Weekend
by Charlie Varon, Gore Vidal

Name: Weekend
Brand: Charlie Varon
SKU: 9780822212300
Rating: 3 (6 reviews)

Highlights

Medium Cast

Female

Male

120 minsInterior SetAmerican Comedy

What readers are saying

Readers find this play to be an amusing comedy filled with intelligent irony. Many note that understanding the mid-1960s U.S. politics can enhance the experience of the play.

Amusing comedyIntelligent ironyElicits audible chucklesRequires knowledge of historical context

Synopsis

THE STORY: Says the New York Post: ... [WEEKEND] tells of a Republican Senator who is about to announce his candidacy for his party's nomination for the Presidency when his son returns from a long stay in Europe bringing with him a Negro girl who is

ThemesFamilies Families--Washington (D.C.)--Drama Legislators Legislators--United States--Drama PS3543.I26 W4

Press Reviews

"This witty, scintillating comedy has to do with a charming and ambitious Senator who would be President—and the hilarious family complications which he must untangle to clear his way to the White House. “…a literate play of ideas. It has style, clear characterization, excellent construction, wit and up-to-the minute topicality.” —Variety. “Gore Vidal is a clever, witty intelligent man with an unbanely skeptical point of view.” —New York Post. “…timely and polished."
— The New York Times