The Hands Of Its Enemy
by Mark Howard Medoff, Mark Medoff

Name: The Hands Of Its Enemy
Brand: Mark Howard Medoff
SKU: 9780822204947
Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)

The Hands Of Its Enemy Book Cover — The Hands Of Its Enemy Cover

Highlights

Medium Cast

Female

Male

90 minsUnit Set/Multiple SettingsAmerican

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the unique premise of the play, which revolves around a director's second chance at his career and the challenges of directing a performance about sensitive topics. Many find the exploration of themes like domestic abuse both poignant and timely, particularly through the lens of a deaf writer's perspective.

Unique premiseTimely themesEngaging storytellingA bit heavy on the subject matter

Synopsis

THE STORY: The place is a university resident theatre in the Southwest, where a brilliant but unstable former faculty member, Howard Bellman, has returned to direct a new play after a stay in a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center.

The play, a fi

Press Reviews

"Employing an imaginative, Pirandelloesque play-within-a-play format, this compelling, suspenseful work brings together a group of volatile, creative people under conditions in which the dramatic elements of the play they are rehearsing are soon paralleled in the real lives of the participants—with emotionally shattering results. “…a superbly crafted theatre piece whose story unfolds with the skillful suspense of a good thriller.” —The Hollywood Reporter. “…gripping…as the play develops it gathers momentum…” —New York Post. “…Medoff creates the kinds of climaxes that explode with drama."
— Christian Science Monitor