Violence - Dark Of The Sun & The Moon Of Ourselves Alone
by John Jakes

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Highlights

One Act 105 mins 1970s Bare Stage/Simple Set American

Synopsis

The time is now, the place, the world.

A young Arab guerrilla is captured on the Israeli-Syrian border.

Hannah and Esther refuse to sympathize.

Miriam pleads that trust and forgiveness must start somewhere if the killing and the horror are to end.

Characters

Character
ESTHER

18, and Israeli who emigrated from Poland as a child.

MIRIAM

18, and "Oriental" Israeli, originally from Yemen.

AVRA

18, a "sabra," native-born to Israel.

HANNAH

18, also born in Israel.

KEMAL

A very young 17 year old Arab.

BRIAN

An aware, sensitive boy of 19 and a Catholic.

KATE

His lovely Protestant girlfriend.

NANCY

Her older sister.

CHARLES (Nancy's friend)

Nancy's friend, about 20.

PHILIP

Another friend.

SHEILA (Brian's neighbor)

Brian's neighbor.

NICK (Nancy's cousin)

Kate and Nancy's cousin.

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 1972
Pages 96
Language English
ISBN-13 9780874404555
ISBN-10 087440455X

Violence - Dark Of The Sun & The Moon Of Ourselves Alone is a American play written by John Jakes and published by Samuel French (1972).

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