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About Alice

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 2m

Charles Laurence

Alice Hogan, the widow and favorite model of a renowned American sculptor, is forced to face the future head on while attending her late husband's funeral while keeping an arm's distance from an American publisher interested in cataloging the sculptor's life.

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 2m
  • Suggested Use
    • Cutting Approved for Competition
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

Details

Summary
Alice Hogan, the widow and favorite model of renowned American sculptor Matthew Hogan, is having a bad birthday. In London, she has attended her best friend's funeral with Ned, an old friend who is critical of the way she devoted her life to her husband's genius. To make matters worse, she has to deal with Peggy, the manipulative representative of an American publisher interested in compiling a biography of the famous sculptor, and a delightful hustler from New York. Peggy has a hidden agenda; she maneuvers Alice into revealing secrets from her younger days. Ned, who is left to pick up the pieces of a shattered Alice, is driven to indulge his own insatiable curiosity. Peggy and Alice realize that facing the future will require some fundamental adjustments.
Cast Attributes
Keywords

ALICE HOGAN - 48, an ex-artist's model still retaining a lot of her beauty. Impulsive, funny and honest. Now adrift and unsettled after the death of the love of her life.
NED JONES - 60, thin and wiry. Neat dresser, sharp tongued, a little pedantic. Intelligent, civilized, casts a jaundiced eye over life.
PEGGY BLACK - 31, a business woman. PLain, hard-shell exterior, emotionally confused interior. Bright, Swiss-American education. Tries hard to appear efficient and in control.
JOSEPH PANAMA - 31, a man, not a boy. Good body, great charm and sex appeal. Open, uncomplicated, happy, very much at ease with his lifestyle.

  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting Alice Hogan's living room.
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $120 per performance

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Authors

Author

Charles Laurence

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