Big Sur
by Frank Gagliano

Big Sur Book Cover
Big Sur Cover

Synopsis

"A middle-aged man, Jeremy Chester, having won a car in a raffle, decides to take to the road and head west, his intention being to "talk to people, not to pass them to dialogue."

His journey becomes an odyssey as, along the way, he picks up nine passengers of varied types and backgrounds an Italian, a hippie, a black militant, a policeman--and finds the essential humanness in each.

Ecology, the military, racism, old age, protest: all are explored and illuminated as we come to understand that the incongruities and anachronisms of contemporary life are more than merely annoying or depressing--they are lethal.

Yet the journey goes on, heading for Big Sur and the redeeming state of naturalness which may already have escaped us forever."--

Themes

Performance

Cast

A medium cast size of 10 total roles, 3 female and 7 male roles.

Publication

Year Published
1971
ISBN 10
0822201186
ISBN 13
9780822201182
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
72 pages
Language
English
Print
Big Sur is a American play written by and published by Dramatists Play Service in 1971. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780822201182 and an ISBN-10 of 0822201186.

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