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The Gloaming, Oh My Darling

Short Play  /  6w, 4m

Two old crones in a sanitarium fill their day with fantasies. The dead husband of one is nearby and the other proclaims her marriage to him. After visits by vapid children with grandchildren, after the bland services of the nurse and further sexual fantasies, the two decide to share the husband. Thiā€¦

The Gloaming, Oh My Darling

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    6w, 4m

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Two old crones in a sanitarium fill their day with fantasies. The dead husband of one is nearby and the other proclaims her marriage to him. After visits by vapid children with grandchildren, after the bland services of the nurse and further sexual fantasies, the two decide to share the husband. This is enough to raise him from the dead and induce him to reminisce about the wild West. At last night comes.

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Megan Terry

Megan Terry (1932-2023), an internationally recognized playwright and prolific writer who created over 60 plays, is often referred to as the Mother of American Feminist Drama. She was involved in the theater since childhood and so devoted herself to her art that in 1994 she w ...

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