Outlanders
by Amlin Gray

Name: Outlanders
Brand: Amlin Gray
SKU: 9780822212942
Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)

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One Act 45 mins Interior Set

Synopsis

THE STORY: OUTLANDERS, is set in a small failing cafe, whose embittered megalomaniac owner hopes to create a new liqueur which will lure back the customers who have been lost to a rival establishment.

Harassed by his invalid wife, who bangs impatiently on the ceiling to gain his attention, and bedeviled by the townspeople, who have turned against him, Askanius retreats increasingly into his delusions and the dream of the triumph which his magical elixir will bring.

In the end his creation turns out to be poisonous—but Askanius, in a final act of desperate defiance, willfully drinks it down.

Press Reviews

"Based on prose works by August Strindberg, these two richly theatrical short plays capture the macabre intensity and sense of spiritual devastation so characteristic of the writings of the great Swedish master. First presented by Off-Broadway's Theater for the New City. ”The language and tight construction of these two one-acts which make up ZONES OF THE SPIRIT ought to add to Gray's reputation as an inventive and thoughtful playwright."
— Village Voice