Fables: A Play in One Act

Title

en_US Fables: A Play in One Act

Description

Jerome McDonough

Creator

en_US McDonough, Jerome See all items with this value

Date

2022-10-13T19:19:28Z

2020-02

en_US 1974

Date Available

2022-10-13T19:19:28Z

Date Issued

en_US 1974

Abstract

en_US Here is a play script 21 pages long. The play, composed of five "miniatures," was first performed at West Texas State University. The five miniatures are "The Clowns"; "The Genii"; "The Glutton"; "The Bogey"; and "The Drums." A paragraph in the "Notes on the Play" gives a quick indication of the subject matter: "The playlets are: The Clowns, depicting the cycle of life. Two commedia-like clowns build a coffin in pantomime around an old, dying couple. A young couple, pushed to maturity by an impatient stage manager, takes the place of the dead ones. The Genii, in which a girl wishes that a geni would appear, and one does. (Or is it just a boy from the next town?) The Glutton, a touching symbollically (sic) dynamic scene mainly in pantomime. A tough character tries to take food away from a young man who eats ÔÇô and lives ÔÇô with gusto. The Bogey, showing a harried businessman vainly seeking escape from some nameless something (conformity, perhaps?). The Drums, in which two armies play absurdly at war while a young couple whisper words of love at the warriors' feet." The meaning of "fable" is stretched here, I believe.

Identifier

en_US 12277 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/137840

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US I.E. Clark

en_US Schulenburg, TX

Subject

en_US PS3563.C35853F3 1974 See all items with this value

Jerome McDonough See all items with this value