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The Whales Of August
by David Berry

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Highlights

5

Small Cast

3

Female

2

Male
90 mins Interior Set American

Synopsis

THE STORY: The scene is a beach house on an island off the Maine coast, where two widowed sisters, Sarah Walker and Elizabeth Strong, have been summering for many years, Elizabeth, the eldest and now blind, has grown increasingly reclusive and irri

Themes American Drama

Press Reviews

"A sensitive and gently humorous study of two widowed sisters moving into the twilight of their lives, where the richness of past memories and the fading promise of the future come into dubious battle. “This is not a play about the pathos of aging, but a call for choice and renewal."

— The New York Times

Publication

Publisher Dramatists Play Service
Year 1998
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822212348
ISBN-10 082221234X

The Whales Of August is a American play written by David Berry and published by Dramatists Play Service (1998).

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