Capone
- Monologues, Drama, 1930s
- 1M
- ISBN: 9780573627200
Al Capone, his brain ravaged by syphilis, wanders in his retirement home in Florida, talking to himself, revisiting conversations he had years ago, trying to make sense of his life.
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Description
- Monologues
- Drama
- 40 minutes
- Time Period: 1930s
- Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
- Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
- Cautions: Mild Adult Themes
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Reader's Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
Al Capone, his brain ravaged by syphilis, wanders in his retirement home in Florida, talking to himself, revisiting conversations he had years ago, trying to make sense of his life. The girls, the murders, glories and horrors of his mobster past mix with memories of his childhood and his time in prison, his hatred and his growing dementia. Here is a rich, funny, horrifying and moving outsider's view of American in the first half of the twentieth century.
Published in Tales From The Red Rose Inn & Other Plays.
Characters
- Casting: 1M
- Casting Attributes: All Male, Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)
