The illicit affair of a devout woman in London ignites a shattering
family crisis in the author’s “ruthlessly honest” first play
(The Guardian). In a dour Holland Park house with rooms and secrets
long shuttered live three unyielding forces for morality: rigidly
religious sisters Helen and Teresa, and their brother, a Roman
Catholic priest. Into the lives of this insular trio comes their young
grandniece, Rose Pemberton, following the death of her mother. To the
mortification of her aunts, Rose has also brought her lover, Michael
Dennis, who is twenty-five years Rose’s senior, married, and a
psychology lecturer dictated by reason, not faith. In a home that
reeks of sanctimony, Rose and Michael are as welcome as sin. But
it’s the arrival of Michael’s distraught wife—armed with
righteous emotional blackmail and worse—that ignites an unexpected
fury and makes real the family’s greatest fears. Premiering in
London in 1953 and moving to Broadway one year later, Graham
Greene’s debut as a dramatist was hailed by Kenneth Tynan as “the
best first play of its generation.”
Les mer
A Play
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781504054270
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
Open Road Media
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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