alphabetical author index

Reader

  • Ariel Dorfman
  • Full Length Play, Drama, Mystery/Thriller, Present Day
  • 4M, 2F
  • ISBN: 9780573651328

"A veritable hall of mirrors: a mixture of Kafka and Pirandello."

The Guardian

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama, Mystery/Thriller

  • Time Period: Present Day
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Senior, Adult
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • Dinner Theatre, College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
A censor discovers that the subversive novel he is about to ban is describing his own life and hinting that a terrible fate awaits his son. He must hunt down the author before it comes true…

REVIEWS:

"A politically charged play about what happens to a society when it suppresses important truths in the name of higher ideals."

 My London Your London

"A veritable hall of mirrors: a mixture of Kafka and Pirandello."

 The Guardian

  • Casting: 4M, 2F
  • Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible), Flexible casting, Expandable casting

  • DANIEL LUCAS - around fifty years old.
    DON ALFONSO - same actor as Daniel Lucas.
    IRENE - a secretary, in her thirties.
    JAQUELINE - same actor as Irene.
    NICK (NICHOLAS) LUCAS - Daniel Lucas' son, around twenty-five/thirty, a writer.
    ENRIQUE MORALES - same actor plays Nick.
    DAVID MALKO - same actor plays Nick.
    TANYA - a shadow woman, Daniel's former wife. Between twenty and thirty years old.
    SONIA - David Malko's wife, same actor plays Tanya.
    MAN - ageless, can only play himself.
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    A censor discovers that the subversive novel he is about to ban is describing his own life and hinting that a terrible fate awaits his son. He must hunt down the author before it comes true…

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