Linda Her, And, The Fairy Garden
by Harry Kondoleon

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Synopsis

The first play, LINDA HER, is set in a summer cottage where Carol, an insomniac, lies awake pondering her dissatisfaction with her boring husband (who talks endlessly of a lost love whom he hasn't seen since kindergarten) and their bratty daughter.

In fact, she is thoroughly disenchanted with the whole domestic scene—whereas her unmarried friend, Janet, couldn't think of anything nicer.

So Carol does the right thing, and tiptoes off to a new life, leaving her sleeping husband and child to the ministrations of the easily persuaded Janet.

(1 man, 2 women.) In the second play, THE FAIRY GARDEN, we meet another discontented wife, Dagny, who married her husband, Boris, for his money and now regrets it.

She is also in love with a male stripper called The Mechanic, so she settles matters by decapitating her husband, much to the amazement of her guests, a homosexual couple named Roman and Mimi.

Fortunately disaster is averted by the arrival of a genuine fairy, who reunites Boris with his hea

Performance

Cast

A small cast size of 7 total roles, 2 female and 5 male roles.

Publication

Year Published
1985
ISBN 10
0822206714
ISBN 13
9780822206712
Print Length
50 pages
Language
English
Print
Linda Her, And, The Fairy Garden is a American play written by and published by Dramatists Play Service in 1985. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780822206712 and an ISBN-10 of 0822206714.

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