

The Orphans' Home Cycle, Part One: The Story of a Childhood
Horton Foote
THE STORY: After the death of his alcoholic father, and his mother's remarriage, young Horace Robedaux remained in Harrison, Texas, clerking in a dry goods store.
When his mother invites him to visit her and his teenage sister, Lily, in Houston, Ho
"This richly textured, deeply affecting work is part of the nine-play cycle, The Orphans’ Home. Dealing with the saga of the Robedaux family of Harrison, Texas, in the early 1900s, the present play focuses on the troubled youth of Horace Robedaux, who journeys to Houston to visit his recently remarried mother and his coquettish sister, Lily Dale Robedaux, with whom he has lost touch since their father's untimely death. “It has a shimmering sense of a world remembered…The play is one to remember."
— New York Post
"Warm-natured LILY DALE kindles feelings that embrace us all."
— Newsday (NY)
Lily Dale is a American play written by Horton Foote and published by Dramatists Play Service (1998).
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