Stopping The Desert
by Glen Merzer
Synopsis
This fine play chronicles a decade by focusing on one individual.
In the age of Nixon, Rick marries and starts an organic vegetable business.
By the inauguration of Ford, Rick's business is a success; the Carter era sees his marriage failing.
Sick of vegetables and suffering from malaise, Rick divorces and starts a mail order furniture company.
By the age of Reagan Rick is so successful that he is offered a job as heir apparent of a conglomerate that manufactures inorganic pesticides a dilemma for Rick.
Press Reviews
"Merzer has a quick wit."
— New York Post
"Raises important questions, humorously captures the social mores of changing political times and the painful introspection of personal growth."
— New York Tribune
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Stopping The Desert is a American comedy play written by Glen Merzer and published by Samuel French in New York (1988).
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