A Royal Affair
by Luis Santeiro

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120 mins Flexible Cast Size Unit Set/Multiple Settings Comedy

Synopsis

THE STORY: Hilda, an illegal immigrant from Honduras, finds work cleaning for retired history teacher, Edna, a serious person with a big heart.

Hilda misses her children and works hard to earn enough money to send them things: high profile shoes, e

Press Reviews

"Luis Santeiro has written a delightful fable about a dreamy woman and her rich fantasy life, which helps her straighten out her troubled reality. It's wacky, light-hearted fare, and the most accomplished of the three comedies by Santeiro—a nine-time Emmy winner…“ —Newsday (NY). ”…Mr. Santeiro poke[s] fun at popular romance in all its dimensions: sex, class, social customs, history, heaven and more. And…the play draws the audience right into the tumult…"

— The New York Times

Publication

Year 1998
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822214915
ISBN-10 0822214911
LCCN 97208546
LCC PS3569.A5445 R68 1995
DCC 812/.54

A Royal Affair is a comedy play written by Luis Santeiro and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (1998).

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