Dark Of The Moon
by Howard Richardson, William Berney

Broadway
Dark Of The Moon Book Cover
Dark Of The Moon Cover

Highlights

120 mins Expandable Casting Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes American

Synopsis

As the tale unfolds, a witch boy tarries in a mountain community in love with a beautiful girl named Barbara Allen.

The superstitious townspeople resent their happiness and their subsequent meddling ends in violence and tragedy.

This play was proclaimed a Broadway hit.

Press Reviews

"Gusto, vitality, humor and a natural and easygoing way of introducing folk songs that add up to an engaging evening on Broadway. There’s a swing and spirit to the best scenes that had some of the audience tapping its feet and humming."

— New York Post

"Engages the audience on a musical, mystical folk level… [The] tall tale’s resonance is inescapable: the inhumanity of humans who are not so fair and far darker than witches, the ever-present implications of witch hunts, the horrific spoils of religious fanaticism."

— The New York Times

"Haunting… retells the tragic story of love, betrayal, and death within the context of American witch-lore… thoroughly spell-binding."

— DC Theater Arts

Characters

Character
JOHN

A witch boy turned human, in love with Barbara Allen

BARBARA ALLEN

A beautiful mortal girl who falls in love with John

CONJUR MAN
DARK WITCH
FAIR WITCH
CONJUR WOMAN
MISS METCALF
UNCLE SMELICUE
THE SMELI BEARD
FLOYD ALLEN
MARVIN HUDGENS
MRS. ALLEN
MR. ALLEN
PREACHER HAGGLER
MR. SUMMEY
MRS. SUMMEY
MISS ATKINS
HANK GUDER
EDNA SUMMEY
BURT DINWITTY
GREENY GORMAN
HATTIE HEFFNER
MRS. BERGEN
MR. BERGEN
ELLA BERGEN
+ 1 more characters

Publication

Publisher Routledge
Year 1977
Binding Paperback
Edition 1st
Pages 98
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780878305179
ISBN-10 0878305173
LCCN 87205577
LCC PS3535.I3264 B3 1985
DCC 812/.52

Dark Of The Moon is a American play written by Howard Richardson and published by Routledge in New York (1977).

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