

The Substance of Fire and other plays
Jon Robin Baitz
Full Length Drama Characters: 3 male 2 female
2 Interior Sets
Isaac Geldhart the imperious scion of a family owned publishing house is under siege.
A takeover is being engineered by his son Aaron who sees the firm's profitability steadily declining and wants to publish a trashy novel to bring in the bucks.
Isaac plans to go on publishing scholarly works such as a multi volume history of Nazi medical experiments.
Aaron has the necessary yen from Japanese backers but he ne
"A deeply compassionate play."
— New York Times
"A remarkably intelligent drama."
— New York Newsday
The Substance Of Fire is a American play written by Jon Robin Baitz and published by Samuel French (2010).
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