Pastorale
by Deborah Eisenberg

Pastorale Book Cover
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Room for Extras Interior Set American Comedy

Synopsis

Comedy Characters: 3 male, 4 female, optional extras.

Interior Set.

Melanie has rented a country house where she is joined by her friend Rachel who came for a weekend but forgot to leave and by their school friend Steve.

They spend nearly a year on the sofa meandering through a mental landscape of phobias, friendships, work, sex, slovenliness and epistemology.

Other people happen by: Steve's girlfriend, a virtuous and annoying man Melanie picked up in a bar, and a couple who a

Press Reviews

"Deborah Eisenberg is one of the freshest and funniest voices in some seasons."

— Newsweek

"A very funny, stylish comedy."

— The New Yorker

"Wacky charm and wayward wit."

— New York Magazine

Characters

Character
MELANIE

mid-20s

STEVE

mid-20s

RACHEL

mid-20s

EDIE

mid-20s

JOHN

mid-20s

MAN

around 28-30, alo a part of the couple

CELIA

around 19 or 20

3 COLORADANS

if possible

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 1982
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573613630
ISBN-10 057361363X
LCC PS3509.I5 P37 1983
DCC 812/.54

Pastorale is a American comedy play written by Deborah Eisenberg and published by Samuel French in New York (1982).

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