The Retreat From Moscow
by William Nicholson

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90 mins Unit Set/Multiple Settings American

Synopsis

THE STORY: Edward and Alice have been married for thirty-three years.

Their thirty-year-old son, Jamie, visits them for the weekend, to find that this is the Sunday his father has picked to leave his mother for another woman.

Jamie, unable to chang

Press Reviews

"Riveting…subtle and powerful, [with] marvelous emotional complexity.”  —The New Yorker. “A tense family drama…spare, emotionally brutal.” —Time Out New York. “A truly devastating piece of theater.” —New York Daily News. “The best new play in twenty years…This perfectly written masterwork shimmers with delicacy and precision."

— Journal News

Publication

Year 2005
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822219880
ISBN-10 0822219883
LCCN 2006455540
LCC PR6064.I235 R48 2004b

The Retreat From Moscow is a American play written by William Nicholson and published by Dramatists Play Service (2005).

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