Orphans;A Play
β Scribed by Lyle Kessler
- Publisher
- Grove Atlantic;Grove Press
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 177 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0802193110
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β¦ Synopsis
Now a Broadway production directed by Daniel Sullivan and starring Alec Baldwin, Ben Foster, and Tom Sturridge
" I have dreamed, for a long time, of doing this play with this director."--Alec Baldwin
In a run-down house in North Philadelphia live two orphan brothers: the reclusive, sensitive Philip, sealed off in a world of StarKist tuna and Errol Flynn movies, and Treat, a violent pickpocket and thief. Into this ferocious and funny world enters Harold, a mysterious, wealthy, middle-aged man who is kidnapped by Treat, but who soon turns the tables on the two brothers, changing forever the delicate power balance of their relationship. Both hilarious and heartbreaking, Orphans is a story of the universal love of a father for his son, and a son's need to live his own life.
Orphans is an international theatrical phenomenon, and has been produced in almost every country in the world. It premiered in 1983 at the...
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