The Road To The Graveyard
Horton Foote
A Coffin In Egypt
by Horton Foote
Synopsis
THE STORY: Myrtle Bledsoe, a ninety-year-old Texas widow, looks back on the dramatic events that caused a small Southern town, and her own relationships, incredible strife.
This almost-monologue by American master Horton Foote is a haunting tale of how men and women, blacks and whites, rich and poor are all entangled in the chaos of life.
Press Reviews
"Evil, slavery, forgiveness, and death are Mr. Foote’s hard themes—not the stuff of light summer comedy, but as American as apple pie in their dark way…” —East Hampton Star. “A COFFIN IN EGYPT…is a one-woman reminiscence, filled with resentment and hate, for the purpose of making peace with a 90-year life…Replete with references to Katherine Anne Porter (a most influential writer in Mr. Foote’s life), the legendary actress Maude Adams and the fabled producer and theater manager Charles Frohman, who wanted to make Myrtle a star, she talks of a killer on the loose, asylums and penitentiaries, shootings and other calamities with the cool, elegant demeanor of a lady steeped in class and in the arts."
— The New York Times
Publication
Publisher Dramatists Play Service
Year 2015
Binding Paperback
Pages 31
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822232407
ISBN-10 0822232405
LCC PS3511.O344 C64 2015
DCC 812/.54
A Coffin In Egypt is a American historical play written by Horton Foote and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (2015).
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