A Loss Of Roses
by William Inge

Name: A Loss Of Roses
Brand: William Inge
SKU: 9780822206880
Rating: 3.6 (51 reviews)

Broadway

A Loss Of Roses Book Cover — A Loss Of Roses Cover

Highlights

Medium Cast

Female

Male

120 mins 1930s Interior Set Period Costumes American

Awards & Recognition

Tony Award

Nominee: 1960 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (Warren Beatty)

Synopsis

THE STORY: As told by Chapman: The setting...is a modest bungalow in a small town near Kansas City, and here lives Miss Field, a widow, and her twenty-one-year-old son...The time is 1933--the Depression--and they are lucky to have jobs, she as a hospita

Press Reviews

"Inge’s three person dynamic is wonderfully played out with the richly drawn characters."
— Chicago Critic

"Recognizably an Inge drama, and it's interesting for that reason."
— New York Times

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Kenny Her son, 21.	female	—	Her son, 21.
Geoffrey Beamis A neighborhood friend of Kenny.	—	—	A neighborhood friend of Kenny.
Lila Green A small-time tent-show actress. Early thirties.	female	—	A small-time tent-show actress. Early thirties.
Ronny Cavendish An aging juvenile actor.	—	—	An aging juvenile actor.
Olga St. Valentine A tent-show actress. About fifty.	female	—	A tent-show actress. About fifty.
Ricky Powers A tent-show actor. Around Lila’s age.	—	—	A tent-show actor. Around Lila’s age.
Mrs. Mulvaney A young mother.	female	—	A young mother.
Helen Baird A woman in her forties.	female	—	A woman in her forties.