Toyer
by Gardner Mckay

Name: Toyer
Brand: Gardner Mckay
SKU: 9780573692970
Rating: 3.38 (463 reviews)

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

90 minsPresent DayStrong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)Interior SetContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesAmerican

What readers are saying

Readers love the suspenseful and gripping nature of the play, often comparing it favorably to works by Stephen King. Many appreciate its quick pacing and compelling plot, making it a highly enjoyable read despite some criticisms about minor faults in presentation and detail.

Suspenseful and gripping storyQuick read under an hourCompelling plotBrilliantly writtenSmall font and typosSome anatomical inaccuracies

Synopsis

Drama / Characters: 1 male 1 female

This psychological thriller is a favorite in acting workshops.

It is a mind game play.

Toyer is someone who toys; he is a mass paralyzer who toys with his victims.

He does not murder or rape he seduces and them immobilizes.

Following productions in Los Angles and the Actors Studio it was produced at the Eisenhower Theatre and the Kennedy Center with Kathleen Turner and Brad Davis directed by Tony Richardson.

"Strong stuff.

Outlandish mind games.

Press Reviews

"Deeply disturbing and entirely relevant. A classic mystery that keeps you on the edge of your seat, guessing."
— All Things Considered, National Public Radio

"Playwright Gardner McKay's script is taut, chilling...my blood ran cold..."
— The Daily Mail

"Superb. Riveting, breathtaking. Strong stuff...most exciting drama of the year...restores to theater what theater's meant to be."
— L.A. Herald Examiner

"This has to be the most intense play between a man and a woman ever written."
— Axxess Magazine

"The writing is taut with a good deal of steely wit."
— The Daily Express

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Peter Matson Lithe. Strong, not muscular. In his early or late twenties. Light or blond haired, pale eye-brows. Neither handsome nor ugly. Striking yet indistinct. An apparent innocent; easlity written on, easily erased. A tabula raza.	male	—	Lithe. Strong, not muscular. In his early or late twenties. Light or blond haired, pale eye-brows. Neither handsome nor ugly. Striking yet indistinct. An apparent innocent; easlity written on, easily erased. A tabula raza.
Jimmy A pale ginger cat. Not large.	—	—	A pale ginger cat. Not large.
Maude Christopher Bright. In her mid or late thirties. Athletic body, attractive face. Hair; short. Clear-eyed, she looks at people, studies them. Definite, focused, alienated. Not easily resolved.	female	—	Bright. In her mid or late thirties. Athletic body, attractive face. Hair; short. Clear-eyed, she looks at people, studies them. Definite, focused, alienated. Not easily resolved.