The Arrest
by Lucienne Hill

Name: The Arrest
Brand: Lucienne Hill
SKU: 9780573605659
Rating: 4.22 (2 reviews)

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Highlights

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Room for ExtrasUnit Set/Multiple Settings

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the deep autobiographical elements of the play, noting its rich narrative style. However, there is a consensus that it may be more effective as a read than a staged performance, requiring careful direction to avoid overwhelming the audience.

Deep autobiographical elementsRich narrative styleBetter read than staged

Synopsis

In a seedy, decadent kind of Grand Hotel are gathered a number of has beens.

These include a man and a young man, a young married man and his wife, a band leader and the pianist he's sleeping with (when her son isn't spying on them), a policeman and others.

Then Anouilh turns magician and starts turning time inside out.

Suddenly, the young married woman becomes a grandmother the devastating mistress of the prince with whom the young married man runs off turns out to be a stinking slattern with thirty two cats and the time warp takes place with the other characters too.

Revelations abound as a result.

A play of splendid style and devastating aesthetic truth.