Scheherazade
by Marisha Chamberlain

Scheherazade Book Cover
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90 mins Unit Set/Multiple Settings American

Synopsis

THE STORY: As the play begins, Ann, arriving home in the late evening, is seized by a man in a ski mask who forces her to take him to her apartment.

Once there he rapes her--and announces that, as she has ripped away his mask, he will have to kill h

Press Reviews

"Winner of the Foundation for the Dramatists Guild/CBS Award. This often harrowing but ultimately soaring first play traces the fate of a rape victim from initial trauma to the eventual reconciliation of this shattering event into the continuum of her life. “…a work that stimulates an audience—not just intellectually, but emotionally.” —Minneapolis City Pages. “…to sustain terror, to pull the tension wire tight for 90 minutes, is something else. To do this and also explore a subject with intelligence, power, courage and compassion is really quite remarkable.” —Chicago Sun-Times. “…a play that provokes discussion, thought, soul searching, even argument."

— Minneapolis Tribune

Publication

Year 1998
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822209966
ISBN-10 0822209969

Scheherazade is a American play written by Marisha Chamberlain and published by Dramatists Play Service (1998).

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