The Framer
by Edward Allan Baker
Synopsis
THE STORY: A frame shop in a southern New England town is the setting for this tragicomedy in which a dying man toils ceaselessly in order to leave his once-abused wife some postmortem financial security.
He unwittingly experiences the emotional an
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"Baker deals with mortality and tragic influences by creating characters that are brutally honest, fascinatingly quirky, and jaded enough to find humor in almost anything.” —Electronic Link Journey. ”There is an exuberant creativity in Edward Allan Baker's THE FRAMER…“ —TheaterMania. ”Baker, with a talent for good old-fashioned storytelling and a flair for robust humor, turns it all into some two hours of totally arresting theatre…entertaining, seething stew of a domestic drama."
— Backstage
Publication
The Framer is a American comedy play written by Edward Allan Baker and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (2009).
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Dramatists Play Service · 2009 · 64 pp
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