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The Bells
by Theresa Rebeck
Highlights
90 mins 1900-1910 Ensemble Cast Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes
Synopsis
Theresa Rebeck's expressionistic melodrama set in the waning years of the Alaskan Gold Rush tracks the intertwined fates of a gregarious innkeeper, Mathias; his rebellious daughter, Annette; and the misfits of a boomtown gone bust.
Hard luck and hunger have brought them together, but when a stranger begins asking questions about the mysterious disappearance of a Chinese prospector, Xiufei, he soon learns that it's every man for himself in this vast, white wilderness, where nothing is quite what it seems, and ghost stories are never taken lightly.
Press Reviews
"The Bells [...] shows Ms. Rebeck to be a gifted writer with an expansive mind, willing to explore old terrain to find new paths."
— The New York Times
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The Bells is a play written by Theresa Rebeck and published by Samuel French .
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