Five Kinds of Silence
- Full Length Play, Drama, Contemporary
- 2M, 4F
- ISBN: 9780413714701
This highly-acclaimed stage version of the 1996 radio play in the story of a family in which control has become the driving force.
Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- Time Period: Contemporary
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
- Cautions: Intense Adult Themes
Billy controls his wife and two adult daughters to the extent that they can't leave the room without asking permission. He runs his family as a personal fiefdom, and the women are there to service him and his madness. He is violent, disturbed and sexually controlling. But he is also tragic, sad, a lost soul. One day his family shoots him dead.
REVIEWS:
"...brilliantly broaches a difficult subject... What is truly arresting and brilliantly intelligent about Shelagh Stephenson's award-winning [play] is how it handles the subject of brutal violence so quietly... all her characters are fleshed out with great truthfulness. Outstanding."
Telegraph (London)
"A powerful and chilling new drama... an intelligently handled and thought-provoking play."
Richmond and Twickenham Times
Characters
- Casting: 2M, 4F
- Casting Attributes: Expandable casting
M2 (middle-age, any age)
F4 (30s, any age)
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