Violence - Dark Of The Sun & The Moon Of Ourselves Alone
by John Jakes

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One Act105 mins1970sBare Stage/Simple SetAmerican

Synopsis

The time is now, the place, the world.

A young Arab guerrilla is captured on the Israeli-Syrian border.

Hannah and Esther refuse to sympathize.

Miriam pleads that trust and forgiveness must start somewhere if the killing and the horror are to end.

Characters

Character
ESTHER

18, and Israeli who emigrated from Poland as a child.

MIRIAM

18, and "Oriental" Israeli, originally from Yemen.

AVRA

18, a "sabra," native-born to Israel.

HANNAH

18, also born in Israel.

KEMAL

A very young 17 year old Arab.

BRIAN

An aware, sensitive boy of 19 and a Catholic.

KATE

His lovely Protestant girlfriend.

NANCY

Her older sister.

CHARLES(Nancy's friend)

Nancy's friend, about 20.

PHILIP

Another friend.

SHEILA(Brian's neighbor)

Brian's neighbor.

NICK(Nancy's cousin)

Kate and Nancy's cousin.

Publication

PublisherSamuel French
Year1972
BindingPaperback
Pages96
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780874404555
ISBN-10087440455X

Violence - Dark Of The Sun & The Moon Of Ourselves Alone is a American play written by John Jakes and published by Samuel French (1972).

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Samuel French · 1972 · 96 pp

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