.

Eyen is best known for works at opposite ends of the theatrical spectrum. Mainstream theatergoers became acqua ...

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Jonathan Kramer

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