Down by the Ocean

Down by the Ocean

Down by the Ocean

Down by the Ocean

Overview

World War II is over, prosperity reigns, and it's summer in Rhode Island. Four brothers in law are on the porch of David's beach cottage. Their wives, children and grandchildren are on the beach and the fetching eighteen year old from next door who likes older men, especially David, appears. Summers later, she is a Korean war widow who continues to disrupt and bewilder the men on the porch. Dan is willing, Peter is concerned with sin, Wally just wants to hear the ball game, and David finally succumbs to her charms. Everyone grows older, heartburn flares into a heart attack, someone dies, the tide goes in and out, lives move on. By 1960 Peter owns the summer house but not much changes. Again, the men on the porch welcome the women and children back from the annual outing on the beach. This charming comedy is the flip side of the author's The Octette Bridge Club.

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Cautions

  • Caution Mild Adult Mild Adult Themes

Details

  • Genre: Period

Authors

P.J. Barry

P.J. Barry may be known most notably for The Octette Bridge Club, which had a Broadway run in 1985, he has numerous credits as an actor and director, in theatre, film and television. In addition he has appeared in many TV commercials.Among Mr. Barry's many theatrical credits ...
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