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Cover of Life, The

  • R.T. Robinson
  • Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy, 1940s / WWII
  • 1M, 6F
  • ISBN: 9780573670107

The kind of roles actresses dream of. Robinson's writing has a warm, rural flavor and [the] conflicts are laced with a poignant urgency.

Variety

Vivid.

Newark Star Ledger

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Dramatic Comedy
  • 105 minutes

  • Time Period: 1940s / WWII
  • Target Audience: Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult, Senior
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
Tood, Weetsie, and Sybill are brides in rural Louisiana in 1943. Each married a Cliffert brother. The men are off to war and a local news story about these young wives keeping the home fires burning intrigues Henry Luce. He decides that they belong on the cover Life Magazine and assigns Kate Miller to the story. She has been covering the war in Europe and, though she views doing a 'women's piece' as a career set back, she accepts because it will be her first cover story. 

Kate spends a week with the Cliffert women and her haughty urban attitude gives way to sympathy as she begins to understand them while coming face to face with her own powerlessness in a man's world. 

Filled with charm and fun, The Cover of Life is a deeply affecting story about the struggle for self worth.
REVIEWS:

The kind of roles actresses dream of. Robinson's writing has a warm, rural flavor and [the] conflicts are laced with a poignant urgency.

Variety

Vivid.

Newark Star Ledger

Stirring and funny.

Teaneck Daily Record
Premiere Production: The Cover of Life was first presented by the American Stage Company. The play was further developed at the Hartford Stage Company. It was subsequently presented in its New York premiere at the American Place Theatre. It was directed by Peter Masterson.

Characters

  • Casting: 1M, 6F
  • Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast

  • TODD - 19, pretty, genuine, a bit of a dreamer but determined.
    SYBIL - 25, flashy, "sophisticated" or "fast" in her crowd.
    WEETSIE - 20, plain and a little plump, very religious and very much the country girl.
    AUNT OLA - mid-40s but appears older, mother-in-law of the three young women, strong, matriarchal.
    KATE - early to mid-40s, correspondent/photographer for LIFE magazine, successful woman in a man's world.
    ADDIE MAE - mid-40s, local newspaper reporter, affected stylishness
    TOMMY - 20, youngest brother of the family, eager, friendly, insecure, a sailor serving in the South Pacific.

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    Cover of Life, The Script Order Now

    Tood, Weetsie, and Sybill are brides in rural Louisiana in 1943. Each married a Cliffert brother. The men are off to war and a local news story about these young wives keeping the home fires burning intrigues Henry Luce. He decides that they belong on the cover Life Magazine and assigns Kate Miller to the story. She has been covering the war in Europe and, though she views doing a 'women's piece' as a career set back, she accepts because it will be her first cover story. Kate spends a week with the Cliffert women and her haughty urban attitude gives way to sympathy as she begins to understand them while coming face to face with her own powerlessness in a man's world. Filled with charm and fun, The Cover of Life is a deeply affecting story about the struggle for self worth.

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