Talking Pictures
by Horton Foote

Name: Talking Pictures
Brand: Horton Foote
SKU: 9780822214625
Rating: 3.73 (8 reviews)

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Highlights

Medium Cast

Female

Male

120 minsUnit Set/Multiple SettingsAmerican

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the depth of Horton Foote's characters in 'Talking Pictures.' Many feel a connection to the ordinary lives depicted, finding resonance in the subtle storytelling. The play evokes a sense of familiarity and reflection, making audiences reconsider their own experiences.

Deeply relatable charactersSubtle yet impactful storytellingCharacters may seem overly ordinary

Synopsis

THE STORY: 1929, Harrison Texas.

Myra Tolliver makes her living playing the live music for the silent pictures.

She makes barely enough to survive, caring for herself and her teenage son, Pete.

As borders in the home of the Jacksons, Myra supplemen

Press Reviews

"[Foote's] carefully mapped southern Texas world of sweet and small passions has a depth and complexity, a poetic feel for the littleness of the human comedy, that makes him a giant among his contemporaries."
— New York Post

"Foote sensitively portrays the small moments in ordinary lives. Schoolgirl crushes, suicidal rage, and the ache of loneliness are given full resonance by this dramatist with Tennessee Williams's sympathetic soul and William Inge's camera-like eye for the everyday.“ – BackStage ”I love Horton Foote's writing… Foote's plays… take their time to pull you in and work their magic, but work their magic they do, granting star status to the passions and dreams and frustrations of actual American people… The play is a treasure."
— Variety