The Abduction
by Billy St. John, Billy Wayne St. John

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Present DayInterior SetContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesAmerican

Synopsis

What begins as a pleasant anniversary dinner for novelist Allen Grant, his wife Sheila and her daughter Cindy ends in terror when Cindy is forced off the road and abducted while driving back to college during a thunderstorm.

Cindy and the icily determined kidnapper both speak with Allen and Sheila during the abduction via cell phones, the horrifying voice of the abductor coming through their speaker phone eerily distorted by a synthesizer.

Tension mounts as Allen tries to raise the demanded ransom by the kidnapper's deadline.

Cindy's boyfriend searches for clues to her whereabouts and Shelia, who never fully recovered from the tragic accident that killed her first husband, Cindy's father, totters on the brink of a nervous breakdown.

Unrelenting phone calls and a horrifying "souvenir" from the abductor push this thriller to a shattering climax.

Characters

Character
ALLEN GRANT

early 50's, a novelist

SHEILA GRANT

late 40's, his wife

CINDY WALLACE(Sheila's daughter)

early 20's, Sheila's daughter, a college student

JONATHAN MEULLER

50's or older, an accountant

LEE (VOICE)(Jonathan's companion)

Jonathan's companion

BRITT PHILLIPS

early 20's, college student

Publication

PublisherSamuel French
Year1999
BindingPaperback
Pages63
PlaceNew York, N.Y
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780573626807
ISBN-100573626804

The Abduction is a American play written by Billy St. John and published by Samuel French in New York, N.Y (1999).

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Samuel French · 1999 · 63 pp

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