The Cover Of Life
by R T. Robinson

Name: The Cover Of Life
Brand: R T. Robinson
SKU: 9780573670107
Rating: 4.06 (54 reviews)

Off-Broadway

The Cover Of Life Book Cover — The Cover Of Life Cover

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

105 mins 1940s/WWII Ensemble Cast Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes American Comedy

Synopsis

Comic drama

Characters: 1 male 6 female Unit set.

Tood Weetsie and Sybill are brides in rural Louisiana in 1943.

Each married a Cliffert brother.

The men are off to war and a local news story about these young wives keeping the home fires burning intrigues Henry Luce.

He decides that they belong on the cover Life Magazine and assigns Kate Miller to the story.

She has been covering the war in Europe and though she views doing a "women's piece" as a career set back she acce

Press Reviews

"The kind of roles actresses dream of. Robinson's writing has a warm, rural flavor and [the] conflicts are laced with a poignant urgency."
— Variety

"Mr. Robinson's writing has vivid passages – in particular, a poignant picnic scene between Kate and a soul-searching Tood; some colorful cussing and mentions of food aplenty."
— The New York Times

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Sybil 25, flashy, “sophisticated” or “fast” in her crowd	female	—	25, flashy, “sophisticated” or “fast” in her crowd
Weetsie 20, plain and a little plump, very religious and very much the country girl	—	—	20, plain and a little plump, very religious and very much the country girl
Aunt Ola Mid-40s but appears older, mother-in-law of the three young women, strong, matriarchal	female	40s	Mid-40s but appears older, mother-in-law of the three young women, strong, matriarchal
Kate Early to mid-40s, correspondent/photographer for LIFE magazing, successful woman in a man's world	female	40s	Early to mid-40s, correspondent/photographer for LIFE magazing, successful woman in a man's world
Addie Mae Mid-40s, local newspaper reporter, affected stylishness	—	40s	Mid-40s, local newspaper reporter, affected stylishness
Tommy 20, youngest brother of the family, eager, friendly, insecure, a sailor serving in the South Pacific	male	—	20, youngest brother of the family, eager, friendly, insecure, a sailor serving in the South Pacific
Tood 19, pretty, genuine, a bit of a dreamer but determined	—	—	19, pretty, genuine, a bit of a dreamer but determined