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Horton Foote
The Old Friends
by Horton Foote
Synopsis
THE STORY: Matriarch Mamie Borden and the remaining members of two longtime Texas farming families await a visit from Mamie's son Hugo and his wife, Sybil.
When Sybil arrives, alone, with alarming news, old friends on opposing sides must confront the issues surrounding legacy, loyalty, and the meaning of happiness that have hounded them for generations.
THE OLD FRIENDS is an absorbing and vital chapter in Foote's beloved and distinctly American body of work.
Press Reviews
"…a precise and clear-eyed study in the arrogance of the entitled rich…ruthlessly well observed. You realize that in Harrison, being rich means never having to say you're sorry…Mamie is trying to find the road that connects the past to the present, as if that might make her world seem steadier. That path runs through all of Foote's plays, receding and coming into focus, and always a lonely highway.“ —The New York Times. ”…endearing monsters…Foote's unforgiving character study of Julia is matched and outclassed by his even nastier portrait of her 'friend' and nemesis…It's impossible to look away.“ —Variety. ”From beyond the grave, crafty Horton Foote just keeps on evolving…this is Foote as unapologetic potboiler, half-Chekhov, half-Dallas, and great gooey gobs of grim Suhthun' fun."
— New York Magazine
Publication
Publisher Dramatists Play Service
Year 2015
Pages 60
Place New York, NY
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822231325
ISBN-10 0822231328
LCCN 2016478045
LCC PS3511.O344 O43 2015
DCC 812/.54
The Old Friends is a American comedy play written by Horton Foote and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York, NY (2015).
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