The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
by Carson Mccullers, Rebecca Gilman

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Highlights

90 mins 1930s Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes

Synopsis

Adapted from the novel by Carson McCullers, this moving, deeply human play explores a universal longing for connection.

At its center is John Singer, a lonely deaf man, who becomes the confidant to a constellation of disparate souls – an angry carnival worker, a crusading physician, the owner of a failing café and a fifteen-year-old girl in love with music – all seeking understanding and compassion from a man desperately in need of understanding himself.

Each pours their heart out to Singer, and he in turn changes their disenchanted lives in ways they could never imagine.

Moving, sensitive and deeply humane, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter examines loneliness, the human need for understanding, and our search for love.

Press Reviews

"We owe a debt of gratitude to Rebecca Gilman for giving us a chance to become acquainted or reacquainted with the characters who launched [McCullers’] all too brief but fruitful career."

— Curtain Up

"It was brave of Rebecca Gilman to return to the original source material for this stunning stage treatment."

— Variety

"Capturing the essence of McCullers’ book… [a] theatrical work of art."

— Bergen Record

Publication

ISBN-13 9780822224556
ISBN-10 0822224550

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is a play written by Carson Mccullers and published by Dramatists Play Service .

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Fee: Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

Restrictions: Major Markets Plus (US) / Standard Plus Add'l Postcodes (UK)

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