The Actress (Quilter)
by Peter Quilter

Name: The Actress (Quilter)
Brand: Peter Quilter
SKU: 9780573110139
Rating: 3.36 (14 reviews)

The Actress (Quilter) Book Cover — The Actress (Quilter) Cover

Highlights

Female

Male

105 mins Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle) Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Synopsis

“The last show is always a very strange affair.

It’s like a party, a great buzz of excitement.

But then each actor will leave, with laughter still ringing in the air and a cheery wave.

Then it stops.

And as you watch each of them walk down the street, they look terribly lonely.

That’s the thing about it, you see.

After all the applause and elation, we walk home alone.

And that’s who actors are – the happiest, saddest people you’ll ever meet.”

The Actress is a touching and hilarious comedy about an actress making her farewell performance.

Press Reviews

"The audience was thrilled and greatly moved by the show."
— Dez Minutos de Arte

"A huge success... The applause just didn’t want to end... The play is full of witty dialogue that is also philosophically profound... A smart, intelligent and very amusing play."
— The Mercury

"This play is so rich... Quilter’s characters ring true."
— Woodinville Weekly

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Katherine Her dresser	female	—	Her dresser
Charles Her elderly fiancee	female	—	Her elderly fiancee
Harriet Her agent	female	—	Her agent
Nicole Her daughter (20s or early 30s)	female	20s	Her daughter (20s or early 30s)
Paul Nicole’s father	male	—	Nicole’s father
Margaret The company manager	—	—	The company manager
Lydia Martin The actress (in her late 40s, 50s or 60s.)	female	40s	The actress (in her late 40s, 50s or 60s.)