Kingdom Come
by Amlin Gray

Name: Kingdom Come
Brand: Amlin Gray
SKU: 9780822206149
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)

Kingdom Come Book Cover — Kingdom Come Cover

Highlights

Medium Cast

Female

Male

90 mins Flexible Cast Size Unit Set/Multiple Settings American

Synopsis

THE STORY: Begins in Norway, where the stern Lutheran Church teaches that emigration to America is sinful and that anyone who defies the church's stand will be punished by a vengeful God.

Two brothers, Jens and Thomas Ansen, who live with a third b

Press Reviews

"A powerful and deeply affecting play about Norwegian immigrant settlers coming to America in the mid-19th century, and the tremendous hardships, both physical and emotional, which they endured. ”…a beautiful play…special in its ability to move people and leave a strong human impact on its audience. The physical and especially the psychic suffering experienced by these Norwegian pioneers reaches and touches us in the best traditions of good drama…one can't help but be moved by the vivid humanity of it all…“ —Milwaukee Journal. ”…it resonates, in script and production, with universal meaning."
— San Francisco Chronicle