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The Country House
Donald Margulies
The Houseguests
by Harry Kondoleon
Synopsis
THE STORY: Vera and John are lounging in their summer house on a July weekend, playing a game of one-upmanship, comparing how much they hate one another and loosely planning to kill their weekend houseguests, Gale and Manny.
The fuddy duddy pair of
Press Reviews
"A well-to-do (but actually bankrupt) couple and their houseguests, unable to tolerate any longer their growing ennui and mutual disgust, swap husbands for a six-month trial period. “…sharply honed comedy…witty, crisp, and rich in a sort of black, philosophic humor…a vital commentary on our spiritually bankrupt times.” —BackStage. “With THE HOUSEGUESTS, Kondoleon has landed upon a suitably florid context for his over-the-moon language…[the play] flies with some of his most trenchant writing…” —Newsday (NY). “…postmodern high comedy…a smart, stinging, usefully disruptive idea."
— Village Voice
Publication
Publisher Dramatists Play Service
Year 1998
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822213864
ISBN-10 0822213869
The Houseguests is a American comedy play written by Harry Kondoleon and published by Dramatists Play Service (1998).
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