Sweet Eros and Witness
Terrence Mcnally
Sweet Eros & Witness
by Terrence Mcnally
Synopsis
THE STORY: SWEET EROS is a monologue delivered by a poet, with interruptions, in the form of sobs (at first), muffled protests (at first), and the croaking of a song, 'Plaisir d'Amour' (at the end).
The poet, formerly a math teacher, has kidnapped a young woman and driven her to a remote house in the country.
When we first see her, she is gagged and bound to a chair, and in the course of the action she is on the receiving end of a nonstop spate of reminiscence, personal philosophy, sharp instruction, and true confessions and observations, many of them repulsive.
Nothing her captor does stems the tide of his own conversation.
He strips her bare then goes over her face with a magnifying glass.
Eventually he frees her of gag and bindings, and takes her to bed, and as time progresses she minds less and less.
Press Reviews
"…A talent for dramatic opposition and, markedly, for dramatic humor.” —The New York Times. “Mr. McNally has compassion and a sense of comedy.” —Newsday (NY). “…Fine comic and caustic fettle."
— Time Magazine
Publication
Publisher Dramatists Play Service
Year 1998
Binding Paperback
Edition Not Indicated
Pages 72
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822211051
ISBN-10 082221105X
LCC PS3563.A323 S9 1997
Sweet Eros & Witness is a American comedy play written by Terrence Mcnally and published by Dramatists Play Service (1998).
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