Anima Mundi
by Don Nigro

Name: Anima Mundi
Brand: Don Nigro
SKU: 9780573694837
Rating: 4.12 (9 reviews)

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Highlights

Medium Cast

Female

Male

120 mins1950sEnsemble CastUnit Set/Multiple SettingsPeriod CostumesAmerican

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the depth of the play, noting that it may require multiple readings to fully grasp its complexities. One reviewer found it engaging but felt that a single reading wasn't enough to capture everything happening in the narrative.

Depth of contentEngaging narrativeRequires multiple readings

Synopsis

A young American poet arrives in London at the turn of the century, falls in love with a troubled dancer and has his fortune told by Madame Blavatsky.

Each tarot card triggers a vivid scene from his turbulent future.

Yeats in the tower, the Satanist Alister Crowley, and cranky Ezra Pound in the mad house are there; as well as Oscar Wilde among some French ladies of easy virtue, a shell shocked Everett in no man's land, the bitter ballplayer Rex, and the manic Captain Blood.

At a wild seance, Wilde's ghost is summoned to discuss God and chocolate eclairs.

This poetic play traces the young American's search for his elusive love, God, and the meaning of art in a stunning tapestry of memories and nightmares.

This play is part of the author's series Pendragon Plays .