The Carpetbagger's Children
by Horton Foote

Name: The Carpetbagger's Children
Brand: Horton Foote
SKU: 9780822218432
Rating: 3.67 (6 reviews)

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Highlights

Female

90 minsBare Stage/Simple Set

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the depth of human emotion in this play. Many find the simplicity of the plot compelling, as it focuses on character development and storytelling. It's highlighted as a favorite among Horton Foote's works, despite not being the most produced play.

Deep human emotionCompelling character developmentFavorite among Foote's worksNot widely produced

Synopsis

THE STORY: In funny, moving, engaging monologues, three sisters spin the tale of their family and an era.

Their father, the eponymous carpetbagger, was a former Union soldier who used his post as county treasurer and tax collector to amass a Texas plantation of twenty thousand acres.

Preserving that plantation through the vicissitudes of their lives becomes a central issue for his daughters, Cornelia, Grace Anne and Sissie.

With echoes of The Three Sisters and King Lear , THE CARPETBAGGER'S CHILDREN explores the bonds of a family to the land that has shaped their identity, influenced their destiny and, like the family itself, undergone dramatic change with the passage of time.