Husbandry
by Patrick Tovatt

Name: Husbandry
Brand: Patrick Tovatt
SKU: 9780573609831
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

90 mins Present Day Interior Set American

Synopsis

An insightful drama about what is happening to small farms in America, this plays revolves around a family on the verge of losing their farm.

The farmer's son and his wife have good jobs in the city, but the old man can't go it alone anymore he needs his son on the farm.

The son is torn between his parents and his wife who does not want to leave her job and uproot her family to become a farm wife.

Press Reviews

"A literate exploration of family responsibilities in a mobile society."
— Variety

"The play simmers so gently for so long, as each potential confrontation is deflected with Chekhovian shrugs and silences, that when it boils into hostility it sears the audience."
— Time

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Les lean farmer of 58. Lined face and powerful calloused hands. Slightly stoop shouldered although he holds his head erect. Fine calm eyes. A relatively quiet man with strong disciplines.	male	—	lean farmer of 58. Lined face and powerful calloused hands. Slightly stoop shouldered although he holds his head erect. Fine calm eyes. A relatively quiet man with strong disciplines.
Harry Les and Dee's son. 37 and fit. Former high school and college basketball player. Former high school coach. Now an administrator for a large city/country recreation and community development program.	—	—	Les and Dee's son. 37 and fit. Former high school and college basketball player. Former high school coach. Now an administrator for a large city/country recreation and community development program.
Bev 34, highly motivated mother and working woman. Mother of Ian, five, and Sadie, seven-going-on-eight, and officer operations manager for a large metropolitan dental clinic. She doesn't buy junk food for the kids except once in a while and she is a good table tennis player.	female	—	34, highly motivated mother and working woman. Mother of Ian, five, and Sadie, seven-going-on-eight, and officer operations manager for a large metropolitan dental clinic. She doesn't buy junk food for the kids except once in a while and she is a good table tennis player.
Dee a tall, bright, willful farm woman of 55. Slightly heavy perhaps, but in excellent health with abundant energy. Knows her small community and is a significant member of it.	female	—	a tall, bright, willful farm woman of 55. Slightly heavy perhaps, but in excellent health with abundant energy. Knows her small community and is a significant member of it.