Home (David Storey)
by David Storey

Name: Home (David Storey)
Brand: David Storey
SKU: 9780573610202
Rating: 2.82 (1 reviews)

Highlights

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105 minsExterior Set

What readers are saying

Readers have mixed feelings about the play, with some finding it engaging while others feel it lacks substance and clarity. Many appreciate the lyrical quality of the dialogue, yet others describe it as uneventful and confusing. There is a sense that the play may shine more in a live performance setting than on the page.

Lyrical and well-written dialogueEngaging when performed liveEmotional depth and poignancySlow-paced and uneventfulConfusing plot and setting

Synopsis

On a bare terrace stroll two old gentlemen, who greet each other courteously.

They discuss topics the past, the weather, old friends, moustache-styles, and the war.

Are they perhaps in a small private hotel?

But all is not quite what it seems, and soon enough we realize we are actually on the grounds of a mental hospital, and these old men are patients.

With astonishingly sparse dialogue, by the time the day is over and the shadows fall, we as an audience are moved to compassion, sympathy, and respect for these extraordinarily ordinary men.

Sir John Gielgud and Sir Ralph Richardson starred in the London and New York productions.

New York Drama Critics Award, Best Play of the Year.

Press Reviews

"It is a remarkable play and, a notable one...striking and strangely moving and dramatic ."
— New York Post

"Compassionate and moving. The writing is extraordinarily pungent... Mr. Storey writes brilliantly for actors... A lovely play, a sad play, and a play to lose yourself in."
— The New York Times