The Wake Of Jamey Foster
by Beth Henley
Synopsis
THE STORY: The scene is a small town in Mississippi, where the family of Jamey Foster, a failed poet and would-be historian, who was kicked in the head by a cow while consorting with his mistress in a pasture, have gathered for his wake.
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"Sweetly combines the dottiness of eccentricity with the little ordinariness of life that seems at times immeasurably touching. Miss Henley knows that the underbelly of tragedy is often the comedy of the common place. And she uses this knowledge shrewdly.” —New York Post. “One of the most gifted American playwrights to emerge in recent seasons…"
— The New York Times
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The Wake Of Jamey Foster is a American comedy play written by Beth Henley and published by Dramatists Play Service (1983).
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Dramatists Play Service · 1983 · 72 pp
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