Hellcab
by Will Kern

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90 mins Flexible Cast Size Unit Set/Multiple Settings American

Synopsis

The story of an unnamed cab driver, a recent small town âemigrâe to Chicago, who often and futilely intervenes in the affairs of his passengers.

Press Reviews

"Kern has faithfully captured the open-faced trust of prairie people, Midwesterners who are acquainted with adversity but who still maintain a Sandburgian awe of the world around them…these [characters] create a theater that is more a mirror to, rather than a window into, the American soul.” —Los Angeles Weekly. “HELLCAB has been a hell of a success in America…It is easy to see, to feel, its pull. The device is perfect: social and moral commentary by way of fleeting scenes, snatches of lives famed by those few minutes in the cab…It wears this weight of realism with buoyant lightness: fast, wisecracking, relentlessly moving on just like that cruising cab.” —The Scotsman (Edinburgh). “Whether you see the play as a portrait of embattled human decency, or a study of the intricacies of race, poverty and urban desperation…HELLCAB is equally rewarding.” —The Times (London). ”HELLCAB is great—a must-see for anyone interested in sharp, off-beat performances…HELLCAB has a heart inside its g"

— Backstage

Publication

Year 1997
Binding Paperback
Edition First Edition
Pages 72
Place New York, N.Y
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822216049
ISBN-10 0822216043
LCCN 99205949
LCC PS3561.E579 H45 1997
DCC 812/.54

Hellcab is a American play written by Will Kern and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York, N.Y (1997).

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