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The Pink Stockings

Short Play, Comedy  /  1w, 1m

Lidocka Sarnov writes a letter to her sister in Moscow. Her husband, Vladimir, a history teacher, sees the letter and is appalled at this wife's lack of skill at composition. He criticizes her letter to the point of causing poor Lidocka to break into tears. While he tries to make up with his wife…

The Pink Stockings

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 1m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Adaptations (Literature)

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Summary
Lidocka Sarnov writes a letter to her sister in Moscow. Her husband, Vladimir, a history teacher, sees the letter and is appalled at this wife's lack of skill at composition. He criticizes her letter to the point of causing poor Lidocka to break into tears. While he tries to make up with his wife, Vladimir reveals all his weaknesses and insecurities while Lidocka intimates that she will begin an education program for herself that portends trouble ahead for them both.
LIDOCKA SARNOV - a pretty young woman
VLADIMIR SARNOV - her husband, a high school teacher
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Authors

Jules Tasca

Through I.U.P., Jules Tasca has taught playwrighting at Oxford University in England and he has performed with a commedia dell’arte group in Central Italy. He is the author of over 125 (full-length and one-act) published plays that have been produced in numerous national thea ...

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