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The Harvesting
by John Bishop

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Highlights

11

Medium Cast

4

Female

7

Male
120 mins Unit Set/Multiple Settings American

Synopsis

THE STORY: The place is Mansfield, Ohio, the time 1976--during the celebration of the nation's bicentennial.

As the play begins, a police radio reports the murders of the wife of a leading citizen and her lover, and a team headed by chief detective

Themes American Drama

Press Reviews

"Set in a small midwestern city, this spellbinding, gripping play uses the investigation of a shocking double murder as a means to probe into the damaging truths heretofore hidden in the lives of some of the leading citizens. ”THE HARVESTING is the stage equivalent of a book you can't put down: I couldn't take my eyes off the stage…a tense, spine-tingling play.“ —Gannett Newspapers. ”…fast-moving and steadily entertaining thriller…“ —New York Daily News. ”…tense and meaningful…As the drama unfolds it becomes more and more engrossing…"

— New York Post

Publication

Publisher Dramatists Play Service
Year 1998
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822204992
ISBN-10 0822204991

The Harvesting is a American play written by John Bishop and published by Dramatists Play Service (1998).

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