The Eden Echo
by Ruth Angell Purkey

Name: The Eden Echo
Brand: Ruth Angell Purkey
SKU: 9780874408560

The Eden Echo Book Cover — The Eden Echo Cover

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

One Act The Future Exterior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American Comedy

Synopsis

"In a world without men, two whimsical old ladies bemoan their boring, unromantic universe.

It is truly a woman's world now, courtesy of an avenging Creator who has wiped the male sex from the face of the earth because of man's war-like nature and invention of the H-bomb.

However, the lovely granddaughter of an especially dominating matriach, has gone searching in the forest for a groundhog, only to discover that she has unearthed the last surviving man, hidden away in a cave in suspended animation.

The dilemma of the only man in a woman's world creates a suspenseful comedy, tinged with a bit of poignancy, and we are left with a charmingly delightful echo of another place and time".

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Lavinia Also old and odd. She too wears slightly zany apparel. She is tall and thin and somewhat fluttery.	female	—	Also old and odd. She too wears slightly zany apparel. She is tall and thin and somewhat fluttery.
Gwendolyn Older than the other two and distinctly masculine in bearing. Her clothing's lunatic quality possesses a certain harsh primness, contrasing with the femine giddines of Theodosia's and Lavinia's garments.	female	—	Older than the other two and distinctly masculine in bearing. Her clothing's lunatic quality possesses a certain harsh primness, contrasing with the femine giddines of Theodosia's and Lavinia's garments.
Arabella Young, beautiful and refreshingly innocent, with a rather hauntingly poignant approach to life.	—	—	Young, beautiful and refreshingly innocent, with a rather hauntingly poignant approach to life.
The Ground Hog A male animal.	male	—	A male animal.
Thedosia A very eccentric old lady, dressed in rather peculiar clothes. She mimes flourishing a lorgnette whth exaggerated drama.	female	—	A very eccentric old lady, dressed in rather peculiar clothes. She mimes flourishing a lorgnette whth exaggerated drama.