Leaving Home
by David French

Leaving Home Book Cover
Leaving Home Cover

Highlights

Present Day Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American

Synopsis

Drama

Characters: 4 male 3 female

Interior Set An exceptional drama by an award winning Canadian playwright.

The Mercer family's cohesiveness is being torn asunder.

The subtle threads of mutual understanding confidence and trust have come unraveled.

The key character is the patriarch Jacob a man obsessed with making his two sons reflections of himself.

A complex man sometimes compassionate and often contradictory who inspires rebellion in his sons Billy and Ben.

Press Reviews

"The lacerating quality of inter-family warfare carries both superb comedy and powerful emotional force...an overwhelming dramatic experience."

— The Toronto Star

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 2011
Binding Paperback
Pages 96
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573611889
ISBN-10 0573611882
DCC C812/.54

Leaving Home is a American play written by David French and published by Samuel French in New York (2011).

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