For Better
by Eric Coble

Name: For Better
Brand: Eric Coble
SKU: 9780573663987
Rating: 3.17 (5 reviews)

For Better Book Cover — For Better Cover

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

American Comedy

Synopsis

3m 3f / ComedyIn this plugged-in world of email text-messaging and camera phones do a bride and groom really need to be in the same country to go on a honeymoon?

Karen and Max are getting married.

At least if their jobs will ever let them be in the same city at the same time.

A romantic comedy for the digital age For Better is a hilarious new farce that pokes fun at our overdependence on the gadgets in our lives."Eric Coble's hilariously funny psychologically astute portraits hit home

Themes Husband and wife Husband and wife--Drama Long-distance relationships Long-distance relationships--Drama PS3603.O25 F67 2008

Press Reviews

"Eric Coble's hilariously funny, psychologically astute portraits hit home with rib-tickling acuity"
— New York Times

"Coble's work is a tour de force with physical and verbal comedy to spare"
— The New Yorker

"A Playwright to Watch: An unqualified original with rich and idiosyncratic works A spirit of playful invention pervades Coble s repertoire."
— American Theatre Magazine

"Coble's comedies are, of all things, genuinely funny"
— Newsday

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
WALLY BAEDEKER (Karen's father) a man who's been married, Karen's father, 60's.	male	60	a man who's been married, Karen's father, 60's.
KAREN BAEDEKER a woman who wants to be married, 30's.	female	30	a woman who wants to be married, 30's.
FRANCINE DEXTER (Karen's sister) a woman who is married, Karen's sister, 40's.	female	40	a woman who is married, Karen's sister, 40's.
MICHAEL DEXTER the man Francine married, 40's.	male	40	the man Francine married, 40's.
STUART TRAMONTANE a man who is buffeted, 30's.	male	30	a man who is buffeted, 30's.
LIZZIE MONOHAN a woman who floats, 30's.	female	30	a woman who floats, 30's.