Portrait of a Madonna
- Short Play, Drama
- 4M, 2F
- ISBN: 9780811202251
A part of the collection 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Plays.
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Description
- Short Play
- Drama
- 30 minutes
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Interior Set
- Performance Group:
- College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
Miss Lucretia Collins once had a young love and a bright future. Now she lives plagued with delusions in a small, decrepit apartment. Every night she imagines that Richard, her former love, breaks into her room to take advantage of her -- but when she reports the intruder to the building manager, a doctor is called to come take her away.
A part of the collection 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Plays.
A part of the collection 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Plays.
Premiere Production:
Portrait of a Madonna premiered on Broadway at the Playhouse Theatre in April 1959 under the direction of Hume Cronyn.
Characters
- Casting: 4M, 2F
THE PORTER
THE ELEVATOR BOY
THE DOCTOR
THE NURSE
MR. ABRAMS
