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Sorceress

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  5w, 3m

Don Nigro

After the Civil War, John Pendragon returns to the family mansion in east Ohio and marries the camp follower who has spent the war with him. His new wife's happiness is threatened when Fay Robey and her daughter arrive to demand a share of the family's inheritance. Funny, moving, and tragic - a Gothic drama about family skeletons and ancient sins.

Sorceress

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5w, 3m
  • Duration
    Duration
    120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
After the Civil War, John Pendragon returns to the family mansion in east Ohio and marries the camp follower who has spent the war with him. His new wife's happiness is threatened when Fay Robey and her daughter arrive to demand a share of the family's inheritance. Mother and daughter also endanger John's illegitimate son and his insane wife while James Lake lurks threateningly in the background and John's batty half-sister lashes out at all of them. Funny, moving, and tragic, this Gothic drama about family skeletons and ancient sins is part of the author's series Pendragon Plays.
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Performing Groups
FAY MORGAN ROBEY - 35
HOLLY ROBEY - 17
JAMES LAKE - 44
JOHN PENDRAGON - 55
JENNY PENDRAGON - 23
GAVIN ROSE - 20
BEL RHYS ROSE - 18
MARGARET CORNISH - 64
  • Time Period 19th Century
  • Setting The Pendragon house outside Armitage, Ohio, just after the Civil War.
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Additional Features Not Applicable
  • Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)

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  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Don Nigro

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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