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The Carpetbagger's Children
Horton Foote
The Carpetbagger's Children & The Actor
by Horton Foote
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Synopsis
One of America’s preeminent dramatists, Pulitzer Prize winner Horton Foote returns to the fictional town of Harrison, Texas, with The Carpetbagger’s Children & The Actor
, two captivating plays about the bewildering and unsettling encroachment of change in the American South.
In a series of haunting dramatic monologues, The Carpetbagger’s Children tells the story of three daughters who struggle against the pressures of modern life to uphold their father’s dying wish.
It is a timeless and elegiac portrayal of a once-vibrant family slowly disintegrating over time.
The Actor tells the hilarious and moving story of a young man who’ll make any sacrifice to keep his dream from being crushed under the weight of his parents’ expectations.
It’s a charming exploration of artistic ambition from one of modern theater’s greatest artists.
“The Carpetbagger’s Children smiles sweetly as it shares the emotional brutality of a family, and a nation, in transition .
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a sad, devastating beauty.”
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Newsday
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PublisherOverlook Press
Year2003
BindingPaperback
Pages92
PlaceNew York
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139781585672974
ISBN-101585672971
LCCN2003040574
LCCPS3511.O344 C37 2003
DCC812/.54
The Carpetbagger's Children & The Actor is a American play written by Horton Foote and published by Overlook Press in New York (2003).
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