A SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. TITLE

Landru

Short Play, Drama  /  1w, 1m

A part of the collection Traven and Other Plays

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 1m
  • Duration
    Duration
    30 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Period
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

Details

Summary

The famous French serial killer, Landru, is confronted by the sister of one of his victims, who has entered his curiosity shop and noticed that he has elbows in his oven. Will she exact her revenge, or merely become another victim? The spirit of Edward Gorey meets old French sensational tabloids in this surreal dark comedy.

A part of the collection Traven and Other Plays

LANDRU - a sinister looking French genetleman with a moustache, 50
ODETTE - a respectable young woman, 33
  • Time Period 1910s / WWI
  • Setting Paris in 1919. A second hand furniture shop.
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Additional Features No intermission
  • Duration 30 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Intense Adult Themes

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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